The Agenda Within The Tents

11 of the Fifth Month 5771

By now, most of you have heard of the protests over the high costs of housing in Israel.

Also, by now, most of you have heard the admission that those with a "secular state" (Read: anti-Torah) agenda have hijacked the protests.

Thursday, posters just outside one such tent city in Downtown Jerusalem caught my eye. So, I decided to check out the tent city for myself.

"The People Demand Social Justice!"

"Social Justice?" Now, where have I heard that phrase before?

Oh, now I remember. It is a buzz word of the so-called Reform Movement. Most all "Reform" communities have a social justice committee.

In the U. S....

Social justice for minorities,...except Jews

In Israel...

Social justice for Arabs

Social justice for terrorists who kill Jews

Social justice for foreign workers and their children

And most recently?

Social justice for Christian missionaries, under the guise of "protecting religious freedom"

What about social justice for Torah observant Jews?

Well, Torah observant Jews are still following a "primitive" culture and lifestyle, based on superstition, and need to become enlightened and progressive, like us (and Europeans), and stop telling me to keep Shabbath, to stop selling pork and shellfish to other Jews, and stop have sex with whomever I want. How dare they violate my precious rights!

Religious settlers are worse than the usual fanatics, because they use our beautiful, Jewish mythology history as justification for violence and the stealing of Land which does not belong to them.

Read: Torah observant Jews, Haredim and settlers in particular, are the source of all our ills, and can go to Hell,...the sooner the better.

"Protest Rally: The People Demand Social Justice"

Did I summarize the true beliefs behind Reform Social Justice fairly accurately?

I think so.

"Social Justice" is nothing less than pseudo-"rabbis" and other leftists ripping out newly planted vineyards, planted by settlers days before the start of the Shemitah Year, after which it is forbidden to replant them, until the next year.

"Social Justice" is nothing less than provoking Arabs to attack settlers.

"Social Justice" is nothing less than burning olive trees and cutting pipelines to Arab villages, and then blaming settlers for it.

"Social Justice" is nothing less that publishing maps of Jewish towns, so that they can easily be found on line by leftist and Arab infiltrators.

But, just how many native Israelis do you think are familiar with this connotation of the phrase "social justice?"

Maybe a handful,...if that.

The truth is that the protests over the high costs of housing were an excellent opportunity for Ahduth Yisra'el (Jewish Unity). The high costs of housing affect ALL of us.

The truth is, though, that unity under the protests never had a chance.

Parashath Shofetim: Which Justice Will You Pursue?

Mota'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Shofetim 5771

This week's parashah includes a few words being thrown around at the housing protests.

In fact these same three words are very popular to throw around in the U. S., anytime a Jew thinks there is an injustice, or miscarriage of justice.

דברים טז,כ
צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף

Deuteronomy 16:20
Justice, justice you shall pursue....

Of course, many Jews comfortably entrenched in the U. S., intentionally or unintentionally, leave out the rest of the verse:

דברים טז,כ
צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ.

Deuteronomy 16:20
Justice, justice you shall pursue, that you will live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God given to you.

To all such Jews, I remind you that this verse is specifically related to taking and residing in the Land. If you want to cry out about "justice," then there are a few other verses in the Torah which are more precise to express your feelings about a generic justice.

I believe that Rash"i backs me up in this regard:

Rash"i says:
Justice, justice you shall pursue - follow a proper court of law.

...that you will live, and inherit.... - one should have kosher judges appointed, to maintain Israel's existence, and to settle [the children of] Israel in their Land.

Meanwhile, the above three words have been used in conjunction with the phrase social justice being thrown around quite a bit at the housing protests.

In a previous post, The Agenda Within The Tents, I said that the phrase "social justice" was a buzz word of the Reform movement in the U. S. Most every Reform community in the U. S. has a "social justice committee."

The Tent/Housing protests had been hijacked by the Left, excluding all other communities it does not like, such as Haredim and Settlers, even though they too have been affected by the high cost of housing in Israel.

One tent set up by settlers on Rothschild Street in Tel-Aviv was even burned down.

The banner I saw on Rothschild Street decrying צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף/Justice, justice you shall pursue.... was that of the תנועת יהדות הרפומית בישראל/the Reform movement in Israel.

Furthermore, the justice referred to in the Torah means none other than Torah justice, the removal of those carrying the halakhic status of "enemy" from the Land, the removal of those carrying the of practitioners of "avodah zarah," and the execution of punishments to those obligated to receive them.

That's Torah justice, and not the Western, assimilationalist, "politically-correct" version of justice to make you feel good.

Leaving off the remainder of the verse does not change the meaning of the verse, albeit those who deny, distort, or otherwise play with the Oral Torah, would like it to.

So, which justice will you pursue? The justice command by the Holy One Blessed Be He through His Torah? Or the pseudo-"justice" you make up according to your feelings are the results of 2,000 years of assimilation?

President Obama's Rosh HaShannah Curse

כ"ט לחודש השישי תשע"ג

YNET: Obama Wishes 1,000 Rabbis Shana Tova
In annual pre-Rosh Hashana conference call with rabbis, US leader says conclusion of Syria crisis will show he can be counted on to curb Iran's nuclear program

Yitzhak Benhorin, August 31, 2013

Shana Tova, damn it!

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama took a few minutes off from dealing with the Syrian crisis to wish some 1,000 rabbis a happy Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year).

One of the rabbis who took part in the annual conference call said Obama was asked how the US could be counted on to curb Iran's nuclear program if it does not respond to Syria's use of chemical weapons. Obama refused to tell the rabbis what he plans to do with regards to Syria, but said that the conclusion of the current crisis will prove he can be relied upon.

The American leader also spoke of the unbreakable bond between the US and Israel and the values shared by both countries, including the Jewish values of social justice. Obama also mentioned the Jews' participation in the struggle for civil rights led by Martin Luther King Jr. The US recently marked the 50th anniversary of King's "I have a dream" speech.

During the conference call Obama also mentioned his administration's efforts to promote health care reform and peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Gee. I'd sure like to get ahold of that guest list of rabbis! I'll give you 10 to one, that not too many of them are really rabbis, but rather "rabbis." And the ones who are rabbis, are so only marginally.

Why do I say that about "so only marginally?"

Well, because not only are rabbis supposed to learn Torah, and teach it, there are also supposed to live according to it,...NOT distort, ignore, cross out, or "creatively interpret" elements of the Torah which they do not happen to "resonate with" (ie. "like) or do not find to be "relevant to contemporary society." (whatever the heck that means!)

Now, what also caught my eye about this report was that according to these "rabbis," intervening in Syria, because its government used chemical weapons on its citizens is OK. But, when President Bush (not that I'm a fan of his either) intervened in Iraq, in part because its government used chemical weapons on its citizens, it was not OK. 'Nuff said on that.

Social justice? Well, by now, we should all know that within the Greater Jewish Community, the phrase "social justice" is code for "justice for anyone besides Jews, unless they agree with us."

And, of course, their version of "social justice" has little if anything to do with Torah justice,...unless you count the Torah distortions, which I do not.

Moving right along...

"Martin Luther King, Jr." (left) seemed to be more in touch with Am Yisra'el's claim to Eretz Yisra'el as its Divinely promised, eternal Homeland, than the so-called "rabbis" in the Obama royal court attendance at President Obama's pre-Rosh HaShannah Conference. "Sad" and "embarrassing" do not even begin to cover the range of emotions evoked by this failure of these Jews (how many of them are really even Jewish,...according to halakhah, that is?) to connect with their Homeland and their Torah.

