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40 US rabbis condemn Trump’s ‘hateful rhetoric’
Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/8/16 | JTA

Posted on 08/20/2016 2:16:34 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

JTA - Forty American "Open" Orthodox clergy co-signed a letter condemning Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for what they called his “hateful rhetoric and intolerant policy proposals.”

The letter, whose signatories included Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, the founding president of Clal-The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership in New York City — was published Friday on the website Cleveland.com.

Noting that “religion should be invoked with care” when addressing politics, the rabbis added that, “Nevertheless, there are times when the political discourse veers into morally offensive language and policy proposals that violate fundamental religious norms.”

The rabbis’ “core religious values and essential theological beliefs,” they wrote, “require us to condemn Donald Trump’s hateful rhetoric and intolerant policy proposals in the strongest possible terms.”

In the current presidential election campaign, they also wrote, “we have been deeply troubled to hear proposals that condemn whole groups and which are justified by pointing to evil behaviors by members of that group or religion.”

Trump has called for banning Muslims from entering the United States and later, in remarks made in the context of the fight against radical Islam, for “extreme vetting” of immigrants.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 40rabbis; hateful; islamigration; jewishvote; rabbis; trump2016; wall
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To: Eleutheria5

Allu Akbar, rabbi!


2 posted on 08/20/2016 2:18:10 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Eleutheria5

The self-haters circling the wagons.


3 posted on 08/20/2016 2:18:33 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Eleutheria5

What is wrong with American Jews?


4 posted on 08/20/2016 2:19:05 PM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Suicidal rabbis recommending the same course for others ...


5 posted on 08/20/2016 2:19:19 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: Eleutheria5

Wonder if these fellows are holocaust deniers as well?


6 posted on 08/20/2016 2:19:57 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: Eleutheria5

Maybe they should take English classes.


7 posted on 08/20/2016 2:20:10 PM PDT by TigersEye (~Our government lies and the media helps them.~)
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To: Eleutheria5

His rhetoric may very well be the only thing standing between them and a terrorist attack.

Even in Israel idiots like this exist.

This is downright suicidal.


8 posted on 08/20/2016 2:20:29 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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To: Eleutheria5

Oy Vey!


9 posted on 08/20/2016 2:20:33 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: eCSMaster

Neurological disorder, some sort of a reflex.


10 posted on 08/20/2016 2:20:39 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (“If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: Eleutheria5

what hateful rhetoric? Of they must mean the spew on mSNBC. Now THAT is hate.

Since when is wanting to save Israel and the jewish people for extermination “hateful rhetoric”?


11 posted on 08/20/2016 2:20:52 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Eleutheria5

I guess those Rabbis are also protecting the KKK. Until the US Jewish community speaks out against Islamic terrorism, and the anti-Semitic Obama administration, I am done defending them.


12 posted on 08/20/2016 2:21:08 PM PDT by anton
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To: Eleutheria5

Suicidal Jews?


13 posted on 08/20/2016 2:21:43 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Eleutheria5

Shouldn’t they all lose their tax-exemption?

Where’s the IRS?


14 posted on 08/20/2016 2:21:47 PM PDT by donna (No one should be allowed to become a citizen or even a resident if they support Sharia Law.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Only 40?


15 posted on 08/20/2016 2:21:48 PM PDT by sport
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To: headstamp 2

Liberal Jews on FB are completely nuts - especially the British ones. I just don’t get it. What does it take to wake people up?

The ones I follow are convinced that if the government of GB is mean to islamics, a new Holocaust on the Jews is sure to follow. How do you combat that stupid idea?


16 posted on 08/20/2016 2:22:38 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Eleutheria5

Well when ISIS throws those naive commies in a cage and makes them extra crispy, their last find thought will be their vote for Hillary.


17 posted on 08/20/2016 2:22:40 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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To: eCSMaster

They need to leave and go to Palestine. Let them complain there.


18 posted on 08/20/2016 2:22:50 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Eleutheria5

Well when ISIS throws those naive commies in a cage and makes them extra crispy, their last final thought will be their vote for Hillary.


19 posted on 08/20/2016 2:23:22 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Take it Easy, Chuck. I'm Not Taking it Back -- Donald Trump)
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I condemn forty rabbis for stupidity...

So there!!!!!!!


20 posted on 08/20/2016 2:23:25 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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