Superb, Bob. You’ve framed our moment perfectly and I hope we Jews in the Diaspora are listening and courageous enough to internalize, live and act accordingly, with unbending moral clarity and purpose. I appreciate your hope on this day. Thanks.
Inspiring. Nevertheless, I must ask how it is that Franklin could be familiar with a Talmud passage. In his very busy, productive life, did he really have time to learn Talmud?
There is one glaring difference between the civil rights struggle for blacks and that for Jews: relative numbers. American blacks are about 6 times as numerous as American Jews. A boycott sustained by the former community will be 6 times as effective as one sustained by the latter.
We must also consider the quality of our leadership. The highest ranking Jewish elected official in America, Senator Chuck Schumer, endorsed the mayoral candidacy of a man who chants "Free Palestine". During the Iran-Israel hostilities, the websites of many leading Jewish communal organizations had no statements supporting Israel. I am thinking specifically about the Jewish Federations of North America, and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The former featured a "pride rainbow" during June; the latter openly celebrated "pride month".
I repeat, there is no future for us if we chain ourselves to perverts simply because we share some DNA. Our movement must have a clear message: the Torah of Israel for the people of Israel in the land of Israel.
Superb, Bob. You’ve framed our moment perfectly and I hope we Jews in the Diaspora are listening and courageous enough to internalize, live and act accordingly, with unbending moral clarity and purpose. I appreciate your hope on this day. Thanks.
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Inspiring. Nevertheless, I must ask how it is that Franklin could be familiar with a Talmud passage. In his very busy, productive life, did he really have time to learn Talmud?
There is one glaring difference between the civil rights struggle for blacks and that for Jews: relative numbers. American blacks are about 6 times as numerous as American Jews. A boycott sustained by the former community will be 6 times as effective as one sustained by the latter.
We must also consider the quality of our leadership. The highest ranking Jewish elected official in America, Senator Chuck Schumer, endorsed the mayoral candidacy of a man who chants "Free Palestine". During the Iran-Israel hostilities, the websites of many leading Jewish communal organizations had no statements supporting Israel. I am thinking specifically about the Jewish Federations of North America, and the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. The former featured a "pride rainbow" during June; the latter openly celebrated "pride month".
I repeat, there is no future for us if we chain ourselves to perverts simply because we share some DNA. Our movement must have a clear message: the Torah of Israel for the people of Israel in the land of Israel.