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I never said that Jews should have no gratitude to the USA.
Please read what I said, again.Before we can answer the original question,
we must understand a few things about USA military aid to Israel:[1] USA military aid to Israel is NOT a free gift!
Israel is required to spend more than 90% of USA military aid on weapons that are sold ONLY by USA military companies. Therefore, USA military aid to Israel is really subsidizing privately-owned, for-profit USA military companies, which increases the price of their stock.
[2] Weapons produced by USA military companies are not always compatible with Israel’s military needs. For example, they are sometimes:
too expensive to buy, are too expensive to operate, difficult or expensive to maintain, too big, too heavy, or cannot work together to co-operate with Israel’s other military hardware,
or do not work correctly in Israel’s hot sandy desert climate.[3] When Israel receives military hardware from the USA, the usual result is that Israel sends it back to the USA with many free improvements, which increases the quality of USA military hardware.
Over the past 20 years, I almost-never eat in restaurants.
Not even pizza.But I do miss something from the kosher restaurants
of the 1980s and 1990s: Kosher after-dinner mints.They tasted great, and now they are almost-impossible to find.
It is time to permanently close-down ALL American colleges and universities.
They are no longer about education; they are about brainwashing students
into becoming followers of evil murderous thieves and liars like:
Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev, Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-il,
the Former Soviet Union [USSR] and its KGB, Fidel Castro and Yassir Arafat.I am not an opponent of secular education.
On the contrary, I believe that secular education is very important.But our colleges and universities have abandoned secular education
and replaced it with radical Socialist indoctrination and brainwashing.Additionally, our colleges and universities have abandoned Free Speech,
and replaced it with radical Progressive intimidation and harassment.They must be completely and permanently closed down, ALL of them!
תלמוד בבלי מסכת ברכות דף לב/ב
ואמר רבי אלעזר
מיום שחרב בית המקדש ננעלו שערי תפלה
שנאמר: גם כי אזעק ואשוע שתם תפלתי.
ואף על פי ששערי תפלה ננעלו, שערי דמעה לא ננעלו
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Some Jew I Know:Where does the Chafetz Chaim say no Ahavat Yisrael
for a Mechalel Shabbat BeFarhesia Tinok SheNishba?Sefer Orchot Tzaddikim, Shaar HaSimcha, (chapter 9):
Every person who performs mitzvahs with happiness receives a reward 1,000 times as great as a person who performs mitzvahs with the attitude that mitzvahs are a burden.
ספר ארחות צדיקים – השער התשיעי
וְכָל הָעוֹשֶֹה הַמִּצְווֹת בְּשִֹמְחָה, יֵשׁ לוֹ שָֹכָר אֶלֶף יָדוֹת יוֹתֵר מִמִּי שֶׁהַמִּצְווֹת עָלָיו לְמַשָּאStay away from Chabad / Lubavitch — far away.
Stay within the Syrian Jewish community, and do not go outside of it,
because they are the ONLY people people who will understand you,
because they are the ONLY people people who will respect you,
because they are the ONLY people people who will want you.The Syrian Jewish community can give you everything you need,
you just must know where to find it.Visit as many Syrian synagogues as possible, get to know them all.
This entire discussion is a total waste of time, and should be deleted.
Without Secular Studies, how can any Jew become a:
doctor, nurse, surgeon, pharmacist, optometrist, dermatologist, physical therapist, hospital laboratory technician, dentist, dental technician, x-ray technician, allergist, architect, chemist, chemical engineer, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, civil engineer or lawyer?
Do not tell me that all of these people will be Arabs or Baalei Teshuvah.
We learn go though the Torah, but does the Torah go though us?
Does the Torah we learn penetrate our minds and make us better people?
According to an article by Yerachmiel HaLevi on 2023 November 10 on Quora dot com, the Neturei Karta “RAISE MONEY” for Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran.
If this is true, then the Neturei Karta are guilty of all the murders and injuries and atrocities committed by Hamas and Hezbollah — including the murders of Jewish children and babies.
When will we get SERIOUS about stopping the Neturei Karta?
Which Kennedy are you talking about?
In what year did he ruin society, and how did he do that?
Caroline Glick said:
“Over the past several years, Congress made several attempts to amend Title VI to include anti-Jewish discrimination. These efforts enjoyed broad bipartisan support.
