Comments on: Peace Activists http://farfromzion.com/archives/70 Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:17:27 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rabbi Brant Rosen http://farfromzion.com/archives/70/comment-page-1#comment-17 Rabbi Brant Rosen Tue, 03 Feb 2009 21:12:58 +0000 http://farfromzion.com/?p=70#comment-17 Regarding the rabbinical statement: it was not "shut down" so much as it never got traction. Your analysis is spot on, however. Please don't take this latest attempt as a sign that rabbis are unwilling to take a spiritual/moral stand in favor of peace and justice. Your readers should know that there is an important new Jewish organization, Shomer Shalom, that is spearheading a Jewish voice for nonviolence. We've published a version of the statement, on our website: http://shomershalom.org/ BTW: We agree with you wholeheartedly that our sacred values have sustained us much more effectively thru the centuries than any adherance to political doctrine or nation statism. Bear with us. We're finding our voice and you haven't heard the last of us yet... Regarding the rabbinical statement: it was not “shut down” so much as it never got traction. Your analysis is spot on, however. Please don’t take this latest attempt as a sign that rabbis are unwilling to take a spiritual/moral stand in favor of peace and justice.

Your readers should know that there is an important new Jewish organization, Shomer Shalom, that is spearheading a Jewish voice for nonviolence. We’ve published a version of the statement, on our website: http://shomershalom.org/

BTW: We agree with you wholeheartedly that our sacred values have sustained us much more effectively thru the centuries than any adherance to political doctrine or nation statism.

Bear with us. We’re finding our voice and you haven’t heard the last of us yet…

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