In a reply to the archbishop, Rabbi Dan Moskovitz of Temple Sholom in Vancouver thanked the archbishop for his words and prayer and said he would share them with his colleagues and community.
“I am faithful enough to know that if we all saw and respected the other as being created in the image of G-d there would be an end to war, famine, and violence; humanity would flourish,” he said.
That day will not come, Moskovitz said, until the necessary work is done “to eradicate evil, hatred, and bigotry” from human behavior.
He closed with prayers for the archbishop and for “peace and understanding among ALL the inhabitants of the Holy Land.”
Moskovitz said the situation in Israel “is as devastating as it is unprecedented,” and “each of us has family, friends, or colleagues who have been hurt, killed, or are missing.”
He invited the Catholic community to attend a Jewish community solidarity gathering planned for Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Jack Poole Plaza in Vancouver.