Friday, October 30, 2015

JRRC Call to Action! Protest Israel Hatefest Wednesday, November 5th, 2015, Ethical Culture Society of Westchester

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A Jewish Rapid Response Coalition Call to Action:

The same sponsors of an anti-Semitic, anti-American, Anti-Israel event at the Greenburgh Town Hall on 10/19/15 last week will be back in action next week at Ethical Culture Society (ECS) of Westchester at 7:00 pm on November 5, 2015.  The venue is located at 7 Saxon Wood Road White Plains, NY 10605. The ECS is hosting a vile anti-Israel hatefest co-sponsored by the "Westchester Coalition Against Islamophobia." In actuality this is to be an attack on Jews and Israel and is cloaked under the program title of "Free Speech: Where Do We Draw the Lines?" The speakers are articulate and convincing misinformation disseminators. It is critical that we turn out at this public event, populate the venue, and rebut the lies.

 

We plan on filling the room with pro-Israel voices and ensuring that the lies receive a more fitting response than the applause from anti-Semites; we need to be there to speak the truth especially during the question and answer period.  We will be lining up in front of the venue by 6 pmwith as many pro-Israel attendees as possible. 


For those needing transportation from New York City we have limited space on a bus that will be leaving from the corner of 59th Street and Lexington Avenue at 5:00 pm. Please email Paul Ferbank at ferbank@aol.com.  


Read Daniel Greenfield's article Hate Come to Westchester http://www.horowitzfreedomcenter.org/daniel_greenfield_hate_comes_to_westchester as a primer to the dangers facing our local community. If you would like, consider bringing signs. 


Speakers for the opposition at the upcoming event include Alan Levine, a Jewish Voice for Peace member, who promotes boycotts of Israel due to its "human rights violations" and its "unlawful occupation [and] collective punishment" of Palestinians. Bina Ahmad is another panelist. Ahmad protested a New York City Council trip to Israel earlier this year accusing Israel of "operating a brutal apartheid regime," "targeting civilians with military operations," "assassinating activists," "shooting children," "stealing land and natural resources," and "indiscriminately targeting and murdering 1000s of occupied civilians."


For more information on the hateful co-sponsoring organizations and speakers you may go directly to the Westchester Ethical Culture Society's Event link: http://ethicalsocietywestchester.org/event-items/free-speechhate-speech-where-do-we-draw-the-lines/



Thursday, October 29, 2015

Fwd: [nashimbyarok-WIG] : The young generation call for Sovereignty-הדור הצעיר קורא הגיע זמן ריבונות

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הדור הצעיר קורא: הגיע זמן ריבונות

 

תנועת צעירי הריבונות פותחת במסע הסברה סביב הקריאה להחלת ריבונות ביו"ש.

הצעד הראשון: סמינריון עיוני ומבצע חיזוק ללוחמי מג"ב ושוטרים בשוק מחנה יהודה.

 

לאחר שהוכרז על הקמתה בפאנל הריבונות שהתקיים בשמורת 'עוז וגאו"ן' לפני כשבועיים, החלה תנועת אר"ץ (ארגון ריבונות צעיר) בפעילות ראשונה בה שלבו סמינריון עיוני ופעילות שטח.

בני נוער רבים שהגיעו מכל רחבי הארץ השתתפו אתמול (רביעי 28.10) באירוע שהחל בביקור עידוד בשוק מחנה יהודה שבירושלים ומיד לאחריו סמינריון עיוני בו היו שותפים לדיונים סביב סוגיית הריבונות.

בני הנוער והצעירים שהגיעו ממורשת שבגליל, קדימה שבשרון, ירושלים, בית אל, גוש עציון, שדרות ראשון לציון ועוד, הגיעו לשוק הירושלמי כשהם נושאים דגלי ישראל פליירים וסטיקרים הקוראים להחלת הריבונות ביו"ש.

במהלך הביקור הביעו תמיכה וחיזוק ללוחמי מג"ב והשוטרים שבמקום כמו גם לעוברים ושבים שהשיבו להם בביטויי שמחה על הרוח הציונית והחזקה שהביאו עימם אל בין דוכני השוק.

