tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-188070552024-03-07T17:05:07.446-05:00The Jewish FreakA Jew Who Doesn't Fit InThe Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-63616109645215126202008-04-02T14:29:00.002-05:002008-04-02T14:44:54.068-05:00Free Will ExperimentHere's a thought experiment.<br /><br />Imagine you are looking at a drop of blood under a powerful microscope. You are able to see white blood cells attacking and consuming foreign invaders. You say: It sure does seem like the white blood cells want to go after those foreigners! But they are pretty complacent when there are no invaders. What vigilant guardians are these beings! But then you come back to reality and realize that although it seems that they have a will and mind of their own, it's really all just chemical reactions.<br /><br />Imagine giant alien beings are looking down at humanity. One says: Look at those humans, they seek pleasure, avoid pain, they often act according to a moral code; they even make scientific discoveries! The other one says: It sure does seem that way, but we both know that it's really all just chemical reactions.<br /><br />How are we different from the white blood cells?The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-18092565086962434762008-04-02T14:26:00.002-05:002008-04-02T14:28:56.895-05:00New Look, New DirectionIt's been a long time. I will be posting on things that have been on my mind in the last couple of years.The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1153360624734916092006-07-19T20:48:00.000-05:002006-07-19T21:02:10.243-05:00Defense Of The Jewish Nation<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">What we could not do then...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/1600/holocaust.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/320/holocaust.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We will do now...</span><br /><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></p><p></p><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/1600/iaf1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/320/iaf1.jpg" border="0" /></a>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1153016499878699732006-07-15T21:16:00.000-05:002006-07-19T16:21:43.090-05:00These Colors Don't Run<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/1600/brittanica%20flag.gif"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3778/1849/320/brittanica%20flag.png" border="0" /></a>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1152911567379308382006-07-14T16:01:00.000-05:002006-07-14T16:36:15.130-05:00What Goes 'Round<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"<em>Now the detestable bastard is rumored to have lost an arm and a leg and while he lays in some hospital bed with a catheter up his penis and a collector catching his blood oozing from his stapled sutures, he will look up to the ceiling with his one remaining eye and will know - firsthand - how Israelis suffer when demented Islamo-Nazi homicide bombers blow up Jews at pizzerias, weddings, and shopping malls. For those poor Jews who do not perish in the Muslim homicide bombings, they instead suffer as cripples and paraplegics, paralyzed and deformed"</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I found these words posted by <a href="http://smoothstone.blogspot.com">Smooth Stone </a>not long ago, written about Mohammed Deif, a known Hamas killer who was wounded by an Israeli attack.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Harsh words, yet I can not escape their truth. When you live a life of violence, violence will likely find you. How many people will suffer before this sick culture will build rather than destroy?</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1152907684882471922006-07-14T14:47:00.000-05:002006-07-14T15:08:04.976-05:00Restraint<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">There are nations that are urging Israel to practice restraint in protecting herself from her enemies. My question to you is: In whose interest is this call for restraint? Is it in Israel's benefit to show restraint at this time, or is it really in the interest of other nations with nothing to lose to call for restraint? Certainly no nation should have to (or would) sacrifice the security of her citizens for the interests of another nation. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">And speaking of nations calling for restraint, I have some questions for Russia and China:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">How much</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"> restraint was shown in Tienamin square?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">How much restraint was shown in fighting Chechen rebels?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">It is easy to call for restraint when you don't have much to lose. It's like being generous with someone else's money.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1152828487435720262006-07-13T16:56:00.000-05:002006-07-13T17:08:07.453-05:00Prayer For Members Of The Israel Defense Force<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">He Who blessed our forefathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob - may He bless the fighters of the Israel Defense Force, who stand guard over our land and the cities of our G-d from the border of the Lebanon to the desert of Egypt, and from the Great Sea unto the approach of the Arabah, on the land, in the air, and on the sea. May Hashem cause the enemies who rise up against us to be struck down before them. May the Holy One, Blessed is He, preserve and rescue our fighting men from every trouble and distress and from every plague and illness, and may He send blessing and success in their every endeavor. May He lead our enemies under their sway and may He grant them salvation and crown them with victory. And may there be fulfilled for them the verse: For it is Hashem, your G-d, Who goes with you to battle your enemies for you to save you. Now let us respond: Amen.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1152243429220561442006-07-06T22:25:00.000-05:002006-07-06T22:37:09.233-05:00A Terrible Loss<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">First Lt. Yehuda Bassel was killed in a gun battle during an IDF raid in Beit Lahia on Thursday.