One of the categories of Erev Rav has no connection to Eretz Yisra'el (Kol HaTor), as RaSh"I cites: the Erev Rav wept when their were told that they would be traveling to Eretz Yisra'el, because the a no connection (inheritance) to it.

"Sheeple" = sheep + people

Food for thought. Yet, truly they could not possibly know exactly what they are doing,...too many qelipoth/galuth influence = tinoq shenishba.
 
"Peace between Israel and the Palestinians" only means one thing to these people: "piece with the Palestinians."

May this New Year bring a mass awaking of Jews from their stupor, and get on the plane to Israel!

Shannah Tovah!

יהודים באמריקה, תתעוררו כבר! / American Jews, Wake Up Already!

ט' לחודש השלישי תש"פ

English follows the Hebrew. Maybe some native Israelis residing in the U. S. will also benefit from this wake-up call.

אני לא איכנס לעניינים של המהומות הקשורות למותו של ג'ורג 'פלויד על ידי שוטר משטרה. כל הבלגן הזה מתקיים בארה״ב. וארה״ב היא לא ארצנו, אלה מקום המגורים הזמנים שלנו עד שנוכל לכבוש את מולדת האמיתית של עם ישראל. ואני מדגיש שאני כותב כאן ארץ ולא מדינה.

כן. מאז ומתמיד היהודים בחזית למען צדק החברתי אמיתי, בדגש על המילה אמיתי. וכן, הגיוני שיהודים מתעסקים בצדק חברתי בגולה במשך תקופת התגוררות שם.

אבל, למה יהודים עדיין מתגוררים בגולה? ודוקא כשהם כבר לא צריכים?

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף... (דברים יט,כ)

חבל שהרבה יהודים התקועים בארה״ב ובמדינות הגוים האחרות, גם באופן פיזי וגם באופן רוחני , בכוונה או לא בכוונה, לא מתיחסים לשאר הפסוק:

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ. (דברים יט,כ)

יש יהודים אחרים שהם כאילו ציונים. הם מתווכחים וצועקים למען ארץ ישראל אבל רק מהכורסה שלהם בסלון. הרבה יהודים מהשמאל הם פשוט קורבנות הובלת שולל, וכנראה שהם יכולים להיחשב כתינוק שנשבה (כילדים יהודים שנלכדו שגדלו על ידי גויים). דבר כזה נשמע לכם מתנשא? אבל זו האמת. וכולנו יודעים שהאמת יכולה לגרום לנו להרגיש על הפנים.

וגם יש יהודים בגולה שמתלוננים על ממשלת ישראל, וכמה קשה היא יכולה לאתגר את יהודים שומרי תורה. אני שואל אותם: למה אתם לא קמים מהכורסה בסלון ולבוא לעזור לנו לשנות את המצב?

כמובן, יש הרבה שאינם יהודים שעברו בשטיפת מוח ולכן מאמינים שהם באמת יהודים, או באמצעות גיור מזויף של אמהותיהם, או באמצעות גיור מזויף אישי, או באמצעות השקר שאמרו להם שהם לא צריכים לעבור תהליך גיור בכלל. אני כמעט מרחם על האנשים האלה. כמעט. אף שרבים מהם הושמדו על ידי יהודים. אפילו רוב היהודים האלה ששיקרו, המעזים לקרוא לעצמם "רבנים", הם רק משכנות של הנהגת ערב רב מה"תנועות המעין-יהודיות.״

למה יהודים מופתעים עד כדי כך שמהאשמים אותם, ומותקפים פיזית, בגלל מותו של גבר אמריקאי אפריקאי על ידי שוטר לא יהודי?

אירוע כזה כבר קרה לפני פחות מ-30 שנים! ראו את המפה (למטה). מהומות למען רודני קינג כן הגיעו לבוורלי הילס. מחוז פיקו-רוברטסון נמצא מעט דרומית לבוורלי הילס, ויש המון תושבים יהודיים בין בוורלי הילס למרכז העיר, למשל במחוז פיירפקס, שכונת מירקל מייל, והנקוק פארק .

ועכשיו, בוורלי הילס, סנטה מוניקה, וקולבר סיטי מוטלות עוצר לילי.

המשטרה לא הצליחה להגן על רכוש יהודי. לכמה זמן אתם מאמינים שהם יכולים להצליח להגן על חיינו?

אולי הגיע הזמן להפסיק לחזור שוב על אותן טעויות, ולצפות לתוצאות שונות.

אולי הגיע הזמן לשים לב לתסמינים , לעלות ארצה בזמן שעדיין אפשר. כעולה חדש או תושב חוזר לא משנה. וכמה טיסות יש אפילו לישראל עכשיו בגלל הנחיות נגיף קורונה? אי אפשר לבוא אפילו אם רוצים.

המסורת שלנו קובעת שרק 20% הצליחו לצאת ממצרים. כמה מכם בגולה יצליח לצאת עכשיו מגלות אדום (רומא / מערב העולם)?

מחוז "פ'יירפ'קס": אמא שלי גדלה בשכונה הזו

My mother grew up in the Fairfax District.

I am not even going to comment on the details of the protests riots related to the death of George Floyd. It's the United States. It's not our country, only our temporary dwelling place until we can reclaim the only true homeland of the Jewish People. I would like to emphasize that I wrote Land here, and not State.

Yes. Jews have always been in the forefront of real, social justice protests, emphasis on the word real. And yes, it makes sense for Jews to be involved with social justice in foreign lands, as long as they reside there.

But, why are Jews still residing in foreign lands, when they no longer have to?

I have mentioned countless times on this blog, there is a strong connection between justice and residing in the Land of Israel.

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף... (דברים יט,כ)

Justice, justice you shall pursue.... (Deut. 19:20)

Of course, many Jews comfortably entrenched in the U. S. and else, intentionally or unintentionally, leave out the rest of the verse:

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ. (דברים יט,כ)

Justice, justice you shall pursue, that you will live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God given to you. (Deut. 19:20)

Rodney King Riots Map 1992
מפת מהומות למען רודני קינג 1992

Some Jews Others are just armchair Zionists. Many Left-wing Jews are simply the victims of being led astray, and can probably be considered tinoq shenishba (like captured Jewish children raised by non-Jews). As condescending as that that sounds, it's the truth. And we all know that the truth can hurt.

There are Jews who complain about the Israeli Government, its shenanigans, and how difficult it can make it for real Torah observant, Zionist Jews (whether they realize it or not). My message to them is: Why not come and help us, who are on the frontlines by the way, to change things?

Then, of course, there are many non-Jews who have been fooled brainwashed into believing that they are Jews, either through fake conversions of their mothers, themselves, or being lied to that that need not convert at all. I almost feel sorry for these people. Almost. Although many of them have been duped by Jews. Even most of these Jews, daring to call themselves "rabbis," are just pawns of the Erev Rav leadership from the various quasi-Jewish "movements."

But, I digress...

Why are Jews so surprised that they are getting blamed, and attacked physically, for a non-Jewish police officer's involvement in the death of an African-American man?

This just happened not even 30 years ago! See the map (right). The Rodney King riots reached Beverly Hills. The Pico-Robertson District is just south of Beverly Hills, and there are plenty of Jews between Beverly Hills and eastward town Downtown, such in Fairfax District, Miracle Mile, Hancock Park.

And now, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, and Culver City all have curfews imposed.

The police were not successful in protecting Jewish property. Do you really think they won't eventually fail in protecting your lives?