בהמשך היו הצעירים שותפים כאמור לסמינריון עיוני אודות דרישת הריבונות. ראשון הדוברים בסמינריון היה עורך הדין אליקים העצני שהציג בפני בני הנוער סקירה היסטורית משפטית מאז ימי הצהרת בלפור, ימי המנדט הבריטי והלאה עד ימינו אלה. לאחריו שוחח עם הצעירים הדמוגרף יורם אטינגר שהציג נתונים דמוגראפיים מעודדים באשר להיתכנות החלת הריבונות הישראלית על יהודה ושומרון.

אטינגר קבע בדבריו כי אין כל סיבה לחשוש מהשד הדמוגראפי, וכי מדובר בלא יותר מאשר שד פוליטי ותו לא.

דניאל גבאי, מרכז הפעילות באר"ץ, מסכם את האירוע ואומר "הגענו במטרה לחזק ולדרוש את מימוש הריבונות בירושלים כדי למנוע את גלי הטרור הבאים. אנחנו דורשים מהממשלה שירושלים תהיה מאוחדת גם מבחינת החוק ולא רק באופן תיאורטי".

על תכניותיה של התנועה החדשה הוא מספר: "נתחיל מהלך הסברתי ארצי גדול הקורא לריבונות. נגיע לכל בית לאומי ישראל עם הרעיון הזה, ונעשה את זה בכל מדיה אפשרית - בחומרי הסברה בשטח, בכלי תקשורת, ברשתות החברתיות וכו' כדי לאגד את כולם סביב הפתרון הזה. במקביל אנחנו מתכוונים לפעול גם מול חברי כנסת ואנשי ציבור. נפעיל לחץ ציבורי להשפעה על מקבלי ההחלטות עד שנביא לשינוי מדיניות, להגשים את מה שאנחנו מאמינים בו ועל סמך זאת הם נבחרו. תפקידם, כמי שקיבלו את המנדט מהעם והגיעו להנהגה, לשנות את השיח ולחתור ליעד הזה, לדחוף בכל דרך להחלת הריבונות ולמימוש הריבונות בפועל. בכל מקום שאין ריבונות אנחנו מקבלים טרור".

ראשי תנועת 'נשים בירוק', יהודית קצובר ונדיה מטר, התנועה שלפעילותה סביב חזון הריבונות חוברת תנועת הנוער החדשה אר"ץ, מספרות על התעניינות ערה של הצעירים בסוגיות שהועלו במרוצת היום "היה מאד מרגש לראות את בני הנוער מעמיקים בשאלות וחותרים אל האמת ההיסטורית. הייתה הרגשה נפלאה שיש דור שאפשר להעביר אליו את השרביט". קצובר ומטר מעודדות את התנועה החדשה וקובעות כי "חשוב להביא להכשרתו של קאדר מנהיגותי צעיר ורענן שיוביל את חזון הריבונות ברחבי הארץ ובעיקר בקרב בני נוער וצעירים בהיותו מכיר את שפתו ויכולותיו של הדור הצעיר".

השתיים רואות בפעילות שהחלה היום סנונית ראשונה ומבטיחות המשך גם לסמינריונים שיעמיקו חקר בחזון הריבונות וגם בפעילות השטח בהסברה ובחיזוק ההתיישבות.

 

קרדיט צילומים: נשים בירוק

עקבו אחר אר"ץ בפייסבוק

 

לפרטים:

 

יהודית קצובר 050-7161818  נדיה מטר 050-5500834

 

התנועה למען עתיד ישראל

'נשים בירוק'

 

 

The Younger Generation Declares: The Time has come for Sovereignty

 

The sovereignty youth movement has begun a hasbara campaign focusing on the call to apply sovereignty in Judea and Samaria. The first step: a learning seminar and an operation of encouragement to the fighters of the Border Police and local police of the Mahane Yehuda market.

 

Following the announcement of its establishment at the sovereignty panel, which was held in the Oz veGaon reserve about two weeks ago, the Eretz** movement ( acronym for Sovereignty Youth Organization)  began its first activity, in which they combined a learning seminar with activity in the field.

 

Youths, from all parts of the Land, took part in the event (Wednesday, October 28), which began with a visit of encouragement and uplifting in the Mahane Yehuda market, in Jerusalem, and immediately afterward, a learning seminar where they participated in discussions centering on the matter of sovereignty.

