Baruch Goldstein: Legacy of a Massacre

Unpacking Israeli History

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On the festival of Purim in 1994, Israeli-American doctor Baruch Goldstein opened fire in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 Muslim worshippers. Condemnation was swift and decisive, but among the voices of dismay and repulsion were those who supported Goldstein’s actions and honored him after his death. Noam Weissman explores the background of the massacre, the events that followed and asks important questions about Jewish terrorism. ~~~~ The Unpacking Israeli History Podcast series is sponsored by Andrea and Larry Gill ~~~~ Learn more about Unpacked: https://jewishunpacked.com/about/ Visit Unpacked on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/unpacked Teaching about this topic? Check out our relevant educator resources here: https://unpacked.education/video/jewish-terrorism/ ~~~~ Sources https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/rabbi-meir-kahane https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/baruch-goldstein/ https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/199475-kahanes-legacy https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/26/world/west-bank-massacre-overview-least-40-slain-west-bank-israeli-fires-into-mosque.html https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/baruch-goldstein/&sa=D&ust=1593683350149000&usg=AFQjCNGzl-HI0aywtblTi6icFZ0By5_JBA https://www.jta.org/1994/02/28/archive/murders-at-hebron-mosque-prompt-violence-shame-shock-and-sorrow https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/01/nyregion/west-bank-massacre-reaction-sad-angry-fearful-voices-arab-americans-american.html https://content.jerusalemu.org/e/634291/nation-prime-minister-rabin-zl/5fnlm/53770816?h=V1aKbAjcIlbpBEEjDPSqsqHeAyL-joH3qU3A_wMf254 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknF8rF7Wtw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZknF8rF7Wtw https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/the-mystery-of-baruch-goldstein ~~~~ Unpacked is a division of OpenDor Media

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Noam Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history,
0:04.0	the podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense,
0:07.6	historically fascinating and confusing events in Israeli history.
0:12.0	All that in just about 20 minutes. Yala, let's do this.
0:15.8	I'm not a machine of God.
0:19.2	All the time that you've been able to be able to be Israel.
0:24.0	He will be Israel.
0:26.0	We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any preconditions.
0:36.0	There are people in Israel elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel of the Turkish people.
0:45.0	I think they're home.
0:47.0	At 5.05 a.m. on the morning of Perm. on the morning of Perim, on February 25th, 1994, a local doctor from Kiryat Arba, the Jewish community
0:59.1	with ancient roots on the outskirts of Chavron, called the local IDF command center.
1:04.0	The officer in charge, Scholmo Adelstein, picked up.
1:08.0	Adelstein remembers the doctor asking to send a jeep to pick him up,
1:12.0	which seemed really strange to
1:14.8	Adelstein because he knew this man wasn't the doctor on call at the time.
1:18.9	And even if it was a real emergency, wouldn't he need an ambulance?
1:25.4	But the doctor sounded decisive, so Edelstein ordered a driver,
1:29.5	Matty Unger, to go see what was going on. When Unger arrived, the doctor told him that he just
1:36.0	needed a quick ride to the nearby cave of the patriarchs located just over a mile away.
1:41.6	The short ride seemed ordinary and the doctor did all the
1:46.1	talking. Unger didn't think it was weird that the doctor was wearing his army uniform
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