Monday, July 17, 2006
Jews For No-one But Themselves
Standing up for Israel has never been easy, and these last few weeks have been some of the hardest in recent times. But to have a friend is to be a friend, and friends don’t desert each other when the going gets tough. Even when we criticise our friends, the Torah cautions us on how to do it fairly.
All this, of course, escaped the signatories to last week’s advert in the Times.
Three hundred Jews shelled out £10,000 to tell the world that Israel alone was wrong and offered advice to us all; demand action from the international community, write to your MP and write to the Israeli embassy.
There then followed a list of the usual suspects, whose advertisement failed to criticise the firing of even one single kassam rocket into Israel or one human bomber. Susie Orbach, Lynne Reid Banks, Ivor Dembina, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Pinter, Mike Rosen, Gillian Slovo and so on – they should hang their heads in shame. What interested us this time is the way the story was reported. When the Neturei Karta movement – that shameful minority of Hasidic rabbonim and their followers – demonstrate and burn flags, the opprobrium is almost tangible. Rabbis supporting Palestinians and rubbing shoulders with suicide bombers with blood on their hands. Outrageous! Disgusting! Appalling!
But, when a largely left-wing rag bag of anti-Zionists calling themselves ‘Jews in Britain’ castigates Israel and Israelis for activities in Gaza in the national non-Jewish press, failing to mention its context or put any sort of Israeli side, it’s merely reported as another story.
When we see the Jews for Justice for Palestinians on the one side, lined up with the Neturei Karta on the other, we, the proud majority of British Jews know we’re doing the right thing – standing up for Israel when it counts.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/TJ_leader/?content_id=3888
Standing up for Israel has never been easy, and these last few weeks have been some of the hardest in recent times. But to have a friend is to be a friend, and friends don’t desert each other when the going gets tough. Even when we criticise our friends, the Torah cautions us on how to do it fairly.
All this, of course, escaped the signatories to last week’s advert in the Times.
Three hundred Jews shelled out £10,000 to tell the world that Israel alone was wrong and offered advice to us all; demand action from the international community, write to your MP and write to the Israeli embassy.
There then followed a list of the usual suspects, whose advertisement failed to criticise the firing of even one single kassam rocket into Israel or one human bomber. Susie Orbach, Lynne Reid Banks, Ivor Dembina, Miriam Margolyes, Harold Pinter, Mike Rosen, Gillian Slovo and so on – they should hang their heads in shame. What interested us this time is the way the story was reported. When the Neturei Karta movement – that shameful minority of Hasidic rabbonim and their followers – demonstrate and burn flags, the opprobrium is almost tangible. Rabbis supporting Palestinians and rubbing shoulders with suicide bombers with blood on their hands. Outrageous! Disgusting! Appalling!
But, when a largely left-wing rag bag of anti-Zionists calling themselves ‘Jews in Britain’ castigates Israel and Israelis for activities in Gaza in the national non-Jewish press, failing to mention its context or put any sort of Israeli side, it’s merely reported as another story.
When we see the Jews for Justice for Palestinians on the one side, lined up with the Neturei Karta on the other, we, the proud majority of British Jews know we’re doing the right thing – standing up for Israel when it counts.
http://www.totallyjewish.com/news/TJ_leader/?content_id=3888
Comments:
When will any of us get it? There will be NO peace until the Israeli government is gone and Moshiach comes. Hashem is sending us many messages. Eisav (and that means Yishmael too) Sonai L'Yaakov no matter what we do. All we really can do is TESHUVA.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: July 17, 2006 2:09 PM
: July 17, 2006 2:09 PM
do teshuvah and get off the internet that was deemed assur by the rabbonim
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : July 18, 2006 12:29 PM
: July 18, 2006 12:29 PM
to Anonymous who said...
do teshuvah and get off the internet that was deemed assur by the rabbonim
I guess you think that you are allowed to use the internet and More "frum" people are not. Maybe you're wrong about that, since I take these things seriously, while all you can do is tell others to get off the internet. I know how to use the internet properly. I don't need rabbonim to tell me what to do. Apparently, you don't listen to those rabbonim either.
do teshuvah and get off the internet that was deemed assur by the rabbonim
I guess you think that you are allowed to use the internet and More "frum" people are not. Maybe you're wrong about that, since I take these things seriously, while all you can do is tell others to get off the internet. I know how to use the internet properly. I don't need rabbonim to tell me what to do. Apparently, you don't listen to those rabbonim either.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : July 18, 2006 2:31 PM
: July 18, 2006 2:31 PM
.........since most rabbonim don't deem using the internet properly as being ossur (key word is PROPERLY - otherwise it is over several mitzvos doraisa).
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