Leftist Israeli Paparazzi

ראש החודש השני תשע"ג

A Hassidishe rav friend of mine and I were speaking on the street in the Ge'ulah neighborhood of Jerusalem yesterday. Two men passed us. My friend said that they had photographed us. My back was turned towards them, so I could not see what they were doing. I asked the photographers where were from.

They said "Ma'ariv."

I wonder what kind of Haredi-bashing these photographers from the well-known, leftist-controlled, Torah-hating, "Ma'ariv" newspaper are going to use this photograph for.

I jokingly asked my friend why the photographers hadn't asked us if we wanted to get paid to pose with rocks in our hands, ready to throw them at someone.

He responded with, "What? You don't think actually do that?"

His completely straight suggested that "they" actually do such things.

Instead of "Ma'ariv," I prefer to call this newspaper "Ma'ariv" (West), as in a tool used toward the Labor Zionists' goal of the full assimilation of Jews into a globalizing, Western society.

Arab Rock Throwers And The Journalist

ל' לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

The Jewish Voice: Beth-El - The IDF Does Not Respond To Attacks - The Residents Act

Elhanan Gruner, 27 Nissan 5773/April 7, 2003

(Translated) After the daily rock throwing stones by the Arabs of [neighboring] Jilazun and the tire burning at the fence of the town without any response from the army, residents from Beth-El decided to act on their own. During the course of Shabbath, when the Arabs of Jilazun began their daily barrage, Jews returned with their own rocks, by which a number of vehicles were damaged, and one Arab injured. (cont.)

Arab thugs in their spare time
Photo Credit: Rotter.net Archive

It seems to me that the residents of Beth-El came to the only logical conclusion as to how to respond, ESPECIALLY when the IDF has NOT been responding, even after an 8-year-old boy was wounded in the face.

And, why is that? I have no idea,...but I can guess.

Where is the outrage?!

...with help from MSPaint

Meanwhile, (Am) HaAretz "journalist" Amira Hass called Arab rock throwing justified. Then when she's called on the carpet for that comment, she claims it was "metaphorical."

Yeah, whatever.

Adele (bat Advah) Biton

Baby Adele is still in the hospital, and that's NOT a metaphor. Adele's mother Advah even invited Amira Hass to come visit her daughter there.

If a Jew had said such a comment, in particular a Haredi Jew or a "settler" had made such a comment, that Jew would have been arrested for "incitement of violence," and put in non-metaphorical jail until his non-metaphorical, "mockery of a travesty of a sham"* trial.

You will be seeing a new rating system going into effect at Esser Agaroth, starting now. Writer Debbie Schlussel uses "Reagans" (+) and "Marxes" (-), among others, for her ratings.

I, too, will be using icons of a sort for my new rating system, and Amira Hass has the "honor" of being first to receive a score on Esser Agaroth (2¢).

Amira Hass receives 3 1/2 Sea Hags for her "metaphor," and a Hanin Zoabi for her "metaphorical" support of terrorist, Arab rock throwers.

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*From Woody Allen's flim "Bananas"

Haveil Havalim #403 Is Up!

כ"ט לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

The Shiloh Muse is the host of this week's edition of the Jewish and Israel-related blog carnival, Haveil Havalim.

It's The Cyber-Threat Edition.

A Look At Israel's Neighbors: Cyprus

כ"ט לחודש הראון תשע"ג

Some remember our neighbor Cyprus as a highly unpleasant layover on the way to Israel, after surviving the horrors of the Holocaust.

Some see our neighbor Cyprus as a popular vacation destination, the perfect alternative to Greece and Turkey, whenever they remember that they hate Jews, in spite of the tourism money they bring to their respective countries.

Still others see Cyprus as justification for our hanging on to Yehudah and Shomron (Judea and Samaria). Either way you look at it, someone IS occupying part of Cyprus. On the contrary, Israel is simply taking what The Almighty promise it, and granted us another chance to hold onto it in 1948, and again in 1967.

However, very few in Israel appear to be terribly concerned, let alone talking about the current financial crisis in Cyprus. The Cypriots have got it worse than the Greeks, Spanish, or Portuguese ever did.

In other words, it's bad. The Banksters* took their money.

Not so coincidentally, and not so funny, this ad popped up in my Google Ads the other day. Anyway, want to go to Cyprus?

