Reply #156: Rabbi Lerner takes on "the Jewish World"

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Rabbi Lerner and Tikkun magazine have reacted to the barbaric vandalism of Lerner's house in an equally barbaric and irrational manner. They accuse "the Jewish world" of fomenting violence against Lerner and call other Jews, who are presumably not part of "the Jewish world," to make certain that all criticism of Lerner and Tikkun are stopped. Tikkun further claims that Israel and the IDF are at fault for anti-Semitism, and they wish to distance themselves from us evil Zionists, who do not represent the Jewish people according to them.

Below is my response to their article.

Ami Isseroff

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Dear Rabbi Lerner and Tikkun magazine staff,
I was shocked to read about the attack on Rabbi Lerner's home, and wrote to condemn it .

However, I am dismayed and shocked by your reaction. You reject forthright condemnations of violence and expressions of solidarity, are quick to cast blame on blameless people, seek to use this stupid act of vandalism to discredit legitimate political opposition, and cast vague aspersions on the entire "Jewish world." You have set yourselves up as judge, jury and executioner. You place the blame for the attack on organizations and persons that condemned the attack and obviously had nothing to do with it, and on the "Jewish world" - a fictive anti-Semitic construct. Presumably you and Tony Klug and other saints of spiritual progressivism or progressive spiritualism are not part of the Jewish world in your view. The "Jewish world" of Tikkun consists of dark forces in the person Alan Dershowitz and those who dare to speak out against Judge Goldstone's irresponsible blood libel. And you call for McCarthyite censorship of ideas that are inconvenient for you.

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http://news.zionism-israel.com/2010/05/rabbi-lerner-takes-on-jewish-world.html