Wed May 5 2010
In Berkeley, Tikkun Office Staff and Rabbi Receive Threats
Following a week of hate mail directed at Rabbi Lerner and the staff of Tikkun magazine, the rabbi's home was vandalized on May third. The attack was apparently prompted by Tikkun's announcement that they will give an award to Judge Richard Goldstone because of his courage in standing up for human rights in Palestine/Israel.
A bumper sticker affixed on property at Rabbi Lerner's home read "fight terror--support Israel". On it was a caricature of Judge Goldstone, whose UN report on Israel's human rights violations in its attack on Gaza last year has been denounced as pro-terrorism by right wingers in Israel and the U.S.
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