Israeli Chief Rabbi Orders Shop Owners Who Employ Jewish Girls Not to Hire Arabs « Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place
I couldn’t have made this up myself if I’d tried: the rabbis of the largely Yemenite city of Rosh Ha-Ayin (English), including the chief rabbi, declared a ban on hiring Arabs at stores which employ Jewish girls.  I swear to you, it’s true.  If you’d told me this story came out of Pakistan or Kandahar I might’ve believed you, but no, it’s from Israel’s Rosh Ha-Ayin.

Earlier this week, we had Orthodox rabbis ordering Jews not to rent to Arabs.  Now, we have rabbis prohibiting hiring of Arabs.  Where will it lead and when will it end?  Should we have a special Israeli Orthodox Nuremberg-like conclave at which we set down an entire series of halachic rulings governing social interaction with Palestinian Israelis?  Shall we call it the Heychal Shlomo* Laws?