He is the sixth Israeli to be killed by the Palestinian resistance during the current escalation that began Monday May 10th. On Thursday morning, hundreds of mourners attended Tabib’s funeral in the military cemetery in his hometown of Elyakim. All aspects of the lives of Palestinians living in these Territories are subject to the jurisdiction of the Israeli military.
The Palestinian Territories: the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Golan Heights, have been under Israeli martial law since 1967. Most of the soldiers spend their service as part of the military occupation of the Palestinian Territories. All Israelis are required to serve three years in the military when they turn 18. Tabib was set to be released from the Israeli army next month, after serving his three year term. In addition to killing Tabib, the missile injured two other soldiers and a civilian who was with them in the jeep. Omer Tabib, 21, was killed in his military jeep while patrolling along the northern Gaza border, by an anti-tank guided missile fired by Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza. Through argument and by example, this book encourages a new depth of Jewish engagement in the theological discussion of diversity.' - S.May 12th, 2021: Staff Sgt. It is at once a guide to the spectrum of Jewish interpretations of other faiths, an insightful analysis of the contemporary interreligious landscape, and a sampler of Brill's own comparative thinking in regard to some major traditions. 'Alan Brill's work is an encyclopedic contribution to the literature on religious pluralism.
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By being uniquely Jewish, Brill's book is a distinctive contribution to the general discussion on how to make religious sense out of religious diversity.' - Paul Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary, New York Doing so, he not only speaks appropriately to Jews but challengingly to Christians. 'In presenting the urgency, the possibility, but also the complexity of a Jewish engagement with other religious traditions, Brill works consistently with concrete texts and particular contexts. His wide knowledge of world religions allows him to present original and thought-provoking arguments for greater religious recognition of the other.' - Herbert Basser, Queen's School of Religion, Queen's University, Kingston Canada The perspective is designed to argue for a more inclusive and tolerant stance based on modern mind-sets and deeper understandings of Christianity and Islam and even Judaism itself. 'Alan Brill examines the attitudes found in Jewish classical literature and contemporary writings towards western and eastern religions. He not only delves deeply into Jewish reflections on Christianity and Islam but assembles enlightening but little-known texts on Eastern religions as well.' - Adam Gregerman, Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies With expertise in both comparative theology and traditional Jewish texts, he again demonstrates his impressive ability to tackle this vital topic. 'In this major new contribution, Brill builds upon his earlier path breaking work on Jewish views of other religions.
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