The following is a message Mordechay has sent me!
I truly admire the restraint this impressive person shows.
Prejudice, it seems, is a standard fare of life. In his folksong entitled "National Brotherhood Week," Tom Lehrer sings:
Anti-Semitism is unique amongst the hatreds in the world in a combination of four aspects: 1) Longevity -- it's been around a long time 2) Universality -- virtually everywhere in the world 3) Intensity -- it's expressed in a particularly virulent manner 4) Confusion -- there is surprisingly little agreement on why people hate the Jews.
Historians offer many "reasons" to explain why people are anti-Semitic: Jews are too powerful or too lazy; too separate or a threat to "racial purity" through assimilation; pacifistic or warmongers; capitalist exploiters or revolutionary communists; the "killers" of Jesus or the progenitors of Jesus; possessors of a Chosen People mentality or an inferiority complex. These reasons have one thing in common -- they have nothing to do with our being Jewish. One might think that we are just the victims of bad luck -- always possessing the needed quality to be hated wherever we are in the world at exactly that time in history.
Do you know who disagrees with the historians? Anne Frank. Writes Anne Frank on April 11, 1944 in her diary: "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any other country for that matter. We will always remain Jews."
Anne Frank made a point of stressing that Jews have something of special value to give to the world, and that is precisely what the world has resented, and that is why people have persecuted Jews. Anne Frank identifies anti-Semitism as a hatred of Jewishness, a loathing altogether different from the bigotry or racism that other peoples experience.
The Talmud (Tractate Shabbos 69) cites the source of anti-Semitism using a play on words: The Torah - the source of the Jewish system of laws, values and moral standards - was received at Mount Sinai. The Hebrew pronunciation of "Sinai" is almost identical to the Hebrew word for "hatred" - sinah. "Why was the Torah given on a mountain called Sinai?" asks the Talmud. "Because the great sinah - the tremendous hatred aimed at the Jew - emanates from Sinai."
At Sinai Jews were told that there is one God, Who makes moral demands on all of humanity. Consequently, at Sinai the Jewish nation became the target for the hatred of those whose strongest drive is to liberate mankind from the shackles of conscience and morality.
At Sinai the Jewish nation was appointed to be "a light unto the nations." There are those who embrace Jews and the Jewish faith because of that light; but there are also those who want the world to be a place of spiritual darkness. They object to morality. Those would-be harbingers of darkness attack the Jews as the lightning rod for their hatred. This "call to Sinai" - the message entrusted to and borne by the Jews - ultimately transforms the world. Yet, it is this very message that draws forth the wrath of those who would give their last ounce of strength to resist it.
A great many people simply can't cope with the burden of being good. However, when they act in ways that are bad, they can't cope with the resultant feelings of guilt. Try as they may, they can never cut themselves loose from the standards of absolute morality dictated by the Torah. Stuck in this "Catch-22" situation, people turn with their mounting frustrations against the Jews, whom they perceive as personifying humanity's collective conscience.
When the Jews entered the theological arena, they showed people all the mistakes they had been making: Pagan gods are nonsense - there is only one God for all of mankind, Who is invisible, infinite and perfect. Infanticide and human sacrifice are unacceptable. Every human being is born with specific rights. No one can live as he pleases, for everyone must surrender his will to a higher Authority.
On a certain conscious level, people recognize the Jews' message as truth. Those unwilling to embrace the truth have found that the only way to rid themselves of it is to destroy the messengers - for the message itself is too potent to be dismissed.
That is what is so irksome about the Jews, and that is why, for some people, nothing less than total destruction of the Jews will do. If Judaism were just another ideology, people could laugh it off and continue on their merry way. But deep in his soul, every human being recognizes the essential truths of morality - people can't just laugh it off.
For the last 2,000 years the Jewish people have gone through enormous amounts of persecution, hatred - ultimately leading to genocide. And through it all, the Jewish people always held onto being Jewish. And the reason why is that they really understood that it was worth it. They understood what the meaning of being Jewish was, and they were willing to pay the price.
The pain that is part and parcel of being Jewish is obvious; if people cannot see any meaning to that pain, it is unlikely that they will be willing to stand by their Jewish identity. That is why we find such widespread assimilation today - Jews do not see why they should "lose out" on life and set themselves apart from their host societies.
If we can come to understand why Jews are so hated, we can understand who Jews are and, more important, who Jews can be. A powerful effort has been made to remove the Jewish element from anti-Semitism, and in doing so, to ignore the critical message anti-Semitism teaches about the uniqueness and preciousness of the Jew. This alone is a compelling reason for Jews to learn about anti-Semitism and what it means to be a Jew.
This article appeared in the Aish HaTorah Shabbat Shalom Fax written by Rabbi Kalman Packouz; it was based on the "Why the Jews?" seminar which is available online at:
I have viewed the above link, and have come out nauseated!
The following has been my response to Mordechay, dated February 9, 2010:
Dear Mordechay,
It was physically painful to browse through the above site! Very emotional read!
But, I truly do wish that certain things were corrected in this gentleman's seminar!