 

The teenagers and youths, from Moreshet in the Galilee, Kadima in the Sharon, Jerusalem, Beit El, Gush Etzion, Sderot, Rishon LeZion and other places, came to the Jerusalem market carrying Israeli flags and flyers calling for the application of sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.

 

During the visit they expressed support and encouragement for the fighters of the Border Police and the local police as well as the passersby, who responded to them with expressions of joy and appreciation for the strong Zionist spirit that they brought with them into the stalls of the market.

 

Later, as mentioned, the youths were participants in the learning seminar about the need for sovereignty. The first of the speakers was Attorney Elyakim Haetzni, who presented a historical, legal survey to the youths, of the era since the days of the Balfour Declaration, the days of the British Mandate until these days.

Afterward, demographer Yoram Ettinger spoke with the youths, presenting them with encouraging demographic data regarding the feasibility of applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria.

 

In his talk, Ettinger stated that there is no reason to fear the demographic specter, and that those who use the "demographic threat" as a reason not to apply sovereignty do it just as a political ploy, and nothing more.

 

Daniel Gabai, the coordinator of activities for Eretz, sums up the event by saying "we came with the objective of encouraging and demanding the realization of sovereignty in Jerusalem in order to prevent the next waves of terror. We demand from the government that Jerusalem be unified under the law and not only theoretically".

 

About the plans for the new movement he says: "We will begin a large, national course of hasbara calling for sovereignty. We will come to homes in Israel with this message, and we will do this in every possible media – with hasbara material in the field, in electronic media, with social networks and so forth, in order to unite everyone around this solution. In parallel, we also intend to lobby members of Knesset and public figures. We will apply public pressure to influence the decision makers until we bring about a change in policy, to implement what we believe in and what they were elected to do. Their role, as those who have received the mandate from the People, thus bringing them to leadership, is to change the discourse and to strive toward this goal, to push ahead in every way toward application of sovereignty and practical realization of sovereignty. Everywhere where there is no sovereignty we get terror".

 

Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar, the heads of the Women in Green movement, the movement espousing the vision of sovereignty, to which the new youth movement, Eretz, is connected, tell of the youths' lively interest in the issues that were raised during the seminar – "it was very moving to see the youth delving into the questions and seeking the historical truth. There was a wonderful sense that there is a generation to which we can pass on the scepter". Katsover and Matar encourage the new movement and state that "It is important to train a young and fresh cadre of leadership, who will lead the vision of sovereignty in the streets of the Land and especially among the teens and youth, since they are familiar with the language of the modern media and the capabilities of the younger generation".

 

The two women see the activity that began today as the first promising harbinger of a continuity of both the seminars that will delve into research regarding the vision of sovereignty and activism in the field in hasbara and in strengthening the settlement enterprise.

 

For Details:

 

Yehudit Katsover  050-7161818               Nadia Matar  050-5500834

The Movement for Israel's Tomorrow

Women in Green

www.womeningreen.org

 

 

 

 

 


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Friday, October 23, 2015

From Hebron: Cave of Patriarchs is JEWISH in spite of what UNESCO Says!


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UNESCO decided that The Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb are Muslim!  Interesting because the Bible clearly records Abraham buying it for 400 silver shekel.  Interesting because it was built by King Herod (Jewish ancestry). And interesting because the State of Israel owns it. Even more, it was reaffirmed in the miraculous 6 day war of 1967.  Not to mention thousands of other proofs.  They can vote all they want, but we're not going anywhere. 
We are getting attacked on multiple fronts (aside from by UNESCO).

On our roads... it's painful to mark the murder of Avraham Asher Hasno hy"d (55) of Kiryat Arba who leaves a wife and 7 children.  At the scene, the paramedic reports that the Arabs were laughing and clapping while he tried to resuscitate Mr. Hasno (that's sick). 

Late at night, the Arabs are blaring announcements on their loudspeakers: not calls to prayer, but inciting calls for 'death to the Yehud (Jews)'.  How does one explain that to their kids?

Just yesterday at the edge of the community, 2 terrorists tried to infiltrate past the soldier's outpost but were rebuffed.  Right now, as I type, Arabs are rioting (on the PA controlled side of Hebron) after being pumped up in their Mosques this morning.  But the security forces  are working hard and effectively.

