“In 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the world changed. Now it is on us to make certain that George Floyd’s death will not be in vain. We can argue and joust and cry about Israel another day.”
Source: Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky, “Why I, A Minneapolis Rabbi, Changed My Mind About ‘Black Lives Matter'” (The New York Jewish Week)
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(more…)“I am disappointed that for many, ‘pro-Israeli’ and ‘pro-Palestinian’ are mutually exclusive. More distressingly, ‘pro-Israel’ is too often interpreted as ‘anti-Palestine’ or ‘anti-Muslim’ — which is plainly false.”
Source: Zohar Levy, “I’m an Israeli-American: Let’s Talk About It” (The Stanford Daily)
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(more…)A slightly unconventional choice this week, perhaps, but it was simply so generous of Julie Zuckerman to put this image together that I’m extra-motivated to share it along with the text that she wrote to accompany it:
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Shabbat shalom.