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Robin Ticker
Most of these emails are posted on Shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com
Shemittah, the Jewish Sabbatical year, brings security and blessing. The Torah says keeping this Mitzvah will prevent disaster and exile. Shemittah is Shabbat LaHashem. A taste of the World to Come. Learn about one womens quest for knowledge and rediscovery of this long lost Mitzvah according to the simple Torah reading of the text found in the beginning posts of this blog.
Ron JagerThe writer, a 25-year veteran of the I.D.F., served as a field mental health officer and Commander of the Central Psychiatric Military Clinic for Reserve Soldiers at Tel-Hashomer. Since retiring from active duty, he provides consultancy services to NGO's implementing Psycho trauma and Psychoeducation programs to communities in the North and South of Israel. Today, Ron is a strategic advisor at the Office of the Chief Foreign Envoy of Judea and Samaria. |
Trump's "2020" visionAt midnight May 14, 1948, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed the establishment of the State of Israel. On that very same day, only eight minutes later, Harry Truman, the Democratic President of the United States, became the first world leader to formally recognize the provisional Jewish government as de facto authority of the Jewish state. President Truman's immediate support of Israel was against the advice of his cabinet and senior advisors, and also ignored the fact that many Jewish American leaders at the time opposed Zionism. Yet, in one swift bold political stroke, Truman cemented a symbiotic political relationship between the Democratic Party and American Jewry that has held up for the past 70 years. President Trump's recent declaration that the United States recognizes Jerusalem as the Capital of the State of Israel to be followed up with the American Embassy moving to Jerusalem signals the beginning of a historic change between American Jewry and the Republican party. Trump will accomplish this historic change with the Jerusalem declaration and will win over the rank and file of American Jewry; his sights are set on making this transformation a game changing political reality and creating a new bond between American Jewry and the Republican Party. Trump knows that there is a huge gap between what self-declared American liberal Jewish leaders say and do in the name of American Jewry and what the more conservative/rationale/proud of Israel type Jews of America who want to express their love and support for Israel but are stymied by the politically correct movement of progressive and liberal Jews. Critical voices from the Jewish American liberal left include the usual suspects; Reform clergy Rick Jacobs, New Israel Fund's Daniel Sokatch, JStreets' Jeremy Ben-Ami who will all slowly find their way to political oblivion as Trump marches onward and wins the hearts and respect of Jews throughout America. These days, all presidents are locked into a permanent election campaign, which typically begins the day after the previous election. President Trump understands that for the Republican party to hold on to the White House and to continue to have a controlling majority in both houses of Congress, another important segment of the American public other than American Jewry has to be connected with and convinced that their traditional support of the Democratic Party has been nothing more than a politics of dependency, keeping entire communities chained to poverty, street violence, and inter-generational hopelessness. It was a Republican President by the name of Abraham Lincoln who abolished slavery in America, it was the Republican Party that passed the 15th Amendment and gave African Americans the right to vote, it was the Republican Party that passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act. The first African American Republican was elected to the US Senate way back in 1871, compared to the first African American Democrat who was elected in 1999. Does any even remember that the late Democratic Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd was a member of the Ku Klux Klan when he was a young man. President Trump has brought economic prosperity to America. In the first year of the Republican Presidency, the economic situation of African Americans has improved more than in all of the 8 years of the previous Democratic administration. Traditional Democratic policies such as limiting job growth in the private sector, or supporting teachers' unions while opposing charter schools condemning poor children to continuing poverty, and worst of all, defending abortion in horrifically painful ways right up to the last hour even though one of three babies aborted in America is black, have all created an understanding that African Americans have been victimized by liberal policies for the last 6 decades. It is no surprise that the most vicious attacks, criticism, and downright nastiness has been farmed out to the Afro-American politicians who belong to the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party has gone into panic mode due to the real fear that they will lose control of their flock and African Americans will begin to assert their political independence and vote for the Republican Party in numbers unseen before in previous elections. President Trump understands that the Democratic Party in harmony with the mainstream media will keep trying to label the President and the Republican Party as "racists", but due to the impact of social media, and the Presidents direct communication line with the American public through his twitter account, the Democratic race baiting will backfire. The 2020 elections will be a watershed election that will most likely set the political tone for the coming decades. President Trumps 20/20 vision and ability to pass decisions and legislation that will benefit all Americans, will create a mass migration of voting patterns among American Jewry and African Americans towards the Republican Party. President Trump has imperfections like us all, but he is genuine, cares about America and Americans and is genuinely empathic, not beholden to anyone or any group. I am reminded of President Harry Truman's line about how to succeed in the White House: "You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog". President Trump will overcome the challenges and political minefields awaiting, his perseverance and ability to make inroads with traditional Democratic voters will create the change that we all are hoping for. |
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Yisroel Besser of Mishpacha magazine quoted Rabbi Lipschutz who was talking about the Achdus, unity that the Rubashkin story generated: "Look at the head table and tell me if there's anywhere in the world where we can have the Rov from Kiryas Yoel, Rav Moshe Kotlarsky from Crown Heights and Rav Genack from Teaneck".
