US 'rabbis' fast for Gaza
JPost reports that a group calling themselves Taanit Zedek (whose website I refuse to link) has undertaken to 'fast' once a month (no, not a real fast, they're drinking) to protest Israel's 'blockade' of Gaza.
Those behind Ta'anit Tzedek say seeks to end the Jewish community's silence over Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza. The initiative it is not affiliated with any organization or institution, but it counts Reform, Reconstructionist, Orthodox and Conservative rabbis amongst its numbers.
The inspiration for the scheme, led by rabbis Brian Walt, former executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America and Brant Rosen of the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Illinois, is taken from the Jewish tradition of holding a communal fast in times of crisis. A fast can be both "an expression of mourning and a call to repentance," the group's Web site says.
Ta'anit Tzedek began with a commitment by a minyan of rabbis to engage in a fast to support relief efforts, call for a lifting of Israel's blockade of Gaza and support all efforts toward a substantive resolution to the humanitarian crisis there.
According to Rabbi Rosen, "we oppose the Israeli blockade of Gaza and realized that it was not fair to deny a person enough food to eat - it's just not basic human decency."
The IDF Spokesman stated that it "would like to emphasize that any organization or country that wishes to transfer humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, can legally do so via the established crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip with prior coordination."The pictures in this post are all from Gaza. It really looks like they're starving, doesn't it?
It would never occur to these 'do-gooders' to do something for the nearly one third of Israeli kids who live below the 'poverty line' (a line that is much lower here than it is in the US).Self-hating Jews.
By the way, there is no one on the list there whom I recognize as Orthodox.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:15 AM
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There is no one on the list I would recognize as Jewish.
How come they don't fast for Sderot? Ever wonder about that?
Why don't they fast for Ashkelon, Ashdod and Beersheva, as well. Israeli civilians were intentionally targeted - kindergartens, schools, synagogues.
Knock, knock. Anyone at home??? Guess not.
B"H
Glad someone else uses quotation marks with these "rabbis."
{...and some of them may not even be Jewish.}
Please help convince Arutz 7 to do the same.
what frum jew in their right mind would ever join such a group?
name him...
will make sure he is immediately placed in cherem
Notice they say not one word about Galid Shalit. Halachically, I am a better Jew than them.
May these self-hating apikorim and their mercy of fools kindness find G-d annulling their evil design!
I decided to comb the list for NYC-area "rabbis," and this is what I found...
This is "Rabbi" Ellen Lippman, a rabbi of Kolot Chayeinu and one of the fasting "rabbis."
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This one is "Rabbi" Alissa Wise:
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More on "Rabbi" Wise, who worked for Planned Parenthood:
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"Rabbi" Michael Feinberg, who appears to be an openly communist rabbi.
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Of course dear old Mikey Lerner is represented!
Disgusting.
Red Tulips,
I assume the reference to Mikey is Wacky Waskow? I've actually never discussed him on this blog, but Steve Plaut (in the blogroll) has written about him many times.
Michael Feinberg is affiliated with Wacky Waskow, but is not the same person.
source - Scroll down to "May 1st" - the two led a service together.
I have more on Michael Feinberg. He is involved in "Interfaith Worker Justice." Guess who else is? You got it! CAIR!
Check out the list of people involved in that group! You will notice one Hassam Ayaloush
Scary stuff. There is an affiliation between the "Fast for Gaza" and CAIR. And I discovered it in about 5 minutes of looking.
Isn't it time for US Jews to start a petition/movement saying that these self-proclaimed "leaders" don't represent them?
If there is no opposing voice to these self-hating Jews, then they are the de facto representative of US Jews.
Orthodox Jews clearly are unrepresented in this "illustrious" group...perhaps they can be the ones providing the grassroot to denounce these fake "leaders".
What percent of their congregants:
1. fast on Tishabav
2.goto "temple" on tishabav
3. know what is tishabav
Carl,
Mikey "Let's have a three day long discussion about my new book and call it a Tikkun conference" Lerner and Arthur Waskow are not they same person. {I'm not saying you thought so.}
But, of course, I can understand the confusion. ;-}
B-Y ,you and Carl should link your blogs
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