Maybe it's time to stop repeating the same mistakes over again, expecting different results.

Maybe it's time to read the writing on the wall, and get come home while you still can. How flights to Israel now are there anyway, due to the whole Corona situation? Could you even come to Israel right now if you wanted to?

Our tradition states that only 20% made it out of Egypt. How many will make it out this time, out of Edom (Rome / The West)?

More Self-Destructive Actions by American Jews

י"א לחודש השישי תשע"ו

JTA: 184 US synagogues pledge to welcome, support refugees
September 12, 2016

(JTA) — Some 184 Jewish congregations and communities in the U.S. signed a pledge of support for refugees, promising to take action to help those seeking shelter in the country.

The “Welcome Campaign” is being organized by the refugee support and advocacy group HIAS (formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), which was founded in 1881 to help Jewish immigrants fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe.

The letter — “an affirmative statement in support of welcoming refugees” to the United States — says signatories will support refugees in various ways, including through education, advocacy and fundraising, and on the local level.

“The American Jewish response to the largest refugee crisis recorded in history is really about who we want to be as American Jews,” Rabbi Jennie Rosenn, vice president of community engagement at HIAS, said in a statement.

“All across the country, local Jewish communities are acting on their values and insisting as Americans and as Jews that desperate families be given the chance to rebuild their lives in safety. Together, we are refusing to be silent bystanders at this historic moment.”

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Although one can, and should, make the argument that Jews must "get along" in the exile  while still there, with the non-Jews in whose lands they dwell, these Jews have definitely lost it, trying to beat. the non-Jews at their own insanity.

An organization which once aided Jewish immigrants fleeing pogroms in Russia and Eastern Europe, now helping Muslim, non-refugees to infiltrate the U. S. is a total embarrassment, not to mention increasing the danger to Jews still too stubborn, or for some other reason, unable to immigrate to their only, true homeland, the Land of Israel.

This is really the same old distortion of the Torah, now know by the hijacked term of "social justice."

So-called "liberal" Jews love to throw around the following verse from the Torah, from last week's Torah portion, in fact:

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף... (דברים ט"ז,כ)

Justice, justice you shall pursue,.... (Deut. 16:20)

But, they always leave out the last part of the verse, or perhaps they simply remain in denial about it. They would much rather do what they do best, that is make it up as they go along.

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ. (דברים ט"ז,כ)

Justice, justice you shall pursue, you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God has given you. (Deut. 16:20)

These Jews, consciously or not, look for every possible way to neglect their only, true homeland, and staying continually and comfortably assimilated in the U. S.

And, of course, they area speaking only of some distorted form of justice, evolved out of the current Western exile (Edom), as opposed to Torah justice. This same distortion is applied by JTA and others, considering all Jewish communities equal. They're not.

The fact that the pseudo-rabbi's name is Jennie says all there is to say.

Is Obama Trying To Unseat Israel's Prime Minister?

20 of the Sixth Month 5771

Klein Online: Obama trying to unseat Israeli leader? Country’s ‘social protests’ may be engineered for regime change.

Aaron Klein, September 14, 2011

JERUSALEM – Is President Obama attempting to unseat Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and replace him with a leftist Israeli leader who largely tows the president’s Mideast line?

There are indications the so-called social protests rocking Israel were engineered for that very purpose.

According to an investigative report in Israel’s Maariv’s newspaper, the country’s protests were engineered by a group of media strategists directed by prominent Democratic strategist Stanley Greenberg, a former adviser to Bill Clinton, John Kerry and others.

Greenberg reportedly is working with Israeli strategists who were behind left-wing leader Ehud Barak’s successful race for prime minister in 1999. Greenberg himself helped to run Barak’s campaign.

Barak is currently the Defense Minister in a coalition government with Netanyahu.
Last week, KleinOnline reported Greenberg previously ran the campaign of Bolivia’s former president, who was ushered into office amid escalating social protests in that country....

As far fetched as the engineering of Israeli regime change, at the hands of external forces, may sound to some, it would not surprise me in the least.

Aaron Klein does a nice job putting the pieces of this puzzle together.

The housing protests were the greatest MISSED opportunity for unity among diverse groups of Jews in Israel. Yet, the protests were hijacked by the Left, and most religious Jews, of all flavors, were kept out.

"Social Justice" (צדק חברתי) is a well know buzz word of the so-called Reform Movement in the U. S. This hijacking was confirmed by Reform Movement in Israel banners on Rothschild Street in Tel-Aviv. Yet, the reference goes right over the heads of native Israelis.

They have clearly been duped. After all, why would anyone have anything against "social justice?" I certainly wouldn't,...if I were ignorant of the Left's underlying agenda.

And now, Aaron Klein seems to have uncovered something even more nefarious.

The only thing I am not sure I agree with Klein about is who is controlling whom.

Is President Obama the real force behind attempts to manipulate the Israeli government? Or is President Obama being manipulated into carrying out the secret plans of others, such as Leftist American Jews or Defense Minister Ehud Baraq?

Time and time again, Obama has shown himself to be not brightest crayon in the box, more of a "burnt umber" than a "fire station red."

True, regime change could be desirable for the U. S., and it could be using the European Union-backed, Israeli Left as its tool.

But, something else runs deeper here, the threat of those who see Torah as a higher authority than the anti-Torah controlled government. This is the greatest threat in the eyes of the Israel government. The government, whether, Likud, Labor, or Kadima, has been running scared for quite some time now. The real population war in the government's eyes is not between Jews and Arabs; it is between secular and religious.

When religious Jews eventually significantly outnumber those who are guided by the anti-Torah elements who are truly in control of the government, those elements will have no choice but to be increasingly overt in their struggle to remain in power.

Israeli "regime change" is only a temporal marker, a link in a chain of events, to which we should all be paying attention.

Hopefully, now that people like Klein have brought this possibility to the surface, we will not be surprised when it happens.

Unfortunately, I am not optimistic.

Nothing seems to break through the naivete of most of my "Religious Zionist" brethren. I fear that they will be blindsided, and end up being the first to suffer from the overt struggles of the powers that be to remain in control.

Besides, anyone paying attention to Israeli politics for the past 20 years will have have noticed that, so far, the end results of a Likud, Labor, or Kadima government have all been the same. Labor may not have given away the Land which Likud and Kadima have, but it was always there to set the stage, and to work behind the scenes to make sure that the systematic destruction of [potential] Jewish control over the Land of Israel continues on course.

Well, Aaron, it was worth a shot.

מי הוא יאיא פינק? / Who is Yaya Fink?

ד' לחודש הרביעי תשע"ט

Yaya Fink: "Countless Religious Zionists will support Ehud Baraq."
צילום: ערוץ 7 / Photo: Arutz 7
Tip Credit: Avishai Greentzeig

עשר אגורות (2¢):
מי זה יאיא פינק? לפי האתר שלו...

אני סוציאל דמוקרט, מאמין בערכי תנועת העבודה וחושב שהם רלוונטיים יותר מאי פעם. צדק חברתי, צמצום פערים, מאבק למען הציבור הרחב שאין לו ממון רב, השאיפה לשלום וקדושת החיים הם הבסיס לתיקון שהמדינה שלנו כה זקוקה לו.

אביא לכנסת רוח חדשה ואתמקד במאבק למען יהדות שוויונית, ומכילה השמה בראשה את ואהבת לרעך כמוך ואת תלמידי חכמים מרבים שלום בעולם. היהדות וגם הציונות לא שייכות לימין ועלינו לחזור ולקחת בעלות עליהן וזה תלוי בנו.

