Rabbi Michael Lerner (anti-racist Jewish American editor of Tikkun Magazine): “If a Jew today goes into any synagogue in the U.S. or around the world and says, 'I don’t believe in God or Torah and I don’t follow the commandments,' most will still welcome you in and urge you to become involved. But say, 'I don’t support the State of Israel,' and you are likely to be labeled a 'self-hating Jew' or anti-Semite, scorned and dismissed" (David Wilson, “From Albert Einstein to Noam Chomsky: famous Jews who have opposed Israel”, Stop the War Coalition, 12 August 2014: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/index.php/news-comment/1307-from-albert-einstein-to-noam-chomsky-famous-jews-who-have-opposed-israel ).
Michael Lerner (anti-racist Jewish American Rabbi) delivering a eulogy for Muhammad Ali (2016): “One of the reasons we have called upon the United States to stand up to the part of the Israeli government that is oppressing Palestinians [applause] is that we as Jews understand that our commitment is to recognize that God has created everyone in God’s image and that everyone is equally precious and that means the Palestinian people as well as all other people on the planet ”(Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins, “Michael Lerner brings down the house at Muhammad Ali funeral by standing up for Palestinians and against Netanyahu”, Mondoweiss, 11 June 2016: http://mondoweiss.net/2016/06/standing-palestinians-netanyahu/ ).