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1441129/watch-special-prayer-for-president-recited-at-major-seudas-hodaah-attended-by-hundreds-of-activists-in-rubashkin-case.html
Bulletin
Jan. 1, 2018
Murderers of 179 Israelis honored by Fatahincluding 4 female suicide bombersAbu Jihad - orchestrated murder of 125Dalal Mughrabi - led murder of 37, among them 12 childrenAndalib Takatka - suicide bomber, murdered 6Marwan Barghouti - orchestrated murder of 5Ayyat Al-Akhras - suicide bomber, murdered 2Zainab Abu Salem - suicide bomber, murdered 2Wafa Idris - suicide bomber, murdered 1Karim Younes - murdered 1By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques ZilberdikThe official Facebook page of Abbas' Fatah Movement celebrated Fatah's 53rd anniversary by glorifying eight terrorist murderers from its ranks, four of them female suicide bombers. Fatah posted photos of the killers with the same text and logo on Dec. 30, 2017:"The Palestinian National Liberation Movement - FatahMobilization and Organization Commission - Communications OfficeThe 53rd anniversary of the outbreak of the Palestinian revolution"The following are the photos of the terrorist murderers posted on Fatah's official Facebook page, with PMW explanatory notes:Khalil Al-Wazir - Abu Jihad - former head of the PLO's military wing, was responsible for the murder of at least 125 Israelis, according to the PA's news agency Wafa.Text:"Heroic Martyr (Shahid)Fatah Movement Central Committee member,Khalil Al-Wazir 'Abu Jihad'"The number "53" represents the 53rd anniversary of the "Launch" of Fatah. In the upper right corner is the Fatah logo that includes a grenade, crossed rifles, and the PA map of "Palestine" that presents all of Israel together with the PA areas as "Palestine".Palestinian Media Watch has exposed numerous statements and events by PA and Fatah officials honoring arch-terrorist Abu Jihad. In 2013, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas decorated Abu Jihad with the PA's Star of Honor.
Dalal Mughrabi - led murder of 37, including 12 childrenDalal Mughrabi led the most lethal terror attack in Israel's history, known as the Coastal Road massacre, in 1978, when she and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway, murdering 37 civilians, 12 of them children, and wounding over 70.PMW has exposed numerous of statements and events by PA and Fatah officials honoring terrorist murderer Dalal Mughrabi.Andalib Takatka - suicide bomber who murdered sixAndalib Khalil Muhammad Suleiman or Andalib Takatka - Female suicide bomber from Fatah who blew herself up at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda outdoor market on April 12, 2002, murdering 6 and wounding more than 80.PMW has exposed similar Fatah posts in the past honoring suicide bomber Takatka, wishing her and other terrorists "glory and eternity."Marwan Barghouti - orchestrated murder of fiveText:"Fatah Movement Central Committee memberHeroic prisonerMarwan Barghouti"Marwan Barghouti - Palestinian terrorist who is serving 5 life sentences for orchestrating three shooting attacks that murdered 5 people: in Jerusalem (June 12, 2001), in Givat Zeev near Jerusalem (Jan. 15, 2002), and one shooting and stabbing attack at the Seafood Market restaurant in Tel Aviv (March 5, 2002). After he was convicted and imprisoned, he was reelected member of the Palestinian Authority Parliament. On Dec. 4, 2016, he was elected to Fatah's Central Committee.PMW has documented that in line with the PA's policy of teaching children to see terrorists as heroes, the PA Ministry of Education had a letter by terrorist Barghouti read to all students at PA schools.Ayyat Al-Akhras - suicide bomber who murdered twoAyyat Al-Akhras - The youngest female Palestinian suicide bomber (aged 17). A member of Fatah, Al-Akhras blew herself up near a Jerusalem supermarket on March 29, 2002, murdering 2 and wounding 28.PMW reported on a music video promoting suicide bombings recently broadcast on both Fatah-run Awdah TV and official PA TV, which included photos of suicide bomber Ayyat Al-Akhras.
Zainab Abu Salem - suicide bomber who murdered twoZainab Abu Salem - Female suicide bomber from Fatah who blew herself up at the French Hill junction in Jerusalem on Sept. 22, 2004, murdering 2 Israeli border policemen and wounding approximately 30.PMW has exposed that the Nablus branch of Fatah glorified suicide bomber Abu Salem and her "heroic operation" in a post earlier this year.Wafa Idris - suicide bomber who murdered oneWafa Idris - The first Palestinian female suicide bomber. Belonging to Fatah, she blew herself up on Jaffa Road in central Jerusalem on Jan. 27, 2002, murdering 1 and wounding over 100. As a volunteer for the Palestinian Red Crescent she was able to bypass Israeli security and enter Jerusalem in a Palestinian ambulance.PMW has demonstrated that suicide bomber Wafa Idris is presented as a hero by Fatah. In a post last year, Fatah took pride that "her pure body exploded into pieces in the Zionists' faces."Karim Younes - murdered oneText:"Fatah Movement Central Committee memberHeroic prisonerKarim Younes"Karim Younes - Israeli Arab serving a 40-year sentence for kidnapping and murdering Israeli soldier Avraham Bromberg in 1980 together with his cousin Maher Younes. Younes was originally sentenced to life in prison, but Israeli President Shimon Peres reduced his sentence in 2012. In May 2017 Younes was appointed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to the Fatah Central Committee.In 2017, Abbas appointed murderer Younes to Fatah's Central Committee, as documented by PMW. The PA has named a square after him in Jenin.
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