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">" Yehuda thou art he whom thy bretheren shall praise: thy hand shall be on the neck of thy enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Yehuda is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as a lioness; who shall rouse him up?"</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">HaMakom Yinachem...</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1151985002214050872006-07-03T22:36:00.000-05:002006-07-03T22:50:02.243-05:00The Jewish Heart<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Jewish heart aches. </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Jewish soul yearns.</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">The Jewish prayer screams. </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">The Jewish warrior fights.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">The Jewish voice cries.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">The Jewish tears flow.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">The Jewish heart aches for its son.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1151899158656191232006-07-02T22:52:00.000-05:002006-07-02T22:59:18.680-05:00The Ark Of G-d Was Taken<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"And the one who had reported the news, answered and said: Israel fled before the Philistines, and also there was a great slaughter among the people, and also your two sons perished, and the Ark of G-d was taken".</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Every Israeli soldier is as precious as the Ark of G-d itself. May Gilad Shalit be returned safely to us.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1151607130451679842006-06-29T13:30:00.000-05:002006-06-29T13:53:17.776-05:00May The Lord Comfort...<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3408/418/1600/IMG_8610_a.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3408/418/1600/IMG_8610_a.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">HaMakom Yinachem...</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1151263841210256972006-06-25T13:33:00.000-05:002006-06-25T16:41:32.536-05:00The Folly Of Political Dogma<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Inspired by the good folks at <a href="http://jajc.blogspot.com">Just Another Jewish Conspiracy</a>, and the always entertaining <a href="http://dovbear.blogspot.com">DovBear</a>, I have decided to share with you this amazing story:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">According to very reliable sources, <a href="http://www.friendster.com/13866906">Al Gore</a> has discovered the sinister Bush racist weather machine in the basement of the White House. Built by evil Zionist scientists and financed by evil corporate greed (as a result of tax cuts to only the richest Americans, and Bush-sponsored price gouging by the oil industry), this is a truly remarkable piece of equipment. Tested first on New Orleans last year, causing only minorities to get wet, the purpose of this machine is to hasten the coming of the rapure to White America by eliminating minority needs, so all funding can go directly to the evil imperialist Zionist regime who will rebuild the Temple and bring about the end of days. Also, since we know that wet minorities are not allowed to vote in America's heartland, we can expect yet another <a href="http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2006/06/was-2004-election-stolen.html">stolen election</a> in 2008.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As a part of the world zionist conspiracy, I am privy to the details of this amazing technology. I know that I risk my life by sharing this information, but my journalistic creed impells me to report this to the world:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Somehow, the hot air generated by<a href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3919336"> Noam Chomsky</a>, the shrill frequencies of Hillary's voice, and the toxic alcohol-induced fumes emitted from the various orifices of Ted Kennedy are combined in a secret process and released into the atmosphere to cause global warming. Then, in a process that only Al Gore and all of the world's scientists understand, hurricanes of unusual intensity are released upon the minority populations of the United States. This machine has also been suspected as the cause of the recent Tsunami disaster, but that is only speculation. It is not currently known how a weather machine could cause an earthquake-related Tsunami, but with Zionists and corporations behind it, anything is possible. In fact, a prominent member of the Bush administration was overheard by<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/images/151309/0_21_moore_michael.jpg"> Michael Moore</a> saying " Who cares about Tsunami victims? there are no rich christian white men living in that part of the world".</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The good news is that we don't have to take it! This administration has been a part of <a href="http://dovbear.blogspot.com/2006/06/i-blame-george-w-bush.html">one conspiracy after another</a>. From the shooting of JFK, to the <a href="http://shlomoaronovitz.blogspot.com/2006/05/reluctant-curiosity-9-11-questions.html">9-11 conspiracy</a>, we say enough is enough! Let's impeach this president and put in the real winner of the 2004 elections, a man of real integrity, and a man who will promise to dismantle the Bush racist weather machine - Ralph Nader.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Up next: How Bush's drilling in ANWR will endanger the <a href="http://www.clooneyfiles.com/">Moonbat</a>.