Posted on 08/20/2016 2:16:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
JTA - Forty American "Open" Orthodox clergy co-signed a letter condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for what they called his “hateful rhetoric and intolerant policy proposals.”
The letter, whose signatories included Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, the founding president of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York City — was published Friday on the website Cleveland.com.
Noting that “religion should be invoked with care” when addressing politics, the rabbis added that, “Nevertheless, there are times when the political discourse veers into morally offensive language and policy proposals that violate fundamental religious norms.”
The rabbis’ “core religious values and essential theological beliefs,” they wrote, “require us to condemn Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric and intolerant policy proposals in the strongest possible terms.”
In the current presidential election campaign, they also wrote, “we have been deeply troubled to hear proposals that condemn whole groups and which are justified by pointing to evil behaviors by members of that group or religion.”
Trump has called for banning Muslims from entering the United States and later, in remarks made in the context of the fight against radical Islam, for “extreme vetting” of immigrants.
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Allu Akbar, rabbi!
The self-haters circling the wagons.
What is wrong with American Jews?
Suicidal rabbis recommending the same course for others ...
Wonder if these fellows are holocaust deniers as well?
Maybe they should take English classes.
His rhetoric may very well be the only thing standing between them and a terrorist attack.
Even in Israel idiots like this exist.
This is downright suicidal.
Oy Vey!
Neurological disorder, some sort of a reflex.
what hateful rhetoric? Of they must mean the spew on mSNBC. Now THAT is hate.
Since when is wanting to save Israel and the jewish people for extermination “hateful rhetoric”?
I guess those Rabbis are also protecting the KKK. Until the US Jewish community speaks out against Islamic terrorism, and the anti-Semitic Obama administration, I am done defending them.
Suicidal Jews?
Shouldn’t they all lose their tax-exemption?
Where’s the IRS?
Only 40?
Liberal Jews on FB are completely nuts - especially the British ones. I just don’t get it. What does it take to wake people up?
The ones I follow are convinced that if the government of GB is mean to islamics, a new Holocaust on the Jews is sure to follow. How do you combat that stupid idea?
Well when ISIS throws those naive commies in a cage and makes them extra crispy, their last find thought will be their vote for Hillary.
They need to leave and go to Palestine. Let them complain there.
Well when ISIS throws those naive commies in a cage and makes them extra crispy, their last final thought will be their vote for Hillary.
I condemn forty rabbis for stupidity...
So there!!!!!!!
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