They have an editorial policy of not showing females in the paper due to issues of modesty. I find the practice to be far beyond the pale especially as it shows Jews in a very poor light. I think it's a Chillul Hashem (literally desecration of the [divine] name) and should be stopped but I'm not a rabbi to tell them how to operate in a 'kosher' manner.
Chillul Hashem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillul_Hashem Meaning desecration of the name of God, is a term used in Judaism for any act or behavior that casts shame or brings disrepute to belief in God, any aspect of the Torah's teachings, Jewish law, or the Jewish community. On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 11:22 PM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/israel-paper-removes-female-leaders-paris-rally-photo-article-1.2076602 > > An ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper in Israel photoshopped all females from > a front page photo of 40 world leaders gathered at a rally supporting > victims of the shooting at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. > > That seems pretty bizarre to me. > > The thought behind it I will never get, but live and let live. > > Not showing the picture, I would understand. > > Showing a cropped but unaltered shot I could also maybe understand. > > But changing the photo with photoshop, and altering the context, and > passing it off as news, that seems just wrong. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:373095 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
