URGENT - SIGN and forward SAVE OD YOSEF CHAI PETITION - Sign Indigenous Petition

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SAVE OD YOSEF CHAI YESHIVA PETITION

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-the-od-yoseph-chai-yeshiva/signatures.html

JEW ARE INDIGENOUS TO LAND OF ISRAEL PETITION

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/united-jewish-declaration.html

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Fwd: Israel Stands alone - Human Rights Forum in UN - United Nations Watch

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From: Faith Lobel <lobel2@optonline.net>
Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 7:00 PM
Subject: Fw: OMG!
To: Robin Ticker <faigerayzel@gmail.com>

http://beta1.shofar-tv.com/player.php?id=357

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Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

UTUBES for ISRAEL Defending our Rights to the Land - Reminder Today BUl.LDOZER Protest

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Reminder -
Street Theater Bulldozer protest against destruction of Od Yosef Chai synagogue in Yitzhar.
Place: Israeli Consulate 2nd Ave between 42nd and 43rd Street
Time:   Between 12:00 and 2:00pm
Date:     Today, June 28th

Thank you Evelyn Haze for forwarding these fantastic UTUBES  

Our Rights to the Land of Israel based on unfaltering belief in G-d and the H-ly Torah. .

Four fantastic UTUBES = Lemaan Tzion Lo Echesha - for the sake of Zion I will not be Silent!  Watch them all! Each a gem!!!

1. Joyce Kaufman - just dynamite! AMAZING!  Phenomenal,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmV1ffKP0ms&feature=player_embedded

 
2. Lt. Col. Allen West - The Rabbanim must take their cue from him.  Proclaiming the Biblical Boundaries without fear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMp60uHAnfA&feature=channel

3. Dr. Saviour Chisimba - Presidential Candidate Zambia - the Voice of intelligence - All Jewish Executive Directors and Vice Presidents can take their cue from him
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyxSnYhFvZY&feature=related

4. Mi KeAmcha Yisroel Goi Echad Baaretz - Who is like you Israel a Unique Nation in the Land!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saeky9I5T9c&NR=1--  entitled Before you Boycott Israel.

To all that are Silent in this dangerous times,  the Words of Mordechai Hatzadik to Queen Esther are as relevant today as then "Im Hachareish Tacharishu...."

Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Fwd: BULLDOZER PROTEST VS. DESTRUCTION OF SYNAGOGUE - MONDAY, JUNE 28, NOON-2 pm, NYC - 42ND ST. & 2ND AVE.

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Please report this Bulldozer protest in your newspapers, send to your lists!  Each one of you is an individual with unlimited potential to reach the masses. All recipients on this list that have influence in major religious Jewish Organizations please forward to your lists. All Jews please..... Let us not  stand idly by at this disgrace and desecration of G-d's name, a destruction of a Makom Torah, a Shul, A Beit Medrash, a Chillul Hashem  that can still be prevented. Let us not  be Chayav Bidei Shamayim  held responsible in the courts in Heaven for our Silence. Let us show the government of Israel that we will  not tolerate another round of Gush Katif in Judea and Samaria.  No  destruction of synagogues unless it is for the purpose of renovation in order to enhance and build a much bigger and better Synagogue and not Mosque chas veChalila!.  The Arabs surely will take the destruction of our synagogue as an opening  to build a multi million dollar Mosque in its place as they are planning near the site of the World Trade Center. And they will laugh in our faces. "They will say, well didn't you yourself destroy your own synagogue! Surely it serves no purpose...."  How will we look at ourselves in the mirror then for allowing this to happen????????

Yasher Koach to Helen Freedman of Afsi a real Eishes Chayil and a leader among Nashim Tzidkaniyot ( Righteous Women!

Shabbat Shalom Umevorach!

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From: AFSI <afsi@rcn.com>
Date: Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Subject: BULLDOZER PROTEST VS. DESTRUCTION OF SYNAGOGUE - MONDAY, JUNE 28, NOON-2 pm, NYC - 42ND ST. & 2ND AVE.
To: avi.gordon@standwithus.com
Cc: actionalliance1@yahoo.com

 

1751 Second Ave, New York, NY 10128

Tel: 212-828-2424; Fax: 212-828-1717; afsi@rcn.com; www.afsi.org

Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director

June 25, 2010

 

 

DEMONSTRATION WITH STREET THEATER AGAINST ISRAEL'S PLANS TO DESTROY YITZHAR YESHIVA

Date/Time:   MONDAY, JUNE 28, NOON-2 P.M.,
Venue:         ISRAELI CONSULATE, 2ND AVE. & 42ND ST.

 

 

    AFSI is leading a protest, Monday, June 28, noon to 2 PM,  at the Israeli Consulate, Second Avenue and 42nd Street, NYC, against Israeli government plans to destroy the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzhar, Israel.

