Shalom Dov Wolpo | |
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| שלום דוב וולפא | |
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| Born | 1948 |
| Other names | Sholom Ber Wolpe |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Rabbi Political activist |
| Organization | SOS Israel |
| Political party | Eretz Yisrael Shelanu |
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, also Sholom Ber Wolpe,[1] (Hebrew: שלום דוב וולפא, born February 21, 1948) is a rabbi and an Israeli political activist. Wolpo is the author of more than forty books.
He has become associated in recent years with right-wing political causes, and has set up a campaign group—SOS Israel—an organization that runs press and billboard campaigns promoting the belief that surrender of parts of the Land of Israel is prohibited by halacha. Later, in 2008, Wolpo established an additional group opposing land concessions, Our Land of Israel.[2]
He also has called for an independent country called the State of Judea be established in the West Bank.[3] According to J. J. Goldberg, he has raised funds to assist families of Jewish terrorists and called for courts to pass a sentence with a death penalty on a number of Israeli politicians such as Ehud Olmert, Ehud Barak, and Tzipi Livni.[4]
- ^ Or any number of combinations of these names, when transliterated into English.
- ^ Efrat Weiss. Marzel, Rabbi Wolpo to run for Knesset. Ynetnews 15 December 2008
- ^ "Rabbi threatens secession from Israel". UPI. 7 December 2007.
- ^ J. J. Goldberg, 'Is Israel Trying To Turn American Jews Into Orthodox Right-Wingers?,' The Forward