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1150256351944060012006-06-13T22:17:00.000-05:002006-06-13T22:39:11.983-05:00We Are Not Going To Burn In Hell<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A quote from the book "We Are Not Going To Burn In Hell" by S. J. Greenstein:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">"At nine years old, I was playing with my neighbors in their back yard and their mother called me over and read to me the following passage from the book of Isaiah:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><em>Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign; Behold a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">(The word "virgin" is a deliberate christian mistranslation of the original Hebrew word "almah" which means young woman - JF)</span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">She said that Immanuel was referring to jesus and that because my family and I did not believe in jesus, we were going to burn in Hell. Although this was my first such experience, it was certainly not my last. When my children were young and they were playing with their christian friends, it made me realize what a horrific thing this woman did to me. I would never have entertained the thought of telling any of these children that jesus was not God and that they and their families were going to burn in Hell for practicing idolatry."</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1149100725367338512006-05-31T13:38:00.000-05:002006-05-31T21:34:03.973-05:00The Religion Is Gone, But The Prejudice Remains<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In an otherwise good post by <a href="http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com/2006/02/both-sides-of-fence.html">JE Holman,</a> contributor on <a href="http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.com">Debunking Christianity</a> I found the following objectionable statement:</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><em>"I'm afraid of our nation having to one day face greater difficulties because of religiously influenced leaders and commanders who feel compelled to put our soldiers in harm's way out of the Christian compulsion to keep helping the Jews fight their wars, while it costs the lives of our boys in green."</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">To which I replied:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"You may not realize it, but your charge of the US fighting wars for the Jews is highly offensive. Nothing could be further from the truth, and this is the last place I expected to see a typical anti-semetic blood libel. If you are the open-minded skeptic that you claim to be, you wouldn't believe all of the claims you hear from the left without investigation."</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I was rather surprised at the answer that I recieved from Mr. Holman. Instead of a honest quest for knowledge and clarification, I got a very defensive diatribe full of christian prejudice.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The following is his response, with my own thoughts interspersed in blue.<br /><br /><br />First, I am no leftist. I'm not a rightist either. I am a staunch independent. Second, I have a decent grasp of political knowledge, nothing to brag about, but decent.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">This is true, if decent means almost no knowledge of middle east politics.</span><br /><br />I research everything I write before I write it. If I am found to be wrong, I'll gladly stand corrected.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Good, I'll look forward to your retraction.</span><br /><br /><br />The reference you are taking offense to was a small side point in my article, and a summation of a fact about what motivates America -- Christian religion. Christianity was being faulted, not Judaism.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">I never claimed that Judaism was being faulted, only that you make an unfounded accusation of the Jewish people.</span><br /><br /><br />Whether it's in the past or present, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam end up creating factions and wars. Always has been this way.The very reason you are taking issue with this is because your people are in a religious holy war over land and religion.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Obviouly, you understand nothing about the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel is a secular democracy, not a theocratic state. Its founders were mostly secular Jews. The secular government of Israel has no religious agenda, it has only the security of its citizens in mind. Israel has demonstrated in the past that it has been willing to give up land for peace.</span><br /><br />It should sicken you.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">What sickens me is the venomous hatred and callous disregard for life of the Arab/Islamic terrorists.</span><br /><br /><br />Third, I am no where close to anti-semitic.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">I'll bet that some of your best friends are Jewish.</span><br /><br />It's just that you guys tend to see everything as anti-semitic.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">"You guys"? I've heard that before.</span><br /><br />It sounds like a classic projection of the old Persecution Complex. You know, in this stupid, paranoid day and age, even if you don't like rap, you're basically a racist! Get off persecution and racism claims. They've lost their power because everyone has abused them.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Perhaps you are right. Just because a third of my people were mudered just 60 years ago, and Iran is currently threatening six million Jews in Israel today is no cause for alarm. I guess I am just too sensitive.</span> </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br />Fourth, the US is fighting Jewish wars for them in some very real ways. At least, that's what it amounts to. By talking about fighting the Jew's wars for them, I was talking about the US's Christian compulsion to support and help Jewish causes because of Jesus and their belief that he is returning to re-establish the Kingdom on Earth, save the Jewish people...the throne of David...etc. Just listen to John Hagee, who represents most of orthodox Christianity on this.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Silly me, I thought that the US was fighting wars to protect itself from terrorism.