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R.I.P.?

Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:34 pm
by iskander
Reform Judaism condemns 'misogynistic, violent abuse' of Gaza Kaddish participant
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https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/kadd ... r-1.466565
“Reform Judaism is at the forefront of standing up to these kinds of bullies and abusers, and we have consistently demonstrated this. We know that there are many who express their anger and hurt far more constructively.
“People who act abusively will never have any influence over our decision making processes.”
Rabbi Janner-Klausner has previously warned that online targeting of the Kaddish participants – including death threats – was a “path to self-destruction”.

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Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 5:56 am
by iskander
Reform Judaism condemns 'misogynistic, violent abuse' of Gaza Kaddish participant

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/kadd ... r-1.466565
“Reform Judaism is at the forefront of standing up to these kinds of bullies and abusers, and we have consistently demonstrated this. We know that there are many who express their anger and hurt far more constructively.
“People who act abusively will never have any influence over our decision making processes.”
Rabbi Janner-Klausner has previously warned that online targeting of the Kaddish participants – including death threats – was a “path to self-destruction”.

Re: R.I.P.?

Posted: Mon Jul 09, 2018 6:32 pm
by arnoldo
It's a tragedy what is happening to the Palestinians and those who support them. Rabbi Janner-Klausner's statement should be an example to christian zionists to also call for an end to violence of any kind.

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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:01 am
by Ethan
Does Reform Judaism condemn genital mutilation of baby boys?

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Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:55 am
by arnoldo
Ethan wrote: Tue Jul 10, 2018 8:01 am Does Reform Judaism condemn genital mutilation of baby boys?
I don't know, but they probably are against amputation of legs via sniper fire and shelling.

Re: R.I.P.?

Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2018 3:45 am
by iskander
Irish senate approves ban on products from Israeli settlements
Despite anger from Israel, draft bill passes first round of voting in EU precedent

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/ ... ettlements

"The bill, which has faced angry Israeli opposition, prohibits “trade with and economic support for illegal settlements in territories deemed occupied under international law”

https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta ... b0618s.pdf

‘Racist and Discriminatory’

Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:22 pm
by iskander
‘Racist and Discriminatory’: U.S. Jewish Leaders Warn Israel Against Passage of Nation-state Bill
Some 7,000 demonstrators in Tel Aviv march from Rabin Square to an 'emergency rally' to protest the bill ■ New Israel Fund CEO: 'This is tribalism at its worst'

American Jewish leaders, alarmed by the prospect of the controversial nation-state Basic Law, have intensified their lobbying efforts, strongly urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reconsider his...

Haaretz - Israel News
Monday, July 16, 2018.
Av 4, 5778 Time in Israel: 1:24 AM

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.pr ... -1.6270788

Re: R.I.P.?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 6:41 am
by arnoldo
It is going to take a miracle for the Gaza flotilla to arrive safely and provide much needed humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.

Allegedly, there are already plans to seize the ship as per an article in the Jerusalem Post.

Re: R.I.P.?

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 3:03 am
by iskander
Israel Detains Conservative Rabbi for Performing non-Orthodox Weddings

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/isr ... -1.6291221
Aaron Rabinowitz, Josh Breiner and Noa Shpigel Jul 19, 2018 12:12 PM
Rabbinical Court files complaint against Rabbi Dov Haiyun ■ Police backtrack after reports ■ 'Police serve as tools for the ayatollahs in Israel,' rabbi says

The incident was the first time police attempted to enforce a 2013 law forbidding performing weddings outside the Rabbinate, a law carrying a sentence of up to two years in prison.
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Rabbi Dov Haiyun.credit rami shllush

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Posted: Fri Jul 20, 2018 3:09 am
by iskander
Analysis Netanyahu's Slap in the LGBT Community's Face Could Cost Him Dearly

A surrogacy bill that excludes same-sex couples may push Israelis' revulsion with power-hungry ultra-Orthodox politicians to a boiling point
Yossi Verter Jul 19, 2018 10:21 PM

On Wednesday, Benjamin Netanyahu was forced to go to the Knesset and vote for a twisted, cruel and discriminatory surrogacy bill that excludes gay men who want to adopt children in Israel. That was one day...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.pr ... -1.6292773