The War on Torah by the Judeo-Chr*stians

4 Iyyar 5786
19 Days of the Omer 

Another follow-up to the follow-up...

(Leading promoter of Judeo-Chr*stianity aka Hellenism)

We, the undersigned Jewish leaders, strongly condemn the desecration of a statue of Jesus by an IDF soldier in southern Lebanon.

This act is a chillul Hashem — a desecration of God's name. It is an affront to the ancient Christian communities of the Middle East and to Christians all over the world. It is a vile betrayal of the Jewish values upon which the State of Israel was founded. And it is a wound inflicted upon the fragile Jewish-Christian friendship that is more important than ever.

As Jews, we know what it means to have our sacred spaces violated and our Torah commands us: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself" (Leviticus 19:18 — וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ). We are a people whose prophets thundered against those who invoked God's name to justify cruelty and cannot be silent when our eternal principles are violated. The Torah teaches that its "ways are ways of pleasantness" (Proverbs 3:17 — דְּרָכֶיהָ דַרְכֵי נֹעַם), and the prophet Jeremiah commands us: "Do what is just and right" (Jeremiah 22:3 — עֲשׂוּ מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה). These are not only peacetime ideals, they are the standards by which we must conduct ourselves, especially in times of war.

Israel is a nation confronting enemies who seek its destruction, and it is precisely in such moments that moral clarity matters most. The soldier's own commanding officers called his conduct "wholly inconsistent with the values expected of IDF troops." We are heartened that this outrageous act was immediately condemned by Prime Minister Netanyahu and many other Israeli government officials and is an aberration which does not reflect the values of the vast majority of Israelis.

We are particularly mindful of what this moment means for Jewish-Christian relations. Millions of Christians are standing with Israel with remarkable faithfulness because they believe in Israel's biblical significance and moral promise. Tragically, too many Israelis remain unaware of how deeply Christians today love Israel and the Jewish people, and too few are taught to understand modern Christianity with the seriousness it deserves. This must change.

As Jewish leaders, we apologize to the Christian community for this repulsive act and renew our commitment to stand for the sanctity of all holy places and sacred symbols — for that is what our Torah demands, and because that is the only foundation upon which lasting peace in this region precious to all monotheistic faiths can flourish.

Signed by: (in formation)

Gidon Ariel, Root Source

Rabbi Charles Arian, Kehilat Shalom

Rabbi Ehud Bandel, Rabbinical Assembly

Amit Barak, Jerusalemites Initiative

Rabbi Mordechai Baror, Jerusalem of Blessing

Rabbi Aaron Bayer, Midreshet Torah V’Avodah

Rabbi Dr. Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez, Congregation Zohar Yisrael

Prof. Joshua Berman, Bar-Ilan University

Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Ohr Torah Stone

Rabbi Tuvia Brander, Young Israel of West Hartford

Rabbi Shalom Bronstein, Retired

Rabbi Sandra Cohen, Retired

Rabbi Judah Dardik, Yeshivat Orayta

Rabbi Mark Dratch, IJCIC

Rabbi Pini Dunner, Beverly Hills Synagogue

Rabbi Yehuda Dvorkin, Mamad Arnona School

Chief Program Officer Alex Fisher, Minnesota JCC

Rabbi Omri Flicker, Beit Eliezer

Rabbi Baruch Frydman-Kohl, Emeritus, Beth Tzedec Congregation

Rabbi Matt Futterman, Retired

Daniel Goldman, Ex-chair World Bnei Akiva

Rabbi David Goodman, Moreshet Avraham - Jerusalem

Rabbi Felipe Goodman, Temple Beth Sholom

Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein, Elijah Interfaith Institute

