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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Presbyterian Church USA redefines "slavery" to say Palestinians are slaves to Jews

On Martin Luther King Jr. day, Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II, the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA, offended all decent humans by saying Israeli Jews are slave owners and Palestinians are their slaves:The continued occupation in Palestine/Israel is 21st-century slavery and should be abolished immediately. Given the history of Jewish humble...

Presbyterian Church leader blames Jews for antisemitism

We've seen the rabid Israel hatred and antisemitism of the Presbyterian Church USA in the past. (Even liberal and progressive Jews have found that PCUSA statements crossed the line into antisemitism.) That hate continues. The Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Reverend Dr. J. Herbert Nelson II, issued a statement against the...

What the Presbyterians Lost (Divest This!)

Well it’s another even-numbered year, which means the Presbyterian Church in the USA (or PCUSA) got together for their bi-annual conclave (called a General Assembly) to (1) condemn Israel while ignoring virtually all other suffering in the Middle East; and (2) put a brave face their latest membership decline as their denomination continues towards oblivion. Throughout...

"Progressive" rabbis freaking out over PCUSA's anti-Zionism and antisemitism

I received a very interesting email from a staunchly Zionist Reform rabbi: I'm living in the twilight zone. Arik Ascherman of "Rabbis for Human Rights" is having issues with Presbyterian Church USA's vote, publicly asking why PCUSA didn't at least propose positive investment as an alternative. The J Street contingent almost seems beside themselves in bewilderment. John Rosove,...

David Duke congratulates PCUSA for "standing up to Jewish racism and supremacism"

The Presbyterian Church USA has a prominent supporter for its anti-Israel resolutions - white supremacist David Duke: “The [sic] tried to threaten the voters by saying that “David Duke” supports this policy and that the Church will get a bad name by supporting something that Dr.Duke has been tied to in the media,” Said Melissa Anderson who was there with close friends...

What the PCUSA is saying (Zvi)

I noted on Friday that PCUSA had passed a resolution that included this language: In The Jewish Daily Forward, August 2013, Larry Derfner writes on racism in Israel: The ADL [Anti-Defamation League] goes after anti-Semitism with a fist, it goes after Israeli racism with a sigh. As a matter of fact, the ADL and the entire American Jewish establishment should suspend their...

Perhaps the most problematic resolution passed by the Presbyterian Church USA was not the divestment resolution that has received all the headlines, but this one that calls for for the church to revisit whether they support a two-state solution at all. Part of its rationale: B. The Two-State Solution Then and Now [See Map 1 and Map 2 under “Additional Resources.”] These...

PCUSA considered replacing "Israel" in prayers and hymns - too inflammatory

There was another resolution that was considered by the Presbyterian Church USA that did not pass, but the comments to that resolution show that they took it very seriously: The Presbytery of Chicago overtures the 221st General Assembly (2014) of the Presbyterian Church, (U.S.A.), to 1. distinguish between the biblical terms that refer to the ancient land of Israel and the modern political State of Israel; 2. develop educational materials,...

PCUSA passes resolution that calls on ADL to stop fighting antisemitism

The Presbyterian Church USA has passed Resolution 04-09, "Resolution on Equal Rights for All Inhabitants of Israel and Palestine and on Conversations with Prophetic Voices." Essentially calling Jews in Israel racists, the resolution cherry picks Haaretz quotes to prove its point. One of the quotes comes from Larry Derfner writing in the Forward: In The Jewish Daily Forward, August 2013, Larry Derfner writes on racism in Israel: The ADL [Anti-Defamation...

Wiesenthal Center will boycott PCUSA conference, and their "tough love" of Israel

From the Wiesenthal Center website: The Simon Wiesenthal Center, one of the largest Jewish human rights organizations, is urging the rank and file of the U.S. Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) flocking to Detroit this weekend for the group's national meeting to defeat the leadership's embrace of extreme anti-Israel positions, including a report that called Israel racist and Illegal. "We...

How PCUSA twists history to justify their hate of Israel

I finally got a copy of "Zionism Unsettled," the Presbyterian Church USA's 80-page "study guide" to teach Presbyterians how awful Israel is that was in the news a month ago. Others have done a good job showing how bad it is - and it is very bad. For example: After describing how much pressure Jews are under to not say anything bad about Zionism, it goes on to quote a hundred...

PCUSA members defeat divestment proposal; BDSers whine (updated)

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: By a hairbreadth vote of 333-331, the Presbyterian Church USA rejected a proposal Thursday to divest from companies whose products are used by Israel to enforce occupation of the West Bank. The vote, at the church's biennial meeting held this year at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown, followed weeks of lobbying and days of impassioned testimony by American Jews, Palestinian Christians and Presbyterians....

PCUSA may boycott HP. Excellent.

The Presbyterian Church-USA seems to be on the verge of approving divestment from Caterpillar, Motorola Solutions and Hewlett-Packard: The country’s largest Presbyterian church has agreed to vote by week’s end on divesting its portfolio from three companies that it is says has resisted the request to stop providing services that aid Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. The...

Presbyterians have double standard on State of Israel

A divestment policy that punishes one side in Mideast conflict won't bring peace A. JAMES RUDIN Religion News Service The Presbyterian Church (USA) is facing a self-inflicted firestorm of criticism, much of it coming from the denomination's own clergy and lay leaders. This past summer the PCUSA's national policy-making body, the General Assembly, adopted a sweeping resolution calling for 'phased selective divestment in multinational corporations...