Having at one time belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, I truly find it extremely painful that True Christians be blamed for the outrageous behavior of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries, with which no True Christian would ever associate!
The basis for this misguided belief is that the Roman Catholic Church has proclaimed itself to be Christian! Nothing could be further from the truth!!
This my channel is devoted to dispelling such myth: RainhadoCanto10
Quite fittingly, the Blog to which I wish to affix this is named, TRUE CHRISTIANITY vs ROMAN CATHOLICISM. Here is the link: http://rainhadocanto10-evangelicalchristian.blogspot.com/2009/12/catholic-intollerance-right-from.html
Ironically, I have also just found out that this same damned PAGAN RELIGION is to be blamed for the stories circulating about the KJV Bible!
Another item is the fact that I, myself, believe you to be a CHOSEN PEOPLE! We, gentiles, were simply grafted in, Praise G-d! No one but you could turn a sliver of arid land into the number one exporter of flowers! No one but one who was chosen would have survived all the incredible onslaughts you list in your profile!
And this is because YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE! YOU ARE G-D's PEOPLE!
OUR LORD WAS A JEW!!
There is no self-respecting True Christian who doesn't hold Israel in their utmost regard! Your flag flies in a True Christian Church! I suspect the test of a True Christian is whether or not they will defend Israel!
The rest deals with so much IGNORANCE, and such extreme JEALOUSY, it is simply pathetic!! I guess those who believe that Jews are only good business dealers are not aware of their enormous accomplishments that earned them some 170 Noble Prizes, so far, in most every scientific field!!
Anyway, I am truly sorry that Roman Catholicism be regarded as being Christian!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE! Its members are a people led by the nose in a fabricated web of deception, since its beginnings! These are a people who do not know their history!These are a people, the majority of which will die ignorant!
I thank God I have been awakened to its evil! PURE EVIL RESIDES IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH! Its members are for the most part guilty of ignorance!
Well, thank you, Mordechay, for having shared this very enlightening article with me!
G-d bless you,
Helga
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I truly admire the restraint this impressive person shows.
Prejudice, it seems, is a standard fare of life. In his folksong entitled "National Brotherhood Week," Tom Lehrer sings:
Oh the Protestants hate the Catholics,
and the Catholics hate the Protestants,
and the Hindus hate the Moslems
and everybody hates the Jews.
The Reason For Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is unique amongst the hatreds in the world in a combination of four aspects: 1) Longevity -- it's been around a long time 2) Universality -- virtually everywhere in the world 3) Intensity -- it's expressed in a particularly virulent manner 4) Confusion -- there is surprisingly little agreement on why people hate the Jews.
Historians offer many "reasons" to explain why people are anti-Semitic: Jews are too powerful or too lazy; too separate or a threat to "racial purity" through assimilation; pacifistic or warmongers; capitalist exploiters or revolutionary communists; the "killers" of Jesus or the progenitors of Jesus; possessors of a Chosen People mentality or an inferiority complex. These reasons have one thing in common -- they have nothing to do with our being Jewish. One might think that we are just the victims of bad luck -- always possessing the needed quality to be hated wherever we are in the world at exactly that time in history.
Do you know who disagrees with the historians? Anne Frank. Writes Anne Frank on April 11, 1944 in her diary: "Who knows -- it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we now suffer. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any other country for that matter. We will always remain Jews."
Anne Frank made a point of stressing that Jews have something of special value to give to the world, and that is precisely what the world has resented, and that is why people have persecuted Jews. Anne Frank identifies anti-Semitism as a hatred of Jewishness, a loathing altogether different from the bigotry or racism that other peoples experience.
The Talmud (Tractate Shabbos 69) cites the source of anti-Semitism using a play on words: The Torah - the source of the Jewish system of laws, values and moral standards - was received at Mount Sinai. The Hebrew pronunciation of "Sinai" is almost identical to the Hebrew word for "hatred" - sinah. "Why was the Torah given on a mountain called Sinai?" asks the Talmud. "Because the great sinah - the tremendous hatred aimed at the Jew - emanates from Sinai."
At Sinai Jews were told that there is one God, Who makes moral demands on all of humanity. Consequently, at Sinai the Jewish nation became the target for the hatred of those whose strongest drive is to liberate mankind from the shackles of conscience and morality.
At Sinai the Jewish nation was appointed to be "a light unto the nations." There are those who embrace Jews and the Jewish faith because of that light; but there are also those who want the world to be a place of spiritual darkness. They object to morality. Those would-be harbingers of darkness attack the Jews as the lightning rod for their hatred. This "call to Sinai" - the message entrusted to and borne by the Jews - ultimately transforms the world. Yet, it is this very message that draws forth the wrath of those who would give their last ounce of strength to resist it.
A great many people simply can't cope with the burden of being good. However, when they act in ways that are bad, they can't cope with the resultant feelings of guilt. Try as they may, they can never cut themselves loose from the standards of absolute morality dictated by the Torah. Stuck in this "Catch-22" situation, people turn with their mounting frustrations against the Jews, whom they perceive as personifying humanity's collective conscience.
