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Rabbis call Israel to justice, mercy and righteousness

AN international coalition of 80 Orthodox Jewish rabbis recently issued a statement calling for Judaism’s core religious values of justice, mercy and righteousness to be observed by the Israeli government, recognising that all humanity is created in God’s image. The initiative was spearheaded by Rabbi Yosef Blau, former president of the Religious Zionists of America and longtime spiritual advisor at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, who now resides in Jerusalem. Dublin’s former Chief Rabbi, David Rosen, was a signatory.

AN international coalition of 80 Orthodox Jewish rabbis recently issued a statement calling for Judaism’s core religious values of justice, mercy and righteousness to be observed by the Israeli government, recognising that all humanity is created in God’s image. The initiative was spearheaded by Rabbi Yosef Blau, former president of the Religious Zionists of America and longtime spiritual advisor at Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, who now resides in Jerusalem. Dublin’s former Chief Rabbi, David Rosen, was a signatory.

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Rabbis call Israel to justice, mercy and righteousness