tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241889800645271761.post8481653798127332452..comments2024-03-06T10:53:14.782+11:00Comments on Social Issues & Torah (TFH): The SCREAM! Sodom, Australia & Gib'ah – degrees of similarity re: treatment of “Strangers”. VayeraRabbi Zalman Kastel AMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15689513680760912342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241889800645271761.post-85439125222186348732010-11-03T22:29:23.934+11:002010-11-03T22:29:23.934+11:00On further reflection and considering the wider co...On further reflection and considering the wider context Australia takes in a large number of migrants, there is some effort to be hospitable, there are issues of justice for people who don't destroy their documents etc. yet in this context there is a need to think very carefully about the lessons from other times to our own.Rabbi Zalman Kastel AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689513680760912342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241889800645271761.post-40549347411325686822010-10-21T20:36:17.269+11:002010-10-21T20:36:17.269+11:00Powerful take on this, Gary. Interesting juxtaposi...Powerful take on this, Gary. Interesting juxtaposition of the two screams. The way democracy plays out seems more like, swing voters and the media cycle have far too great an influence.Rabbi Zalman Kastel AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689513680760912342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1241889800645271761.post-76080807241940428932010-10-21T11:52:39.682+11:002010-10-21T11:52:39.682+11:00Imprisoning children and placing their already suf...Imprisoning children and placing their already suffering parents behind razor wire often for several years, depriving them of basic human necessities and sending them back to from where they fled in fear of their lives is not torture?<br /><br />We are like Sodom in this aspect. All these are consequences of official government policy.<br /><br />We are also like Gib'ah. The government has listened to another scream. Not the scream of the compassionate young woman of Sodom but the scream of the angry mob of Gib'ah. These unjust and immoral laws are the result.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16976993335975487293noreply@blogger.com