Yisrael Ariel Explained

Yisrael Ariel
Synagogue:Yamit
Synagogueposition:Chief Rabbi
Organisation:The Temple Institute
Organisationposition:Founder
Birth Date:15 August 1939
Birth Name:Yisrael Stieglitz
Dynasty:Ruzhin
Parents:Moshe and Esther Stieglitz
Birth Place:Kiryat Motzkin, Mandatory Palestine
Office1:Chief Rabbi of Yamit
Term End1:1982
Office2:Founder of The Temple Institute

Rabbi Yisrael Ariel (Hebrew: ישראל אריאל, born Yisrael Stieglitz[1] 15 August 1939) was the chief rabbi of the evacuated Israeli settlement of Yamit in the Sinai Peninsula during the years when the Sinai was controlled by Israel, and the founder of the Temple Institute (Machon HaMikdash).[2] His brother, Rabbi Yaakov Ariel, served as the rosh yeshiva in the yeshiva in Yamit and later was the chief rabbi of Ramat Gan.

Biography

Ariel is a graduate of the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva.[2] As a young man, Ariel served in the Paratroopers Brigade unit that captured the Temple Mount in the Six-Day War.[2]

For the 1981 Knesset elections, Ariel ran as number two on the Kach list, with Rabbi Meir Kahane in the number-one spot. His involvement predates the party's split after the death of party leader Rabbi Kahane in 1990 (who was assassinated by Egyptian El Sayyid Nosair), and the party's later designation as a terrorist Jewish group by the United States and Israel in 2001.[3]

As of 2006, aside from being the head of the Temple Institute, he is also involved in an attempt to revive the Sanhedrin.

In December 2006, he was briefly arrested and interrogated by Israeli police after confronting General Elazar Stern.

Views

In 2015, he described Jewish religious terrorism suspects who were banned from entering the West Bank due to vandalism, as praiseworthy.[4]

He also criticized gay people who walked on the Temple Mount, and suggested that some earthquakes were divine retribution from God as a result of gay people walking on the mount.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Steven Fine, The Menorah: From the Bible to Modern Israel. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016. p. 211
  2. Messianic Movements and Failed Prophecies in Israel: Five Case Studies . Motti Inbari . Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions . 13 . 4 . 2010 . 43–60 . 10.1525/nr.2010.13.4.43.
  3. https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/other/des/143210.htm Individuals and Entities Designated by the State Department under E.O. 13224: (75)
  4. Web site: Far-right rabbinical group pens letter calling Jewish terror suspects 'praiseworthy'. The Jerusalem Post. Jeremy. Sharon. 25 August 2015. 19 March 2022.
  5. Web site: Rabbi Ariel: Keep LGBTers off Temple Mount. Arutz Sheva. Benny. Toker. 12 July 2018. 16 January 2023.