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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kahane-Was-Right BT on June 22, 2009, 11:03:00 AM
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Hello everyone. I remember in one of the shows I downloaded recently, I believe Chaim made some comments about a Rabbi Avi Weiss (I think that was his name), who apparently tried to "protest" the soviet ballet teargassing. I was wondering if anyone knew which ASK JTF show this was in (from which date) ?
Is this the same person: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Weiss ?
Seems like someone who has been fighting for Jonathan Pollard and sounds like generally a good person. Hopefully this is not the same guy that Chaim was referring to.
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Very interesting...
About two years ago I went with my Rabbi here to Berkeley and listened to Rabbi Avi Weiss speak. It was shortly after the KSM admissions of guilt which made me very angry... I got upset about something that the Rabbi said and I walked out of his talk... After his talk I approached him and told him my story. He said that I had a right to be upset at the terrorists and I should not forgive them {his speech was about forgiving everyone}.
My Rabbi thinks highly of Avi Weiss... He was called an 'activist' rabbi by my Rabbi. He recently was arrested during a protest of the Iranian dictator speaking at the UN last year. I don't know his feelings toward JTF or Chaim, but I would assume he would stand left of mainstream. I mean that he would support Israel and Aliyah, but would not take the more aggressive stance of JTF which involves relocation, etc...