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Article: Edmund R. (Ned) Hanauer (1938-2006): A Prophetic Voice Is Stilled
- Article from:
- The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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The death of Edmund R. (Ned) Hanauer on Aug. 10, 2006 from pancreatic cancer, at the age of 68, means the loss of a prophetic voice who devoted his life to the quest for justice-in particular to a fair and equitable peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
This writer first met Ned Hanauer almost 50 years ago, when we were college students active in the work of the American Council for Judaism, a group committed to the philosophy of classical Reform Judaism. That philosophy held that Judaism was a religion, not a nationality; opposed the concept of Jewish nationalism; and rejected the manner in which the State of Israel and Middle East politics had often replaced God and religion in Jewish ...