Monday 19 March 2012

The "Amazing Race" Controversy

What's your take on the "Amazing Race" issue?

A frum couple participated in Israel's version of The Amazing Race* leading to a disagreement amongst rabbis about its propriety.
*(for general information on this program, see the following description about the American version of it at http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/about/)

For further information on the machloket, see
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0%2c7340%2cL-4193139%2c00.html
and
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2012/03/05/3091967/amazing-race-cake-for-breakfast-and-vaulting-for-israel


Rabbi Ben Hecht

1 comment:

Mighty Garnel Ironheart said...

The definition of piety is: someone, somewhere is having more fun and this cannot be allowed.