Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Newspaper Edits Female World Leaders Out of Charlie Hebdo Photo

[progressoid]

Yesterday’s historic march across Paris included over 40 world leaders expressing solidarity for France after the Charlie Hebdo massacre, but if you read this Haredi newspaper, you’d believe that none of them were women.

The image that ran on the front page of the Israeli newspaper The Announcer edited two female world leaders out of the image, originally provided by wire service GPO: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. A third woman in a blue scarf who we can’t identify was also photoshopped out.

The original photo is below:

And here’s the paper’s version of it, screencapped by Walla.com. Merkel and Mystery Woman are gone completely, while Mogherini was simply cropped out of the photo:

More details at http://www.mediaite.com/online/ultra-orthodox-jewish-newspaper-edits-female-world-leaders-out-of-charlie-hebdo-march/

[Fearless]

1. The fuck!?

[progressoid]

8. Another Orthodox paper did it to Secretary Clinton too.

In accord with our religious beliefs, we do not publish photos of women, which in no way relegates them to a lower status… Because of laws of modesty, we are not allowed to publish pictures of women, and we regret if this gives an impression of disparaging to women, which is certainly never our intention. We apologize if this was seen as offensive.

[Marrah_G]

10. Then they shouldn't publish the photos at all

Photoshopping out women IS offensive.

[cyberswede]

12. Not to mention dishonest revisionism.

She was the fucking SoS, for christ's sake.

[progressoid]

14. And it "no way relegates them to a lower status"

It's not lower status. It's NO status.

[HappyMe]

17. Offensive or not, they still

have freedom of speech/press.

[Fearless]

19. As do the rest of us have the freedom to not support them.

[HappyMe]

20. I didn't think anyone here was asking to support them.

[Fearless]

21. There are certainly several defending them.

It may be within their rights to do so, but it is still extraordinarily despicable.

[HappyMe]

22. Well, that's free speech.

Everybody isn't going to like or agree with what is said, and defend or not.

I personally don't care about the Jewish newspaper. I am not an orthodox or any stripe of the Jewish faith. I will leave any boycotting or whatever to the Jewish community.

[Fearless]

24. And it is well within my free speech rights to say exactly what I did.

To summarize... anti-feminism is bullshit.

[HappyMe]

25. I never said that you couldn't say that.

[Fearless]

27. Good.

[Matariki]

44. And to criticize them. Vociferously.

[cwydro]

33. Yes it is.

You're right.

[Starry Messenger]

2. Boy, this thread is quiet.

[Hekate]

3. It's only been a few minutes.

[Starry Messenger]

5. Nearly 10 minutes.

Just amusing. No need to get all huffy.

[frazzled]

7. It's just not that interesting

We've already asserted the universal right to "freedom of the press"--including its right to do stupid or offensive, or even lying, things. So some itsy ultra-conservative Orthodox newspaper did this. I think Charlie Hebdo needs to make a cartoon about it.

But in the end, no one was killed. So I'm not sure what the interesting point to be made here is. It's certainly not: ooh, look ... some newspaper picture is the equivalent of murdering terrorists and their organizations. Both Jihadists and Ultra-Orthodox (and many Fundamentalist Christians) have bad ideology. It's about murdering at the behest of that ideology that's the issue. That didn't happen with this picture.

[Starry Messenger]

36. I was more commenting on the absence of the latter-day critics of last week.

The ones who averred that they were feminist freedom fighters who could never condone a religion that considered women to be 2nd class citizens.

This is definitely not over anyone being killed.

[cwydro]

45. I must be one of those to whom you're referring.

I despise religions that consider women lesser than men.

[HappyMe]

4. They can do whatever they want with their newspaper.

[Hekate]

6. Charlie will get them for that. They will be mocked and laughed at. >thumbs nose<

[Marrah_G]

9. Another case of fucked up religious zealots.

[cyberswede]

11. They left one woman's green glove

...but they hacked off the arm of the guy next to her. Ridiculous.

[Donald Ian Rankin]

13. I may defend their right to say it, but that doesn't mean I don't despise their religion. N.T.

[misterhighwasted]

15. Can someone then edit IN Joe Biden's cheshire smile?

[tkmorris]

16. That's fairly despicable

[bullwinkle428]

18. PATHETIC. Can I be the moderate Jew that condemns this action on

the part of this paper as utterly bogus bullshit?

Gotta give fundamentalist zealots of all stripes points for consistency - they all seem to consider women as something less than the dirt under their shoes. Fuck anyone who possesses this mindset.

[brooklynite]

23. Um, this had nothing to do with religion, right?

[PeaceNikki]

38. Totes not "real" Jews

[KamaAina]

26. Wonder what they would have done with Golda Meir.

[bravenak]

28. Ridiculous!

[ladjf]

29. That's as dumb as you can get. nt

[brooklynite]

30. INteresting that they were willing to publish a photos of Palestinian President Abbas

Guess you have to draw the line somewhere.

[redgreenandblue]

39. That is clearly some strong irony there.

[Avalux]

31. It's absurdly wrong, but they have the right to do whatever they want with their paper.

Doesn't mean I have to agree with it or read the rag.

[leftynyc]

32. Assholes

They did this once before with a photo of Hillary Clinton. I'm sick and tired of all religious fundamentalists.

[Behind the Aegis]

34. Exactly.

At least we can criticize these asshole religious fundamentalists, and those of the Westboro "Church", but there are some beyond criticism.

[leftynyc]

35. You said it, my friend

I saw this story yesterday and rolled my eyes then.

[Behind the Aegis]

40. Yup! Me too!

Of course, it has spawned yet ANOTHER thread. You surprised?!

[leftynyc]

41. Of course not

Because this is the exact same thing that happened in Paris last week

[progressoid]

43. Sorry.

I did a quick search but didn't find any other threads. But I used Google; probably should have used the advanced search I guess.

I actually ran across this on a photography website, traced it to Mediate and thought it a suitable DU post.

[Ilsa]

37. Jerks.

Might as well be Taliban with this attitude.

[Marr]

42. No problem-- I'm sure they aren't "real Jews".

I've recently learned that anyone who does something untoward is, by definition, not acting as a member of a religion.