"Was it always this way? And why has it become that this idea of what makes you a good Jew is your support for the state of Israel rather than these much much deeper things that are in our tradition?"

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"One of the things that I've often wondered about is how did it become the case that in so many Jewish communities, so many synagogues, the test of whether you are a Jew in good standing, whether you're a good Jew, is whether you support Israel, basically right or wrong, not whether you keep Shabbat, not whether you keep kosher, not whether you lay tefillin, not whether you give tzedakah or visit the sick or wash the bodies of the dead."

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"Yes, I do because I think the human life that is destroyed in order to regain possession of the West Bank and in order to annex the West Bank and Gaza — I think the ethical cost is far too great and it will make it very difficult to embrace Judaism qua religion long after this period of history is over.

Peter Beinart then says,

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Journalism professor and Jewish thinker Peter Beinart asks Ismar Schorsch, chancellor emeritus of Jewish Theological Seminary,

"Do you feel that what Israel is doing in Gaza represents a kind of a breaking, a violation of that berith that covenant between the Jewish people and God?"

Dr. Schorsch replies,

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https://peterbeinart.substack.com/p/a-stain-on-judaism-itself

Times of Israel | Three more Gazans have died due to malnutrition or #starvation in the past 24 hours, according the Hamas-run health ministry in the Strip, bringing the total of such deaths since the beginning of the war to 303, including 117 children.

The UN spokesperson says six of the 12 #UN missions to transfer humanitarian aid through #Gaza yesterday were either canceled or only partially accomplished due to Israeli restrictions.

#Palestine#Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/three-more-gazans-have-died-of-malnutrition-hamas-run-health-ministry-says/

Times of Israel | Three more Gazans have died due to malnutrition or #starvation in the past 24 hours, according the Hamas-run health ministry in the Strip, bringing the total of such deaths since the beginning of the war to 303, including 117 children.

The UN spokesperson says six of the 12 #UN missions to transfer humanitarian aid through #Gaza yesterday were either canceled or only partially accomplished due to Israeli restrictions.

#Palestine#Israel

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/three-more-gazans-have-died-of-malnutrition-hamas-run-health-ministry-says/

“We affirm that #Hamas’s sins & crimes do not relieve the government of #Israel of its obligations to make whatever efforts are necessary to prevent mass #starvation,” the letter said. “Orthodox Jewry, as some of Israel’s most devoted supporters, bears a unique moral responsibility. We must affirm that Judaism’s vision of justice & compassion extends to all human beings.”

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