    To dramatize the disgraceful decision on the part of the Israeli government to destroy the Yeshiva on July 4, a  flat-truck and bulldozer will be driven south on Second Ave. to 42nd Street, in front of the Israeli Consulate.

    The bulldozer will be moving slowly around the block and passing in front of the Consulate as often as possible, depending on traffic, etc. Signs and banners will emphasize that NEVER AGAIN must Israel take destructive action against its own Jews as it did five years ago in Gush Katif.  BULL-DOZING Jewish schools to appease Israel's enemies defies reason and morality.

    Participating organizations are urged to notify their members to join in the protest. Those who wish may walk along the sidewalk carrying their signs, following the bulldozer on its path and spreading the message. It is essential that the evil demolition decree be revoked.

 

 

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.  

Letter to Agudath Yisroel of America. Please help us to Stop Destruction of Shul in Yitzhar Od Yosef Chai on July 4th!

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Dear Distinguished Administrative Executive Members of Agudath Yisroel of America, amv"sh

Will Agudah be Silent regarding this matter?  Can Agudah please mobilize their network of shuls and Rabbanim to protest the destruction of the Od Yosef Chai Shul in Yitzhar?  Wouldn't Silence in this matter set a bad precedent and send a very bad message to the world at large regarding our willingness to allow such desecration and destruction to a shul and Beit Medrash to take place on Israel's soil?  Please join with Yesha Activists, Pesach Lerner and the Young Israel Movement ,  using Agudah's full  resources to raise the voice of Am Yisroel. Thank you and Gut Shabbos.

PS.  The terrible harassment in Emanual is similar to the the struggle in Yitzhar. The Eretz Yisrooel Hashleima Activists understand only too well what these Chareidim are experiencing and join in their struggle  The time has come to unite under the banner of Torah. Individually we can easily be broken but as an Agudah, one strong bundle, no one can divide us!

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From: Evelyn Hayes <rachelschildren@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 6:14 AM

My mind  still suffers the burning Magen David Synogogue, the attack on Kever Yosef. Please DON'T shame us more and destroy Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva in Yitzar.  Israel cannot continue to destroy what world Jewry builds. I am a former Member of the Prime Ministers Club and cannot buy Israeli Bonds because the government is destroying what the government builds and endangering my children and grandchildren by increasing world anti-semitism by being an example of destroying Jewish holy places which no normal people would endure.

Stop the crime against Jewish learning and spreading hateful examples.

Let our people learn.

Let us teach and learn Jewish pride because when the world knew Yosef the world respected the Jewish people.

My brother a big donator to Israel will no longer buy bonds, give to the JNF or any organization that doesn't honor its  commitment to build Israel, its land and its schools. 

It is difficult to be a donor when our donations are disregarded ignoring the love and difficulty of our sacrifices to help. If is difficult to be a proud Jew when the bulldozers come against our students, learning and what we built.

Please STOP this evil decree which may make more stop giving and hide from being involved in Jewish programs and charities in Israel.

Evelyn Hayes

 

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WE CANNOT LET A YESHIVA/SHUL IN ISRAEL BE DESTROYED
By Rabbi Pesach Lerner, Executive Vice President,
National Council of Young Israel, execvp@youngisrael.org
                                                                                                               

Dear Fellow Jews:
We cannot let a yeshiva/shul in Israel be destroyed. Allow me to explain.

The following article appeared on Arutz Sheva news on Sunday, May 9, 2010:

The IDF's Civilian Administration issued a demolition order Sunday against the spacious building that houses Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva at Yitzhar, in Samaria.

Local residents believe that authorities are purposely punishing the yeshiva because of a confrontation with the IDF that took place on Independence Day, and also because security forces hold the yeshiva's students responsible for various attacks against Arabs in recent months and years, including the burning of a carpet in a mosque at the nearby village of Yassuf.

"It turns out that the authorities are making special efforts to hurt the yeshiva in an unfair and vindictive way," a yeshiva spokesman said Sunday. "It should be noted that the building is an ornate permanent structure, with an area of 1,300 square meters, which was built with the aid of the Ministry of Housing and was approved by the various authorities to serve as an educational institution."

The destruction order, the residents said, cited an 11 year old work-stoppage order – one that they had never heard of until now. The building took years to build and cost over $1 million.

I could not believe what I was reading. How could it possibly be that in Israel, Jews were going to destroy a yeshiva/shul building?

As I researched the situation and tried to ascertain what exactly was transpiring, it seemed obvious that the Israeli government was using the pretext of a seemingly 11-year old building violation to punish the yeshiva and its students who seemingly have become a nuisance to the government.

