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Becck's source is himself playing a video of nonsense he spewed out a few weeks earlier.
In 1976, I was a very recent college graduate when Marilyn Klinghoffer interviewed me for an entry-level editorial position at Gralla. With my "strong" background in college journalism, she advised me to hold tight -- I was more qualified for a higher position on the editorial ladder -- and she would call me with such an opening soon. She was a true woman of her word. She did. Although I wound up taking a slightly better-paying job elsewhere, I always thought of her with great fondness, for giving a fresh-faced grad the confidence to reach higher. And since the Achille Lauro attack, I also think of her with tremendous compassion and sadness.
I've noticed that Beck never cites his sources when he says such things. He never produces documentation or quotations to support his claims. He insists to his viewers that what he says is the truth, but he can never back it up with facts. He seems to know what Soros was doing 70 years ago, in Europe, as if by some kind of Mormon magic.
I would implore everybody to take everything said by political pundits with a grain of salt. If the pundit cites his or her sources, and those sources can be verified, then the information is probably true. If the pundit cannot, or will not, then it's usually because there is nothing to back up thier statements. In those cases, it is highly probable that they are just making stuff up.
It's about time. Why are we in the Religious Zionist camp so afraid of the Charedi world. Somehow we always seem to have an inferiority complex around them. As if, we are not "frum" enough. Our kids are the ones that both fight and learn Torah. Our leaders from Rav Kook ztl to Rav Aviner to Rav Melamed and Rav Lichtenstein are our Daat Torah and we should be proud of that. Frankly, I, like many in the Religious Zionist camp bend over backwards for our Charedi brothers. But, enough is enough.
I will accept being looked at differently by Charedi relatives. I will accept the fact that they won't eat at my Simchas or that I will get a lecture about the evils of the IDF and college. I will not accept them deligitimizing my Poskim and their Daat Torah. We cannot give in.
Utter disgrace and the sooner yes we can is out of office the better. Can you imagine any democracy around the world pulling a similair stunt against Muslims even though it would certainly make that individual country a safer place? Great article Jonathan, even though it highlights Obamas continued anti semitism. It seems some people will only be happy when Israel ceases to exist.
I am shocked and surprised. You mean the reason that the year in Israel business has proliferated hasn't been "Leshma" for the sake of Torah. You mean that the thousands of unwary American yeshiva students streaming in to Israel every year to be treated to bad food, inferior accommodations and very little supervision (look there's another kid who spent Shabbos at my house walking down Emek Refaim in the middle of the school day) are just a cash cow.
There is big money involved in this business. I had the privilege of sitting next to a Rosh Yeshiva of a very small Yeshiva for overseas students in Jerusalem on a very long flight from Israel. He was decrying the fact that his board wanted to encourage recruitment in America because each overseas student means big money to the institution. The Rosh Yeshiva was fighting to keep his institution small and specialized but the money was too tempting.
Somehow we have a tendency to take the sublime that was meant for a small group and super-size it. We've done it with Yeshivot like Lakewood and Mir where they have become a brand like Coke and we've done it to the year in Israel.
I look back on my Yeshiva time in Israel when I wanted to transfer to an Israeli Yeshiva and they had no idea what to charge an American since the consensus at this Zionist Yeshiva was that since I was in Israel, I had become a "de facto" Israeli. Finally, they came to the conclusion that since I would be in the dorm they would charge me $25 per month.
We need to bring back that innocence, that feeling of Leshma. Torah doesn't always need to be monetized. Otherwise, we will soon see the Israeli programs selling year in Israel derivatives for those that weren't able to go.
Once again Mr. Mark is off the mark.
One of the first things Obama did in his Administration was to give a very public musar schmooz to the Arab world in Cairo, strongly denouncing Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. No other President, whether Reagan, Bush I or II, Clinton, did anything of the sort.
The Gaza invasion put a kabosh on budding efforts to improve Israeli-Indonesia relations. That will take time to repair.
"Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country, where Israeli aren't allowed to visit."
That's a bit of an overstatement. While Israeli passports are not recognised by the Indonesian Government, Israeli nationals can visit Indonesia by obtaining a travel affidavit issued by an Indonesian representation abroad.
The mosque, proposed for Ground Zero, would be better suited to some barren Arizona desert, or even Death Valley, CA - -better still, NOT AT ALL! Muslims and islam are a serious threat to the safety and security of all America. The muslim immigration gate should be closed, locked and the key thrown away! All US citizenship, attained by muslims, in the last 30 to 40 years, should be revoked and every last one shipped back to where ever they came from-WITHOUT EXCEPTION! Their "job" according to their quran, is to overtake the world and kill off the "infidel" (US)! Attacks, by islamists, against the US and US interests DID NOT begin in the late 60's, or early 70's, as we once thought. That war began, in 1938, or 1939, when Hitler begain enlisting muslims into his Waffen and his "Jewish Solution Team"! The only "good" muslim, is either dead, or still lives in the middle east and minds his own business. Islam IS NOT a religion, it is a fascist ideology; their quran IS NOT a holy book-it's the compilation of journalings by a heathen lunatic!
Swagger? gee, how do you measure that? This is all subjective stuff.
What is Israel supposed to do, ask the US everytime there is a need for new homes? ridiculous.
I was much younger at the time that Mr. Klinghoffer (G-d rest his soul) was viciously taken away from this world yet if I remember correctly he was asked aboard the ship whether he was a Jew or not. Knowing the outcome he replied "I was born a Jew and I will die a Jew" (please excuse me if I am remembering incorrectly) without doubt or wavering from his choice. I will forever remember what those words meant. To this day the light of his bravery, the conviction of his courage and his great love of being a Jew still burns brightly in my mind. His soul was as powerful as his legacy. May Mr. Klinghoffer's neshama be elevated to greater worlds. May his righteousness in the face of evil be a never ending lesson to us all.