But they were all blocked by members of the progressive camp inside the Democratic congressional caucus.
Like the anti-Semitic boycott activists ostracizing Jews on campuses, the progressive lawmakers claimed that expansion of the protections of Title VI to include anti-Jewish discrimination would undermine the free speech rights of anti-Israel activists on campuses.
That is, they said the rights of anti-Semites to preach anti-Semitism superseded the rights of Jewish students not to be harassed.”
SOURCE: Why American Jews slander President Trump
by Caroline Glick 2019/12/15 www (dot) JNS (dot) orgJonathan S. Tobin [editor in chief of JNS] said:
“She [Ilhan Omar] has made a name for herself not by talking about the concerns of Minnesotans, but by the outrageous manner in which she has trafficked in anti-Semitic tropes as she pursues her advocacy against Israel.
Along with Tlaib, she is one of the only two open supporters of the anti-Semitic BDS movement that promotes boycotts against the State of Israel. She has claimed that Jews are buying the support of Congress for Israel and questioned the loyalty of her congressional colleagues who are pro-Israel.
Despite this, the Democrats elevated [Ilhan] Omar to a seat on the House Foreign Relations Committee and refused to name her in a resolution denouncing anti-Semitism.”
SOURCE: Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?
Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019 May 22, www (dot) JNS (dot) org===================================
Jonathan S. Tobin [editor in chief of JNS] said:“If even a popular, pro-Israel Jewish Democrat like Adler was afraid to stand up to Ilhan Omar in his own city, then it’s not clear under what circumstance any member of that party would think they could afford to do so.
That means that the battle to quarantine an anti-Semite like Omar to the margins of American politics has been lost.
Not only are she and Tlaib among the young rock stars of their party, they have far greater influence than anyone would have thought only a few months ago.”
SOURCE: Is it Ilhan Omar’s Democratic Party now?
Jonathan S. Tobin, 2019 May 22, www (dot) JNS (dot) orgWhen Obama was President, the Prime Minister of Israel was once forced to leave the White House though the back door, which is normally only used by low-level servants, like: security guards and janitors and repair men and cooks.
This was intended to publicly humiliate the Prime Minister of Israel.
In the entire history of the United States of America (USA), the Prime Minister of Israel was the *** ONLY *** world leader to suffer that humiliation, and it was done to him by President Barack Hussein OBAMA.
Prior to that, President Barack Hussein OBAMA and the Prime Minister of Israel were having a one-to-one discussion. Obama just suddenly left the meeting in the middle, leaving the Prime Minister of Israel by himself. This is a very rude thing to do, especially to a Prime Minister.
Considering the intentional humiliation that Obama inflicted on the Prime Minister of Israel , you might think that Israel is an enemy of America and a brutal dictatorship — but Israel is neither of those things: It is an ally of America, and the only democracy in the Middle East.
When Obama was President, people often complained (because it was true) the he treated America’s allies as if they were enemies and he also treated America’s enemies as if they were allies.
QUESTION:
Why was the page about a Jewish man ripping down posters removed?ANSWER:
[1] Maybe he is a wealthy donor, or the son or friend of a wealthy donor.
[2] Maybe he has YICHUS.
[3] Maybe he has friends with positions of authority or power.Dear Jackk,
No offense intended, but you missed the point.
99.9% of people who hear about Jimmy Carter’s book will NEVER read the book — but they will remember THE TITLE OF THE BOOK, which strongly [and falsely] implies that Israel is an apartheid state.
You seem determined to always judge The Democrats favorably, even when the facts do not permit it, and even though there is no Torah requirement to judge them favorably.
I distinctly remember Jimmy Carter publicly stating that his re-election failed BECAUSE OF THE JEWS, even though 85% of Jews voted for him in that election (yes, I am that old!)
Most important of all, Jimmy Carter’s book eventually helped persuade hundreds of millions of people that Israel is an apartheid state.
Most important of all, Jimmy Carter’s book eventually helped persuade many millions people that Israel HAS NO RIGHT TO EXIST, and should be wiped-off-the-map, by any means possible, including terrorism.
Because of Jimmy Carter’s book, any Jew who supports Israel can be ACCUSED OF RACISM, which is one of the most devastating accusations in our times.
Why do you insist on judging Jimmy Carter favorably, even after the devastating damage that he did against Israel’s reputation (and indirectly, against ALL Jews, even those who never visited Israel)?
