“Judaism that burns churches and mosques is not ours,” said Rabbi Gottstein.
“Judaism that burns churches and mosques is not ours,” said Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein.
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem welcomes a “nice solidarity initiative”: that of the Elijah Interfaith Institute, a collective of several representatives of different faiths engaged in interreligious dialogue, founded by Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein.
It is under the impetus of the latter that a collection was launched to raise funds for the restoration of the sanctuary of Tabgha.
The campaign which was launched a few days ago, has collected the signature of the spokesman of the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, Yuli Edelstein.
The promoter of this operation, Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein deplores and condemns the upsurge of anti-Christian vandalism, and he explains the meaning of the collection: “This campaign not only aims to restore the church; it also wants to deliver a message to the world. Judaism burning of churches and mosques is not ours, “he says,” This is a way of expressing our concrete support to the friendship between religions “.
On June 18, the Church of the loaves Tabgha on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee was targeted by arson; much of the cloister was damaged. Damages are in millions of shekels. A hate graffiti in Hebrew was discovered close to a wall.
Wednesday, July 29, Israeli police said it had arrested two young men suspected to be the cause of the fire; a third suspect was indicted Thursday, July 30. According to a police statement, this criminal act was motivated by “hate motivation towards Christianity.”
Source: Zenit (French version).translation: Joel Moreira, nds.
