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Home and Family
Incitement Over a Street Name
by A. Cohen

The media launched an incitement campaign recently against a decision by the Bnei Brak Municipality to change the name of Sharret Street to HaRav Povarski Street, to name it after HaRav Dovid Povarski, the rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh. The street is located in a commercial section of Bnei Brak where there are growing hi-tech companies.

"The attacks against the Bnei Brak Municipality over the name change do not stem from the media's concern for perpetuating Mr. Sharret's name, but from a desire to criticize the chareidi community. This is part of a long-standing, dangerous trend which is liable to cause a serious, irreversible rift in the nation," according to Rabbi Avrohom Tannenbaum, Bnei Brak Municipal secretary and spokesman.

Rabbi Tannenbaum said there is little chance that streets would be named In memory of rabbonim, admorim and gedolei haTorahgedolei Yisroel..

"We are currently dealing with approximately 100 requests to perpetuate gedolei Yisroel in our city, while there are only three new streets without names," Rabbi Tannenbaum said. "As a result, the Municipality decided to name a street whose residents are all chareidi after HaRav Povarski, the rosh yeshiva of Ponevezh, the largest yeshiva in the world, a yeshiva where thousands Bnei Brak's residents studied."

Rabbi Tannenbaum, who was surprised by irate reaction of the media, noted that no one batted an eyelash when Giborei Yisrael Street in Tel Aviv, named after IDF soldiers killed in action, was changed to Yigal Alon Street; or when the main street of Beersheva was changed from Derech Hanesi'im after presidents of the State, to Yitzhak Regev Street, after the mayor of Beersheva. In addition, no one protested when Malchei Yisroel Square -- named after the Kings of Israel -- was changed to Yitzhak Rabin Square or when Petach Tikvah's Beilinson Hopsital became the Rabin Medical Center.

 

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