To Kadima members and friends:
With deep love and a caring spirit, Kadima embraces our Muslim siblings, here in Seattle and throughout the world, in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand. We hold the communities of the Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand close in our hearts. We are with you. You are not alone.
We rise up boldly against white nationalism, in this moment and into the future. As Reconstructing Judaism, the national movement with which Kadima is affiliated, so eloquently states, “[w]hite nationalism is a violent and deadly movement based on a spiritual and moral web of lies and an embrace of weaponized brutality. Today another member of its hateful cult has opened fire on people peacefully at worship in a house of God, targeting a group that has been demonized and targeted by this toxic movement and its allies.”
We rise up against the violence of the white nationalist movement, just as we rise up against white supremacy in all its forms, every day. We recognize with heavy hearts the ways that this attack on Muslim communities is another painful expression of the wrath of these systems and movements.
Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, too many other places… and now Christchurch. We know this pain too well, and we recognize the interwoven ways that Islamophobia and antisemitism hold up white supremacy. The hatred visited upon the mosques is also the same hatred that has been directed against Jews, African Americans, immigrants, members of LGBTQ communities, and too many others. We must resist this hatred and violence together.
Reconstructing Judaism continues: “That this massacre took place during Jumu’ah (Friday prayers) adds to our sense of shock and revulsion. Our sacred times and places are where we build deep connections and power – where we come together in our resilience and our vulnerability. We stand in spiritual and moral unity with our Muslim friends and neighbors who have been attacked in this cruelest of manners, and we have faith that the healing power of community gatherings of prayer and resilience will give strength and courage to the members of the attacked congregations.”
In the coming days, Kadima will join the Muslim community, and all communities confronting white supremacist violence, in mourning, and also in resisting, and recommitting ourselves to build a just and loving world. You are invited to join us, today and always. Check in with your Muslim friends, attend Jumu'ah (Friday prayers) as an act of solidarity, and join us on Monday, March 18 at the Interfaith Vigil & Anti-Islamophobia Teach-In with Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) in Redmond at 7pm.
To our Muslim neighbors, we are with you, and we will stick with you. Our histories and our futures depend on each other, in the brave work of transforming our world. You are so brave, friends.
L’shalom,
Rabbi David Basior
Jonathan Rosenblum, Board President
Sima Kahn, Board Vice President
Sarah Tuttle, Treasurer
Julianna Alson, Communications Secretary
PS: Our friends at MAPS have asked folks to print out this sign and put it up in your homes, workplaces, places of worship, community centers, or anywhere it will be seen as a visual reminder of our solidarity and love.
With deep love and a caring spirit, Kadima embraces our Muslim siblings, here in Seattle and throughout the world, in the wake of the horrific terrorist attack in New Zealand. We hold the communities of the Al Noor and Linwood Mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand close in our hearts. We are with you. You are not alone.
We rise up boldly against white nationalism, in this moment and into the future. As Reconstructing Judaism, the national movement with which Kadima is affiliated, so eloquently states, “[w]hite nationalism is a violent and deadly movement based on a spiritual and moral web of lies and an embrace of weaponized brutality. Today another member of its hateful cult has opened fire on people peacefully at worship in a house of God, targeting a group that has been demonized and targeted by this toxic movement and its allies.”
We rise up against the violence of the white nationalist movement, just as we rise up against white supremacy in all its forms, every day. We recognize with heavy hearts the ways that this attack on Muslim communities is another painful expression of the wrath of these systems and movements.
Charlottesville, Pittsburgh, too many other places… and now Christchurch. We know this pain too well, and we recognize the interwoven ways that Islamophobia and antisemitism hold up white supremacy. The hatred visited upon the mosques is also the same hatred that has been directed against Jews, African Americans, immigrants, members of LGBTQ communities, and too many others. We must resist this hatred and violence together.
Reconstructing Judaism continues: “That this massacre took place during Jumu’ah (Friday prayers) adds to our sense of shock and revulsion. Our sacred times and places are where we build deep connections and power – where we come together in our resilience and our vulnerability. We stand in spiritual and moral unity with our Muslim friends and neighbors who have been attacked in this cruelest of manners, and we have faith that the healing power of community gatherings of prayer and resilience will give strength and courage to the members of the attacked congregations.”
In the coming days, Kadima will join the Muslim community, and all communities confronting white supremacist violence, in mourning, and also in resisting, and recommitting ourselves to build a just and loving world. You are invited to join us, today and always. Check in with your Muslim friends, attend Jumu'ah (Friday prayers) as an act of solidarity, and join us on Monday, March 18 at the Interfaith Vigil & Anti-Islamophobia Teach-In with Muslim Association of Puget Sound (MAPS) in Redmond at 7pm.
To our Muslim neighbors, we are with you, and we will stick with you. Our histories and our futures depend on each other, in the brave work of transforming our world. You are so brave, friends.
L’shalom,
Rabbi David Basior
Jonathan Rosenblum, Board President
Sima Kahn, Board Vice President
Sarah Tuttle, Treasurer
Julianna Alson, Communications Secretary
PS: Our friends at MAPS have asked folks to print out this sign and put it up in your homes, workplaces, places of worship, community centers, or anywhere it will be seen as a visual reminder of our solidarity and love.