No thanks.

I have heard that the Cypriots are not armed. But, if they were, then there already would have been quite a few deaths from riots and targeted assassinations.

So, everyone thinks it couldn't happen to us? Not in Israel, with its propped-up illusion of an economy?

Time to start storing water, everyone. Lifta is just too far away to be schlepping re-filled bottles of water back home.

Call me crazy, but I said its high time I got prepared. What about you?

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*Bankster = Banker + Ganster

The Ghost Of Holocausts Past And Future

כ"ח לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

November 1943: Jerusalem Mufti Al-Husseini greeting Bosnian Waffen, the largest SS Muslim division, with a Nazi salute.
Photo: Tea Party of Israel

Hmm...the father of a Bosnian friend of mine from college showed me a copy he had of the Sarajevo Hagaddah, and of the story of the Muslims who kept the original, venerated book in hiding for the Jewish community during the War.

This unit was not mentioned.

Nonetheless, the National Council of Jewish Women was one of the first organizations to cry out over the treatment of Bosnians in the 1990's at the hands of Serbian nationalists.

Al-Husseini posing with friends

Here's a video about Al-Husseini's collaboration with the Nazis.

Al-Husseini with Hitler
May their names and memories be blotted out!

These are images of the Ghosts of Holocausts Past.

PA "President" Mahmud Abbas and Iranian President Ahmidinijad
Cairo, February, 2013: Look familiar?

This is an image of Holocausts Future,...images which do not have to come to pass.

But, there is a catch.

We must do our part to prevent it from coming to pass.

הזכות לחרדים לסרב להשתתף The Right Of Haredim To Refuse To Participate

כ"ח לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

כל שנה ושנה מבקרים את הקהילה החרדית מפני שכמה או אפילו רוב מהם לא עוצרים ועומדים בשקט עם קול הצפירה של יום השואה ולגבורה.

עשר אגורות

לדעתי יש להם הזכות לסרב להשתתף בטכס הזה. חרדים נרצחו בהונגריה עם ש"פ של אנשי עבודה הציונית (ציונות סוציאליסטית). ואז יש זכות לזכור את השואה בצורה אחרת משיטת עבודה הציונית. לא מאמינים שארע הדבר כזה? אז תראו את הספר בשם כחש ע"י בן הכט.

Each and every year the Haredi community is criticized because many of them do not stop and stand quietly, when the siren goes off in Israel to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Well, I believe that they have every right not to participate in this ceremony. Haredim were murdered in Hungary with the collaboration of Labor Zionists. And so, the have the right to remember the Holocaust in a manner different from that which was invented by Labor Zionists. Don't believe that something like this actually happened? Read the book Perifidy by Ben Hecht. 

A Passover Without Qitniyoth (Kiniyot)

כ"ז לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

I am not sure of this photo's source, but last year it was going around Facebook.

"Also this year there will be hundreds of thousands of people in Israel
who will not have what to eat during the Holiday.
They are called Ashkenazim.
Come let's help them!"

Of course, this was in reference to Pesah (Passover), and the belief by some that they must keep an additional dietary restriction, that of refraining from qitniyoth (legumes, rice), besides simply from refraining from hametz (leavened grain products) during Pesah.

Click here for a full Explanation of the Qitniyoth Controversy.

As a friend of mine would say,...

"I am strict on the issue of qitniyoth during Pesah. I eat them!" 

Qitniyoth Liberation Front!

And, like my fellow student of Rabbi David Bar-Hayim, Head of Machon Shilo, (pictured left his son, eating rice cakes), I also make a point of eating qitniyoth in public.

However, save for the humous and tehinah, my Seder night was qitniyoth free. In case I had picked up guests from beth k'nesseth (schul/synagogue), I wanted to make sure that they would be comfortable eating at my Seder table.

Likewise, on the last day of Pesah, I had friends over for a Al HaAish (barbeque) lunch. I had my brand new grill all ready to go, meat with a kosher certification I knew that we could all agree upon, and plenty of non-qitniyoth side dishes.

Why did I make a big point of being considerate of those Jews who refrain from eating qitniyoth during Pesah?

Well, the answer is the same as why I did not have a problem with being told that if I wanted to join a friend's minyan at the Kotel (Western Wall) during hol hamo'ed (intermediate days), I would have to leave my Tefillin at home.