As I write these words, I clearly understand that you (and those like you) will never, NEVER, *** NEVER *** listen, forever and ever and ever and ever.
But I try to answer your question anyway, just in case a sincere person is listening.I was a teenager when Jimmy Carter was President.
In those years, I read 3 different newspapers every day (from beginning to end), and I also watched television news whenever possible. I remember Jimmy Carter very well.
During the Camp David Peace Negotiations, when Jimmy Carter looked at Anwar Sadat [the leader of Egypt], his face was beaming with happiness and approval, like a teacher looking at his best student.
But when Jimmy Carter looked at the Prime Minister of Israel, his face was overflowing with unhappiness and disapproval, like a teacher looking at his worst student who just causes problems all the time.
In year 1980, when Jimmy Carter lost his attempt to get re-elected, he blamed the Jews, even though 85% of American Jews voted for him in that election.
Only African-Americans claimed a higher percentage who voted for Jimmy Carter.
Since Jews were only 2% of the USA’s population at that time, Jimmy Carter would not have won re-election, even if 100% of Jews voted for him; but that did not stop him from blaming the Jews, which indicates that his accusation was not based on facts or logic.
In year 2006, Jimmy Carter published a book titled:
“Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid” (ISBN 978-0-7432-8502-5)
which helped to spread the false accusation that Israel is an apartheid state.
This was his revenge against Jews,
because “only” 85% of American Jews voted for him.Somehow the intense racism of Arab nations was never noticed by Jimmy Carter, or the mainstream news media, or the European Union, or the United Nations Organization.
PS: Even Alan Dershowitz has castigated Carter for his anti-Semitism.
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Just one quick reminder of how STUPID “President” Jimmy Carter was:When the value of the USA dollar decreased rapidly because of inflation, Jimmy Carter “solved” the problem by ordering the government to print two-dollar-bills; either for the first time in USA history (or maybe the first time since the late-1700s).
With many goyim, including important political leaders, are marching through the streets of the world calling for the murder of Jews, and clearly not distinguishing between frum or frei, Hareidi or Reform, Israeli or living in golus – then it is not the time to be philosophizing after Zionism or the nature and halachic status of Medinat Yisrael.
“Increasing number of Jewish Democrats disillusioned with Obama”
SOURCE: Title of article by Isi Leibler, seen in
The Manhattan Jewish Sentinel, 2014 December 12th, page 3.
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“Nearly a quarter of Obama’s voters were under age 30; a first in American politics.
Two-thirds of voters under 30 cast their ballot for Obama; also a first.”SOURCE: What American Really Want
(chapter 4, page 141) by Dr. Frank I. Luntz, year 2009
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“Barack Obama set the bar for U.S-Israeli relations so low that there’s literally no Israel-related issue on which Trump has been worse than his predecessor.
And there are many on which he’s been not just modestly better, but spectacularly so.”SOURCE: Understanding Israel’s love affair with Trump
by Evelyn Gordon 2018/3/14 www JNS org============================
“Obama’s hostility towards Israel, his repeated intimations that Israel is a colonialist outpost while the Palestinians are the indigenous people of the land of Israel were part and parcel of his across-the-board effort to enable the radical Left to take over the party.”SOURCE: Heeding Dem warnings
by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 May 25 www dot JewishWorldReview dot com============================
“When Barack Obama was elected president, this mood changed.He began to treat Israel as a rogue state, grovel to the Iranians, describe Israeli defenders and Arab terrorists as moral equivalents, and finally declined to veto the most biased and despicable resolution ever passed against Israel by the UN Security Council.
The response by the majority of the American Jewish establishment, who were previously never reticent about raising their voices, was a deafening silence.”
SOURCE: Where Are America’s Jewish Leaders?
by Isi Leibler, 2019/1/31 www dot algemeiner dot com============================
Vic Rosenthal said:The idea of trading Israel’s security for the friendship of Iran continued through the Obama Administration. The Iranians reacted cynically, taking what they could get while still chanting “death to America.” Obama’s Defense Department applied pressure to the Israeli defense establishment in 2012 to scuttle a plan to bomb the centers of Iranian nuclear development, at a time when the window of opportunity to seriously set back the program was significantly wider than it is today.