When the Jews entered the theological arena, they showed people all the mistakes they had been making: Pagan gods are nonsense - there is only one God for all of mankind, Who is invisible, infinite and perfect. Infanticide and human sacrifice are unacceptable. Every human being is born with specific rights. No one can live as he pleases, for everyone must surrender his will to a higher Authority.
On a certain conscious level, people recognize the Jews' message as truth. Those unwilling to embrace the truth have found that the only way to rid themselves of it is to destroy the messengers - for the message itself is too potent to be dismissed.
That is what is so irksome about the Jews, and that is why, for some people, nothing less than total destruction of the Jews will do. If Judaism were just another ideology, people could laugh it off and continue on their merry way. But deep in his soul, every human being recognizes the essential truths of morality - people can't just laugh it off.
For the last 2,000 years the Jewish people have gone through enormous amounts of persecution, hatred - ultimately leading to genocide. And through it all, the Jewish people always held onto being Jewish. And the reason why is that they really understood that it was worth it. They understood what the meaning of being Jewish was, and they were willing to pay the price.
The pain that is part and parcel of being Jewish is obvious; if people cannot see any meaning to that pain, it is unlikely that they will be willing to stand by their Jewish identity. That is why we find such widespread assimilation today - Jews do not see why they should "lose out" on life and set themselves apart from their host societies.
If we can come to understand why Jews are so hated, we can understand who Jews are and, more important, who Jews can be. A powerful effort has been made to remove the Jewish element from anti-Semitism, and in doing so, to ignore the critical message anti-Semitism teaches about the uniqueness and preciousness of the Jew. This alone is a compelling reason for Jews to learn about anti-Semitism and what it means to be a Jew.
This article appeared in the Aish HaTorah Shabbat Shalom Fax written by Rabbi Kalman Packouz; it was based on the "Why the Jews?" seminar which is available online at:
http://www.aish.com/seminars/whythejews/
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I have viewed the above link, and have come out nauseated!
The following has been my response to Mordechay, dated February 9, 2010:
Dear Mordechay,
It was physically painful to browse through the above site! Very emotional read!
But, I truly do wish that certain things were corrected in this gentleman's seminar!
Having at one time belonged to the Roman Catholic Church, I truly find it extremely painful that True Christians be blamed for the outrageous behavior of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries, with which no True Christian would ever associate!
The basis for this misguided belief is that the Roman Catholic Church has proclaimed itself to be Christian! Nothing could be further from the truth!!
This my channel is devoted to dispelling such myth: RainhadoCanto10
Quite fittingly, the Blog to which I wish to affix this is named, TRUE CHRISTIANITY vs ROMAN CATHOLICISM. Here is the link: http://rainhadocanto10-evangelicalchristian.blogspot.com/2009/12/catholic-intollerance-right-from.html
Ironically, I have also just found out that this same damned PAGAN RELIGION is to be blamed for the stories circulating about the KJV Bible!
Another item is the fact that I, myself, believe you to be a CHOSEN PEOPLE! We, gentiles, were simply grafted in, Praise G-d! No one but you could turn a sliver of arid land into the number one exporter of flowers! No one but one who was chosen would have survived all the incredible onslaughts you list in your profile!
And this is because YOU ARE A CHOSEN PEOPLE! YOU ARE G-D's PEOPLE!
OUR LORD WAS A JEW!!
There is no self-respecting True Christian who doesn't hold Israel in their utmost regard! Your flag flies in a True Christian Church! I suspect the test of a True Christian is whether or not they will defend Israel!
The rest deals with so much IGNORANCE, and such extreme JEALOUSY, it is simply pathetic!! I guess those who believe that Jews are only good business dealers are not aware of their enormous accomplishments that earned them some 170 Noble Prizes, so far, in most every scientific field!!
Anyway, I am truly sorry that Roman Catholicism be regarded as being Christian!
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE! Its members are a people led by the nose in a fabricated web of deception, since its beginnings! These are a people who do not know their history!These are a people, the majority of which will die ignorant!
I thank God I have been awakened to its evil! PURE EVIL RESIDES IN THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH! Its members are for the most part guilty of ignorance!
Well, thank you, Mordechay, for having shared this very enlightening article with me!
G-d bless you,
Helga
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http://www.aish.com/seminars/whythejews/
I suggest,
if for no other reason than to be aware of one's own misconceptions and human failings,
everyone should be certain to learn from the above Seminar! It is very instructive!
http://www.aish.com/seminars/whythejews/
I suggest,
if for no other reason than to be aware of one's own misconceptions and human failings,
everyone should be certain to learn from the above Seminar! It is very instructive!
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ReplyDeleteI feel terrible that I accidentally removed a post by the sixmillionbook!
ReplyDeleteHis name is Gabriel Wilensky.
I had already looked into his site, and still have it up. Here it is:
http://www.sixmillioncrucifixions.com/Contact.html
I am very sorry! I meant to remove the first answer I had given him, but, accidentally removed his, instead!