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Haim Shalom

Oct 31, 2023, 3:07 PM

Why is Israel hated by so many on the Left?

Why is Israel so hated? Many on the Progressive Left, including the Jewish progressive left, who claim to love Israel, will say that Israel is hated because of the occupation and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. (I should make clear -...

May 24, 2021, 10:14 PM

Falling down on the logical floor

The latest round of Israeli-Palestinian violence brought back familiar patterns but two specifically seemed to come to the fore in this particular round.There was a large number of attacks on Jews qua Jews in the US and Europe. And...

Jun 5, 2020, 2:10 AM

United We Stand. Divided We Fall.

BLACK LIVES MATTER WEAR A MASK If you are an english-speaker reading this, these are the only two messages you really need to hear from me at the moment. But of course life isn't that simple. So I am going to address...

Dec 26, 2016, 12:35 PM

Do the ends justify the means?

I can't help feeling upset and betrayed by some of my friends in the Jewish community of the UK and in particular those who support Yachad who seemingly went out of their way to involve the British Government in...

About Me

Haim Shalom moved to Israel from Manchester, England, and lives and works in Jerusalem. Having chosen the names "Life" and "Peace", he does his best to promote both. He is a Reform Rabbi in one of Jerusalem's 5 progressive congregations.