Not in our name
Published
by
Richard Kuper
JVL Introduction
Rabbi Lev Taylor’s immediate response to the outcome of the Israeli elections was a sermon affirming progressive Jewish values in opposition to Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir, unabashed extremist religious nationalists and racists.
For them the Torah is not a moral handbook, but a military one.
Here Taylor affirms a Judaism based on ethics, dignity, piety and peace.
“We will do everything we can to resist this government’s perversion of Judaism.
Not in our name. Not in the name of our Torah. Not in the name of our God.”
This article was originally published by Simlev blog on Fri 4 Nov 2022. Read the original here.
Not in our name
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Thank you Rabbi Taylor, I found this both informative and enlightening. Previously the only analyses of Zionism I’ve read have been written from a purely political viewpoint.
I read this and felt frightened, worried and helpless, I cannot see any hope for the Palestinian people.
If it wasn’t for the US support, Israel would be forced to change. The World came together and changed South African Apartheid, the blacks were no longer without a democratic vote, it saw Black leaders at the top of Government, it’s still far from perfect but it has come a long way.
My question is, should we campaign to get the United States to change its position of support for Israel, as well as reporting and challenging Israel’s heinous behaviour towards the Palestinians?