tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post7034744420665037486..comments2007-02-23T07:59:11.694-08:00Avi Schwartzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583941877380404390noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post-63112205620520215812007-02-23T07:59:00.000-08:002007-02-23T07:59:00.000-08:00I am glad to see this piece on BlueTruth. Obviously, I'm sorry to know how true this is.<BR/><BR/>Some weeks ago I was at the SF JCC, the speaker was an Israeli official, I think the local consul.<BR/><BR/>The talk was interrupted repeatedly by a group of individuals, obviously previously coordinated to stand up individually at timed intervals, shouting the standard anti-Israel lies.<BR/><BR/>THEIR GOAL WAS TO "MUZZLE" THE CONSUL.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I have seen anti-Israel activists try to stop speakers that attempt to represent the pro-Israel side. They just don't want this side to be heard.Art M.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445934795757240361.post-85567720899978384322007-02-16T10:49:00.000-08:002007-02-16T10:49:00.000-08:00Apparently censorship still thrives in Berkeley, California:<BR/><BR/>I found this reference here, of all places:<BR/>http://www.muzzlewatch.com/<BR/><BR/>From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe Says: <BR/><BR/>It was a classic “pot calling the kettle black” moment.<BR/><BR/>On Sunday evening, Feb. 4th, I set up a small table outside the Berkeley Jewish Community Center, with stamped postcards, reminding<BR/>Secretary of State Rice of the importance of remembering the young soldiers of the IDF, kidnapped by Hamas and Hezbollah. Inside the BJCC was a fund-raiser for Rabbis for Human Rights, sponsored by Jewish Voice for Peace and Women in Black. The attendees of the fund-raiser were quite responsive to concerns regarding the Israeli soldiers, deprived of their human rights under the Geneva convention. After all, the mitzvah of Pidyon Shvuyim, freeing the captives, has always been a high priority in Jewish society. Dozens of postcards were signed. However, I was extremely disheartened when a BJCC employee came out and told me that the organizers of the fund raiser wanted me to leave.<BR/>Are the divisions within our community so insurmountable that we can’t all agree that the mitzvah of freeing the captives is relevant and important to us all? Perhaps the progressives who have expressed concerned about the silencing of voices in the Jewish community should look no further than among their own ranks. How could they justify the “muzzling” of someone on a public sidewalk? <BR/><BR/>Why are these groups so afraid of any expression of support for Israel?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com