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The ban against Rabbi Slifkin has been retracted. This outcome proves that a collective refusal to accept uninformed judgment carries real weight. Keep monitoring the situation to ensure this decision remains permanent.

December 21, 2005

A Respectful Request To Signers Of The Ban Against Rabbi Nosson Slifkin And His Work

A Respectful Request To Signers Of The Ban Against Rabbi Nosson Slifkin And His Work

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Started by Anonymous 21 years, 9 months ago
Rosh Hodesh Adar 5765 Honored Rabbis, shelit\"a, We the undersigned are deeply disturbed by the ban issued against Rabbi Nosson Slifkin and his writings. We are specifically concerned about the following: 1. What appears to have been a rush to judgment. Many signers of the ban did not read the books in question. Some relied on misleading excerpts from the books as compiled by opponents of Rabbi Slifkin; many more simply relied on what they were told by those opponents. Further, Rabbi Slifkin was apparently not given the chance to defend himself, and few

Updates

November 23, 2005

The feedback coming in shows that many people are uncomfortable with how this process unfolded without a fair hearing. Email your local representatives now to demand that they reconsider the exclusion of these works. Pressure the decision makers by picking up the phone today.

November 23, 2005

The traction on this petition proves that many people demand a fair process and an end to these hasty judgments. Print out a copy of this petition and hand it to your local rabbi this week to start a real conversation about these books.

Reached 100 supporters

November 23, 2005

6 Comments

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David Reyes
21 years ago Featured

TRUTH SHOULDNT BE CENSORED. Let the man speak for himself!

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Yossi Taylor
21 years ago Featured

How can you ban someone without even reading the books? Totally unfair and not how we should be treating our scholars.

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Sarah Townsend
21 years ago Featured

Rabbi Slifkin is brilliant and his work has helped me understand so much. This whole thing makes no sense.

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Aviva Reynolds
21 years ago Featured

Sad to see such narrow-mindedness in our community. We need more open discussion not less.

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Moshe Snyder
21 years ago Featured

He just wanted to show that science and torah can coexist. Why is that so scary to people?

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Chana Gupta
21 years ago Featured

Shameful. People should read the books before passing judgment. It is just basic respect.