Posted by James McDonald. Categories: Israel, West Bank
on Jul 13th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Barry Leff’s op-ed piece for the Jerusalem Post, “Do Not Desecrate the Image of God,” calls to mind the famous words of Mahatma Gandhi, “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” The article is centered around the book Torat Hamelech (Laws of the Kings) written by two West Bank rabbis, Yitzhak Shapira and Yosef Elitzur. Discussing the responsibilities and practices of the Israeli Defense Force, the book says that Israeli soldiers are justified in killing muslim babies if they could grow up to become muslim terrorists. Rabbi Leff compares this position to that...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 13th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Michael Feinberg, Executive Director of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He feels that RHR-NA holds up the best in Jewish tradition and in universal, rational tradition. Rabbi Feinberg believes that this type of organization is the way forward for the Jewish...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: Israel, West Bank
on Jul 13th, 2011 | Comments Off
Reposted from Rabbis for Human Rights in Israel, by Rabbi Yehiel Grenimann.
Last week a number of Palestinian rainwater cisterns in the Gush Etsion area were destroyed by the Civil Administration, which even sees rainwater catchment facilities as “illegal building”!
Today in the village of Al Khaleila next to Givat Zeev (not far from Nabi Samuel) a small factory and a couple of workshops were destroyed. This caused no further displacements (i.e. no one lost their home yet) but it placed the community there under “high alert” since most of the structures there have already been served...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 12th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi Amy Eilberg tells us why she is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” She believes that this organization exemplifies the best of Jewish ideals and ethics. Rabbi Eilberg hopes for the day when RHR-NA represents the majority of American and Israeli...
Posted by James McDonald. Categories: I Am a Rabbi for Human Rights
on Jul 12th, 2011 | Comments Off
Rabbi David J. Cooper from Berkley, California tells us why he is a “Rabbi for Human Rights.” He supports RHR-NA because he is a human being and believes that all people should be treated with intrinsic dignity because we are all created in the divine image. Rabbi Cooper stands by Hillel’s belief, asking if we are not for everyone, who will be for...
