Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Rabbis for Sabeel

In the LA Jewish Journal of March 7, 2008 was published a letter signed by two rabbis who attended the Sabeel Institute conference in All Saints Church in Pasadena last month. In their letter they made a statement that they did NOT see any violent expression against Israel.
AMAZING GRACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Because I have a detailed summary of other participants of the one and same conference. It contains the mames of the presentors, names of movies presented, names of books sold and summaries of the different presentations. In all of them without exception Israel is the aggressor. No mention to the 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973 wars that brought about the current situation. Just as I described in Anna Baltzer's presentation. Basically the following is the summary of the conference.

ISRAEL ACTS LIKE THE ROMANS DID TOWARDS JESUS (the facts that all the Jews were treated the same way, is not mentioned). THE INNOCENT PALESTINIANS DO NOT KNOW WHY THEIR HOMES ARE DEMOLISHED NOR THE REASON FOR THE CONSTRUCTON OF THE WALL (paid by American tax payers). ALL THE PEACEFULL PALESTINIANS WANT IS THAT THE ZIONISTS GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM AND LEAVE ALL THEY BUILT BEHIND INTACT.

I wonder why the presentors failed to mention the wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973 that brought about the current situation. Why was there no mention to all the attempts of peace accords that were not signed by their leaders?

Well, I had the dubious honor of teaching the daughter of one of the "Journal Rabbis" many years back. Years later she became a teacher in one of L.A. Jewish high schools. She was fired soon after because instead to teaching according to the curriculum she spent hours telling her students about her wonderful experiences in the summers she spent in Palestinian villages and how she contributed more than just her time. She could never understand why the parents were outraged. It's no wonder, her father could find no wrong in the Sabeel conference either.

I wrote to the father, but received no response. Likewise, I wrote to the Journal editor, my letter was neither responded nor acknowledged. Well, TRUTH HURTS.

Rabbis for Sabeel