אז כנראה הציונים הדתיים כאלה לא ציונים ובכלל לא דתיים. הרבה שוכחים שהתורה נוגעת בכל ענייני התורה ולא רק שבת, חגים, וכשרות.

אין לי שום ספק שיאיא פינק לא מבין את זה.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Who is Yaya Fink? According to his website (translated)...

I am a social democrat, I believe in the values of the Labor Movement and I think they are more relevant than ever. Social justice, narrowing the gaps, standing up for those who are struggling financially, aspiring for peace and the sanctity of life are the basis for the reform that our country needs so much.

I will bring a new spirit to the Knesset and focus on the struggle for egalitarian Judaism, which includes putting loving your neighbor as yourself in the forefront, and the Torah scholars increasing peace in the world. Judaism and Zionism do not belong to the right, and we have to take them back, and that is up to us.

You can read what I have already written about so-called "social justice" here.

Then the religious Zionists are apparently not Zionists and not religious at all. Many forget that the Torah touches all matters of Torah, not just Shabbat, holidays, and Kashrut.

I have no doubt that Yaya Fink does not understand this.

Haredim Are Next!

ג' לחודש הרביעי תשע"ג

 JPost: Ministers Approve Upping Punishments for Terror

Lahav Harkov, June 9, 2013

Meretz, ACRI say bill is anti-democratic, violates human rights; MK Gal-On accuses Knesset of waylaying human rights to fight terror.

The punishments for involvement in terror organizations and for anyone who supports, identifies or sympathizes with terror will be increased, according to a bill approved by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation Sunday.

The Justice Ministry worked on the bill for four years, and its passage was disrupted by the last election.

The bill increases sentences for terror attacks from 30 to 40 years and, in some cases, allows suspects to be jailed for up to 30 days without seeing a lawyer. In addition, the state will be able to seize property belonging to terror organizations and limit their members from leaving the country even if there is no warrant for their arrest.

The bill will also apply to “price tag” vandalism, which Justice Minister Tzipi Livni considers terror.

The legislation is meant to replace the national state of emergency in matters of terror.

The national emergency has been extant since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, and includes hundreds of orders covering security issues as well as civil and economic ones.

Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On accused the government of trampling on human rights in the name of fighting terror.

“This bill is invalid and unconstitutional, as it gives the government draconian authority to arrest people and limit freedom of movement, and turns law-abiding people and organizations into ‘terrorists,’” Gal-On said.

Gal-On said that the government fights terror with “one hand tied behind its back,” paraphrasing former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak.

“The state of emergency, which was applied here since the British Mandate, cannot be replaced with anti-democratic legislation that will be anchored in our modern lawbooks,” she added. “Even in a democracy, not everything is allowed.”

The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) panned the bill, saying it allows the government to take serious steps against people and organizations without a trial and without minimum guarantees that their rights will be defended. “The bill seeks to perpetuate and even worsen the anti-democratic arrangements in the state of national emergency,” the organization said. “Therefore, it will cause serious and irreversible damage to the state of human rights in Israel.”

Esser Agaroth (2¢):

Sure, this bill has been in the works for four years. But, anyone who does not think that the government is grabbing the opportunity to harass those "settlers" not supremely loyal to the government is naive, at best, and a collaborator with them at worst.

I do not believe for a minute that Meretz Leader Zahava Gal-On gives a hoot about "settlers" rights. However, some years ago, she did allude to her discomfort with Administrative Detention, a hold-over from the British Mandate period, even when it concerned Hevron Hills resident Noam Federman. It is my belief that she knows that if Administrative Detention can be used against a settler, unfavorable by the government, then it can be applied to anyone, including left-wing, so-called "social justice" demonstrators and anarchist, security fence protestors. (For the record, I, too am against that "security fence.")

Administrative Detention can result in a court summary judgment that any particular is a threat to public safety, based on evidence gathered, which might not even be shared with defense counsel. The accused can then be "detained" without indictment or trial, and having only limited contact with counsel before the hearing, if that.

She does make a good point, though, even if she is thinking about Arabs, when she says it:

“This bill is invalid and unconstitutional, as it gives the government draconian authority to arrest people and limit freedom of movement, and turns law-abiding people and organizations into ‘terrorists,’” Gal-On said.

Please tell me when MK's finally stop talking about what is or is not "constitutional." Israel doesn't have a Constitution, so how could anything be constitutional or unconstitutional??

Nevertheless, when applied to Jews who hold The Amighty and His Torah on a higher level of authority than the Israeli Government and its laws, this fits the bill of the Erev Rav's anti-Torah policies  perfectly.

So, where do the Haredim come in? Like it or not, their priorities are like those of the ideologically based "settlers:"

חוקי התורה קודמין לחוקי האדם.

The Laws of the Torah take precedence over the laws of man.

Soon, the lighting trashcans on fire will be declared a terrorist act by Minister Livni. And, your sons being dragged off to be conscripted into the IDF will be the least of your worries.

You'll be sitting in "detention" with "Settlers."

Hopefully, though, it won't take you that long to realize, that in many ways we are all on the same side, the side of The Almighty and His Torah.

Reform Movement: Bringing Jews Closer,... To What?

מוצש"ק פר' פנחס תשע"ג

NRG: The President of the Reform Movement: "We are learning from Chabba"d how to bring [Jews] closer to Judaism."
The Reform "rabbi" Rick Jacobs says that in his movement, it is understood that in the current era, one does not have to wait for Jews - rather go to them: "In Chabba"d they have understood this for years. We also want to be like this."

(Tip Credit: Life In Israel)

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Oh, great! Just what we need!

Women in bikinis handing out Shabbath candles on Ben-Yehudah Street in Jerusalem, or on the Venice Beach Boardwalk, or in New York's Central Park.

Shabbath field trips or road trips to night clubs and the beach. Don't forget to bring money to buy Shabbath lunch.

I remember one the Reform Movement's "Hessed Projects," handing out sandwiches on Kikar Tzion (Zion Square). Do I really have to tell you what was in those sandwiches? No. I didn't think so. Because we all know.

because after all, anything goes! Do Jews really have such short memories? Does no one recall the Reform stance the halakhah (Torah Law)? It is not binding.

Try as it may to change its image, the Reform Movement simply cannot, B"H. Take kippahs off, putting them back on, wearing talithoth which look like those priests and ministers, wearing talithoth which look like Orthodox Jews, emphasize rationalism, emphasize spirituality, looks very much like the flexible strategist and multi-faced Esau. Yet, it makes absolutely no difference. Those who fall into the clutches of the Reform Movement are those who always have:

1. Jews who are so distanced from Judaism, that (by no fault of their own), they will believe that anything is Judaism.

2. People who are not Jewish, whether they think they are or not.

3. Jews who are actively trying to find excuses and various other means to rebel against the Torah.

Later in the article, Rick Jacobs was asked...

Perhaps the problem is that the majority of Reform are not sufficiently committed to Judaism - The do not come to the synagogue every Shabbat and do not keep kashrut and mitzvot?
"I do not agree with this statement. Assimilation is a side-effect of social openness. During specific periods of time in Europe there wasn't any concern over assimilation, because no one wanted us. In the U. s. and in Canada, it's another. An example of this it is possible to see in the Clinton Family, there Chelsea married a Jew."