SOURCE: When will the Snake Finally Lose its Head? by Vic Rosenthal
Maybe the simplest way to explain why the Neturei Karta are wrong is to say:
They do not know when to stop.Maybe they had a legitimate argument [shita] 150 years ago, or 120 years ago, or even 100 years ago, but they lost that debate 75 years ago, and they are the only people who do not know that.
I once learned that if a Jew speaks Lashon HaRa, and the person listening is not Jewish, then the speaker is guilty of both Lashon HaRa AND CHILLUL HASHEM.
(I do not remember the exact source for this, maybe someone reading this can give us the exact source.)
Since the Neturei Karta repeatedly speak negatively about Jews, and millions of non-Jewish people listen to them, they are guilty of both Lashon HaRa AND CHILLUL HASHEM.
The Neturei Karta repeatedly show millions of non-Jewish people that Jews are disunited and hate each other, which is also a Chillul HaShem.
“In January, Pew reported that liberal Democrats side with the Palestinians over Israel by a margin of nearly two to one. Conservative Republicans support Israel over the Palestinians by a margin of more than 16 to 1.”
SOURCE: Heeding Dem Warnings by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 May 25
www dot JewishWorldReview dot com==================================
Keith Ellison, an anti-Israel Muslim, became Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) by a UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE of DNC members, according to Wikipedia.==================================
“…leading members of the Democratic Party like Keith Ellison and luminaries like Linda Sarsour openly espouse anti-Jewish sentiments and propagate anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, Democrats ignore, whitewash, deny and minimize the significance of the swelling chorus of anti-Semitism within their ranks.”SOURCE: The peril of Politicized Anti-Semitism
by Caroline B. Glick 2018 June 22==================================
“Rising stars in the Democratic Party, including Rep. Ellison and Women’s March leaders Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour along with the Congressional Black Caucus embrace Louis Farrakhan, and defend his notorious, virulent hatred of Jews.
They demonize Israel and its Jewish supporters.”SOURCE: The peril of Politicized Anti-Semitism
by Caroline B. Glick, 2018 June 22==================================
Mark Steyn said:“It is embarrassing that this nut [Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan]
is a power broker in the Democrat Party, and the media won’t cover it.”SOURCE: Why don’t the media care about Democrats’ ties to Farrakhan?
a youtube video by Fox News, 2018 March 8==================================
Sarah Stern (founder and president of
Endowment for Middle East Truth) said:“It is profoundly troubling that there is a recent trend within much of the Democratic Party to tolerate and sweep under the rug voices of extreme anti-Semitism and hatred, and by their sheer presence in highly visible social events bestowing upon them an aura of respectability.”
She continued: “How would these same people react if David Duke were to be photographed seated in the same row as President Donald Trump? Louis Farrakhan is the apotheosis of pure, unabashed anti-Semitism. His speeches use combinations of classical anti-Semitic canards, and bold-faced lies and deceptions.”
SOURCE: Criticism over Farrakhan Singing the Praises of Aretha Franklin
by Jackson Richman, 2018 September 4, from JNS dot org==================================
“Writer David Steinberg identified 105 news stories written in the immediate aftermath of [Ilhan] Omar’s victory [as one of the first two Muslim women elected to Congress], and not a single one mentioned that she believed Jewry possessed mind-control abilities or that Israel was evil.No one called on the Democratic Party to distance itself from this rhetoric.”
SOURCE: Here’s the anti-Semitism the Media Doesn’t Want to Mention
by David Harsanyi, 2018/11/11, www dot NYPost dot comNo matter how many security precautions Israel makes, those security precautions will NEVER be enough to guarantee safety from terrorist attacks, until 100% of Arabs and Muslims who live in Israel are permanently expelled.
In the 1980s, an Orthodox Rabbi from Brooklyn repeatedly gave the Jewish People valuable advice about Arabs and Muslims who live in Israel: “THEY MUST GO!!!”
If I remember correctly, even Henry Kissinger agreed with this, and he was NOT a friend of Israel, even though he was Jewish.
If that advice had been taken seriously in the 1980s, then Arab terror attacks might have ended decades ago, and only Jews above age 50 would be old enough to remember them.
Send all the so-called “Palestinians” to China (Xinjiang region) with a one-way-ticket.
Then the so-called “Palestinians” will vanish forever, because China knows how to handle Muslim terrorists, and nobody criticizes them for it, not even Muslims!
