While many Jews refuse to acknowledge the price of Israel’s behaviour in the occupied territories, the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California signals a shift in behaviour:
Listen closely to the accelerating surge of Jewish activism on the Darfur issue, and you’ll note something unusual: There are surprisingly few whispers of “but it’s not a JEWISH issue.”
More than any issue in recent memory, the Darfur tragedy has brought together diverse segments of the Jewish community in a struggle that has nothing to do with Jews but everything to do with Jewish values.
Some of that unity will be evident at the April 30 rally in Washington. Hundreds of synagogues, Jewish day schools and local community groups are sending buses to a rally that takes on added urgency every day the slaughter continues and the world community dithers.…
Even Britain’s shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, is calling for action to save the refugees in Darfur.