I am not at all certain how this answer helps Rick Jacobs's argument. I doubt that it was his intention, but there seems to be an implication here that the isolation of Jews prevented at least one problem, that of assimilation. I happen to believe this to be true. I am just rather surprised that such a statement came from Rick Jacobs mouth.

But, by all means, please double-check my translation of the article.

When asked whether he would perform such a [mixed] marriage, Jacob's replied that he did not currently perform marriages. Some in the Reform Movement would perform such a marriage, but many do not.

Interesting non-response, if you ask me. But that doesn't matter. Assimilation concerns Jacobs, and yet his own Reform Movement is just making it worse, acceptance of intermarriage probably even being the least of their problems. The precedence given to Western "progressive," assimilationist "social justice" over Torah justice is probably one of their biggest obstacles, guaranteeing their eventual fall.

Rick Jacobs's "dream" of bringing Jews closer to Judaism is more like a delusion. Because the Reform Movement is not Jewish,...not in the least.

Reformism is its own religion. So, when they send out their emissaries to bring Jews to closer to Judaism, they will actually be leading them farther away from Judaism.

In fact, they will be leading them deeper into the depths of assimilation, not to mention, closer to sin.

Top Ten Words and Phrases of תשע"א/5771

Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parashath No'ah 5772

The compiling of the long-awaited, and VERY tardy, Top Ten Words And Phrase of תשע"א/5771 has finally been completed.

The annual list of Esser Agaroth's Top Ten Words And Phrases has been around since תשס"ד/5764. The top Ten Words List includes words which have been overused, underused, or significant to the universe in one way or another. The links below indicate previous posts which have addressed, or have attempted to address, the issue. Those words which are not linked? Stay tuned for some good ol' fashioned smacking of those who need to be smacked from Esser Agaroth during תשע"ב/5772! (click the link above for past years' lists)

This year's list is dedicated to Efraim HaKohen in Jerusalem. Please let him know.

10. Coffee - Self-explanatory.

9. Rabbi – Many of you know that I try to stay far away from "rabbis," and stay close to Hakhamim. Yes, there is most certainly a difference! I especially try to stay far away from those calling themselves "rabbis" who have allowed themselves to be influenced by those from whom they have received salaries or donations (eg. The State, Government of Norway, Christians, etc.).

8. Nakba/Intifada – These words do not even deserve their own entry. These contrivances from the Pseudostians (Honorable Mention goes to Batya @ Shiloh Musings for the addition of this word to our vocabulary!), under the manipulative hands of the European "High Left," must be from ejected from our vocabulary.

7. The State – Doesn't that sound like the title of a good ol' fashioned dystopian novel? Well, sometimes living in Israel can feel that way. Check out what fellow blogger Ariel at The Torah Revolution thinks about The State, keeping in mind that he believes that Jews must come back home to the Land of Israel to re-settle it, unlike Neturei Karta types.

6. צדק חברתי/Social Justice – How this concept has been expressed, both recently in Israel, and years ago in the U. S. is neither "social" nor "justice." Discuss amongst yourselves.

5. Shimon HaTzadiq - 'Nuff said.

4. Christian Friends - The most effective way for me to express my feelings on this phrase would be in the traditional fashion of the San Fernando Valley, in the 1980's: "Like, gag with a spoon!"

3. 1,000's of Arab Terrorists - Yeah! Let's hear it for the Arabs Terrorists יש"ו! (eyes rolling) May they all get what they really deserve! (May their names and memories be blotted out!)

2. רכבת קלה/Light Rail – As a Jerusalemite, and as a Jerusalemite who benefits a great deal from our new light rail system, the…had to be on this year's list! Stay tuned for Esser Agaroth on the…

1. Gil'ad Shalit – How could I not put Gil'ad in the No. 1 spot?

Well, that's a wrap for 5771!

Have a great 5772, and make sure to pay attention to those catchy words and phrases!

Who is Daniel Mael, and Why is his Safety Threatened?

ט״ו לחודש העשירי העשירי תשע״ה

According to Daniel Mael's website...

[He] is a student at Brandeis University and a Staff Writer at TruthRevolt.org and IsraelRevolt.org and a contributor to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. He has made TV appearances on Fox News, Sun News, and The BBC. His writing has appeared in FoxNews.com, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, TownHall, The Jerusalem Post, NewsMax, The Times of Israel, and The Jewish Press among others publications and he is frequently linked on The Drudge Report. He is originally from Newton, MA. 

You can follow him on Twitter @DanielMael.

Now, apparently, Daniel's safety has been threatened, and it is not clear as to what Brandeis University is doing about it, if anything at all.

Here is the story:

Ensure Daniel Mael's Safety and Free Speech Rights
Coalition for a Safe Brandeis

The Crisis at Brandeis University – Brandeis President Fred Lawrence Must Immediately End His Silence

We, the undersigned, are alarmed by the on-going crisis at Brandeis University, in which students and their right to free speech are under attack. The university administration has been shamefully unresponsive and must immediately take corrective action.

On December 20th, Brandeis student journalist Daniel Mael reported on inflammatory statements made by a Brandeis student leader on Twitter. Referring to the two NYPD policemen, Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu, who were recently assassinated, she wrote, “I have no sympathy for the nypd officers who were murdered today,” and “lmao [laughing my a—off] i just really dont have sympathy for the cops who were shot. i hate this racist f---ing country.” Most alarmingly, the student leader’s online messages included calls for violence in comments like, “burn this country down,” and, “i need to get my gun license. asap.”

Commenters, responding to Mael’s article, posted disparagements, curses and threats to the student who had insulted the dead policemen. Daniel Mael immediately and in no uncertain terms publicly condemned these reactions.

Soon however, Mael himself became the target of personal, sometimes violent threats to his safety and well-being made by his fellow students on the Brandeis campus and others. Instead of censuring the hatred expressed toward innocent murder victims, an array of student groups, including several students in student leadership positions at the university, launched a campaign of vilification and intimidation against Mael, demanding that the Brandeis administration punish him for doing nothing more than truthfully reporting hateful comments made in a public forum by a student in a position of authority at the university. (cont.)

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Those of you who read this blog, even only once in while, already know what I am going to write, in response to Daniel Mael's predicament.

It's the same thing I have written regarding any Jew I have come across, who has been investing his time and energy in the land of his or her exile.

These have included, but not limited to...

Eric Cantor, former Congressman (R-VA) and Minority Whip
Rep. Joe Strauss, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
Itamar Gelbman, candidate for Congress (TX-6)
Rb. Nahum Shifrin, candidate for California State Senate
Mindy Pollak, candidate for Montreal City Council 

Say it with me, will you?

Daniel, get the hell out of there already!

Sure, I understand what you are doing. You are seeing injustice, and fighting against it.

You are setting an important example for everyone. But, in particular, you are setting an important example for your fellow Jewish Americans, waking them up, and helping them to become aware of the עלמא דשיקרא (world of lies/illusions) in which you live.

However, what you and our fellow Jews from the U. S. do not quite seem to understand, is that in the end, the U. S. is not our homeland. It is only a temporary dwelling place, no different than how Egypt was for us, almost four thousand years ago.

The only difference between our exile in Egypt and the current exile of Edom (Malbi"m: The West) is the manner of oppression. Egypt was mostly physically based; Edom has become heavily verbally and spiritually based.

My guess is, and this is only a guess, that like most Jews, your neshamah (soul) is very sensitive to issues of right and wrong, of justice, as it is written...

