Lettera di 200 rabbini contro il dvieto di entrare in Israele per chi appoggia il BDS
Sintesi pesonale
Noi, i rabbini firmatari , stiamo con la nostro collega, la rabbina
Alissa Shira Wise, alla quale è stato negato l'ingresso in Israele a causa dell' appoggio espresso al BDS . Faceva parte di un gruppo costituito da due altri ebrei, un cristiano e un musulmano, tutti
membri di una delegazione interreligiosa per incontrare attivisti di
pace israeliani e palestinesi.
Anche se molti di noi hanno posizioni sostanzialmente differenti da quelle espresse dalla rabbina Wise e da
altri colleghi rabbini che sostengono il movimento BDS in alcune o in tutte
le sue forme, crediamo che la decisione di impedirle di
visitare Israele sia una scelta antidemocratico e contraria alla nostra visione di una comunità ebraica dalle molteplici prospettive.
I boicottaggi sono una legittima tattica non violenta utilizzata sia nel nostro paese che in altre parti del mondo al fine di ottenere giustizia per le comunità emarginate e oppresse.
La terra di Israele è ricca di significati religiosi per gli ebrei,per i cristiani e per i musulmani. Come rabbini siamo particolarmente consapevoli che gli ebrei stanno compiendo pellegrinaggi per Eretz Yisrael da secoli .
Noi ne comprendiamo il significato profondo e siamo
oltraggiati dal fatto che il governo israeliano vieti a Rabbi Wise
di entrare.
Siamo anche dolorosamente consapevoli che a molti palestinesi è stato proibito di entrare nel paese per visitare le proprie famiglie.
Per la profonda fedeltà ai membri delle nostre comunità, delle
congregazioni e delle associazioni rabbiniche ai quali può essere impedito di entrare in Israele in futuro, non possiamo rimanere in
silenzio.
Viaggiare in Israele per incontrarsi con gli israeliani e i palestinesi
offre a tutti coloro che si preoccupano del conflitto un'opportunità
per imparare e condividere idee , permette di considerare tutte le persone come create a immagine di Dio ,permette di cercare modi per sostenere tutti coloro che lavorano per
garantire giustizia e pace .
Elenco dei firmatari
Rabbinic Letter Against Israel’s Travel Ban
“A
controversy for the sake of Heaven will have lasting value, but a
controversy not for the sake of Heaven will not endure” (Pirkei Avot
5:17).
We,
the undersigned rabbis, stand with our colleague, Rabbi Alissa Shira
Wise, who was denied entry to Israel because of her support for the
Palestinian civil society call for Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions
(BDS) of Israel. She had been travelling with two other Jews, a
Christian, and a Muslim who were all members of an interfaith delegation
to meet with Israeli and Palestinian nonviolent peace activists.
We
hold diverse opinions on BDS. Even though many of us have substantive
differences with Rabbi Wise and other rabbinic colleagues who support
the BDS movement in some or all of its forms, we believe that the
decision to bar Rabbi Wise from visiting Israel is anti-democratic and
desecrates our vision of a diverse Jewish community that holds multiple
perspectives.
Boycotts
are a legitimate nonviolent tactic that have been used both in our own
country and around the world in order to create justice for marginalized
and oppressed communities. Whether we support boycott is a controversy
for the sake of heaven. It endures because we struggle together and
debate how we can create peace, justice, and equality for Israelis and
Palestinians alike.
The
land of Israel is steeped with religious meaning for Jews, Christians,
and Muslims. As rabbis we are particularly conscious that Jews have been
making pilgrimages to Eretz Yisrael for centuries; we understand the
deep meaning that this holds, and we are outraged that the Israeli
government would prohibit Rabbi Wise from entering. We are also
painfully aware that many Palestinians have long been banned from
entering the country to visit their own families.
Out
of deep loyalty to members of our communities, congregations, and
rabbinical associations who may also be barred from entering Israel in
the future, we cannot remain silent.
Travelling
to Israel in order to meet with Israelis and Palestinians provides all
who care about the conflict an opportunity to learn from and share ideas
with people across borders, to see all people as created b’tzelem
Elohim, in the image of God, and to explore how we can support all who
are working to ensure justice and peace for all.
