Video Interview about Dutch Jewry
In February 2011, Rabbi Soetendorp was interviewed about the situation of Jewish people in the Netherlands by the Platform Spartak. A written outline and the first part of the video interview can be found here.
Rabbi Soetendorp featured in Huffington PostRabbi Soetendorp's contibution to the Ervin Laszlo Forum on Science and Spirituality "Retrieving G-d's Hidden Rays of Light: A Global Partnership Is Emerging" has been featured in the Huffington Post, the world's No. 1 online newspaper with reported 2 Million monthly readers. Please find his article here.
Feature Interview with Rabbi Soetendorp in SGI Quarterly SGI Quarterly is the magazine of Soka Gakkai International - a worldwide association of 82 constituent organizations with membership in over 190 countries and territories which aims to develop the potential for hope, courage and altruistic action rooted in the philosophy of Nichiren Buddhism. The July 2010 edition focuses on religion and ecology and features an interview with Rabbi Sotendorp.
Interview with Rabbi Soetendorp by the Church of Sweden, Uppsala, November 2008
Interview taken at the Interfaith Climate Summit, Nov. 27 - 28, 2008
How come climate has become an issue of importance in your faith?
- The general ecological responsibility to not exploit anything are definite parts of the Jewish religion. The question of climate is more personal. I was partaking in a global forum where spiritual leaders discussed the environment already in the 199re0’s. The was a breakthrough and included participants such as Al Gore and Michael Gorbachev. - Jews, in general, have been a little uncomfortable with the environmental movement, as it has been viewed partially as its own religion. This has never bothered me. Instead I recognize the hope we still feel for the environment from my religion. The Jewish religion is a religion of hope and the Uppsala Manifesto also shows the opportunities there are. Read more...
International Herald Tribune: H.D.S. Greenway: Dutch Intolerance, Published 22 Feb., 2006
International Herald Tribune article on the Jewish Institute for Human Values' responses to the violence that erupted in the Netherlands after the van Gogh murder.
BERLIN: When it comes to welcoming immigrants, the Dutch have long been among the nicest guys in Europe. When the Jews were kicked out of Spain in 1492, the Dutch opened their doors to them when others didn't. When the Pilgrims were in trouble in England, the Dutch took them in before they sailed for America. In modern times, the ever-tolerant Dutch took in guest workers and asylum seekers, many of them from Muslim countries, and left them to their own devices. But now, as in other European countries with large Muslim populations, the Dutch are having second thoughts. The events of Sept. 11, 2001, were especially shocking because so many of the hijackers had lived in Europe. Could the Muslim minorities in Europe be a Trojan horse? Madrid and London had their terrorist bombings, but the trauma for Holland came with the 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a young Dutch Moroccan who objected to a film van Gogh had made about Muslim mistreatment of women. How could this have happened in Holland, and by a thoroughly integrated young man who spoke fluent Dutch? |
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