This story is very sad...
It appears a wayward Jew who supports the badly named "New Israel Fund" is attempting to cause Rabbis to give up their religious standards in an attempt for political power. They will be forced to eat non-Kosher food at a restaurant which violates Shabbat...
http://israelmatzav.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-israel-fund-to-take-rabbis-to.html#linksYou can't get much more non-Kosher than the New Israel Fund.
"special 1-day Study Tour on Sunday, July 18, for rabbis and rabbinical students spending time in Israel. Please forward this email to a rabbi you know. This is a unique opportunity to connect rabbis with NIF so that they can help educate their congregations and communities about the challenges of promoting social justice in Israel. The program will explore issues including Jewish-Arab equality, religious pluralism, and the threats facing Israeli democracy today. It is our hope that participants will use this experience to energize their congregations and peers. The day will include breakfast with Avrum Burg." Burg is a former Knesset speaker who now lives in Paris. In an infamous interview with Ha’aretz’s Avi Shavit last year,
Burg admitted that he is no longer a Zionist and claims that Israeli “fascism” is pervasive and comparable to Germany prior to World War II. He has taken French citizenship (he brags about voting against Nicholas Sarkozy: “Sarkozy is in my eyes a threat to world peace. That is why I went to vote against him”), seeks to amend Israel's Law of Return, and encourages all Israelis to obtain foreign passports.
Neither does the email tell the "Rabbis" that they will be taken by NIF to a non-kosher restaurant in Jaffa which is open on Shabbat and mixes milk and meat on the menu.
http://www.yafabook.co.il/?view=idx http://www.yafabook.co.il/?view=pages&id=141And it's the Nine Days, a time when religious Jews (Burg used to be one and went to one of Jerusalem's best known yeshiva high schools) don't eat meat at all.
Burg's father must be rolling over in his grave.
On the other hand, can you think of a better night for people to plan the destruction of the State of Israel than the night before Tisha b'Av?
Shame on these Jews who forget their heritage and surrender their Olam Haba... They will join Korach in the lowest levels of gehennom.