</span><br /><br /><br />I catch the Dennis Prager and Michael Medved shows quite often, and callers call in vouching for the need to bless and help Israel financially and otherwise.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Dennis Prager and Michael Medved are christian ass-kissers. Their views do not represent the majority of Jews. They are pandering to a christian audience.</span><br /><br /><br />I heard a commercial about this very subject just the other day. Tons of campaigns are being run with these goals in mind.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">It must be the vast Jewish conspiracy at work again.</span><br /><br />You can't even turn on TBN without all those religious commercials about cruises to the Holy Land with Pastor so-and-so. You don't think all this influences American thought and war motives, especially when some profit is involved (aka "oil")??? You don't think Bush's "God told me to invade Iraq" thinking had something to do with this??? Think again, my friend.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">No sir, it is you that needs to think again. If the US was really fighting a war for Israel, why didn't it fight Iran which is a much greater threat to Israel, or the palestinian terrorists which are the most immediate threat?</span><br /><br />I once published an article by an Orthodox Jew when I was editor of the College Hill Counselor on how much Christians have done for Judaism, and that's why, he said, all Jews should praise the US's efforts.This obsession saturates our leadership and filters down into their decisions. We've done so much in those holy land disputes, I couldn't list it all here. Israel and the US are superclose allies for obvious religious reasons.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Yet another myth perpetrated by the anti-semitic left.<br />Israel and the US are allies because Israel is the only stable democratic state in the region that guarantees rights for all its citizens regardless of race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. In fact, it is the only state in the region in which women are not second class citizens, and in which homosexuality is not a criminal offense.<br />Israel has been a bastion of freedom in the region during the years of the cold war, and today fights for the same freedoms that Americans hold dear (and take for granted).<br />We are always discussing sanctions and other consequences for totalitarian and human rights abusing nations. Should we not support a nation that has democratic freedoms? Especially in that part of the world?<br /></span><br />I think you realize this and only take offense to the part about Israel needing the help to fight off those Islamic savages over there. I cant help that.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">Israel has been far more successful than the US in fighting terorism. Except for US soldiers supervising patriot missiles during the first Gulf war, no US soldier has ever fought for Israel. In fact, there have been many instances in which the US has hindered the military progress of Israel.<br /></span><br />Aside from basic surveilance to watch for growth of terrorist training camps and weapons of mass destruction (as all nations should be concerned with to a degree), being over there and supporting these efforts is none of our government's business. My nation's leader talking about putting democracy to the savages involves us in a war that has been dressed up to be about a lot of other things than what it really is about: religion and oil. Christianity plays a tremendous part in this and gets many of our people killed. That was my point. Superstition, as it always has done, ends up promoting hatred and war. I wish it weren't so.<br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">It seems like you can take the man out of the church, but it is harder to take the church out of the man. Many of your prejudices about Jews come from the same church that you have so noisily rejected. Israel is not full of Sadducees and Pharisees running around in robes, and Jews are by no means monolithic in their opinions regarding Israel, religion or anything else. Many non-religious Jews are very nationalistic, and there are many ultra-orthodox religious Jews that vehemently oppose the state of Israel. If you read my writing you will see that I am no great fan of christianity, and I don't care for any type of religious fundamentalism. On this we agree. My point is this: <em>to say that the US is fighting and dying for Jewish interests is irresponsible and dangerous. Our people have been killed in the past for far lesser claims.</em></span></span><br /><em><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#000000;">Addendum: Shortly after I published this post, Mr. Holman wrote a comment apologizing for any offense. It would seem that Mr. Holman is a man of integrity with a truly open mind. While we don't need to agree on everything, Mr. Holman has demonstrated that his ego does not stand in the way of his knowledge, and that is very impressive indeed.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1147319313761997072006-05-10T22:32:00.000-05:002006-05-10T22:48:33.823-05:00Does Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism?<span style="font-size:130%;">In the past several years I have heard the same nauseating complaint over and over again:</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">"If I criticize the State of Israel, I am automatically accused of anti-semitism"</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">This claim has been made by many, including Arabs, Europeans, Leftists, and even some Jews!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">For those who are suddenly so concerned about being labeled an anti-semite, simply ask yourself the following question: Do you in any way criticize Israel's right to defend her citizens? If you do then you are an anti-semite, plain and simple.