Regarding the reference to the Anti-terrorist act of 1990, President Clinton was still chasing young women as governor of Arkansas during the year in question. Not that much changed when he became president but either the year of the legislation is wrong or the name of the signee is incorrect. In addition to the decisive and gutsy manner in which our president acted, Lt. Col Oliver North, USMC ret, deserves much credit for his tenacity in tracking down the killers.
Thank you for bringing this long forgotten tragedy back into focus and we should all remember Mr. Klinghoffer. H'Y'D.
Would have been nice to include a link directly to Elie's book. http://store.isabellafreedman.org/store/1580234127.html
Sorry to be picky, but you might want to correct the numerous typos in this article. It doesn't seem to have been well edited after it was initially authored. Examples are "Christain", "Testemant" and "avoi" (probably is supposed to be "avoid"). Thanks.
Excellent analysis and right on. This was my first GA and I felt it was a large cheering section for JFNA, its good deeds and the continued need for Federations in the future while it ignored many legitimate issues. The Prime Minister did give a stirring speech during which he neglected to mention settlements or how he expected to achieve peace.
The theme was clearly the need for social action, the need to combat "de-legitimization" of Israel and the relevance of Federations even if the next generation doesn't quite believe but there needs to be lots more ideas about how to adapt and remain relevant. We need more thougful analysis and change with less whinning and self congratulation. Thanks for a clear analysis.
A great article to send to every synagogue in the metro area, and even in the country. Certainly in our area the old model is clearly working less successfully every year and a new model is sorely needed.
Actually, I think this was a vote for divided government more than it was a vote for democrats or against republicans. It is what happened during the Bush administration when people felt that his foreign policy was a disaster. It is what happened with Obama when people felt that he didn't concentrate enough on jobs and the economy. I honestly believe that Obama failed to communicate why health care reform was so essential. He could have done simply by pointing to the states. States balance their budgets with federal funds. Most states depend upon Medicaid money from the feds to do the balancing. This is true if they have Medi-Cal, medicaid HMO's like in Tennessee, etc. If he had challenged all of those republican governors on how they were going to balance their budgets when Medicaid goes away (and it will be diminished now) you would have seen a whole different dynamic. the Republicans walked away from health care reform and are still selling the notion of how cost effective the U.S. health care system is. That was an untruth and a mistake they got away with. I would not say that the current political climate is associated with repairing the world. Instead is more of an economic nihilism and Darwinian mentality. Happily that only tends to last a short time until the nihilists recognize they are not acting in their own best interests.
This will be a very wierd question.
May I ask Why President Obama does not like The Jewish people?
Why did he disrespect Mr. Netanyahu when he came to visit the White House and President Obama said to him "I have a meeting to go to"? Then turned his back
on Netanyahu.
Now Obama is visiting these Muslim Countries and as BBC said "Touting His Horn to the Muslims" in India...
I thought the President of the United States was supposed to keep Peace between
the two Countries...
He has not even vistied Yisrael, (or maybe I am wrong) yet he seems to be only
for the Muslims and the Jewish people.
Why should Israel stop building according to President Obama?
I could be totally wrong yet I see a President that does not support Israel as Mr. Clinton did.
This President has done nothing for the people of the United States as far as jobs.
The Republicans dislike him,no one seems to get along in the White House
they all have left his Cabiniet.
I think i I have said enough.
Baffled
You are attacked. You win. You gain land. You keep the land, especially when you have an historic claim to the land.
For someone who doesn't like being pigeon-holed as Jewish, he certainly refers to his Jewishness a lot.
I saw the work at the Joyce. It did have power. While I did not think, overall, that the elements had a chance to gel, I'd say he definitely has a gift for choreography--and that's something rare, regardless of gender, religion, or anything else.
That's a nice straw man the Professor sets up. He omits the fact that the side that criticizes Israel is largely made up of those who seek its destruction. Yet another reason to closely investigate what kind of university we send our children to if they are to be subjected to this kind of thinking. Of course, the fact that practically all Muslim regimes do not aspire to such a standard is entire overlooked!
I would like to see all synagogues escort out known j street members.
And in time, I'd like to see special actions taken against the traders in our midst.
When the call goes out to take up arms against J Street, I will be first on line.
Greg Schneider and Gideon Taylor before did not have the slightest interst in either the Russians who worked at the Claims Confrence (about whom Schneider once said that they didn't make much money and weren't worth even that. I guess they are now!) or the money that came directly from the Germans for the Article 2 fund or other German monies - since these were funds with specific receipients and had to be accounted for. The Russian case workers had free reign, the Claims Conferece managment and Board gave their entire attention to funds which they could distribute without oversight, funds from the sale of East German Jewish property and from the Swiss banks....
Schhneider's arrogance and incompetence was obvious to the entire staff. (Gideon Taylor, his predecessor was hardly ever in the office, and was equally disinterested in the disbursement of monies to poor survivors). A few hundred dollars a month to needy persons was not worthy of their attention. They were only interested in "the big picture" and in manipulating the Board to comply with their vision of how the funds should be spent. This embezzlement - along with the never clarified embezzlement of March of the Living funds by Avraham Hirschson - happened on their watch, and they should be held accountable.
Holocaust survivors have been asking for transparency for years and have been treated like senile incompetents by the Claims Conference and by the Jewish media, and perhaps the Jewish Press can and Stuart Ain can look beyond Greg Schneider's charm and investigate what actually happened and how it could happen.
Of course these groups will veil their agendas with pleasant sounding terms like pro-peace, pro-justice and pro-human rights.
Pro-aggression, pro-islamic hegemony and pro-ethnic clensing (while more truthful) don't focus group as well.