Shabbat Sermon: BDS: Boycott, Divestment and Sanction of Only One State, the Jewish State – Hateful Ideas Have Hateful Consequences with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Summary: <p>I want to speak to you today from the heart about something that is very important to me, I care a lot about it, yet I have never before in 23 years spoken about it from the bimah:  BDS, the movement to boycott, divest and sanction Israel, the movement to single out Israel, from among all the nations in the world, not China, which imprisons its Muslim minorities, not Turkey, which stifles its dissenters, not any of the number of countries where being gay is a capital offense,  but BDS focuses only on the Jewish state for special boycott, divestment, and sanctions.   BDS does not say boo, does not raise a peep, about all these countries that violate basic human rights, but it saves 100% of its anger, 100% of its energy, only for the Jewish state.   Why is that?  Is there some agenda here?</p> <p>Follow this link to view the sermon and watch the live streaming version on our website <a href="https://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-wes-gardenswartz/bds-boycott-divestment-and-sanction-of-only-one-state-the-jewish-state-hateful-ideas-have-hateful-consequences/">https://www.templeemanuel.com/rabbi/rabbi-wes-gardenswartz/bds-boycott-divestment-and-sanction-of-only-one-state-the-jewish-state-hateful-ideas-have-hateful-consequences/</a></p>