Thursday, October 25, 2012

Hate Must Stop Before Peace Can Happen


Real Peace Middle East (RPME), is a not-for-profit organization based in Miami, Florida. Rabbi Sam Intrator is president of this organization and has just released a trilogy of mini-webisodes on Youtube that satirize U.S. policies toward Israel as well as conflicting attitudes many liberal Jews in America have toward Israel. On Thursday October 18th, a demonstration in support of Israel by both Democratic and Republican Rabbis was executed in front of the Israeli Consulate in Miami. Rabbi Sam Intrator is the former Rabbi of the world renowned Carlebach Shul in New York City and is a prominent spiritual teacher. Today, he is the Rabbi of the Carlebach Minyan in Miami Beach, Florida. In practice and message, Rabbi Sam crosses the boundaries between Jewish denominations to reveal a common heritage as the source of the Jewish tradition. Another boundary he crosses at times is Politics. Similar to many other liberal Jews, he is a life-long Democrat who like other Rabbis today, is concerned about contradictory irrational U.S policies toward the Middle East and Israel in particular. Rabbi Sam believes these policies are hampering instead of helping the peace process between Israel and its Palestinian neighbors. Rabbi Sam also spoke to students at Lynn University about the peace between Israeli’s and Palestinians.

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