Reports about Victoria Alexander mention that she attends the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John’s Wood, London. Rabbi David Goldberg joined this synagogue in 1975 and was senior Rabbi there from 1986 until his retirement in 2004.
Goldberg "was the first Anglo-Jewish commentator to call for recognition of legitimate Palestinian rights, in an article in the Times in 1978, and was the first rabbi to initiate gatherings of Jews, Christians and Muslims at Regent’s Park mosque" and in 1999 he was awarded the gold medal of the International Council of Christians and Jews.
My mother, Nora Seymour, was active in a different Liberal Jewish Synagogue and involved for many years in interfaith dialogue, so she knew Rabbi Goldberg. Both were signatories to an Open Letter organised by British Friends of Peace Now and published in the Jewish Chronicle on 14th November 1997:
"Dear Mr Netanyahu, This month commemorates the second anniversary of the death of Yitzhak Rabin. We remember his achievements for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. We remember the manner of his passing. You have often invoked his memory - but we deeply regret that you have not invoked his message.
In your year as Prime Minister, you have presided over a rising tide of violence against those who profess different views. You have reinterpreted the Oslo Accords in such a way that the peace process has been emptied of all meaning. Your rejectionism has strengthened the hand of the peace-wreckers amongst the Palestinians.
Even those who did not vote for you hoped that you would provide 'peace with security" as you had promised. Today, as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Israel's existence, there is neither peace nor security. We support your demand for total security, but we do not see this as the sole issue in the conflict. Along with a majority of Israeli citizens, we fail to understand in what way the expansion of existing settlements will further the peace process.
Why are you so reticent to negotiate with those Palestinians who desire peace and condemn terrorism? Is it because deep down you wish to retain the Territories at all costs? Land with conflict rather than peace with hope? We call upon you to put a halt to actions which undermine the peace process and to return to the original spirit of the Oslo Accords.
As Jews who care deeply for Israel's well-being, we believe we speak for a majority of British Jews who have not forgotten Rabin's wise leadership of the Jewish people."
In his book "This is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and the State of Israel", Faber & Faber, 2012, Rabbi David Goldberg has a chapter on "Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism".
Wait until Israel finds out its arsenal of nuclear weapon is a total fraud. The Samson Option is going to be huge disappointment. Nuclear power is real but the rest of it is pure HG Wells science fiction.
Very illuminating, and the exposure of Victoria Starmer's affiliations with Hodge, Blair and Mandelson! These are important links to know about, and nobody else ( that I know of) has exposed them! The letter from Goldberg below is poignant and telling. There are no words for Netanyahu! The web is not tenuous but impenetrable!
Reports about Victoria Alexander mention that she attends the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in St John’s Wood, London. Rabbi David Goldberg joined this synagogue in 1975 and was senior Rabbi there from 1986 until his retirement in 2004.
Goldberg "was the first Anglo-Jewish commentator to call for recognition of legitimate Palestinian rights, in an article in the Times in 1978, and was the first rabbi to initiate gatherings of Jews, Christians and Muslims at Regent’s Park mosque" and in 1999 he was awarded the gold medal of the International Council of Christians and Jews.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/10/rabbi-david-goldberg-obituary
My mother, Nora Seymour, was active in a different Liberal Jewish Synagogue and involved for many years in interfaith dialogue, so she knew Rabbi Goldberg. Both were signatories to an Open Letter organised by British Friends of Peace Now and published in the Jewish Chronicle on 14th November 1997:
"Dear Mr Netanyahu, This month commemorates the second anniversary of the death of Yitzhak Rabin. We remember his achievements for peace between Israelis and Palestinians. We remember the manner of his passing. You have often invoked his memory - but we deeply regret that you have not invoked his message.
In your year as Prime Minister, you have presided over a rising tide of violence against those who profess different views. You have reinterpreted the Oslo Accords in such a way that the peace process has been emptied of all meaning. Your rejectionism has strengthened the hand of the peace-wreckers amongst the Palestinians.
Even those who did not vote for you hoped that you would provide 'peace with security" as you had promised. Today, as we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Israel's existence, there is neither peace nor security. We support your demand for total security, but we do not see this as the sole issue in the conflict. Along with a majority of Israeli citizens, we fail to understand in what way the expansion of existing settlements will further the peace process.
Why are you so reticent to negotiate with those Palestinians who desire peace and condemn terrorism? Is it because deep down you wish to retain the Territories at all costs? Land with conflict rather than peace with hope? We call upon you to put a halt to actions which undermine the peace process and to return to the original spirit of the Oslo Accords.
As Jews who care deeply for Israel's well-being, we believe we speak for a majority of British Jews who have not forgotten Rabin's wise leadership of the Jewish people."
In his book "This is Not the Way: Jews, Judaism and the State of Israel", Faber & Faber, 2012, Rabbi David Goldberg has a chapter on "Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism".
Wait until Israel finds out its arsenal of nuclear weapon is a total fraud. The Samson Option is going to be huge disappointment. Nuclear power is real but the rest of it is pure HG Wells science fiction.
https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/key-documents/hg-wells-world-set-free/
Very illuminating, and the exposure of Victoria Starmer's affiliations with Hodge, Blair and Mandelson! These are important links to know about, and nobody else ( that I know of) has exposed them! The letter from Goldberg below is poignant and telling. There are no words for Netanyahu! The web is not tenuous but impenetrable!