Brief Reflection on Thursday's Tragedy in Jerusalem
Friday March 7, 2008
Categories: Israel and Palestine
I share with the Beliefnet community a message I sent to my congregation last night: The escalating violence in Israel has not escaped anybody’s notice over the past week, beginning with the killing of a Sderot resident by a Hamas-launched...
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Brad Hirschfield currently blogs on Windows and Doors.
Author, radio and TV talk show host, and President of CLAL-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Brad Hirschfield is the author of You Don’t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Listed as one of the nation’s 50 most influential rabbis in Newsweek, and a regular commentator on Court TV, he is the creator of the popular series, Building Bridges, airing on Bridges TV, and the co-host of the weekly radio show, Hirschfield and Kula.
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"May God spread out a shelter of peace over us, over all Israel, over all who dwell on earth, and over Jerusalem."
Amen.
Mourning is appropriate, but prayers for peace never yield peace. May we all be strengthened in our resolve to fight for justice, to fight for fair reporting on the Middle East, and for continued American governmental support for Israel. May our brothers and sisters in Israel know that American Jews support her in her battle to be free of terrorism.
I have one thing to say :"Kahane was right!"
A short note to Jethro and Tzvi, We can understand your outrage and your desire for justice. As to the later, only God is capable of that.
I just wanted to say that terror begets more terror. It is a dog chasing its own tail. There must be other means to a just resolution.
Humans been searching for 'it' for several thousand yrs and it is still illusive. Can we not make our finitely brief stay on Earth a
Peaceful one?
Thank You for reading this post
klauden-
Can't you quote Deut 30:7, or similar? No I suppose not.
How can anyone believe that our enemies will ever agree to any peace? Israel is surrounded by nations that want nothing more than to see Israel wiped off the map. How can anyone seriously believe that more "peace talks" will end the terror? More land concessions? Hasn't worked yet. It won't end until Israel is no more! Wake up!!!
Whenever I hear talks of "Peace" I am reminded of the Convenant of Peace granted in Torah and how it was obtained. I also think of how the logical extention of pacifist "Peace" is death, while life is a struggle. Only those who are willing to engage in struggle have potential to live. Indeed, is it not a mitzvah to engage in this struggle? I see no indication from the "tree of life to those who take hold of it" as being any sort of Pacifist Manifesto.
l'chaim
Our reaction when we invade in order to stop attacks on civilians? Great wringing of hands and much self-recrimination.
Their reaction when they murder 8 teenagers studying the holy Torah?
Handing out candy and cheering.
We're supposed to be making peace with these people?
How do you make peace with people who blow themselves up? Israel is surrounded by nations who want to see the end of a Jewish state at all costs. What peace?
Thank you