Posted by
Ron Devito on Thursday, September 24, 2009 6:22:29 PM
By Adrienne Ross - www.motivationtruth.com
A mark of true
leadership is recognizing cultural practices that are unique and
precious to people. Sarah Palin recognizes and honors our Jewish
Community. Read her
Facebook note below:
Todd
and I would like to offer our best wishes to the Jewish community as
they celebrate the High Holy Days. With the celebration of the Jewish
New Year this week and the observance of the Day of Atonement next
week, we are reminded of the hopeful commitment to renewal and peace
exemplified by the Jewish tradition and the Jewish people throughout
history.
Yom Kippur, the most solemn and important of the Jewish
holy days, is a time of reflection and supplication for forgiveness.
The timeless human struggle to promote justice, harmony, and peace is
seen here in this process of atonement – in humbly seeking pardon for
past wrongs in the hope of a new beginning. It reminds us that if we
wish to co-exist globally, we must all strive for forgiveness and
tolerance.
A speech was given at the United Nations General
Assembly yesterday that was full of hateful anti-Semitic rhetoric. It
was a shameful display before a body whose very charter is premised on
the need for co-operation and harmony in pursuit of peaceful
co-existence between nations. Such talk was especially abhorrent coming
as it did during the Jewish High Holidays. The world community must
speak with one voice in declaring anti-Semitism and all forms of
intolerance and racism utterly unacceptable. There is no place in the
community of peace-loving nations for those who traffic in hate or deny
the terrible atrocity of the Nazi Holocaust.
In this holy season, we join the Jewish people in the struggle to promote justice, harmony, and peace. May God bless them.
- Sarah Palin