Progressive rabbis call on Israel to halt Rafah attack

Thirty-four UK rabbis have issued a statement calling on Israel to halt its attack on Rafah and to accept a ceasefire.

The signatories, mostly from rabbis who serve Progressive congregations include Reform’s former Senior Rabbi, Laura Klausner-Janner, the convenor of its Beth Din Rabbi Dr Jackie Tabick and the Senior Rabbi of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St John’s Wood, Rabbi Alexandra Wright.

But support has also come from Rabba Dr Lindsay Taylor-Guthartz, an Orthodox educator, and Rabbi Zahavit Shalev, the rabbi of New Essex Masorti and a rabbi at New North London Synagogue.

The rabbis say they are “deeply concerned for the fate of the 133 Israeli hostages still held in Gaza and the suffering of all in the region. We therefore feel compelled to speak out against an Israeli ground invasion of Rafah.