{"id":712,"date":"2025-06-17T11:01:53","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/audiomateria.com\/?p=712"},"modified":"2025-06-20T19:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:17:55","slug":"non-jews-stand-in-solidarity-with-temple-emanuel-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/audiomateria.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/17\/non-jews-stand-in-solidarity-with-temple-emanuel-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Jews stand in solidarity with Temple Emanuel (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non-Jews stand in solidarity with Temple Emanuel<\/h4>\n

Re: “Jewish community needs to fight urge to retreat<\/a>,” June 8 commentary<\/p>\n

As a Methodist minister, I have been a friend of Temple Emanuel for more than 50 years, inspired by the commitment of this spiritual community to liberty and justice for all. Temple Emanuel provides a powerful voice for religious freedom and solidarity with other traditions, including Christians and Muslims.<\/p>\n

It is the leadership of Rabbi Joseph R. Black and his successors that are most needed in these times when religious liberty is being challenged by those at the highest levels of government and those who choose violence as a means to undermine our common life.<\/p>\n

Yes indeed, Rabbi Black, we must “fight the urge to retreat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bill Kirton, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

In response to the senior rabbis of Temple Emanuel’s call for Jewish communities to “reach in and reach out” and for interfaith leaders to speak out in support of the community, I am called as a non-Jew (who does not practice a religion) to also be a trusted and vocal ally.<\/p>\n

We must seek out and condemn antisemitism adamantly and vocally, and constantly. I am grieved by the attack in Boulder, especially for my beloved friends. Silence is compliance.<\/p>\n

We all must learn to fight hate and show love as only humans can. For reliable information and actions we can take to fight antisemitism, racism, and bias everywhere, I have found the Anti-Defamation League a powerful resource.<\/p>\n

Carol Guerrero-Murphy, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n

It is an important fact that the Jewish people are not responsible for, nor do they all agree with, all decisions of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and actions of the Israeli military any more than all Catholics are responsible for all decisions made in Rome, nor that all Muslims\u00a0should be held accountable to the policies of Iran or Hamas.<\/p>\n

And this fact is unrelated to another fact: Israel unequivocally has an inherent right to exist.<\/p>\n