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com55tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1146183400968920342006-04-27T18:12:00.000-05:002006-04-27T19:16:41.070-05:00Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Rememberence Day Was Tuesday April 25<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Every day six million murdered Jews speak to me. Some days they scream. Tuesday they screamed. "Do you appreciate the gift of life?" they ask. "Do you make the most of your life?" Are you living to your potential?". Sometimes they even have the nerve to ask if I am enjoying my life! "Well, I guess I enjoy my life overall" I answer meekly. "But you know, some days work is frustrating, and some days the kids are difficult - those days are very trying".</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The response is harsh - " My job was taken from me, and my children were ripped from my arms and killed right in front of me" say my murdered brothers and sisters. "I wish I had a job to be frustrated about, you see a man does not feel like a man without a job". "And I long for the days when my kids were difficult, that is part of life - the life that was stolen from us". "A man who is robbed of the ability to provide for and protect his own family, one who sees the corpses of his children in front of him is dead even before his soul leaves his body".</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">They don't stop there either. "What do you do with the life that you have, with the opportunities you have been given?" "Do you do what is right and good?" "Do you use your good fortune to help others?" "Do you comfort those in need?" "Do you stand up for the oppressed?" "Do you take a stand against evil?"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">"And what of us?" "How can you, with your comfortable life, safeguard our heritage?" " Will you sacrifice any of your comforts to protect your own people?" " Will you work to right the wrongs of a world that ignored our cries?" " A world that sacrificed us to the idols of indifference and outright hatred?" " Even now your people are being murdered for the very same reason we were - because they are Jews". "<em>What are you going to do about it?"</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"><em></em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">It's that last question that stings the most - "<em>What are you going to do about it?" </em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">What can I do about it? What do they want from me? I am only one person. Do I need to speak out more against the murder of innocent Jews? Should I volunteer my time? Should I donate my money?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I don't know what they want, but the question still rings in my ears - <em>"What are you going to do about it?"</em></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1142391374722481982006-03-14T21:47:00.000-05:002006-03-14T21:56:14.743-05:00More thoughts on Purim<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"And Haman went out on that day, happy and with a cheerful heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, <em>and he neither rose nor stirred because of him, </em>Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai".</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">There have been times in our history when our bodies were forced to bow before men, but the heart of a Jew will bow for no man.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">I wish you all a happy Purim.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1142347131368410562006-03-14T09:01:00.000-05:002006-03-14T10:50:56.506-05:00Some Thoughts on Purim<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Book Of Esther is the prototypical story of the Jews in exile throughout the centuries. As you read through it you will find themes that are painfully familiar to us.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>"And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered and separate among the peoples throughout all the provinces of your kingdom, and their ways differ from those of every people, and they do not keep the king's ways; it is therefore no use for the king to let them be. If it pleases the king, let it be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten thousand silver talents into the hands of those who perform the work, to bring it in to the king's treasuries".</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Haman represents the individual, (or small group) that hates moral ideals so much that he can not tolerate the existence of the people who represent those ideals.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>"And the king took his ring off his hand and gave it to Haman...the adversary of the Jews. And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you and the people - to do to them as it pleases you".</em></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The king represents all people who stand by, or even give tacit approval while the haters of morality carry out their evil plans.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">It is interesting to note that in this story, the king is not as evil as Haman, but his attachment to morality is tenuous, and that is exactly what Haman is counting on. and precisely what is needed to bring his evil plans to fruition.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Without those like the king giving tacit approval or even just looking the other way, Haman would be just another marginalized extremist; another frustrated megalomaniac vainly seeking expression. It is my sincere wish that all people of the world learn this valuable lesson and take it to heart.</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1141966476493134052006-03-09T23:44:00.000-05:002006-03-09T23:54:36.516-05:00Quote in Honor of Purim<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"And Haman told Zeresh his wife, and all of his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, <em>then thou shalt not prevail against him, but thou shalt surely fall before him</em>." - The Book of Esther, 6:13.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1141113309966952412006-02-28T02:07:00.000-05:002006-02-28T23:05:37.623-05:00I Am a Jew<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I am a Jew.