Conservative Judaism JEwU 114
Selihote-penitential service prior to Rosh Hashanah JewU 123
Is there a Jewish language? JewU 124
Dumpster diving, sunken treasures and Judaism JewU125
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Abbas calls hamas "Murderous terrorists" and still israel is the bad guy
Abbas of Fatah calles Hamas "murderous terrorists" and still many around the world blame Israel for the Palestinians not having a state. Palestinians can't even decide in a unified way whether to live with Israel or try and kill every jew there. Would Illinois talk statehood with Wisconsin if Wisconsiites were sending bombs to Skokie, and suicide bombers to Northbrook, while kiling other Wisconsinites because they weren't violent enough with Illinoisians? See how Israel rushes to give Abbas the benefit of the doubt, even though his hands are hardly clean. All israel has ever wanted is to live in peace with its neighbors.
Here is a sample of some negative feedback I get from my pro Israel youtubes:
1. "it is amazing that there are still people who call themselves sane,think that israel is anything less than a nazi state, implanted in the middle east to serve its masters. sad jews will pay the unlimate price for their own leaders faults."
2."Israel is a terrorist state.More and more people are realizing"
3."So you dont think stealing Palestinian land is shameful? You opress Palestine, you steal their land, you have tortured those people too long, you are disgusting. No wonder you are treated like dogs by the UN - as you should be...Shalom"
4."this man is either a complete idiot or he's been payd to say this nonsense "
Those are some of the nicer ones. I delete many of the very awful ones. On balance, most are much more positive about Israel.
Here's an interesting one
"Excellent points.(Apart from the one with God promising stuff, which is irrelevant because God doesn't exist.) "
Here is a sample of some negative feedback I get from my pro Israel youtubes:
1. "it is amazing that there are still people who call themselves sane,think that israel is anything less than a nazi state, implanted in the middle east to serve its masters. sad jews will pay the unlimate price for their own leaders faults."
2."Israel is a terrorist state.More and more people are realizing"
3."So you dont think stealing Palestinian land is shameful? You opress Palestine, you steal their land, you have tortured those people too long, you are disgusting. No wonder you are treated like dogs by the UN - as you should be...Shalom"
4."this man is either a complete idiot or he's been payd to say this nonsense "
Those are some of the nicer ones. I delete many of the very awful ones. On balance, most are much more positive about Israel.
Here's an interesting one
"Excellent points.(Apart from the one with God promising stuff, which is irrelevant because God doesn't exist.) "
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Water + us parasha notes
This week's parasha has the famous water from the rock story. Rabbi Shapira of Lublin compares water to b'nai yisrael. He speaks of how powerful water is, how it can move mountains, flood plains, etc. etc. but he says that's only when it is liquid. If it is frozen, it doesn't accomplish anything. Similarly B'nai Yisrael, when they are enthusiastic and flowing, they can do anything, but when they are frozen and apathetic, they cannot do a thing.
Isaiah says :all who are thirsty. come and drink. Water= Torah there.
Miriam dies in this parasha and the water dries up. The sages said Israel had water in the desert because of her merit
Isaiah says :all who are thirsty. come and drink. Water= Torah there.
Miriam dies in this parasha and the water dries up. The sages said Israel had water in the desert because of her merit
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Heschel-Judaism teaches...
Gail was reading Heschel's book Man is Not Alone-a Philosophy of religion and pointed out this quote
Judasim teaches us to be content with what we have, but never with what we are. But most of us are unhappy because we are discontent with what we possess, not because we are discontent with what we are."
Judasim teaches us to be content with what we have, but never with what we are. But most of us are unhappy because we are discontent with what we possess, not because we are discontent with what we are."
Jerusalem is the only capital in the world not recognized by the US
JONNY PAUL, Jerusalem Post correspondent, THE JERUSALEM POST Jun. 15,2007____________________________________The BBC apologized this week for referring to Jerusalem as Israel's capital,and promised not to repeat "the mistake," following a complaint by fourBritish organizations.Arab Media Watch, Muslim Public Affairs Committee, Friends of Al-Aksa and the Institute of Islamic Political Thought sent a joint complaint to the BBCafter a presenter on its Football Focus program on March 24 mentioned thatJerusalem was Israel's capital and "historic soul."The BBC's Editorial Complaints Unit posted a response on its Web site: "Thereference was a passing one in a context where the focus was on sport, notpolitics. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue of the status ofJerusalem, the ECU took the view that the program-makers had taken sufficientaction by acknowledging the error and rectifying the Web site."
Monday, June 18, 2007
go to this site and watch all 3 brief videos
What Really Happened In The Middle Eastis the third video in a series that has been produced and developed by the Freedom Center. The Islamic Mein Kampf and What Every American Needs to Know About Jihad were issued earlier this year and have been distributed to more than two and a half million individuals. All three are available for downloading at http://terrorismawareness.org/ .
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