SOME RABBIS ARE STILL JEWISH
April 5, 2008 at 10:38 am (Civil Rights, DesertPeace Editorial, Ignorance, Israel, Palestine, Racism)
New York Orthodox Rabbi Marc Schneier. (Nir Kafri)
Yesterday, one of Israel’s most prominent religious leaders issued another statement which belongs in the cesspool of hatred. It was the same rabbi that has been darkening the name of the Jewish people with his ‘rulings’ and opinions regarding the current situation in the region.
Mordecai Eliyahu, a former chief rabbi declared that the “life of one yeshiva boy worth more than 1,000 Arabs“. That was the theme of his speech at a memorial ceremony marking 30 days since the attack at a Jerusalem Yeshiva. Rather than teach tolerance and understanding, he continues to preach hatred and destruction.
THIS IS NOT THE JEWISH WAY!
BUT….. on the other side of the Big Sea another rabbi, also orthodox, shows us that some still believe in the Torah as it was written and do practice it.
In the following report he speaks of the involvement of Jews in the American Civil Rights Movement…. it’s good to be reminded of this and it’s refreshing to see that at least one American rabbi remembers those days….
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Rabbi: Jews, more than anyone helped black Americans achieve equality
By Shlomo Shamir, HaAretz
American Orthodox Rabbi Marc Shneier on Friday spoke at a ceremony marking 40 years since the assassination of U.S. Civil Rights leader Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr., and championed American Jews’ support of African Americans during the Civil Rights struggle, saying no community in the United States did more to support Dr. King and the struggle for equality for African Americans.
Rabbi Shneier, an Orthodox Rabbi at two New York synagogues, was the only Jewish leader who took part in the ceremony in Memphis, held a short distance from the Memphis motel where King was mortally wounded by a sniper’s bullet while standing on a balcony.
Shneier said the event was an opportunity to commemorate the “famous historical alliance between African Americans and Jews in the United States.”
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Shneier has long championed greater ties between the communities, and wrote the book “Shared Dreams” together with Dr. King’s son Martin Luther King III on the subject of the Jewish-Black alliance in the United States.
Last August, Schneier made news when he joined with hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons to produce a short film to combat negative stereotypes of Muslims.
Several months earlier, Schneier and Simmons, the founder of Def Jam records, produced a short film on anti-Semitism which was shown in schools across the United States. The film featured appearances by rap stars such as Jay-Z, and was widely considered a success.
Schneier and Simmons are co-presidents of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, which works to improve relations between Jews and other minorities in the United States.
Since its founding in 1989, the foundation has been particularly successful in improving relations between American Jewish and black communities.
According to Schneier, the fund has since turned its focus to improving relations between American Jews and Hispanics.
Rabbis should not teach hate said,
April 5, 2008 at 10:39 am
Rabbis should not teach hatred as that was never in the golden rules.
Rabbi Eliyahu is behaving as that of a german or a religious fanatic, hatred was never condoned in the teachings.
Yeshua said all brothers are equal and are meant to be brothers, hold hand in hands. May the lord forgive Eliyahu for his erratic and violent comments, their people have been misled. All men and women must be given civil rights in the holy land, then the true terrorists can be prosecuted on both sides.
Alan Cabal said,
April 5, 2008 at 6:42 pm
Apparently the lesson of the Holocaust is lost on some people. Perhaps further education on the subject is in order.
Islamify.com said,
April 6, 2008 at 7:18 pm
SOME RABBIS ARE STILL JEWISH…
This orthodox rabbi condemns the racism and intolerance of right wing Zionist rabbis….