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I sat and wept by the rivers of Babylon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I rebuilt with Nehemiah.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I fought the Greeks and was victorious.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I watched with disbelief as the walls of the Temple fell.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I saw rivers of blood at Beitar.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I died at Masada.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I watched in horror as Rabbi Akiva was martyred.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I studied at Yavneh.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I learned philosophy at the feet of Maimonides.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I witnessed in fear, the debate at Barcelona.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I experienced the disappointment in Shabbetai Zvi.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I marvelled at the Vilna Gaon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I was outraged at the Dreyfus trial.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I had my wife and children torn from my arms in a death camp in Poland.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I heard Nazi guards sing christmas carols the day before my death.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I could not believe my eyes when the Germans retreated from the Warsaw Ghetto.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I helped build the atom bomb.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I followed the voice of Ben Gurion to the promised land.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I fought alongside Ariel Sharon.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I cried at Maalot.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I shocked the world in 1967.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I paid for my arrogance in 1973.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I was rescued by Jewish soldiers at Entebbe, and it felt like G-d himself took us home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I saw smiles in Oslo, tears in Israel.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I said goodbye to Gaza, hello to Hamas.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I am a Jew. I am every Jew that ever lived. I brought morality to the world. I rejoiced at Einstein's Nobel Prize. I took pride in our great thinkers. I was shamed by every scandal. I cried after every attack. I comforted the survivors. I have died and I rose up from the ashes.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I am a Jew.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1140735167678537792006-02-23T17:35:00.000-05:002006-02-23T23:09:05.040-05:00Beautiful Words In The Hebrew Bible<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Book of our people contains some beautiful poetic verses:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">(translation from the original Hebrew is my own - JF)</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"And Moses alighted to G-d, and G-d called to him from the mountain saying, So shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell to the children of Israel. You have seen that which I did to Egypt; I carried you on the wings of eagles and I brought you to Me. And now, If you will indeed hearken to My voice and keep my covenant then you will be a treasure to Me from among all the nations, for all the earth is Mine. And you shall be a nation of princes, and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel."</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1140152468905461852006-02-16T23:47:00.000-05:002006-02-17T12:23:29.626-05:00Desecration of the Name of God<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In Judaism we have a concept called "chillul Hashem" which is loosely translated as "desecration of the name of G-d". In practical terms this means that if a Jew does something wrong in the public arena he has caused the Jewish people, the Jewish religion , and ultimately G-d, to be viewed in a negative light. Since the Jews are supposed to be a "light unto the nations" this is obviously a very serious infraction.<br /><em>It occurs to me that this concept is entirely absent in the muslim world. </em>They act like uncivilized barbarians worldwide as a result of some cartoons, with absolutely no sense of shame. Who could possibly be attracted to Islam after witnessing this shameful display?</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1139894475254076282006-02-13T23:46:00.000-05:002006-02-14T11:58:23.450-05:00A Jewish Perspective on Christianity<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As a result of my </span><a href="http://thejewishfreak.blogspot.com/2006/02/shvantz-of-week.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">post</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> on the disgraceful Michael L. Brown, the </span><a href="http://atheologist.blogspot.com"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Atheologist</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> suggested that religion has divided people far more than it has united them. While I agree wholeheartedly with the Atheologist's assessment, I would like to clarify that the intention of my post was not to be divisive.<br />First of all, this blog has thus far been written mostly from a cultural perspective, and not a religious one. My intention is to celebrate the proud heritage that is Judaism. To that end, anyone who seeks to humiliate, denigrate, assimilate, or exterminate the Jewish people earns a demerit in my book. No one rightly accuses the Black civil rights movement of the 1960's as divisive. It is instead seen as corrective. So please consider that what I am about to say comes from the perspective of a man whose people have only recently crawled out of the crematoria of christian Europe and have begun to make their way onto the world stage.<br /><br />The Jewish people see christians first and foremost as persecutors and torturers.