Avi Mimran, host of the main edition on the Kol Chai radio station, clashed blatantly live this evening (Monday) with Rabbi David Stav, the rabbi of Shoham and one of the leaders of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, during a conversation about the establishment of alternative conversion courts.
Mimran said during the interview with Rabbi Stav that his words were "demagogy.".
Rabbi Stav responded: "You wouldn't talk to a rabbi in Israel and tell him demagogy.".
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Mimran replied: "You are not a rabbi in Israel." At this point, Rabbi Stav hung up the call.
""I acted like him, and overturned the Chief Rabbinate's ruling that defined him as a "rabbi," and relied on another rabbi named Maran Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, who defined David Stav as a person who is dangerous to Judaism.".
Mimran later tweeted: "Rabbi Stav determined today that the Chief Rabbinate is no longer relevant. That it needs an alternative. The Rabbinate is the one that ordained him as a rabbi. If it is not relevant, he is not a rabbi.".
Mimran's behavior caused a stir on social media.
Amit Segal, the political correspondent for News 2, tweeted: "I liked Avi Mimran, but I will not be interviewed again, neither by him nor by Kol Hai Radio, until he apologizes for the outrageous statements against Rabbi Stav.".
MK Yinon Magal also tweeted that he would not be interviewed on Kol Hai radio until Mimran retracts his "disgraceful and offensive statements.".
Both were joined by many from religious Zionism, who were happy about the ultra-Orthodox broadcaster's conduct.