Here in Israel, it is not nearly as common as in the U. S. for Jews to put Tefillin on during hol hamo'ed. The issue is almost as hot as the concept that all Jews in Israel are permitted to eat qitniyoth during Pesah.

Maybe next year I will organize a Tefillin minyan at the Kotel. Who knows? But, we'll have to burn cross that bridge when we get to it.

In the meantime, and unlike certain women, I did not believe that putting Tefillin on at the Kotel, was an appropriate statement, even if I had the proper intent in doing so (unlike certain women).

Neither was my Holiday table the place to make a political statement,...at least not much of one anyway.

An even greater problem that what to eat and what to wear during Pesah, is the lack of joy experienced by Jews during Pesah.

I am embarrassed to say that many Jews dread Pesah, dread the cleaning, and dread the restrictions. I believe that the dread stems mostly from being so stuck in galuth (exile), that they are too far removed from learning the authentic halakhoth (Torah Laws) regarding this holiday.

Whatever I can do we can do to put the joy back into one of the most joyous times of the year, commemorating one of the most joyous times in our history, we should do,...while staying within the realm of halakhah, of course.

So, next year, let us make a point of putting the שמח back into חג כשר ושמח, the "happy" back into a "Kosher and Happy Passover!"

לשנה הבאה בירושלים הבנויה

Next year, let ALL Jews meet in a completely rebuilt Jerusalem!

Prominent Jewish Leaders?

כ"ה לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

(Click to enlarge)

"Prominent Jewish Leaders" who violate the Torah, and encourage others to do the same, are not prominent, do not act Jewishly, and are leaders, only in their "leadership" of others into sin, not mention to committing suicide, both physically and spiritually.

Each of them is either a tinoq she'nishba - a Jewish child captured by goyim - at best, or a mahti - a leader of others to sin,...or worse.

The women listed as "rabbis,..." well,...let's just say (for now) that they're not.

Those "prominent Jewish leaders" either do not know that the (entire) Land of Israel was promised to the People of Israel by HaShem, The Holy One, Blessed Be Hend to remove from the Land certain elements. (Num. 33:50-56; Deut. 7:1-6; Mishneh Torah: Laws of Avodah Zarah and Goyim 10, Laws of Kings and the Wars)

And do we know what His Will is regarding these and other issues? It's called the Torah, and it is not to be "conserved," "reformed," or "reconstructed."

The Torah is a morashah - a heritage - to be guarded over and cherished, and then handed down to our next generation IN TACT. Our Land is also described as a morashah - a heritage - to be guarded over and cherished, and then handed down to our next generation IN TACT (Rabbi Herschel Shachter, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivah University).

Whoops! I forgot. These "prominent Jewish leaders" decide what HaShem wants. They don't actually want to know what He really wants.

Anyone who does not equate being and acting Jewish with Torah values and sensibilities, unconfused with Western, politically-correct (ie. assimilationist) values and sensibilities may be prominent, but neither acts Jewish, nor as a proper leader.

The "prominent" part does not surprise me. After all, only 20% of us actually made it out of our galuth (exile) Egypt. Likewise, we are in danger of only 20% making it out of our current galuth, the galuth of Edom - Rome/The West (Kol HaTor).

Our only saving grace is that most of these "prominent Jewish leaders" are on West 57th Street in New York City,...not here.

Ancient Syrian Synagogue Looted And Destroyed,...Or Was It?

כ"ג לחודש הראשון תשע"ג

What the inside of the ancient Jobar Synagogue in Damascus, Syria used to look like.

Historic Damascus Synagogue Looted And Destroyed
Assad forces, rebels trade blame for destruction of country’s holiest Jewish site; ‘it’s the Syrian heritage regardless of religion,’ says official

JTA and Yoel Goldman, April 1, 2013

The 2,000-year-old Jobar Synagogue in the Syrian capital of Damascus — the country’s holiest Jewish site — was looted and burned to the ground.

The Syrian army loyal to President Bashar Assad and rebel forces were blaming each other for the destruction of the historic synagogue, according to reports on Sunday.

The synagogue was said to be built on the site where the prophet Elijah concealed himself from persecution and anointed his successor, Elisha, as a prophet. It had been damaged earlier this month by mortars reportedly fired by Syrian government forces.

