When it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, we generally divide Jews into hawks and doves or right-wingers and left-wingers. But a more accurate division might be "security Jews" vs. "democracy Jews."
"Security Jews" are those whose greatest concern is
Who is the mightiest of the mighty? ...He who turns his enemy into a friend.
-Avot D'Rabbi Natan, version A, chap. 23
Death to the extremists!
-popular Israeli bumper sticker
When I was living in Haifa in 1962, a main thoroughfare running down past the Bahai
Tuesday this week saw an outrageous arson attack on a West Bank mosque.
Monday marked 44 years since the start of the Six-Day-War in Israel. Protesters gathered on the Syrian side of the Israeli-Syrian border to mark the event and were, reportedly, held back from the Israeli border with gunfire from Israeli troops, after warnings
Rabbi Shimon fled to the cave to escape a death sentence for publicly criticizing Roman culture. According to folk tradition, during his twelve years of isolation, he engaged in mystical meditation and wrote the Zohar, the central work of Kabbalah.
Together, we will champion the lessons of Passover by bringing greater wholeness, justice, and belonging to our world.