There are moments in Jewish history when silence is preferable to ill-timed, ill-considered words. Sadly, Rabbi Yosef Blau, long associated with Yeshiva University, has chosen the opposite path.

By leading dozens of Orthodox rabbis in issuing a public letter , grandly titled “A Call for Moral Clarity, Responsibility and a Jewish Orthodox Response in the Face of the Gaza Humanitarian Crisis,” he has not only injected confusion into an already fraught debate but has committed a public act of chilul Hashem , a “desecration of God’s name.”

The timing of the letter is as shameful as its content. Israel is engaged in one of the most complex wars in its history, fighting an enemy that hides behind civilians, manipulates statistics and deliberately manufactures humanitarian crises as part

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