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Jerusalem: Rabbi for Human Rights
A day-in-the-life of Rabbi Arik Ascherman with
"Rabbis for Human Rights" in Jerusalem. He interacts
with Arabs and Jews, and intercedes when he can during
Palestinian home demolitionsHe looks for common ground
amongst the the rubble and rocks, the M-16s and tanks,
and the two religions that started as one.
REF: http://rhr.israel.net/rabbi-arik-w-ascherman
Aired: The World 4/25/08
http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/17607
Photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/sets/72157604730135425/
http://flickr.com/photos/97696066@N00/sets/72157600330576449/
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Jerusalem: Rabbi for Human Rights A day-in-the-life of Rabbi Arik Ascherman with "Rabbis for Human Rights" in Jerusalem. He interacts with Arabs and Jews, and intercedes when he can during Palestinian home demolitionsHe looks for common ground amongst the the rubble and rocks, the M-16s and tanks, and the two religions that started as one. REF: http://rhr.israel.net/rabbi-arik-w-ascherman Aired: The World 4/25/08 http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/17607 Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pritheworld/sets/72157604730135425/ http://flickr.com/photos/97696066@N00/sets/72157600330576449/
Broadcast History
4/25/08 The Wrold
Transcript
[JW] God said to Abraham: Look to the stars and so shall your decedents number.
Maybe that?s when the trouble started, when God didn?t make good on his promise. When Abraham?s wife didn?t get pregnant, he turned to the bed of his maid and had Ishmael. Then God came through and Abraham?s wife, Sarah, had Isaac. Ishmael, father of the Arabs, was kicked out of the home in favor of Isaac, father of the Jews.
The last time the brother?s came together, in peace, was to burry their father.
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[JW] Today, in East Jerusalem, Isaac has just chased off Ishmael, again, from plowing his land. Ishmael, in this case, is three old men and two donkeys?with maybe 20 teeth among them all. Isaac has taken the form of two armored humvees, M16?s and an Israeli boarder police vehicle. The Palestinians have to plow the fields soon, otherwise the ground will be too hard and they will h...
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