Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Trump is no more racist than mainstream Israeli policy [View all]azurnoir
(45,850 posts)so once again Rabbi Lerner's reply
March 16, 2014 at 10:48 am
Ive always been thrilled to have MJ Rosenberg as one of our bloggers. But I have to strongly object to calling Mondoweiss Anti-Semitic. I do believe that their constant criticism of Israel is unfair, one-sided, and shows none of the compassion that we progressives ought to be showing to those with whom we disagree. I do often disagree with articles that are published on that site (but then again, I often disagree with articles published on this Tikkun Daily blog, and Im the editor (who believes in free speech). Yet I think it is a disservice to the term anti-Semitism to use it as equivalent to having unfair and excessive criticism of Israel. The term means hating Jews and wishing them ill, and I dont believe that the editors at Mondoweiss fit that description. Nor do I think it appropriate for our Tikkun Daily blog to be a place where we throw that term around except where it appliesto groups that do in fact hate Jews and wish Jews ill. There are such groups, and they have been popping up all over Europe once again and most recently in the Ukraine. So I want to apologize to Mondoweiss for this article and urge all who use this site to avoid those kinds of accusations unless they are backed up with detailed specific examples that prove the charge beyond a reasonable doubt. Rabbi Michael Lerner, Editor, Tikkun
http://www.tikkun.org/tikkundaily/2014/03/16/is-anti-semitism-dead/
how long do you wish to continue this?