List of Signers — Congregations and organizations listed for identification purposes only:
- Rabbi Leora Abelson, Congregation Agudas Achim, Attleboro MA
- Rabbi Susan Abramson, Temple Shalom Emeth, Burlington MA
- Rabbi Renni Altman, HUC-JIR, Great Neck NY
- Rabbi Alana Alpert, Congregation T’chiyah, Detroit MI
- Rabbi Rebecca Alpert, Temple University, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Benjamin Arnold, Beth Evergreen, Granby CO
- Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Jerusalem ISRAEL
- Dr. Caryn Aviv, Rabbinical Student, ALEPH, Denver CO
- Rabbi Larry Bach, Judea Reform Congregation, Durham NC
- Rabbi Lev Baesh, Kol HaLev, Austin TX
- Rabbi Chava Bahle, Or Tzafon, Suttons Bay MI
- Sarah Barasch-Hagans, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Benjamin Barer, Rabbinical Student, Hebrew College, Boston MA
- Rabbi David Dunn Bauer, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, New York NY
- Rabbi Renee Bauer, Madison, WI
- Rabbi Ofer Sabath Beit-Halachmi, Hebrew Union College — Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati OH
- Rabbi Philip J Bentley, Agudas Israel Congregation, Hendersonville NC
- Rabbi Marjorie Berman, Clarks Summit PA
- Rabbi Phyllis Berman, Spiritual Director, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Kevin Bernstein, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Haim Beliak, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Joseph Berman, Silver Spring MD
- Rabbi Rena Blumenthal, New Paltz NY
- Rabbi Daniel Bogard Adath Israel, Cincinnati OH
- Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton, Ottawa ON
- Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav, Denver CO
- Sarah Brammer-Shlay, Rabbinical Student, If Not Now, Philadelphia PA
- Cantor Vera Broekhuysen, Temple Emanue-El of Haverhill, Haverhill MA
- Rabbi Caryn Broitman, Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center, Vineyard Haven MA
- Rabbi Sharon Brous, IKAR, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Shoshana Brown, Temple Beth El, Fall River MA
- Rabbi Brumberg-Kraus, Wheaton College, Norton MA
- Rabbi David Brusin, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Whitefish Bay WI
- Rabbi Simcha Daniel Burstyn, Kibbutz Lotan ISRAEL
- Rabbi Carol Caine, Albany CA
- Rabbi Ian Chesir-Teran, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, Hannaton ISRAEL
- Rabbi Howard A. Cohen, Congregation Shirat Hayam, Bennington VT
- Rabbi Michael M. Cohen, Israel Congregation, Manchester Center VT
- Rabbi Sandra Cohen, Denver CO
- Rabbi Shahar Colt, Watertown MA
- Rabbi Kathryn Cook, Chaplain Heart Hospital, Austin TX
- Rabbi David J. Cooper, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Piedmont CA
- Rabbi Meryl Crean, Glenside PA
- Rachel Davidson, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Michael Davis, Makom Shalom, Chicago IL
- Rabbi Nate DeGroot, IKAR, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb, Adat Shalom Reconstructionist Congregation, Bethesda MD
- Rabbi Megan Doherty, Oberlin College Hillel, Oberlin OH
- Rabbi Doris Dyen, Makom HaLev, Pittsburgh PA
- David Eber, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Judith Edelstein, D. Min, New York NY
- Rabbi Amy Eilberg, Los Altos CA
- Rabbi Bruce Elder, Congregation Hakafa, Glencoe IL
- Dr. Rabbi Barat Ellman, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice, New York NY
- Rabbi Diane Elliot, Wholly Present, El Sobrante CA
- Rabbi Andrew Vogel Ettin, Temple Israel, Salisbury NC
- Rabbi Michael Edward Feinberg, Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition, New York NY
- Rabbi Charles Feinberg, Interfaith Action for Human Rights, Washington DC
- Rabbi Zev Hayyim-Feyer, Pomona CA
- Rabbi Mark Hurvitz, Davka, New York NY
- Rabbi Brian Field, Judaism Your Way, Denver CO
- Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, Boulder CO
- Rabbi Nancy Flam, Northampton MA
- Rabbi Ari Lev Fornari, Kol Tzedek Synagogue, Philadelphia PA
- Laurie Franklin, Rabbinic Intern and Spiritual Leader, Har Shalom, Missoula MT
- Rabbi Eli Freedman, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi John Friedman, Judea Reform Congregation, Durham NC
- Rabbi Marsha Friedman, String of Pearls Congregation, Princeton NJ
- Rabbi Shoshana Friedman, Temple Sinai, Brookline MA
- Rabbi Joyce Galaski, Florence MA
- Rabbi Jonah Geffen, Congregation Shaare Zedek, New York NY
- Rabbi Ruth Gelfarb, Har HaShem, Boulder CO