Last week, I mentioned that we need funding for security.  I cannot speak about where we could be vulnerable in today's new reality, but we are alreaday making crictical improvements.  If you would like to make a difference click this link (please write security in the comments section). 
Shabbat Shalom M'Hebron,

Dan 

Rabbi Daniel Rosenstein
Executive Director, The Hebron Fund

Note: We are changing the clocks in Israel - Daylight Savings Time ends.  This Sunday, 2am becomes 1am.  Practically speaking, Shabbat will start an hour earlier and for now, there will only be a 6 hour time difference between Israel & EST.

Seen on the Scene

The Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Barel Lazar Shlitah, visiting Hebron
photo from Noam Arnon

Mincha Maariv prayers at the site of the incident that occurred last Shabbos in Kiryat Arba

Parshat Lech Lecha
By: Rabbi Moshe Goodman, Kollel Ohr Shlomo, Hebron

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לשכנו תדרשו

Connecting to the Holy Presence in Our Holy Land


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"And grant us to long, yearn, and desire always to come to the Land of Israel till we realize our thoughts and travel and arise to the Land of Israel speedily..." (Likutei Tfilot I 55)

One of the matters that can enhance our desire for the Land of Israel is the realization that the Land of Israel provides us good sustenance not only on a spiritual level but also on a para-material-spiritual level as well. This concept can be hinted in our Sages interpretation of our title quote which commands Avraham to go the Land 'for you' to mean that HaShem tells Avraham to go for himself and his own benefit as well. Going in Avraham's footsteps we can learn from this message that it is also important to contemplate how our Land is also beneficial to us in material, social, organizational, and other ways.

Indeed, when we eat of the produce of the Land halacha mandates that one is to conclude the last sentence of a 'bracha achrona' (blessing after eating foods other than bread) with a letter or two that signifies that the food that was eaten originated from the Land of Israel. This means that upon wine that originated from the Land of Israel one is to conclude 'al pri gafna' (upon the fruit of its vine) instead of saying 'al pri hagefen' (upon the fruit of the vine), as one would say upon wine that originated from the Diaspora. This same rule applies to the 5 species of fruit among the 7 species that the Land is praised for, and, according to Sephardic tradition, also upon the 5 species of grain, when originating from the Land of Israel. If one is in doubt whether a product originated in the land of Israel one is to use the conclusion used for Diaspora fruit. This rule is true even for one who is present in the Diaspora but has consumed a product that originated in the Land of Israel. This law is meant to express our praise of God for giving us the Land of Israel which provides us with this produce.

It seems that it is by Hebron that we learn of some of the material advantages of the Holy Land as well. The Torah says that 'Hebron was built seven years before Zoan of Egypt'. Our Sages interpret this verse to mean that it comes to teach that even Hebron, considered to be the 'rubble of the Land of Israel' in the sense that it was used for a graveyard in Maaras HaMachpela is yet greater than even Zoan of Egypt, compared in the Torah to the 'garden of HaShem' - a  kind of 'paradise'. It is clear that this statement of the Sages does not come to deviate Hebron's spiritual level among the cities of the Land of Israel, for this would contradict the many sources that point at Hebron's superior spiritual level among the cities of Israel. Rather, it is clear that our Sages' statement refers to the material level of Hebron, that even on this level Hebron

supersedes the material 'paradise' of the Diaspora.

In tractate Ktubot (111-2) our Sages point to the material prosperity of the Land of Israel to be exceedingly great, but yet this prosperity is dependent on the goodness of its inhabitants. Nevertheless, Hebron's 'lowly' material level in comparison to the other cities of Israel does not pose a disadvantage but rather an advantage. One of the great Tannaic masters, R. Yehoshua, taught that if Torah scholars were less materially/physically attractive they would concentrate on their spiritual studies more and be even greater scholars. In a similar sense, our Sages teach that Jerusalem did not grow paradise fruit like Jericho, in order that People concentrate on the spiritual motive of ascending to Jerusalem for the sake of a mitzva and not be distracted by material motives such as paradise fruit. This is Hebron - one of the highest spiritual beacons of the world.   


