Tag Archives: BDS

Inconvenient Truth about The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Rabbi Kaufman

Watch as our good friend, Professor Harold Kasimow from Grinnell College and Holocaust survivor, is disrespected by a member of the virulent anti-Israel student group, Students for Justice in Palestine, for not agreeing to the ridiculous notion that the Holocaust … Continue reading →

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“We reject this State that calls itself Israel”

Posted on August 17, 2014 by Rabbi Michael (Micky) Boyden

On Saturday 2 August 2014 George Galloway, MP for Bradford West, attended a political party meeting of the far-left in Leeds, Yorkshire. With the Palestinian flag draped behind him, he proclaimed: “We have declared Bradford an Israel-free zone. We don’t … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Rick Block’s Address on Freedom of the Pulpit and Israel at CCAR 2014

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Rabbi Kaufman

Speaking of Israel: Rabbis and Freedom of the Pulpit Sermon Delivered by Rabbi Richard A. Block President, Central Conference of American Rabbis At the CCAR’s 125th Annual Convention Chicago, March 31, 2014   One Erev Shabbat, a rabbi and temple president … Continue reading →

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A Story the BBC won’t tell

Posted on June 2, 2013 by Rabbi Michael (Micky) Boyden

Noam Naor was just 3 years old when he fell from the fourth floor apartment of his parents’ home. He was rushed to Sheba Hospital in Tel Aviv where doctors fought to save his life, but he had suffered irreversible … Continue reading →

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A Response to the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Rabbi Kaufman

The National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East [NILI] is an organization of leading members of a host of religious communities in the United States. In some cases, the representative is the leading figure in a particular … Continue reading →

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A Reminder – Where Our Advocacy Differs

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Rabbi Kaufman

In August 2010, we published a page addressing our view of how Israel Advocacy should and should not be conducted. It is listed under “Advocacy” on our home page. With all of the discussion about what should be done to … Continue reading →

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