During the British Mandate in Palestine, Jews were forbidden at the close of Yom Kippur, to blow the shofar at the Kotel, the Western Wall, for fear of offending “Muslim sensibilities.”
Sound familiar?
Left unsaid then as now, is that if Muslim sensibilities are offended, said Muslims will riot, burn, loot, and murder.
In short, be sensitive to us or we’ll kill you.
Molly Norris—who no longer exists—is the latest victim of Muslim sensibiltiies.
We see the exact same scenario being played out today by the stealth jihadists who are spearheading the Ground Zero Mosque. Faisel Abdul Rauf has already said that if the mosque is not built he cannot answer for the violence that might break out in the Muslim world.
Well, there is only one way to deal with such veiled threats and intimidation, and the Jews of Jerusalem, mostly young boys, resisted the Islamist barbarians and their British enablers.
This short film documents a little-known corner of Jewish heroism and the struggle for religious freedom played out against Muslim bigotry.
H/T Rena Bakst
A people whose religious sensitivities are so easily offended, a people who are forever pulling childish hissy fits of outrage are, it seems to me, terribly insecure in their faith.
Ariel Chaim Avrech, ZT'L, May His Righteous Memory be a Blessing.
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We have a teachable moment (if fleeting) to tell the story of Shofar. Its influence on prayer and its historical antecedents going back to the Temple sacrifices.
For full explanation, of Shofar, its influence on prayer and its historical antecedents going back to the Temple sacrifices.
go to
Hearing Shofar
http://www.hearingshofar.com
Shofar Sounders WebPage
http://shofar221.com
Shofar WebPage
http://shofar-sounders.com
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Wonderful story!
May you have nothing but joy – and joyous memories – this Sukkot.
Jenny
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Thank you for the video, Robert. It gave me great joy to watch it.
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From a post I wrote about a year and a half ago…
Suppose you wanted to create a perfect enemy. An enemy so vile that its evil would be recognized by almost everyone. An enemy that would inspire people to come together in order to ensure its defeat.
To be more specific: suppose you were a screenwriter with the assignment of creating a suitable villain-organization for a major motion picture. The marketing plan for this movie suggests that it will be marketed primarily to a certain demographic and that, hence, your villain-organization should be particularly appalling to members of that demographic. The demographic in question consists of people who are affluent, highly educated (college with at least some postgraduate education), not particularly religious, and who consider themselves politically liberal or “progressive.” The plot of the movie demands that the audience must see the necessity for Americans–of many beliefs, occupations, and social backgrounds–to come together in order to defeat the enemy.
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David:
Thanks so much for the articulate and wise comment. It was not a huge surprise when Obama sent back a bust of Churchill to Great Britain.
I have said it before, we are living in 1933.
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In the late 1930s, Winston Churchill spoke of the “unendurable..sense of our country falling into the power, into the orbit and influence of Nazi Germany, and of our existence becoming dependent upon their good will or pleasure…In a very few years, perhaps in a very few months, we shall be confronted with demands” which “may affect the surrender of territory or the surrender of liberty.” A “policy of submission” would entail “restrictions” upon freedom of speech and the press. “Indeed, I hear it said sometimes now that we cannot allow the Nazi system of dictatorship to be criticized by ordinary, common English politicians.” (excerpt is from The Last Lion: Alone, by William Manchester.)
Churchill’s concern was not just a theoretical one. Following the German takeover of Czechoslovakia, photographs were available showing the plight of Czech Jews, dispossessed by the Nazis and wandering the roads of eastern Europe. Geoffrey Dawson, editor of The Times, refused to run any of them: it wouldn’t help the victims, he told his staff, and if they were published, Hitler would be offended. (same source as above.)
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Batya:
Three reasons:
1. No one cares.
2. We’re not a bunch of whiners.
3. We’re quite secure in our Jewishness.
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Why don’t we Jews cry out in pain claiming Jewish “sensitivities?”
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