Flogging of juvenile law-breakers has so stirred an agent resident of a Petach Tikvah suburb that he has launched a one-man campaign against this ancient form of punishment.
The anti-flogger is Joshua Halevi Horowitz, bearded, patriarchal-looking seller of etrog, the citrus fruit used by religious Jews in observance of the Feast of Succoth.
Horowitz’s chief argument against the practice, aside from the humanitarian, is that it has failed to achieve the purpose of reducing juvenile crime. He suggests that flogging, which is the most frequent punishment meted out to young offenders in Palestine, be replaced by a system of fining parents for not bringing up their children properly or for not supervising their play.
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