San Francisco Rabbi Michael Lerner's Home Plastered with Menacing Posters

• Lerner received rabbinical ordination in 1995 through a beth din (rabbinical court) composed of three rabbis, "each of whom had received orthodox rabbinic ordination".[1] According to j. the Jewish news weekly, "mainstream rabbinical leaders of the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox movements" have questioned private ordinations such as Lerner's, arguing that non-seminary ordinations risk producing poorly educated or fraudulent Rabbis.[2] Similarly, some rabbis have challenged Lerner's decision to not be trained for the rabbinate in a classical Jewish Seminary (although Lerner did spend time as a student at Jewish Theological Seminary). Lerner has been quoted in Jewish Weekly as saying that the nonseminary track is one that "every Chabad rabbi takes, & every ultra-Orthodox rabbi". When Lerner attacked seminaries for being "more interested in producing organizational men for Jewish life than spiritual leaders connected to the deepest spiritual and social-justice minds", rabbi Alan Lew said "That is arrogant nonsense... I spent six years in extremely rigorous, round-the-clock study in the classic texts of our tradition. Authentic Jewish spirituality is in the texts, not in some fancy New Age ideas or watered-down kabbalah"[   In 1997, former Tikkun editors accused Lerner of publishing pseudonymous letters to the editor that he himself had written. While many of the letters were laudatory ("Your editorial stand on Iraq said publicly what many of us in the Israeli peace camp are feeling privately but dare not say."), a few were critical ("Have you gone off your rocker?"). Lerner admitted that he had fabricated the letters but said his only mistake was not informing readers that the authors' names were pseudonyms   Circa 1969,Michael Lerner, New Left Forum, Berkeley , was listed as a sponsor of the Socialist Workers Party

• Also, "islamofascism" isn't even a word, those idiots

• I also question this man's Rabbinical credentials because I am a moron

• In Berkeley, attacking people�s homes has become a local pastime. Boalt professor John Yoo�s home has been stalked by Code Pink Sunday afternoons for months now.

• <em>"The Merc said it was 4 posters" ... "And Lerner told us it was 'about 20.' ... "Only in a place like Berkeley could this guy call himself a 'rabbi' ...</em> What the heck are those snarky comments about? Doggone it! We don't threaten people and their families for their political views in America. (sigh) Another example of the "militant" idiocy of our times. Michael Lerner is, at most, an outstanding "liberal." But that's unacceptable among those who insist that the willingness to hate in the name of "my people" is a test of "manhood."

• Only in a place like Berkeley could this guy call himself a "rabbi".

• Nitpick Kifak, What's next: "He only got shot 4 times."? Religious nuts are the same no matter their genre. We should all post Danish cartoons (I did) and wrap ourselves in Palestinian flags to give the AIPAC kooks too many targets. Didn't someone do that with Stars of David in WWII? How soon some forget. h.

• And Lerner told us it was "about 20." Best, JE

• The Merc said it was 4 posters.

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