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A congregational rabbi said there were no innocents in Gaza. The blowback was fierce.

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham of Congregation Bnai Amoona in St. Louis faced significant backlash from Jewish and Muslim communities after posting a controversial statement on Facebook, claiming there were no innocent civilians in Gaza. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaConservative JudaismFacebookControversyJewish Muslim RelationsSt. LouisCommunity BacklashRabbi Jeffrey AbrahamPro Israel RhetoricPolarizing Discourse

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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"A St. Louis pulpit rabbi's Facebook post calling for the re-education of an entire generation of Palestinians has divided his congregation and drawn rebuke from local Jewish and Muslim organizations that decried it as racist."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"There do not appear to be any innocent civilians in Gaza."

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