This Jewish Week piece includes many Jewish leaders criticizing the "Obsession"
video as a distortion of the Islamic religion. Jack Ross had a smart
response (I can't believe he's only 23, it sort of makes me want to hang up my cleats):
I'm glad that some of the more sensible Jewish leaders out there are
denouncing Obsession, but I can't allow it to go without acknowledging
the outrageous premise of the article that Islamic groups have to be kashered [made kosher] in order to have dialogue with them–
denouncing Obsession, but I can't allow it to go without acknowledging
the outrageous premise of the article that Islamic groups have to be kashered [made kosher] in order to have dialogue with them–
URJ
[Union for Reform Judaism] President Rabbi Eric Yoffie said ISNA
[Islamic Society of North America, an umbrella group of 300 Muslim
groups, attacked in the film] met all of the URJ’s
requirements for interfaith dialogue, including unequivocal
condemnations of terrorism and terrorism directed at Jews and Israelis,
and unequivocal acceptance of a two-state solution–
[Union for Reform Judaism] President Rabbi Eric Yoffie said ISNA
[Islamic Society of North America, an umbrella group of 300 Muslim
groups, attacked in the film] met all of the URJ’s
requirements for interfaith dialogue, including unequivocal
condemnations of terrorism and terrorism directed at Jews and Israelis,
and unequivocal acceptance of a two-state solution–
Demanding support for a two-state solution may be one thing, but in the case of Eric Yoffie and the URJ it has also included the demand (not in the Jewish Week article, but in other statements he's made) that they acknowledge Israel
as a "Jewish state" and other such rhetorical demands of a totalitarian
spirit. At any rate, let it just be a reminder that a lot of these
folks who cling to the religion of "peoplehood" should look in the
mirror if they wonder where the racism of Emerson, Pipes, Woolsey, and
apparently Lieberman comes from.
as a "Jewish state" and other such rhetorical demands of a totalitarian
spirit. At any rate, let it just be a reminder that a lot of these
folks who cling to the religion of "peoplehood" should look in the
mirror if they wonder where the racism of Emerson, Pipes, Woolsey, and
apparently Lieberman comes from.