<br />History is stained with the blood of my ancestors at the hands of "loving" christians. Inqusitions, book burnings, forced debates, forced conversions, pogroms, forced conscriptions, forced baptisms, forced sermons, forced expultions, and numerous other tragedies have been perpetrated against the Jews by christians in the name of jesus christ for close to two millenia. Martin Luther, the great reformer and church father laid out the blueprint of the holocaust in his great work of christian theology entitled </span><a href="http://www.outreachjudaism.org/reformers.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"On the Jews and Their Lies"</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">. His vision was ultimately carried out during the second world war by the members of the denomination that bears his very name - the Lutherans.<br /><br />Jews also view christians as deceitful evangelizers. Judaism does not actively seek converts. We believe that all people can be righteous in the eyes of G-d. Christians on the other hand, have used any and all means deemed neccesary to add numbers to their ranks. After all, this precedent was set by the most famous of the self-hating traitorous Jews, the apostle Paul. He stated: "And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; to them that are without law, as without law...that I might gain them that are without law. To the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak: <em>I am made all things to all men</em>, that I might by all means save some". In other words, he will evangelize, truth be damned. The King James Bible (as well as most other christian versions) is replete with gross mistranslations of the original Hebrew text in order to twist and distort the message from one of personal responsibility to a message of a dying god-man who takes away personal responsibility. The book of our people, The Hebrew Bible, has been hijacked and deliberately tampered with by christians. Are my gentile readers aware that the Jewish interpretation of the Bible permits divorce, and allows for abortion in certain cases? That "An eye for an eye" means monetary compensation, or that the standard of proof in court is so stringent that according to one rabbinic opinion the death penalty was invoked only once in seventy years? And most importantly, that the people of all nations do not have to convert to the Jewish religion to be "saved" (there is no concept of salvation in Judaism, but that is a discusion for another time)? You probably have never heard of these ideas because your christian leaders keep them from you. You are presented with the bible that they want you to see, not the original in its original language. After all, If you don't need christ, you don't need the church, and the christian leadership are out of a job.<br /><br />The spiritual heirs of the apostle Paul are in full swing today trying to eliminate the Jewish people through conversion. They will use any tactic at their disposal (except for honesty) to entice Jews away from their heritage. I have seen missionary training literature, and it is very detailed, from the targets chosen (uneducated and lonely Jews) to the very words used ("don't say christian, say bible believer"). I believe in the right of christians to evangelize, I only ask that they keep it honest.<br /><br /><br />For those who say that christianity has evolved into a tolerant religion, I would argue that it is only the power of government that separates fundamentalist christians from their Muslim counterparts. Do you imagine for one minute that fundamentalist christians would not try to control your life if they had the power of government behind them?<br /><br />In summary , as I stated earlier, my purpose is not to be divisive. I only ask that the world stop trying to convert us. After two thousand years of subjugation, we have earned the right to be left alone.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1139203527846132302006-02-06T00:21:00.000-05:002006-02-06T23:25:04.843-05:00Quote of the Day<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">"The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independance - these are the features of the Jewish tradition which make me thank my lucky stars that I belong to it" - Albert Einstein.</span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18807055.post-1139203067148168032006-02-05T23:55:00.000-05:002006-02-06T00:20:13.906-05:00Shvantz Of The Week<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">This week's award goes to Michael L. Brown. Michael Brown is a traitor to his people. He was born a Jew, but converted to christianity as a teenager after a bout with drug addiction. It was not enough for Brown to insult his heritage by converting to the faith that has tortured the Jews like no other, he has also dedicated his life to convincing other Jews to follow in his twisted footsteps. He has written a series of three books with the title "Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus". These books are written solely to confuse the uneducated Jew. Any Jew who understands his history and tradition will find these books to be a cruel joke.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">What's worse is that he has also written a book called "Our Hands Are Stained With Blood". This book is supposed to show with brutal honesty the unrivaled bloodshed and humiliation that the Jews suffered at the hands of the Christians. Even the Jewish reviewers said as much. I however, was very deeply disappointed after reading this book. It is nothing but excuses and moral distortion. There is no admission of guilt, and no attribution of cruelty to christian dogma, or to christians themselves ("real christians would never act this way").</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I would ask christians in general , and Michael L. Brown in particular, to remember the words of the new testament - <em>your bible.</em> It says you can tell the quality of a tree by the fruit that it bears. The tree of christianity has borne rotten fruit for centuries, don't you think that it's time for some real soul-searching?</span></span>The Jewish Freakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00959225860182589944noreply@blogger.com11