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Yale Rabbi Confronts Goldstone

Yale University Rabbi Shmully Hecht confronted Justice Richard Goldstone over the 2009 Gaza Conflict report. Video

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to #17
February 1, 2010 12:12 am

With your logic we wouldnt be having this discussion, the rabbi would also have stayed quiet 🙂

re 12
February 1, 2010 12:00 am

People might think this appropriate behaviour for chabadniks. Its not! Your cutting off your nose despite your face. The point is valid but you immeditaley lose the possibility of ever engaing the massive amounts of jews that have different political views. Think of how many potential mitzvis baalei teshuvah you can enstrange with a non mivtzoim related act such as this. Its the reason we ultimately saw the rebbe back down from the mihu yehudi crusade and other such issues (and they were inifinitely more fundemental to yiddishkeit) vedal.

To 16
January 31, 2010 9:26 pm

A Lubavitcher may have his own political opinions, but not in the name of Chabad as in a whole.

to 12
January 31, 2010 8:13 pm

If theres nothing nice to say, why then just stay quiet

Non, no
January 31, 2010 1:36 pm

Chabad and Israeli politics??? No, no, and no. Go away from that

Yes. Stand up for the truth and our family in EY
January 31, 2010 10:25 am

Shmuley. Thank you. Courages. We all should learn from your boldness and strength. Al yaivosh mipnay… Folks, stand-up for your people.

A shliach

i agree with #13
January 31, 2010 8:28 am

its a big mistake that people are not standing up for eretz yisroel and jews in eretz yisroel like the netuary karta who claim its not part of the jewish people or the torah the time has come to realize that the people and the land of eretz yisroel represents the jewish people in a tangible sense and the sooner people get the idea the better it will be

lead the train dont wait for it to leave the station

BIG TALKER
January 31, 2010 3:22 am

MR. # 12:
WHO SAY THAT RABBI HECHT DOESN’T INVEST HIS ENERGY INTO PUTTING TEFILIN ON PEOPLE AS WELL?

Lo zu Haderech!
January 31, 2010 12:31 am

Invest that much energy in putting tefillin on people and the world would be a better place. Now you are politically maligned and for what?

Way to go...
January 30, 2010 9:24 pm

Great job!

you show us all how not to be so scared and so
January 30, 2010 8:02 pm

cowardly. what a gr8 lesson we all should learn.

go rabbi go
January 30, 2010 7:16 pm

why did you listen to him ?

!!!!!
January 30, 2010 5:57 pm

and thats the hecht spirit!!!

I love it!!!
January 30, 2010 5:56 pm

Someone has to tell it as it is!

Very well said and executed
January 30, 2010 5:43 pm

When is the upshernish?

Mission
January 30, 2010 5:38 pm

If there were only more of you!
Let’s stand up to anti-semitism just as the world stands up to racism.

I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU RABBI HECT.
January 30, 2010 4:22 pm

I THINK YOU HAVE MADE US ALL VERY PROUD!

wow yasher choiach r' hecht
January 30, 2010 4:21 pm

i love your courage and your being about to be so forth right in your remarks. what a light you have been!
thank-you.

THANK YOU RABBI HECHT!!!
January 30, 2010 4:09 pm

Here is a Rabbi who is not scared to stand up for the truth.

shmuel l
January 30, 2010 3:09 pm

This is such an incredible kiddush hashem!

Way to go Rabbi Hecht!

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