“We as American Jews believe that ‘never again’ means never again for anyone, and that includes Palestinians,” said JVP, referring to the refrain repeated by the Jewish American community regarding the need to prevent genocide. “‘Never again’ is this very moment.”
Something so common sense will surely fall on deaf ears.
I asked once why the law (Jewish religious law) said don’t kill, steal etc then said of Amallites not to leave one alive, man, woman or child. The answer? “Jewish law doesn’t apply to gentiles.”
Thinking about this some more, I have a feeling you misinterpreted what “Jewish law doesn’t apply to gentiles” means. If I, a Jew, eat bacon, it’s considered a sin. If a non-Jew eats bacon, it’s not considered a sin. Jewish laws (restrictions, observances, etc) don’t apply to non-Jews. It doesn’t mean that Jews are allowed to treat non-Jews however they want with no repercussions.
This isn’t quite true. First of all, I’m guessing you mean the Amalekites. The reason they are singled out is because they followed the Israelites during the Exodus from Egypt. They attacked from the rear to target the slowest people - the elderly and children. This gave them a “special status” so to speak with a commandment to wipe them out.
That being said, there are no Amalekites nowadays. There might be spiritual successors of them - people who want to wipe out all Jews no matter what and who will start with the elderly and children - but these people don’t get “Amalekite treatment.”
Apart from this exception (which, again, has no relevance in the modern world), Jewish law absolutely applies to how we treat non-Jews.
Something so common sense will surely fall on deaf ears.
Didn’t you know? Those American Jews are being antisemitic for daring to oppose genocide.
Still, it doesn’t go without saying. They might ignore it, but they can’t pretend nobody said anything.
Isn’t pretending nobody said anything the basis for modern politics at this point?
I asked once why the law (Jewish religious law) said don’t kill, steal etc then said of Amallites not to leave one alive, man, woman or child. The answer? “Jewish law doesn’t apply to gentiles.”
Thinking about this some more, I have a feeling you misinterpreted what “Jewish law doesn’t apply to gentiles” means. If I, a Jew, eat bacon, it’s considered a sin. If a non-Jew eats bacon, it’s not considered a sin. Jewish laws (restrictions, observances, etc) don’t apply to non-Jews. It doesn’t mean that Jews are allowed to treat non-Jews however they want with no repercussions.
This isn’t quite true. First of all, I’m guessing you mean the Amalekites. The reason they are singled out is because they followed the Israelites during the Exodus from Egypt. They attacked from the rear to target the slowest people - the elderly and children. This gave them a “special status” so to speak with a commandment to wipe them out.
That being said, there are no Amalekites nowadays. There might be spiritual successors of them - people who want to wipe out all Jews no matter what and who will start with the elderly and children - but these people don’t get “Amalekite treatment.”
Apart from this exception (which, again, has no relevance in the modern world), Jewish law absolutely applies to how we treat non-Jews.