“In supporting the destruction of Israel,
are anti-Zionists unaware that millions of Jews
in Israel would be killed in such a war of destruction?
….
Anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism both would cause
Jews to be homeless, suffer, and die.
And that is all Jews need to know about them.”SOURCE: The Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism
(chapter 6, page 130) by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin,
published in 1975 & 1981 by Simon & Schuster in New York City,
ISBN 0-671-42593-5 * ISBN-10: 0671622617 * ISBN-13: 978-0671622619=======================================
“For some anti-Zionists these differences between
anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism may have some significance.For Jews, however, these differences are entirely academic.
Though some anti-Zionists may sincerely believe that
they are not motivated by hatred of Jews,
THE CONSEQUENCES OF ANTI-ZIONISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM
FOR THE JEWISH PEOPLE ARE THE SAME.”SOURCE: The Nine Questions People Ask about Judaism
(chapter 6, page 122) by Dennis Prager and Joseph Telushkin,
published in 1975 & 1981 by Simon & Schuster in New York City,
ISBN 0-671-42593-5 * ISBN-10: 0671622617 * ISBN-13 978-0671622619In year 1970 CE the so-called “Palestinians” attempted to violently overthrow the government of Jordan.
For more information about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_SeptemberLater, the so-called “Palestinians” took-over Lebanon.
They are violent rebels, and their fellow-Arabs know this.For example:
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Robert Lacey said:“Of course,” says one Saudi prince, “if God granted us a wish,
we would like the Palestinians to vanish off the face of the earth.We know that they are only nice to us because they want our money.
They are dangerous men with Marxist tendencies.But their disappearance would be a second wish.
The first wish is the disappearance of Israel.”SOURCE: The Kingdom: Arabia and the House of Sa’ud
(chapter 47, page 455) by Robert Lacey,
published in year 1981 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
New York, ISBN-10: 0006365094 ISBN-13: 978-0006365099===================================
Saudi journalist Fahad al-Shammari
declared [in a television interview] that:“the Palestinians are beggars,” and “have no honor”.
SOURCE: PA and Jordanian | incitement against Saudi Arabia
by Yoni Ben Menachem of JCPA, 2019/7/28 www JNS org===================================
Mr. Pat Condell described the Palestinians as:“the World’s most tiresome cry-babies with a bogus
cause and a plight that is entirely self-inflicted”.SOURCE: The Great Palestinian Lie, a YouTube video
by Mr. Pat Condell, 2011 October 6===================================
Hugh Fitzgerald said this on Jihad Watch dot org:“The Israelis have not marginalized the Palestinians;
it is the Palestinians who,
by their relentless attempts to kill Israelis,
have marginalized themselves.”SOURCE: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Concern
about Jewish “White Supremacists” (Part 1)
by Hugh Fitzgerald, 2019 August 9 www JihadWatch org
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PS : Please copy these quotes to your computer, for future reference.
==================================Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“Every current criticism of Israel – whether made by
Israelis, American Jews, or others – is used by
its enemies as part of an explicit
international campaign to delegitimize Israel.”SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 7, page 213)
published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co
ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374
==============================PERSONAL COMMENT: Delegitimizing Israel (as mentioned above by Alan M. Dershowitz) is a preparation for destroying Israel completely, which would certainly result in:
another Holocaust, and many thousands of homeless Jews, and many thousands of Jewish orphans, and many thousands of Jews with no parnasah.In the Arab world, and in the Muslim world,
when a man wants to attack and discredit his political opponent,
he accuses his political opponent of being a Jew.Or even worse, he accuses his political opponent of being a spy for Israel.
Dear UJM,
Please tell us: In what year did “Ponovoze Rosh Yeshiva zt’l” say that?
Did he say that BEFORE 2023 October 7 when 1,400 Jews murdered by Hamas and more than 200 Jews were taken captive?
Or did he say that AFTER 2023 October 7 when 1,400 Jews murdered by Hamas and more than 200 Jews were taken captive?
Please consider that the situation in Eretz HaKodesh has undergone many big changes over the past 50 or 60 years.
For example: There are now more than 1,000 yeshivahs in Eretz HaKodesh, and a big Baal Teshuvah movement.
Therefore, what Gedolim said before the 1970s might no longer apply today.