Rabbi Joshua Hammerman, Temple Beth El

Rabbi Ben Herman, Mosaic Law

Rabbi Tyson Herberger

Gil Hoffman

Rabbi Howard Hoffman, NSJC Emeritus

Rabbi Daniel Horwitz, Congregation Beth Yeshurun

Rabbi David Jaffe, Kirva

Rabbi Shaul Judelman, Shorashim-Judur

Rabbi David Kaiman, Congregation Bnai Israel

Rabbi David Katz, Michlelet Mevaseret Yerushalayim

Dr. Jon Kelsen, Drisha

Mr. Shabbos Kestenbaum, PragerU

Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner, Temple Emanu-El

Rabbi Ezra Klein, Torot Emet

Rabbi Frederick Klein, Greater Miami Jewish Federation

Rabbi Michael Klayman, Retired

Rav Shoshana Mitrani Knapp, Self

Rabbi Asher Knight, Temple Beth El

Rabbi Dr. Eugene Korn, Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding

Rabbi Doron Kornbluth, N/a

Rabbi David Krishef, Congregation Ahavas Israel

Rabbi Vernon Kurtz, Rabbinical Assembly

Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem, Congregation Shirat Shlomo (Emeritus)

Rabbi Daniel Levin, Temple Beth El of Boca Raton

Rabbi Dennis Linson, Temple Judea of Laguna Hills

Rabbi Hillel Mansfield, Hebrew University

Rabbi Randall Mark, Shomrei Torah WCC

Rabbi Richard Marker, IJCIC

Rabbi Andrew Markowitz, Adath Israel of the Main Line

Michael Melchior, Kehillat Talpiyot Hahadasha

Rabbi Elhanan Miller, People of the Book

Rabbi Jonathan Morgenstern, Young Israel of Scarsdale

Rabbi Yakov Nagen, Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue

Ms. Peta Pellach, Elijah Interfaith Institute

Moshe Phillips, Americans For A Safe Israel

Rabbi Emeritus Daniel Pressman, Congregation Beth David

Rabbi Rafi Rank, Midway Jewish Center, Syosset, Long Island

Rabbi Adam Raskin, Congregation Har Shalom

Rabbi Peretz Rodman, Rabbinical Assembly, Israel

Rabbi Amirit Rosen, Kehilat Moreshet Avraham

Rabbi David Rosen, Religions for Peace

Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Dov Rosen, Yakar - Jerusalem

Rabbi Doron Rubin, The Masorti Movement in Israel

Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, Roots/Shorashim/Judur

Rabbi David Schwartz, PORAT

Rabbi Professor Don Seeman, New Toco Shul/Emory University

Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, UCLA Hillel

Rabbi Michael Stanger, Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation

Rabbi Samuel Stern, Temple Beth Sholom

Rabba Dr. Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz, Azara

Rabbi Reuven Tradburks, Rabbinical Council of America

Rabbi Joshua Waxman, Temple Beth Rishon

Rabbi Levi Weiman-Kelman, Kehilat Kol HaNeshama

Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, Zionist Rabbinic Coalition

Rabbi Jay Weinstein, Jewish Agency for Israel

Rabbi Matt Weisbaum, RabbisUNITED/StandWithUs

Rabbi Elie Weinstock, Jewish Center of Atlantic Beach

Rabbi Yosef Weinstock, Young Israel of Hollywood - Fort Lauderdale

Rabbi Tuly Weisz, Israel365

Dr. Sharon Weiss-Greenberg, Lechu Neranena

Rabbi Adam Wohlberg, Temple Sinai

Rabbi Professor Jeffrey Woolf, Bar Ilan University 

Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Uri L'Tzedek 

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Readers beware!!!!!!!!!!  

And be aware...  Zionist holidays are not Jewish.  At best they are Israeli, which includes a very great number of non-Jews!  The "State" is a means to an end, not the end itself.

Jews and Christians unite for global Hallel on Israel’s Independence Day

On Wednesday, April 22, Israel365 Action and Hayovel will host an online musical performance of Hallel, celebratory verses from Psalms, to mark Israel Independence Day (Yom HaAtzmaut) and to praise God for the creation of the state of Israel. 

...Rabbi Pesach Wolicki, the head of Israel365 Action and one of the organizers of the event, noted that reciting Hallel on Yom HaAtzmaut reflects religious values shared by Religious Zionists and Christian Zionists.

That's a hard pass from me.