ISRAEL
Jerusalem Post
By GIL HOFFMAN0
8/07/2013
Analysis: Motti Elon incident, others possibly resulted in the religious Zionist community becoming so skeptical of its rabbis that it cannot crown a leader out of fear of disappointment.
There are rabbis who are respected in their own sector but not in others. There are some who can cross sectors but not appeal to the masses.
And then there was Rabbi Motti Elon.
The charismatic rabbi had shows on TV and radio. His classes in Jerusalem and at Bar-Ilan University attracted huge and impressively diverse crowds. A son of a Supreme Court justice, he appealed to the secular, was respected by haredim, and was adored by religious Zionists of all ages.
That all changed seven years ago when Elon mysteriously gave up his public posts and moved to Migdal, a small northern community, and then three years later when the rabbinical star’s image came crashing down amid the charges against him that were the reason for his exile.
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