But to destroy a yeshiva - a place of Tefillah and Torah study - in Israel? In the event that something was amiss and the situation had to be rectified, perhaps the individuals responsible should be held accountable, but to destroy a yeshiva is quite excessive.

Besides the Chilul Hashem, which is severe in its own right, what will we tell the Europeans the next time they want to destroy an old shul, for whatever reasons they may have? Does the Israeli government destroy a public school in Tel Aviv when its students are involved, chas v'shalom in some sort of wrongdoing?
 
I had planned to be in Israel that week, so upon my arrival, I contacted the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, which has been in Yitzhar for almost 10 years, since its original home, Joseph's Tomb in Shechem, was abandoned by the Israeli army and destroyed by the Arabs. Rabbi Yitzchok Shapira, the Rosh HaYeshiva, told me that the yeshiva had in fact received a demolition order, based on a violation from 11 years ago - a violation which they knew nothing about. (see attached copy of demolition order).

Rabbi Shapira invited me to visit the yeshiva and offered to have someone pick me up. I accepted the offer, and the next afternoon, I was picked up by Rabbi Dan Marans, whom I personally know in his capacity as the director of the Zomet Institute in Alon Shvut. We drove through the Shomron to the community of Yitzhar, which is on a strategic mountaintop, overlooking Har Greizim, quite a distance from the main road.

The yeshiva building, a beautiful multi-floored structure, stood away from the community, in its own space. The building was built entirely by Jewish workers, many of whom were former yeshiva students. The main study hall was large, the library was in the back, the lunchroom was on the lower level, and the yeshiva offices and classrooms were on the upper level. (please see attached pictures)

I met with the Rosh HaYeshiva, Rabbi Yitzchok Shapira and the yeshiva director, Itamar Pozen. They shared with me the tzav harisa, the destruction order, and a package of documents proving their legal status (attached), and the fact that numerous departments in the Israeli government participated in the building of the yeshiva. How can we be illegal, they asked, if the government put in the infrastructure, if the government authorized the mortgage, etc.

We discussed their speculations as to why the government, 11 years after they claimed there was a building violation, was just now threatening to destroy the yeshiva building. Rabbi Shapira told me that the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva has been teaching its students for many years that every Jew must be "mutually responsible" for every other Jew. This movement of "mutual responsibility" threatens the government. They want us to stop promoting this idea so they are trying to distract and silence us by destroying our building

The idea that Jews would destroy yeshiva/shul buildings under any circumstances is reprehensible. If a European country threatened to destroy a shul under the pretext of a building code violation, Jews from all walks of life – Orthodox and non-Orthodox – would demand that the order be cancelled. The protests against such an inconceivable act would be loud and numerous.

During my visit to the yeshiva, I noticed large plaques with the names of two individuals who made large contributions to assist in the building of the yeshiva. I contacted both families and they each told me that prior to making donations to the yeshiva to help defray the costs of the construction, they had seen official documents verifying that the yeshiva had government approval to build.

I spoke to numerous roshei yeshiva and community rabbis in Israel, and they all agreed that Jews must not destroy yeshivas/shuls. I spoke to various Israeli government officials, all of whom could not understand how such an order could be given.

Dear friends, the yeshiva administration, the regional councils, etc., are all challenging this destructive order. Individuals within the government are asking questions, but we have a responsibility to do all that we can to ensure that this order gets overturned. We must publicly urge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to forcefully and publically rescind this order. We cannot sit back and allow a yeshiva, a beautiful center of Torah and Tefillah, to be destroyed.

Each of us must send daily emails, send daily faxes, and make daily phone calls to the Prime Minister of Israel protesting this inconceivable action. People need to send letters to the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC and to the Israeli Consulate in New York.

We must demand that our community organizations, our rabbis, our entire community, speak out. We cannot allow this Chilul Hashem, this desecration of G-d's name, to take place. Please send an email, send a fax, and make a call, now. Tell the Prime Minister to protect the yeshiva building in Yitzhar and prevent it from being destroyed.

And, in the merit of our speaking out, of caring for our fellow Jews and our Torah institutions, may we merit Shalom al Yisrael, peace in Israel.
 
 
Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu at:

attention: Tzvi Hauser, Cabinet Secretary of the Israel government)
cc: memshala@pmo.gov.il (attention: Tzvi Hauser, Cabinet Secretary of the Israel government)
bnetanyahu@knesset.gov.il
pm_eng2@it.pmo.gov.il (underscore after pm)

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Sincerely,

Robin Ticker
This email  is L'Ilui Nishmat  Yisrael ben David Aryeh ob"m (Izzy - Kaplan)  a great activist and lover of Eretz Yisroel, Am Yisroel and the Torah. Yehi Zichrono Baruch.