Anonymous Coward User ID: 954642 United States 04/27/2010 02:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | rabbis for Judge Goldstone and TRUTH Dear Judge Goldstone,
As rabbis from diverse traditions and locations, we want to extend our warmest mazel tov to you as an elder in our community upon the Bar Mitzvah of your grandson. Bar and Bat Mitzvah is a call to conscience, a call to be responsible for the welfare of others, a call to fulfill the covenant of peace and justice articulated in our tradition.
As rabbis, we note the religious implications of the Report you authored. We are reminded of Shimon Ben Gamliel’s quote, “The world stands on three things: justice, truth, and peace as it says ‘Execute the judgment of truth, and justice and peace will be established in your gates’ (Zaccariah 8:16).” We affirm the truth of the report that bears your name.
We are deeply saddened by the controversy around the report. We affirm your findings and believe you set up an impeccable standard that presents strong evidence that during the war in Gaza Israel engaged in war crimes that revealed a pattern of continuous and systematic assault against Palestinian people and land that has very little to do with Israel’s claim of security. Your report made clear the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructures such as hospitals, schools, agricultural properties, water and sewage treatment centers and civilians themselves with deadly weapons that are illegal when used in civilian centers.
This is the ugly truth that is so hard for many Jewish people to face. Anyone who spends a day in Palestinian territories sees this truth immediately.
Judge Goldstone, we want to offer you our deepest thanks for upholding the principles of justice, compassion and truth that are the heart of Jewish religion and without which our claims to Jewishness are empty of meaning. We regret that your findings have led to controversy and caused you not to feel welcome at your own grandson’s Bar Mitzvah. We believe your report is a clarion call to Israel and the Jewish people to awaken from the slumber of denial and return to the path of peace.
This letter is endorsed by Taanit Tzedek- Jewish Fast for Gaza , Shomer Shalom Institute for Jewish Nonviolence, Tikkun and the Shalom Center.
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence Rabbi Brant Rosen, Taanit Tzedek –Jewish Fast for Gaza Rabbi Brian Walt, Taanit Tzedek –Jewish Fast for Gaza Rabbi Haim Beliak Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun Community Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center
Rabbi Rebecca Alpert Rabbi Phyllis Berman Rabbi Michael Feinberg Rabbi Zev-Hayyim Feyer Rabbi Margaret Holub Rabbi Shai Gluskin Rabbi Douglas Krantz Rabbi Eyal Levinson Rabbi Mordecai Liebling Rabbi David Mivasair Rabbi David Shneyer Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman Rabbi Gershon Steinberg-Caudill Rabbi Erin Hirsh Rabbi Michael Rothbaum Rabbi Benjamin Barnett Rabbi Julie Greenberg Rabbi Linda Holtzman Rabbi Ayelet S.Cohen Rabbi Jeffrey Marker Rabbi Nina H.Mandel Rabbi Victor Reinstein Rabbi Everett Gendler Rabbi Meryl M. Crean Rabbi Sheila Weinberg Rabbi Pamela Frydman Baugh Rabbi Lewis Weiss Rabbi Shaul Magid Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav Rabbi Phillip Bentley Rabbi Anna Boswell-Levy Rabbi Chava Bahle
This letter is supported by Taanit Tzedek- Jewish Fast for Gaza , Shomer Shalom Institute for Jewish Nonviolence, Tikkun and the Shalom Center. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 954642 United States 04/27/2010 02:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: rabbis for Judge Goldstone and TRUTH how come this was moved immediately off the front page? could it be the shilleroos for Israhell actually run this place? |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 954642 United States 04/27/2010 05:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: rabbis for Judge Goldstone and TRUTH so how c ome? |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 955546 United States 04/28/2010 02:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: rabbis for Judge Goldstone and TRUTH
so how c ome?
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 954642cause they dont wancha to know that MANY jews do not support the actions of Israhell....just as many americans do not support the actions of Dyncorp and blackwater and haliburton... |
booga booga User ID: 960874 United States 05/04/2010 01:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: rabbis for Judge Goldstone and TRUTH goldstone is a real mensch...not like you other liars and frauds/zionists who mod this place.... |