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Brit Tzedek v’Shalom
Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
Contempt and Fear
J. The Jewish News Weekly of Northern California
Letter to the Editor
June 30 , 2006
Molly Freeman
How sad for our community that diversity of opinion is held in contempt such as that expressed by Jean Sered’s June 16 letter about Bay Area Woman in Black at Israel in the Garden.
I continue to believe that contempt for open conversation comes from fear. I continue to hope that our community leaders will model respect for differences, and make it common practice to “let all sides be heard.”
Such modeling could go far to enable Sered and those who condone her conduct to adopt behaviors that, while retaining their initial positions, just might lead them to learn from those for whom they right now express so much contempt. Intolerance for diverse opinions weakens rather than strengthens the moral fabric and cohesiveness of our community.
Molly Freeman, Berkeley
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom, S.F. Bay Area chapter