The Jews in Iran CANNOT LEAVE IRAN.
ANY Jew in Iran can be accused of being a spy-for-Israel at ANY time,
even with no evidence.And once that accusation is made, it will certainly result in:
imprisonment, confiscation of all money and assets, torture, and public execution.============================
This article from www JTA org is dated 1970 February 11:Hassidim Who Placed Newspaper Ad Attacking Zionism Forbidden to Enter Synagogue
Twenty young followers of the Satmar Rebbe have been forbidden to enter the Satmar synagogue, Congregation Yetev Lev, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as punishment for placing an advertisement in the New York Times two weeks ago calling Zionism “the greatest enemy” of the Jewish people, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency learned today.
The names of the young Hassidim were posted in the synagogue on Sunday following an investigation ordered by the Satmar Rebbe. The 20 young Jews were found to have been responsible for preparing and placing the advertisement and with raising funds to pay for it. One of the 20 came to services Saturday and the reader refused to proceed with services until the youth left. When he refused to leave, he was carried out bodily, the JTA was informed. The suspension will stand until the youths formally repent of their action to officials of the synagogue.’
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If you listen to the Neturei Karta, they will tell you that:
“before Zionism, Jews and Muslims got-along just fine.”This is NOT TRUE!!!
Not only is it not true, it is not even half-true.
Not only is it not true, it is not even close to the truth.
Not only is it not true, it is the opposite of the truth.Before Zionism, Jews were persecuted by Muslims at all times.
Before Zionism, Jews were persecuted by Muslims
for 1,300 years — or if you prefer, for 13 centuries.Jews were forced to pay special taxes to Muslims.
Taxes that were intended to force Jews into poverty,
not just provide income for the government.ANY synagogue could become a mosque at ANY time.
Jews were often beaten and killed.
Jews were often forced to convert to Islam.
Even in the 1950s, in Yemen,
50,000 Jews were forced to convert to Islam.Jewish orphans were often converted to Islam,
unless some Jew would adopt them,
or take them into an orphanage.Jews were subjected to special laws intended
to humiliate them, and make life difficult for them.In the 1980s, Rabbi Zevulun Lieberman
(of blessed memory, a former YU professor
and Orthodox synagogue Rabbi in NYC) once gave
a public lecture about the history of Syrian Jews.
I attended that lecture, and I remember his exact words.Rabbi Zevulun Lieberman publicly taught that:
“From the time that Syria became a Muslim country,
the Jews of Syria did not have even one happy day.”In the 1800s, there was a false blood libel against the Jews of Syria.
For decades after the Holocaust,
Syria was a haven for convicted Nazi-war-criminals.
Not only were the convicted Nazi-war-criminals tolerated,
but they were promoted to high government positions.For decades in Syria, Jewish children as young
as six-years-old were tortured-to-death by
government security agents,
while the Leftist news-media ignored it.============================
Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura said this,
in a letter to his father in year 1488 August 15:“Jews in Muslim lands make themselves appear poor.
They go about like an impoverished, despised people,
with their heads bowed before Muslims.”SOURCE: Pathway to Jerusalem: the Travel Letters of Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura, written between 1488 and 1490 during his journey to the Holy Land (Page 40) translated by Yaakov Dovid Shulman, year 1992 CE, 93 pages, CIS Publishers, Lakewood, New Jersey, ISBN 1-56062-130-3
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The next time someone tries to tell you that:
“before Zionism, Jews and Muslims got-along just fine”,
do not believe it, because it is not true;
do not believe it, because it is not even half-true;
do not believe it, because it is not even close to the truth;
do not believe it, because it is the opposite of the truth.It was THE DEMOCRATS who decided to admit millions of immigrants from Muslim lands.
It was THE DEMOCRATS who gave Victim Status to Muslims, especially Palestinians.
It was THE DEMOCRATS who decreed that Israelis are oppressing Palestinians.
Since I am not a Navi, I cannot know for sure how to answer this question.
But I do believe that I can make some good guesses that might be true.We have lots of Torah being learned, but we also have very little unity.
Midrash Tanchuma, Parshat Nitzabim, end of chapter 1:
“The Jews will not be redeemed until they unite as one … ”We have lots of Torah being learned, but we also have very little judging each other favorably.
We have lots of Torah being learned, but we also have lots of speaking Lashon HaRa, lots of listening to Lashon HaRa, and lots of believing Lashon HaRa — all are forbidden by the Torah.
