ADL condemns Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's attack against secular teachers
By JPOST.COM STAFF
The Israel Office of the Anti-Defamation League on Monday condemned Rabbi Ovadia Yosef's attack against secular teachers.
During a lecture on Sunday broadcast via satellite TV, the Shas spiritual leader called secular teachers "asses" and referred to "poor children whose parents put them in secular education."
In a statement, the ADL's Israel Office said it was "shocked and saddened" at Yosef's "incendiary and derogatory" statement, calling on him to "refrain from such language and promote respect for all people in order to heal rifts in Israeli society, particularly between secular and observant Jews."
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