William Lindsey Mar 16

"Synagogues in the United States should take down the signs that many have on their lawn that say, ‘We stand with Israel.’ They should take them down, because those signs make the congregants less safe, and because they are immoral. ...

Torah has been eclipsed by the idolatry of the worship of the state."

~ Peter Beinart

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https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/lessons-from-the-michigan-synagogue

Thoughts on the Michigan Synagogue Attack

About Jewish safety and Jewish morality

The Beinart Notebook
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 16

"And now, now we see not only that that form of idolatry is making American Jews less safe, but it’s sapping the fundamental, moral core of what these synagogues are supposed to be about. ...

When you put out a sign that says, and keep it there, ‘We stand with Israel,’ even after something that has been called a genocide by Israel’s own leading human rights organization," (continued in /3)

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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 

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"B’Tselem, and the International Association of Genocide Scholars, it seems to me you are contributing to a diminution, a denigration of our moral, ethical refinement.

If a synagogue wants to have a conversation about whether it’s moral to have this sign, ‘We stand with Israel,’ on its lawn right now, I would suggest do so after you have invited someone from Gaza to speak to you."

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Mar 16 at 3:32pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Mar 16

"Do so after you’ve invited someone whose family is now in Lebanon or in Iran under these bombs falling on them. Listen to what they’ve gone through, and then ask yourself, is this the best message that we can advertise to the world?"

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