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Lessons Along the Journey — Introductionby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

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by Cirne Lessons Along the Journey —Introduction Earth’s crammed with heaven, andevery common bush afire with God;But only he who sees, takes off hisshoes. The rest sit round and pluckblackberries. – Elizabeth BarrettBrowning I stepped into New York City’s St.Patrick’s Cathedral to escape thesnow and sleet of an icy Novemberafternoon. As the massive wooddoors creaked closed, I shook off thechill and decided to tour the churchwhile I warmed up. I’d never visitedSt. Patrick’s, and the exquisiteinterior caught my attention. I turnedto my right and began moving alongthe Stations of the Cross. I strolledpassed stained glass windows andl ingered a t s ta tues o f Sa in t silluminated in the glow of flickeringcandles. Then I noticed the other visitors alsowandering through the sanctuary.Many paused when some object ofdevotion caught their interest. Otherssat quietly in pews. A few knelt inprayer. Some slept. Most, though,continued their tour until theyreached the front door and exitedback onto the street. As I watched, Irealized each person illustrated pointsalong my journey toward Christ. My journey began in Judaism. Momdid her best to give my sister and mesome semblance of religious training,but she was too caught up in her ownlife dramas to do more than live herJewish culture before us duringholidays such as Rosh Hashonna,Yom Kippur, and Passover. Butbecause I saw her pray over theYahrzheit candles commemoratingher mother’s death, I learned there isa God in heaven, and that we canspeak to Him. I still remember my first prayer. Isaid it every night for years duringmy early childhood: “Oh God, pleaseGod, don’t let anything happen to me,Andrea, or my mother.” For reasons Inow forget, I didn’t want my mom toknow I was praying, so I spoke

secretly to God while lying in bedwith the lights out. And also for reasons I now forget, Istopped talking to Him when I wasaround 12-years-old. We remainedestranged until my later teen yearswhen I grew curious about mymother’s God. What was He like?What did He think of me? Did Hethink of me? I wandered through thedoors of faith in much the same wayas one visits a church more fromcuriosity than devotion. I prayed,gave to charities, fasted, and tried tofollow the Ten Commandments. But the longer I visited God, themore I learned He required things Iwas unwi l l i ng to g ive . L ikeobedience. Commitment. Sacrifice. Itwasn’t long before I sought thenearest exit and stepped back onto thewind-whipped streets. All that changed when I was twenty-two. Protes tant acquaintancesin t roduced me t o a k ind o frelationship with God I never knewpossible. I soon experienced thewarmth of our Savior’s forgivenessand acceptance. At times, I evensensed His presence as close as theair around me. During the followingth ree decades in evange l i ca lfellowships, I learned about prayer,worship, surrender, and confession. Itaught Sunday school classes, ledhome Bible studies, and discussedtheological nuances in spiritedconversations with my friends overcoffee. But like those asleep in the pews, Ioften dozed in the midst of thejourney. I grew comfortable with mywalk with Christ, I became satisfiedwith my Bible knowledge, churchattendance, and religious acts.Without realizing it, I had lost thed is t inc t ion be tween doc t r ina laccuracy and passion, betweenknowing about God and fallingdeeper in love with Him. My religionhad become l i t t l e more thanmonotonous routine. My churchattendance faltered. My prayer lifewithered. That’s where I was in my journeythat cold November day when Iescaped the weather. That’s where Iwas when something else caught myattention in the Cathedral, somethingthat reminded me why, despite my

growing coldness, I continued topress forward. I stared at the crucifix suspendedbehind the altar, and meditated onwhy the King of Glory emptiedHimself of unfathomable grandeurand clothed Himself with ingloriousflesh. Why did He subject Himself tohunger, cold, pain, and a hundredother afflictions common to ourfrailty? Most of all, why did Hepermit Himself to be mauled, spatupon, and then nailed to a splinteredcross? Scripture tells why. From the earliesthours of creation, to its final curtainat the end of the age, God wove Hisdeeply intimate love for each of usinto the tapestry of history, historythat culminated on the Cross andexploded from the empty tombthrough timeless eternity. The Crossis our assurance that, despite ourfailures, sins and heartaches, theFather stands beside us, urging us tofix our eyes on the journey’s end. The journey’s end. Although Iconverted to Christ in 1972, I didn’tbegin writing about the lessons Ilearned along my journey until 1995.It would be another decade after thatbefore the path led me into theCatholic Church. Written at different points along mywalk with Christ, and compiled herein relative order of their initialpublication, these essays tell of myambling journey from trust, to doubt,to confidence, to uncertainty, andback again to trust. They tell of themany times I learned obedience, andthe oh-so-many times I failed to obey.They illustrate how often I learned ofGod’s glory, only to take His gloryfor granted. And they chronicle howthe heavenly Father continued toreach for me, even as I stumbled andstrayed from the narrow way. I hope you will find my experiencesof some value as you make your own

