East Jerusalem Again

Monday afternoon we went into East Jerusalem again, this time with Rabbis for Human Rights. It was cool to hear things from a rabbi’s perspective. The organization does a lot of work with home demolition, community building in Palestinian communities, and farming protection/aid (mainly harvesting olives). The rabbi spoke of the importance of justice in the Torah, but also said very staunchly that he is a Zionist and believes that treating Palestinians with respect is essential to the survival of the Jewish state. We also heard from a good number of Palestinian community workers, which was a good perspective to have. It was, of course, not the most cheerful of days…