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--[לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה]... (דברים ט״ז,כ)

Justice, justice you shall pursue, [in order that you will live]... (Deut. 16:20)

But, also like most Jews suffering spiritually in galuth (exile), qelipoth are preventing us from making the connection to be made between this first part of the verse with the last, which is not any less important.

צֶדֶק צֶדֶק, תִּרְדֹּף--לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, אֲשֶׁר-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ. (שם)

Justice, justice you shall pursue, in order that you will live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God has given to you. (ibid)

Not only are we commanded to pursue justice, and not only is this in order that we should live (physically and spiritually), but also in order for us to inherit the Land which The Almighty has given us, Eretz Yisra'el (the Land of Israel).

He did not give us the U. S.

Well, Daniel, apparently, the student leader at Brandeis University, whom you exposed for her incindiary comments, has resigned. You have one your latest battle. Now what?

Sure, your parents probably want you to get the "piece of paper," called a degree. I get that. But, I would like to suggest that you already start planning out your next goals and objectives, including additional education, career, social, and family, by researching your options in Israel.

Just think about how much your people Israel can benefit with you here, fighting for our Land, fighting for a true, Homeland for Jewish safety and security.

Reformism Is Not Judaism

ט"ז לחודש השני תשע"ג

Times Of Israel: Why the Reform Movement is so Popular in Israel

Michael Boyden, April 23, 2013

It seems only natural to entitle this response with the exact opposite of the title of David Brent’s article in Times of Israel last Tuesday. David tells us that Reform Judaism is unpopular in Israel. Not only is it unpopular, he tells us, but “most Israelis agree that Reform Judaism is bad.”

It is not clear on what basis he reaches that conclusion. All public opinion surveys in recent years have shown precisely the opposite, so one can only assume that his observations are based upon his narrow circle of acquaintances rather than upon any objective assessment. (cont.)

Hmm... Popular, huh? That might very well be true.

First, let's take a look at some of the various strategies philosophies in which the "Reformismists" have manipulated struggled over the last few hundred years:

Rejecting the divine nature of the Torah sheb'al Peh (Oral Torah).
Respecting the historical aspect of the Torah sheb'al Peh, but not "feeling" bound by it.
Taking off their kippoth.
Putting their kippoth back on.
Making Shabbos on Sundays (like the goyim להבדיל)
Talking about spirituality, when that was seen to be attractive.
Talking about "social action" when that was seen to be attractive.
(Where was their "social justice" and "social action" for the sake of European Jews during the Holocaust?)
Refusing to make women "rabbis."
Making women "rabbis."
Refusing to make gays and lesbians "rabbis."
Making gays and lesbians "rabbis." 

Take your pick, depending on who you ask, the "Reform Movement" has tried them all. My main point here has something to do with hashqafah (perspective), but mainly about the hypocrisy involved throughout the history of "Reformism."

I have a theory, one which becomes increasingly more than just a theory, as each day passes.

Sure, the original "Reformismists" wanted to make life in Germany and France easier and more comfortable for Jews. But, in my opinion, that was simply the underlying selling point to it all.

The reality is that not only did they not believe in the unusurpable place which Torah sheb'al Peh holds in Judaism. They did not believe in Torah shebiKhtav (Written Torah) either! Yet, like the Tzadoqim (Sadducees), in my opinion, they knew all too well, just how powerful the Torah is. They knew that they could not attack it head; they had to attack it, a piece at a time.

Everything about the appearance of current day "Reformism" is connected to how to keep Jews stuck in galuth (exile), and duped into thinking that liberal, Western values and sensibilities are synonymous with Jewish values and sensibilities. Even though they are not. Intentional or not, it doesn't matter.

They call their path progressive, but it is anything but progressive. Many Jews are moving backwards, farther and farther away from The Almighty's precious Torah. And we have the "Reformismists" to thank for much of that.

Michael Boyden continues:

That a person should disparage “homosexual female tefillin wearing rabbis” probably says more about such an individual than it does about the rabbi, but that is another matter! (Incidentally, Bruria and Rashi’s daughters among others are reported to have laid tefillin.)

Throw a kippah, tallith, and tefillin on someone, who may or may not be Jewish, it doesn't matter in the least. It doesn't matter if that individual is a homosexual female or a heterosexual male. That individual may even be Jewish! The outward symbols, the accoutrements, do not magically turn that individual wearing them, into someone who leads those following to him, OR HER, down a Jewish path.

I do not even use the word "authentic" here, for that would give "Reformism" wriggle room for legitimacy, albeit minute. No doubt thy would take that ball and run with it.

As far as Rashi's Daughters are concerned, sure they were known to have worn tefillin. But, maybe Michael Boyden should take a look at their motivations for having done so. They were certainly not out to make a political statement about it, unlike certain other women. They were also tzanu'a (modest) about it. They had to be, because they were actually concerned about halakhah (Jewish Law). Whereas tzeni'uth (modesty) is the furthest concern from the minds of certain other women.

Well, so are "Reformismist" leaders are also concerned about halakhah, concerned about breaking it.

But there ARE some "Reformismists" who are concerned about halakhah. Of course, that depends on whom you ask, the day you ask, the year in history you ask, and, of course, his OR HER creative definition of halakhah. EVERYONE needs to have a creative definition of halakah! They're ALL the rage!

Maybe that is why "Reformism" is believed by some, to be so "popular." You get to do what you want, and even make it up as you go along!

There only seems to be one requirement: The acceptance of liberal, or "progressive," Western assimilationist ideology as being inherently Jewish,...even though it is not.

Whether this fills up their synagogues, or not, is irrelevant. Judaism is not a popularity contest; it is the prescribed way of life for a specific people, defined in a very specific manner

Of course, I have no problem whatsoever using the word "synagogue" when talking about "Reformism" places of gathering. Synagogue is, after all, a Greek word, Greek as in Hellenist, Hellenist as in those Jews killed in the battles leading up to one of the most politically-incorrect holidays celebrated in Judaism.

However, we should not think of these poor individuals, duped into believing that "Reformism" is Judaism, in the same way as the Hellenist Jews targeted by the Maccabees 2,176 years ago. It is not their fault. They do not know any better.

Boy, I'll bet that last sentence sure bruised a lot of egos, and switched on a lot of defense mechanisms. But, hopefully those individuals, some of them even Jews, will give themselves a break, and take the time to look into what Judaism really is. Leave a comment below, with your general location below, if you would like some help.

I have made few allusions to those who are "even" Jewish, or whom might be Jewish, throughout this post. That is due to those Jews who are told that they are "converting to Judaism," when in fact they are receiving nothing more than a sham conversion. Well, actually, it is something more than a sham conversion; it is a denigration of the Torah.*

Then there are those who are told that that they do not have to "convert," because they have a Jewish father.

It depends on which "Reformism" leader you ask. Maybe the time of day also makes a difference. I am not sure.

Oh, just one more thing, a suggestion for the Times Of Israel website. The subsequent times the word "rabbi" is applied to the likes of Michael Boyden, use these:

I am sure that I will not be able to convince you not allow the use of the word "rabbi." The number of your readers would certainly take a nose dive, and you would not be able to reach Jews who need to be reached.

I can understand that.

But, if you use quotation marks, them you would be doing the Jewish community, in Israel and abroad a great service.

Unlike Haredi and Settler bashing HaAretz, Ma'ariv, Yediot Aharonoth, Haredi and the certain Settler-bashing Jerusalem Post, and even Settler-friendly Arutz 7, you would at least be making a move the direction of publishing the truth. Thus, you would be aiding those poor, duped individuals, those blindly following the "Reformismists," those following the "Reformismists" for saying what they want to hear, and even those who were fooled into thinking that they are Jewish, wake up from their numbed out state of assimilation and exile.