We have lots of Torah being learned, but we also have lots of money being spent on blatant gashmius. Around 2 or 3 three years ago, I went into a kosher store to get empty boxes.
This store is in a very Chareidi area. Almost all of the customers are Orthodox Jews.
I discovered that just ONE bottle of kosher liquor was selling for up to $500.Even with all our successful people, there are still people who are left-behind and forgotten.
We have lots of Torah being learned, but we also have lots of people who either don’t care about anyone except themselves, or don’t care about anyone except themselves and their own children and grandchildren.
I could continue, but think that I have said enough.
Yes, it was odd to see it follow a complaint that we don’t judge others favorably.
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Common Saychel: What difference does it make?
The truth is always true, regardless of who speaks it.
The truth is always true, whether it is spoken by a man or a woman.
The truth is always true, whether it is spoken by an adult or a child.
The truth is always true, whether it is spoken by a Jew or a Gentile.
The truth is always true, whether it is spoken by a friend or a stranger.
The truth is always true, whether it is spoken by a tzadik or a rasha.In the Mishnah, tractate Avot, chapter 4, paragraph 1,
Ben Zoma taught that a wise man learn from EVERY person:
even a woman, even a child, even a Gentile, even a stranger, even a rasha.Ben Zoma Omer: Aizeh Hu Chacham? HaLomed MiCol Adam.
“All fifty [50] states permit keeping firearms at home.
Even the City of New York, probably the least permissive
firearms jurisdiction in America, permits the ownership
of loaded long rifles and shotguns, and a twelve-gauge
shotgun with an eighteen-inch barrel is not only suitable
for home protection, but specifically designed for it.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 10, page 107) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840===================
…unlike concealable pistols, long guns require no license.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 10, page 112) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840===================
“American and Israeli Jews are not much different
on matters of relative income, class, religion,
national origin, or political leanings.The singular distinction between them is that
when the chips are down, Israelis are prepared
to fight those who would annihilate them;
from all indications, their American cousins
are prepared to be annihilated.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 2, page 14) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840===================
“Were we all well-known boxers, or karate champions,
or at the very least feared as being the kind of crazy Jew
who fights back, we would have fewer problems.
It is our very helplessness that energizes those who would attack us.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 7, page 83) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840===================
“Schoolyard bullying is part of school life,
and no matter the target, he or she is always
picked on for the same reason: perceived weakness.When this perception is shared by others in the peer group,
we are looking not at a one-on-one situation,
but a situation of all-against-one.Thus, the most efficient way of preventing the latter is to forestall the former.
A Jewish child’s best defense against group violence
is going on the offensive against at least one member
of the group. How? By learning to fight, early and well.Anti-Semites of any age do not mess with
the Wrong Jew, the one who is capable of
inflicting pain and humiliation on his would-be assailants.”SOURCE: The Wrong Jew: Defeating Those Who Want Us Dead
(chapter 9, page 96) by Hesh Kestin, published in year 2021
in New York, ISBN 9781642935844 * ISBN 1642935840QUESTION:
What do you attribute the rise in pro Palestinian sentiments on college campuses to?ANSWER: The Mainstream News Media (MSM) does not
really care about reporting facts. Their highest priority is
to turn the public against Israel, by any means possible.(Especially The New York Times.
Buying The New York Times is as sinful as eating pork on Yom Kippur).This is accomplished by selectively omitting facts that make Israel look good.
This is accomplished by selectively omitting facts that make Muslims look bad.This is accomplished by immediately accepting what Muslims say as 100% true,
with zero fact-checking, even when the Muslims are bloodthirsty terrorists.If Hamas said that the world is flat, and Israel is to blame for flattening it,
then almost 100% of the Mainstream News Media would immediately
accept that statement as 100% true, with no fact-checking, and without
talking to any pro-Israel person, who might disagree with that statement.More reasons why colleges and universities favor Muslims:
Muslim nations have donated hundreds of millions of dollars to
colleges and universities, especially Middle East Studies departments.Most professors in colleges and universities, are Marxists and Socialists.