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Real Stories from the Holy Land #142


 "It was just before Purim, and I had no idea how I was supposed to deliver our mishloah manos with my car which was on the verge of breaking down. I prayed to HaShem for help. While driving on Taanis Ester I stopped to pick up a man who motioned that he needed a ride. However, on the way suddenly my car broke down. I explained to the man that I need a downhill in order to continue, and for this I need help shoving the car till it reaches a downhill. He helped shove the car to the downhill, and the car started working again. When he got back into the car I explained to him the condition of the car and my financial incapability to pay its repairs. To this he answered, 'before I made Aliya from Yemen I was a car repair-man - I can fix your problem easily.' I parked next to my house, and this man subsequently started repairing my car and giving me advice on the way. After he was finished fixing the car, the man refused to receive anything for his work (worth about 1000 NIS), saying that it is a gift in honor of Purim." Y.S

Sources: Orah Haim 208, 10

Comments, questions, and/or stories,email  gmoshemoran613@gmail.com  



 
Conference of Presidents denounces UNESCO
resolution designating Rachel's Tomb  
and the Cave of the Patriarchs 
as solely Muslim holy places 
 
UN body made platform for bias and incitement  

From: Stephen M. Greenberg, Chairman
          Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

The passage of the Palestinian initiated resolution by the Executive Board of UNESCO is offensive and a distortion of history. The leaders lauded the six countries that voted against it (United States, Germany, Estonia, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Czech Republic) and expressed appreciation for their efforts and those of UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to oppose the resolutions content of recognizing that it is a total distortion of the truth and is an affront to Judaism, Christianity, and those who value Judeo-Christian traditions and religious heritage.

Through their efforts, the outrageous reference to the Western Wall being a part of the Al-Aqsa Mosque was removed. The resolution remains a blatant distortion and runs contrary to centuries of historical accounts including those by Muslim sources.  For time immemorial, Rachel's Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs have been identified as Jewish holy sites.   It was not until the 1990s that the idea emerged that Rachel's Tomb was the burial place of Bilal Ibn Rabah. Since the 16th century, Arab historical descriptions, legal documents, and in virtually every account for 1000 years, this tomb was a Jewish holy place. Bilal Ibn Rabah is known to have died in battle in 642 CE during the war of Islam in Syria and was buried in Damascus. 
 
What is to be gained by the Palestinian Authority or the Palestinian people by these insulting and blatant distortions, except to deny the rights of Jews to their national homeland? How could 26 countries in the 21st century support in what they surely know is a propagandistic ploy and 25 other countries abstain, including western democracies like France?  
This will only add to the tensions in the region and appear to reward those engaged in violence. Such actions will not just hurt Israel, but every country facing the challenge of terrorism and extremism. UNESCO has once again shown that it is not a body protecting cultural and social interests, but a platform for bias and incitement and is dominated by automatic voting blocs.


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New York: This Sunday 2 Great Solidarity Events for Israel. DETAILS for RCRF Dinner 6pm Manhattan Beach, Great Neck Solidarity Rally 1pm

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  • RCRF You are Invited to the 21st RCRF Dinner at Manhattan Beach Jewish Center this Sunday, 6pm, October 25, 2015 Special Singles section. Special Rates for AFSI people. Call Robin to be included in AFSI's table and or to make contribution in honor of AFSI's honorees.   718-510-2364 or call Evelyn directly.  see ad. Great Deserving Honorees. Renowned expert from Israel Dr. Prof. Mordechai Keidar on Islamic Studies featured guest speaker.  http://afsibrooklyn.blogspot.com/2015/10/fwd-rcrf-you-are-invited-to-21st-rcrf.html

  • Great Neck is having a Solidarity Rally for Israel between 1 and 3pm on Sunday Oct. 25th as well. The times do not conflict with RCRF Dinner. Rabbi Yamin Levy of the Iranian Jewish Center has spearheaded the efforts to organize the entire Great Neck Jewish community to stand up and rally together in support of the State of Israel and its people!   http://afsibrooklyn.blogspot.com/2015/10/fwd-hakhel-solidarity-rally-in-great.html Dr. Brody will be MCing this event.  If you go to this Rally tell people about  RCRF and Evelyn Haies event in the evening. In light of the UNESCO announcement that Kever Rochel and MeArat Hamachpela are Holy Muslim sites?!?!?!, we need to spread the Torah True message, spread the light amidst the darkness.  It is Buffet and people can pay at door.  If you want to be included in  AFSI Table call Robin at 710-510-2364. THANK YOU!
From Hebron:  Cave of Patriarchs is JEWISH in spite of what UNESCO Says!
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