Tell them them the truth. Tell them that "Reformism" is not Judaism.

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*I am sure that there are a handful of "Reformism" spiritual guides who mean well. Unfortunately, the damage has been done.

On Jewish Labor

Mossa'ei Shabbath Parshath No'ah 5767

Over the past month or so, I have been following the posts on Blogs Of Zion related to the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in Eress Yisrael:

Racism In Israel?
by Zachary Katowitz, 25 Oct., 2006

"All Citizens of Israel Deserve Our Support"
by Ariel Beery, 16 Oct., 2006

Helping Those Who Live Amongst Us - The Ger, along with the Widow and Orphan
by Ariel Beery, 12 Sept., 2006

Below I provide my "Esser Agaroth" on what is presented there, the original, primary purpose of this blog. I highly recommend that you check out Blogs Of Zion, and chime in....

It is true that Jews have always fought for the rights of others. It is ashame that we have not, fought for Jewish rights, not in a long, time. We all seem to be concerned about what the goyim think, than what we think of our own self-worth, let about what HaShem thinks. (Sure, there are those "hallacha according to feelings" types. But they will be addressed in the future.)

Few remember that it was the [politically-incorrect] Rabbi Meir Kahane ZTz"L HY"D who raised the issue of the Jews in the Soviet Union, their oppression and suffering, while the prim and proper Jewish rganizations in the U. S. sat by and did nothing, because they didn't want to rock the boat. In fact they did worse than nothing. They fought against his efforts.

Then when I was in college in the mid-80's, it was acceptable for us fight for the release of our brothers and sisters in the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Kahane didn't care about the credit; he cared about saving Jewish lives. It just gets me how easily, and "conveniently" people forget....

In a nutshell, Jews recall the pasuq in Parshath Shoftim:

"צדק צדק תרדוף"

"Justice, justice, you shall pursue..."

But, they always forget the continuation:

למען תחיה וירשת את-הארץ אשר ה' אלוהך נותן לך - דברים טז:כ

"...so that you may live and inherit the land that HaShem your God gave to you." - Deuteronomy 16:20

Bottom line, HaShem gave it to us (See RaSh"I on Genesis 1:1), and not to the Yishma'eim (Arabs) nor Edomim (Rome).

We pursue justice not so that we can get along with the goyim, in or out of the Land, but because HaShem commands us to do so. Incidentally, the goyim are also required to set up courts, and to pursue justice (Genesis 9, Mishnah Torah). Everyday that goes by when we refuse to accept the gift which can be so easily accepted, we are spitting in HaShem's face, Has we'Hallilah!

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Zachary has stated that he does not believe in justice for non-Jews for the above reasons, but because he believes it is the right thing to do. For this, I have to respect Zachary, not because I agree, or disagree, with him. But because he does not seem to make any bones about where he is coming from. He does not try to pretend that he believes this to be the Hallachah. At least he hasn't said so. I want to be careful not to put words in his mouth. But, so far he really seems to be consistent in his reasoning. So, I can't really argue with him, unless I get into "the Hallachic way of life is the proper way of life for all Jews" mode. And, although I do believe that, I do not believe it's always the best course of action. Call me selfish, but I am interested in meeting Jews from diverse backgrounds, as long as they (we) are willing to listen.

Another Blogger Of Zion is still searching for a non-existent source from the Ramba"m claiming that "ger" refers to a non-Jew. I have a "feeling" I know where that argument will lead...to "feelings."

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I responded to Zachary's response to my response to his piece (did that make any sense?) thusly...

I was providing you with my preception of the actions of the Jewish People. I have no doubt that their are many like you who believe that this is the proper course of action. However, I believe that as a people this is part of our cycle of attempting to assimilate, 2) not getting acceptance anyway, 3) then repeating the same mistake over again expecting different results.

I do not believe for a minute that this (the above) is the Torah (Read: Hallachic) perspective, but rather a Western (Edomi, New Roman Empire, European) one.

The hallachah regarding the status of Yishma'elim, or any group of people which lays claim to the land of Israel, is that they are to be treating as a threat, and are obligated to the punishment.

Now here's the REALLY politically-incorrect (Read: what "feels" weird to many because we've [Ashkinazim, anyway] been influenced by the Edomi/Roman/European mentality and culture for roughly 1,700-2,000 yrs.) part:

The common people have this same status as their leadership. This, I believe, many, if not most Jews in the World find problematic. I can't repeat enough the dictate that "feelings" do not [for the most part] play a role in determining the hallacha.

Now, in regard to Avodah Ivrith (Jewish Labor), there is another component to my personal perscetive with which you may even agree.

I happen to believe that we, Jews, need to take full responsibility for ourselves, and that includes cleaning up our own trash, building our own houses and streets, shepherding our own herds, and otherwise growing and raising our own food. So, my attitude anyway, is not just an anti-Arab attitude; it is a pro-Jewish, getting up off our proverbial tuchuses and doing for ourselves attitude. Our dependence on the Yishma'elim and other foreign workers is another component of our social psychological malaise.

Another component if the "if you're not a doctor, lawyer, or accountant, then you're nothing" attitude in much of American Jewish society, has filtered its way into Israel, too. Now the big thing is "high tech." I believe that is also a maskili/Western Jewish (& not terribly old) attitude which is unhealthy. (BTW, yes, I am willing to do these various jobs, and DO get my hands dirty in the fields when I can. For some reason, people in the comunity felt that I would be better suited to being an English teach. Go figure....)

This attitude put forth by the (mostly non-religious) Ashkinazy Jews in the 5700-5720's (40's & 50's) was responsible for the horrendous treatment of Sephardim, Iraqim and Temanim, as their cultures were not considered to be on par with their Ashkinazy counterparts.

Do you detect a little socialism? I hope so,...but no that much.

There is, also, a practical, hallachic matter here:

פיקוח נפש דוחה את כל המצוות כולן חוץ משלוש

The saving/protecting of Jewish life takes precedence over all other misswoth save for three (murder, forbidden sexual relations, and avodah zarah).

It only takes one Arab to kill one time, say by attempting to poison customers at Cafe Rimon. It doesn't matter [hallachicly] how many Arabs are inconvenienced or as you say "oppressed," as long as even one Jewish life is saved or protected from harm.

Politically incorrect? Perhaps. But, that is the perspective from where I am coming. Once again I realize that's not the perspective from which everyone approaches such issues on this blog (Blogs Of Zion).

Would you be pleased to hear that Adi Ginsburg, the big moser nefesh (self-sacraficer) behind much of the effort to get Jonathan Pollard released, was arrested and harrassed by the ,the universalist, globalizationist, Israeli [Erev Rav] police for a website encouraging support for Avodah Ivrith. Well, he was, and he was forced to take it down after threats, unrepeatable here.

You may not like the so-called "racial" implications here, but what about the additional clear evidence that rights to freedom of speech is not distributed equally in Israel? And all he was doing was to say "support such-and-such business...."

But, of course, that does not make the news like a goyah in the north supposedly not getting a job because she was not Jewish.

I'll end with some good news:

Arab Interest in Emigration Soars
by Gil Zohar, 4 Marheshwan 5767/26 Oct., 2006

The percentage of Arabs in Judea, Samaria, and Gaza (Yesha) willing to relocate abroad jumped to 32%, according to a Birzeit University survey last month....(click here for more)

Let's hope the leftist pons of the Erev Rav Israeli government do not block the emmigration lines, begging the Yishma'elim to stay,...like they did back in 5709 (1949).