They are the philosophical heirs of: Karl Marx, Joseph Stalin, Leonid Brezhnev,
Mao Zedong, Kim Jong-il, and the Former Soviet Union [USSR], and the KGB.Since the Socialists have always hated Jews and Israel,
the professors in colleges and universities also hate Israel.Israel is the *** ONLY *** country in the world that is
expected to fight its enemies with ZERO CIVILIANS harmed.This is true even when Israel’s enemies use HUMAN SHIELDS,
which makes it impossible for Israel to fight its enemies
with ZERO CIVILIANS harmed. (Which is why Hamas uses them.)====================================
Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:
“Why is Israel singled out for super-scrutiny
and double-standard criticism, expected to maintain
a level of moral behavior not demanded of anyone else?”SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(introduction chapter, page 4)
published in year 1991 by Little Brown & Co
ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374====================================
Harvard Law Professor Alan M. Dershowitz said:“There is yet a third strain of the current virus of anti-Semitism, this one even more difficult to diagnose. Its danger lies in its subtlety, its pervasiveness, and its acceptability at all levels of our society. This is a phenomenon familiar to all of us, yet difficult to articulate and expose:
the singling out of Jewish institutions and especially Israel for special scrutiny, and the application of a double-standard to Jewish things and persons.
This phenomenon, which currently has no accepted name, assumes a variety of forms, but its most obvious manifestation is the special and often gloating attention paid by the media, [and] by intellectuals, and by the government to any deviation by Israel, no matter how trivial, from the highest norms of humans rights, civility, and sacrifice.
Though Israel may be deserving of criticism, what is missing is the comparable criticism of equal or greater violations by other countries and other groups.
This constant, often legitimate criticism of Israel for every one of its deviations, when coupled with the absence of legitimate criticism of others, creates the impression currently prevalent on university campuses and in the press that Israel is among the worst rights violators in the world.
We have all heard that phrase repeated many times.
It is not true, but if it is repeated often enough, it takes on a reality of its own.”SOURCE: Chutzpah by Alan M. Dershowitz
(chapter 4, page 119) published year 1991
by Little Brown & Co ISBN: 9780316181372 * ISBN: 0316181374The phrase דעת תורה is not mentioned in Tanach, Mishnah, or Jerusalem Talmud.
However, דעת תורה is mentioned one time in the Babylonian Talmud,
and three times in Rashi’s commentary on the Babylonian Talmud.Matti Friedman (former Associated Press news reporter) said:
“The big players in the news business practice groupthink…”
………………………………
“Many of the people deciding what you
will read and see from here [Israel] view
their role not as explanatory but as political.Coverage is a weapon to be placed at the disposal of the side they like.”
SOURCE: An Insider’s Guide to the Most Important Story on Earth
by Matti Friedman, 2014/8/26, Tablet Magazine, www (dot) TabletMag (dot) comSUMMARY: This article exposes intentional anti-Israel bias in the news media.
It is still VERY relevant, even though it was written in 2014.David Friedman (USA Ambassador to Israel) said:
“The next day [after the move of the USA embassy
to Jerusalem] the Liberal media vilified everyone
associated with the embassy move
and glorified the poor Hamas terrorists.”SOURCE: Deconstructing where American media has gone wrong
by Deborah Fineblum, 2019 June 14 www (dot) JNS (dot) orgLaureen Lipsky said:
“New York City has seen a huge increase in anti-Semitic attacks, largely carried out against religious Jews in Brooklyn. Most of these incidents are ignored by the media.”
SOURCE: Algemeiner (dot) com, article titled:
Anti-Israel Hate Marches Continue in Europe and the West
by Laureen Lipsky 2019/6/6 (Laureen Lipsky is a pro-Israel advocate
living in New York and the founder of Taking Back the Narrative.)PERSONAL COMMENT:
Given that the mainstream-news-media intentionally ignored the increase in anti-Semitic attacks in New York City, how can they be trusted to report about Israel fairly?Eric Starkman (a Los Angeles-based writer and journalist) said:
“The mainstream media has abandoned all pretense of objectivity.
Whereas in the past journalists viewed themselves as unbiased chroniclers of the news, their focus today is on manufacturing it and dominating the ensuing conversations.
A journalist’s influence today isn’t determined by the quality or accuracy of their reporting, but rather the size of their Twitter following and the frequency of their television appearances.”
SOURCE: Why Crown Heights Hate Crimes Aren’t Newsworthy
by Eric Starkman, 2019 February 17, in The Algemeiner