- Rabbi Everett Gendler, Emeritus, Phillips Academy, Andover MA
- Rabbi Jeremy Gerber, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Wallingford PA
- Rabbi Sherril Gilbert, Montreal QC
- Rabbi Rosalind Glazer, Jerusalem ISRAEL
- Rabbi Bob Gluck, University at Albany, Albany NY
- Rabbi Shai Gluskin, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Elisa Goldberg, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Beth Chaim Congregation, Danville CA
- Rabbi Megan GoldMarche, Chicago IL
- Rabbi Rachel Goldenberg, Malkhut, Forest Hills NY
- Rabbi Shelley Goldman, Indianapolis IN
- Rabbi Monica Gomery, Chicago IL
- Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman, BaMidbar Wilderness Therapy, Denver CO
- Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Shomeret Shalom Global Congregation, Berkeley CA
- Rabbi Lisa Grant, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Laurie Green, Baltimore MD
- Rabbi Hillel Greene, Newton MA
- Rabbi David Greenstein, Congregation Shomrei Emunah, Montclair NJ
- Rabbi Suzanne Griffel, Chicago IL
- Miriam Grossman, Rabbinical Student, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald, Congregation HEA, Denver CO
- Rabbi Maurice Harris, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College/Jewish Reconstructionist Communities, Philadelphia PA
- Alicia Harris, Rabbinical Student, Cincinnati OH
- Rabbi Linda Holtzman, Tikkun Olam Chavurah, Philadelphia PA
- Rebecca Hornstein, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Margaret Holub, Mendocino CA
- Rabbi Geoff Huntting, Temple Sinai, Sarasota FL
- Rabbi Jill Jacobs, T’ruah, New York NY
- Rabbi Joshua Jacobs-Velde, Silver Spring MD
- Rabbi Ellen Jaffe-Gill, Tidewater Chavurah, Virginia Beach VA
- Rabbi Marisa James, New York NY
- Rabbi Beth Janus, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster, T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, New York NY
- Ariana Katz, Rabbinical Student, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Joanna Katz, Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, New Paltz NY
- Rabbi Hillel Katzir, Fort Collins CO
- Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman, St. Paul MN
- Rabbi Edward J. Klein, Humanist Jewish Congregation of Queens, Queens NY
- Rabbi Jason Klein, New York NY
- Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Elliot Kukla, Oakland CA
- Rabbi Alan LaPayover, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Shir Tikvah Congregation, Minneapolis MN
- Joseph Laur, Rabbinical Student, Aleph Alliance, Wendell MA
- Rabbi Adam Lavitt, Providence RI
- Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein, Congregation Shir Shalom, Amherst NY
- Rabbi Esther Lederman, Union for Reform Judaism, Washington DC
- Rabbi Barry Leff, Jerusalem ISRAEL
- Rabbi Michael Lerner, Berkeley CA
- Rabbi Joshua Lesser, Congregation Bet Haverim, Atlanta GA
- Rabbi Sarra Lev, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Sue E. Levy, Houston TX
- Rabbi Yael Levy, Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia PA
- Richard Levy, Rabbinical Student, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Annie Lewis, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Jonathan Lipnick, New York NY
- Rabbi Ellen Lippmann, Kolot Chayeinu/Voices of Our Lives, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Jane Rachel Litman, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley CA
- Rabbi Jonathan Malino, Guilford College, Ottawa ON
- Rabbi Shana Margolin, Monpelier VT
- Rabbi Jeffrey Marker, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Susan Marks, New College of Florida, Sarasota FL
- Rabbi Noa Mazor, Jerusalem ISRAEL
- Mimi Micner, Rabbinical Student, Boston MA
- Rabbi Rim Meirowitz, Emeritus, Temple Shir Tikvah, Wayland MA
- Rabbi Tamara Miller, Temple Micah, Washington DC
- Rabbi Diana Miller, Kehillat HaNahar, New Hope PA
- Rabbi Kelilah Miller, Congregation Ohev Shalom, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi David Mivasair, Ahavat Olam Synagogue, Vancouver BC
- Rabbi Linda Motzkin, Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs, NY
- Rabbi Gray Myrseth, Kehilla Community Synagogue, San Francisco CA
- Rabbi Haviva Ner-David, Shmaya: A Mikveh for Mind, Body, and Soul, Hannaton ISRAEL
- Rabbi Dev Noily, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Oakland CA
- Rabbi David Paskin, Boca Raton FL
- Salem Pearce, Rabbinical Student, Hebrew College, New York NY