The rebels said the Syrian government looted the synagogue before burning it to the ground, Israel Radio reported Sunday.

The government said the rebels burned the synagogue and that so-called Zionist agents stole its historic religious items in an operation that had been planned for several weeks, the Arabic Al-Manar Television reported, citing the Arabic Syria Truth website.

The news came as Jews around the world marked the final days of Passover, the festival of freedom....

(Insert pluralistic crap here)

Syria’s Jewish community faced rampant discrimination after the establishment of Israel.

Really? No kidding! I would say that "discrimination" is an understatement. And what about before the establishment of the State? Watch the following video to find out.

The Jewish Nakba النكبة

With Jewish property rights severely limited, the synagogue was taken over and converted to a school for Palestinian refugees.

What a minute. Did the reporters miss this, or pass over (pun intended) this on purpose? Does this mean that a "school for Palestinian refugees" was looted and destroyed?

Think about. "Zionist agents" are always implicated whenever anyone has a chance. The destruction of Palestianian schools is always fiercely publicized, and whenever anyone has a chance. 

Why not now? Because this time, no matter how hard they try, there is no getting around the fact that Arabs did the looting and destroying.

JTA. No surprises here.

Only some 20 Jews are believed to live in Syria today, all of them in the capital.

What they still doing there? I have heard several reasons, but am not sure which are true, and which are lies:

1) The Jews themselves don't want to leave.
2) The Jews are now allowed to leave.
3) The Jews have given up.
4) Take your pick.

In early 2011, Assad announced plans to rebuild about a dozen synagogue across Syria, including in Damascus.

Why? For only 20 Jews?

— a move that was regarded in part as an effort to gain some support from American Jewry. (cont.)

Maybe. But there is a lot more "wagging the dog" going on here than meets the eye.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Funny,...well,...not really, that one way or another, Arabs looter and destroyed an ancient synagogue. Yet, this piece desperately tries to paint the Syrians as peace loving, even Jew-loving people.

What's wrong with this picture?

Even though this synagogue had already been confiscated by one Arab faction. After that one Arab faction or another looted and destroyed what was being used as a school for Palestinian refugees.

Where's the outrage? 

Happy Easter, Israel!

מוצאי פסח תשע"ג

And speaking of fertility, the word "estrus" also comes to mind. I do not know the source of this photo and comments. It was going around facebook. If you happen to know its origins, please leave a comment, so that I can give that person or group credit.

This is probably not what most of your were expecting, based on this post's title. Nonetheless, I encourage you to continue reading.

This past Sunday was the avodah zarah (foreign/forbidden worship) celebration of Easter. That meant having to deal with an inundation of Christian "pilgrims" to Jerusalem and to other parts of Israel.

It will only continue this week and next with the "orthodox" Easter celebrated next Sunday, not to mention Christians getting the most out their plane tickets to get here, by spending more than just a few days here.

A friend visiting Israel for Pesah was in Jerusalem's Old City Sunday, watching this season's dramatization of the original avodah zarah parade, assuming it really ever took place. He said he would have to call me back. He wanted to see if Jeezer would show up. I rolled my eyes, and got off the phone. Later, he called back telling me of his disappointment. Jeezer was a no-show.

What was he doing there in the first place? Well, apparently, he was VERY bored, and ended up there somehow.

Christian "friends" (Translation: Christian "money") flow into Israel, and with them, their influence. Some Christians come to Israel for extended periods of time, in order to "volunteer" their time and energy to "help" Jewish farmers.

Some even sneak their way into a caravan (trailer) in a Jewish town in the Shomron (Samaria). I am still waiting to find out how THAT feat was pulled off. I won't hold my breath, though. No one is talking. 

*Note: The photo linked here is from a screen shot to the video this young, Christian couple made. When clicking on the link to the video, it now comes up as "Private."  How convenient...

Which family from Azza or Beth-El is homeless and couch-surfing because this Christian couple has taken away its heritage?

Believe you, me. They are not just here to missionize, and they are not going to stop at only one caravan.

"Rabbis" work on "bridge-building" between Jews and Christians, and Israel suffers the backlash. Israeli news agencies talk about "Judeo-Christian Values," even though there is no such thing.

The following video sums all of this up quite well. For written notes on this video, click here.