Talk about trying to undo the work of HaShem!

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Notes:

1) A memorial event for Rabbbi Me'ir David be Yehezqail HaKohen Kahane ZTz"L HY"D will be held this Wednesday, 10 Marheshwan 5767/Nov. 1, 2006, 5:00pm at the Caesar Hotel in Jerusalem. A Hebrew shi'ur at 5:00pm will be followed by a brief concert by Dov Shurin at 6:00pm, and by speakers Yequti'el Ben-Ya'aqov, Shifrah Hoffman, and Atty. Barukh Ben-Yosef, and Shmu'el Cytryn in English at 7:00pm. Space is limited, please RSVP to mishallyisrael@yahoo.com.

2) I have it on high authority that the Avodah Ivrith blog will shortly be back up and running after a long hiatus.

עוד ביטול זכות לדיבור חופשי בישראל ופייסבוק משתף פעולה / More Obstruction of Freedom of Speech in Israel and Facebook Helps

ז' לחודש העשירי תשפ"א

Englsih follows the Hebrew.

מי מאמין שרה״מ נתניהו התחסן באמת?

Who believes that Prime Minister Netanyahu really got vaccinated?

YNET מבזקים: פרקליטות: הוסרו קבוצות פייסבוק שכללו "מידע שקרי על החיסונים"
20.12.20

מחלקת הסייבר בפרקליטות המדינה הודיעה כי בעקבות פעילותה מול חברת פייסבוק, הוסרו בסוף השבוע ארבע קבוצות בפייסבוק שכללו "פרסומים כוזבים ושקריים בנוגע לחיסוני הקורונה". לפי ההודעה, הקבוצות כללו "טקסטים, תמונות וסרטונים שכללו מידע שקרי ומטעה בנוגע לנגיף".

(גלעד מורג וטובה צימוקי)

עשר אגורות (2¢):

אל תקרא:

הוסרו קבוצות פייסבוק שכללו "מידע שקרי על החיסונים.

אלא תקרא:

הוסרו זכויות לדיבור חופשי של קבוצות פייסבוק שכללו מידע ודעות על החיסונים.

פירוש בין השורות:

משרד פרקליטות המדינה פוגע בזכות לדיבור חופשי של דוברי עברית ופייסבוק שיתף פעולה בכדי לסייע לו לעשות כך.

פייק (מזויף) בוק

YNET: Facebook removes anti-vaccine 'fake news' in Israel, government says
Social media giant takes down four groups at the weekend that had disseminated texts, photographs and videos with 'deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines'
Reuters | 12.20.20

...The Justice Ministry said that, at its request, Facebook took down four groups at the weekend that had disseminated texts, photographs and videos with "deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines"....

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
Don't read:

The Justice Ministry said that, at its request, Facebook took down four groups at the weekend that had disseminated deliberately mendacious content designed to mislead about coronavirus vaccines

Instead read:
The Justice Ministry said that, at its request, Facebook took down four groups at the weekend that had disseminated opinions about coronavirus vaccines.

Translation:

The Justice Ministry said that, at its request, Facebook impeded the free speech of Hebrew speaking Facebook users.

בשלטון בג"ץ / Under the Control of Israel's High Court of Justice

י"ב לחודש השנים עשר ב' תשע"ט

English follows the Hebrew.

BaGa"Tz (Israeli High Court of Justice) under the leadership of Esther Hayut, President of the Israeli Supreme Court: The only political party which has never passed the threshold but has been in power since 1995.

(Im Tirtzu: Building a Zionist Society)

BaGa"Tz (Israeli High Court of Justice)
Because it really doesn't matter who you vote for

עשר אגורות (2¢):
בג"ץ פסל את מעמדות לכנסת של מיכאל בן ארי ואישר את מעמדויות של ח"כים ערבים המתנגדים להתיחס למדינת ישארל כמדינה יהודית, אפילו אחרי פיגוע איבה ערבית.

השופט "הימיני" ואפילו מתנחל דוד מינץ הצביע עם הרוב בעד פסילת מעמדות בן ארי ונגד פסילת מעמדות הערבים. השופט המתנחל השני מעם סולברג מאלון שבות בגוש עציון הצביע נגד פסילת מעמעדות בן ארי וגם נגד פסילת מעמעדות הערבים. שני השופטים האלה הם בוגרי ישיבת הר עציון. מי שמבין יבין. (השאלה אם מדינת ישארל היא באמת מדינה יהודית נדחה לשיחה אחרת.)

אז עכשיו אפשר לראות המון מֶמים כאלה בתקשורת חברתית. זאת אומרת שסוף סוף יהודים מתעוררים ומוכנים לעשות משהו על זה כבר? האמת היא יש לבית המשפט הזה הרשות
נראה.

בטח שאתם כבר יודעים את זה. אבל אולי עוד לא יודעים ששדולה אמריקאית פרו-ישראלית [איפא"ק] התקיף את מפלגת עוצמה יהודית ומיכאל בן ארי וקוראים להם כל מיני שמות כינוי (לא יפים).

איפא"ק הוא האירגון האמריקאי "היהודי" הטוען שישראל וארה"ב צריכים להשאר מחוברים לנצח. לדעתי, אפשר לתרגם את זה ככה: "ארה"ב מדינה ליהודים כמדינת ארץ ישראל יהודים לא צריכים לעלות לארץ ישראל ופשוט צריכים לזרוק כסף אל המדינה כדי לצאת מידי חובתם."

עדות נוספת שאיפאק לא באמת בעד ארץ ישראל ולא בעד יהדות אמיתית.

עדות נוספת של השפעת הערב רב אפילו מחו"ל על מה שקורה כאן בארץ.

Esser Agaroth (2¢):
As I say to my conservative friends in the U. S. all the time...

"Legislation from the Bench? You don't know anything about legislation from the Bench until you've lived in Israel."

מיכאל בן ארי
Michael Ben-Ari

Israel's High Court of [In]Justice just ruled against Michael Ben Ari's candidacy for Knesset, while approving the candidacy of the many Arabs who oppose Israel as a Jewish state, even after an Arab terror attack. The allegedly right-wing and "settler" Judge David Mintz (Dolev) voted with the majority in favor of disqualifying of Ben-Ari as well as the Arabs. The second "settler" judge Noam Sohlberg (Alon Shvut) voted against the disqualification of any of the candidacies. These two judges are graduates of Yeshivat Har Etzion. מי שמבין יבין. (Whether Israel truly is a Jewish state or not is a discussion for another time.)

So, now we can see lots of memes going around social media about Israel's High Court, like those I post here. Have Jews finally woken up and are prepared to do something about the High Court by working to change the laws putting legislative authority back into the hands of the Knesset whom we actually elect?

We shall see.

Meanwhile, in the U. S., the American-Israel Public Action Committee [AIPAC]
has gone after Michael Ben Ari and the Otzma Yehudit Party and have called them all sorts of names. AIPAC is the American "Jewish" organization that claims that Israel and the US should remain "connected forever." In my opinion, this can be translated as follows: "The United States is a home for the Jews as much as the State Land of Israel. Jews do not have to make aliyah (immigrate to Israel) and simply have to throw money into the country in order to fulfill their obligations to it."

Yet more evidence that AIPAC is neither pro-Israel, nor even pro-Jewish.

More evidence of the Erev Rav influence over Israel.