- Rabbi Barbara Penzner, Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, Boston MA
- Rabbi Robin Podolsky, Cal State Long Beach, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Marcia Prager, P’nai Or Jewish Renewal Congregation, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Arnold Rachlis, University Synagogue, Irvine CA
- Rabbi Tzipi Radonsky, The Society of the Vav, Beaufort SC
- Rabbi Jonah Rank, Shaar Shalom, Halifax, NS
- Rabbi Michael Ramberg, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Victor Reinstein, Nehar Shalom Community Synagogue, Jamaica Plain MA
- Mackenzie Reynolds, Rabbinical Student, Jew for Racial and Economic Justice, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Moti Rieber, Kansas Interfaith Action, Overland Park KS
- Lex Rofes, Rabbinical Student, Providence RI
- Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, Chicago IL
- Rabbi Arielle Rosenberg, Shir Tikvah, Minneapolis MN
- Jessica Rosenberg, Rabbinical Student, Philadelphia PA
- Ken Rosenstein, Rabbinical Student, Boston MA
- Urit Rozenblit, Rabbinical Student, Poteach Shearim, Metula ISRAEL
- Rabbi Jeff Roth, Awakened Heart Project, New Paltz NY
- Rabbi Michael Rothbaum, Congregation Beth Elohim, Concord MA
- Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Rubenstein, Temple Beth Israel, Eugene OR
- Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, Kehillat Israel, Pacific Palisades CA
- Rabbi Jonathan Rubenstein, Temple Sinai, Saratoga Springs NY
- Rabbi Michal Rubin, HaKerem of South Carolina, Columbia SC
- Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg, Avodah, Evanston IL
- Rabbi Gila Ruskin, Temple Adas Shalom, Havre de Grace MD
- Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Tamara Schagas, Jerusaelm ISRAEL
- Rabbi Susan Shamash, Vancouver BC
- Rabbi Jeffrey Schein, Minneapolis MN
- Rabbi Jeremy Schwartz, Temple Bnai Israel, Willimantic CT
- Rabbi Gerald Serotta, Chevy Chase MD
- Rabbi Drorah Setel, Temple Emanu-el, Rochester NY
- Rabbi Micah Shapiro, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Jeremy D. Sher, Ha-Emek: Honest, Inclusive, Progressive Judaism, Silicon Valley CA
- Jessica Shimberg, Rabbinical Student, The Little Minyan Kehilla, Columbus OH
- Rabbi David Shneyer, Am Kolel, Rockville MD
- Rabbi Hannah Tiferet Siegel, Hornby Island BC
- Rabbi Susan Silverman, Second Nurture, Jerusalem ISRAEL
- Rabbi Becky Silverstein, Pasadena CA
- Rabbi Suzanne Singer, Riverside Temple Beth El, Riverside CA
- Rabbi Ruth Sohn, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles CA
- Rabbi Marc Soloway, Bonai Shalom, Boulder CO
- Rabbi Robin Sparr, Temple Emanuel, Lowell MA
- Rabbi Brent Spodek, Beacon Hebrew Alliance, Beacon NY
- Rabbi Toba Spitzer, Newton MA
- Rabbi Jacob Staub, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi David Stein, Premium Judaica Editorial Services, Culver City CA
- Rabbi Keith Stern, Temple Beth Avodah, Newton MA
- Rabbi Shira Stutman, Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington DC
- Rabbi Louis Sutker, Victoria BC
- Rabbi Elliott Tepperman, Bnai Keshet, Montclair NJ
- Rabbi Barbara Thiede, Temple Or Olam, Concord NC
- Rabbi David Vaisberg, Temple Emanu-El, Edison NJ
- Rabbi Andrew Vogel, Temple Sinai, Brookline MA
- Rabbi Brian Walt, West Tisbury MA
- Rabbi Arthur Waskow, The Shalom Center, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Lucia Pizarro Wehlen, Jewish Liberation Theology Institute, Hamilton ON
- Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Simkha Weintraub, Brooklyn NY
- Rabbi Michal Woll, Congregation Shir Hadash, Milwaukee WI
- Rabbi Ora Weiss, Boston MA
- Rabbi Rachel Weiss, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, Evanston IL
- Rabbi Raysh Weiss, Shaar Shalom Synagogue, Halifax NS
- Rabbi Zari Weiss, Kol NaNeshama, Seattle WA
- Rabbi Ariann Weitzman, Bnai Keshet Reconstructionist Synagogue, Montclair NJ
- Rabbi Nancy Wiener, New York NY
- Rabbi Joseph Wolf, Havurah Shalom, Portland OR
- Nora Woods, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia PA
- May Ye, Rabbinical Student, Kol Tzedek, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Barbara Zacky, Santa Monica CA
- Rabbi David Zaslow, Havurah Shir Hadash, Ashland OR
- Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Mishkan Shalom, Philadelphia PA
- Rabbi Laurie Zimmerman, Congregation Shaarei Shamayim, Madison WI
- Rabbi Michael Zimmerman, Congregation Kehillat Israel, Lansing MI
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