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This Day, June 20, In Jewish Historyby melamed&mavin (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

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JUNE 20 In Jewish History 840: Louis the Pious, King of theFranks and the Holy Roman Emperorby virtue of being the son ofCharlemagne. When it came todealing with his Jewish subjects,Louis followed in the footsteps of hisfather. During his reign charters wereissued giving “Jews permission ‘liveaccording to their Law.’ Theypromised protection of body andproperty and permitted freedom ofmovement and trade including…theright to hire Christians to work intheir homes. Some Jews were alsoexempted from the laws of trial by‘ordeal of fire and water.’” 1214: University of Oxford receivedits charter. Jews were not alwayswelcome at Oxford. The OxfordUniversity Reform Act passed in1854 allowed Jews to take degrees atOxford. Today, Oxford offers degreesin both Hebrew and Jewish Studies. 1391: “The Christian population ofToledo rose against the largest Jewishcommunity in Spain.” Four thousandJews were killed. 1567: Jews were expelled fromBrazil by order of Regent DonHenrique 1652: During the reign of MehemedIV, Tarhoncu Ahmet Pa?a wasappointed grand vezir of the OttomanEmpire. During Pasa’s time ofservice, Mehmemed Jews fleeing theC h m i e l n i t z k i U p r i s i n g w e r eencouraged to settle on the banks ofthe Danube in Morea, Kavala,Istanbul and Salonica. 1768: The third of the Haidamackuprisings called Koliyivschyna began.During the uprising an estimated50 ,000 Ukra in i an Jews weremurdered by the Cossacks. “TheH a i d m a m a k s w e r e g a n g s o fCossacks, who along with theirpeasant allies robbed travelingmerchants and plundered the townsand villages in the Ukraine. They sawthemselves as heirs to Khmelnitski.The Khmelnitski were the Cossackswho slaughtered Jews and Poles inwholesale lots in the middle of the17 th cen tu ry . Bo th o f t he semurderous slaughters were part of thedrift into degradation that became thelot of increasing numbers of EasternEuropean Jews. This drift intodegradation brought about numerousresponses on the part of the Jewsrang ing f rom mys t i c i sm andmessianicism to the Haskalah andimmigration to Western Europe andeventually to the New World. 1757: In Kameiek (Podolia), theFrankis t s , ca l l ing themse lvesZoharists, decided to wage waragainst the Talmud. They contactedthe local bishop, Dembovsky, andc o n v i n c e d h i m t o a r r a n g e adisputation. Naturally, the Talmudwas condemned and thousands of

copies were burned. The Frankiststhen became practicing Christians.The Frankists were Jews who werefollowers of Jacob Frank who hadproclaimed himself the Messiah. 1808: Birthdate of Rabbi SamsonRaphael Hirsch, leading founder ofwhat some call Modern OrthodoxJudaism. 1837: With the death of her uncle,King William IV, Queen Victoriaassumes the throne. Since the Britishmonarch reigns but does not rule, herinfluence on the progress of Jews ofBritain and Europe were primarilytangential. Her treatment of Jews wasa mixed bag. During the DamascusBlood Libel, the Queen put a Britishship at the disposal of her friend andneighbor Moses Montefiore. But in1869, the Queen blocked LionelRothschild elevation to the House ofLords. However, later she wouldagree to the elevation of Lionel’s sonand would socialize with the Frenchbranch of the Rothschild family whenshe made trips across the channel.The change was brought about byJewish financial support for the Suezproject and her relationship withBenjamin Disraeli. 1879: In New York City, The JewishMessenger reports that “A newcongregation has been started on East57th Street, called Orach Chaim.”Some of the members of the newcongregat ion were disaffectedmembers of Adas Israel, anothercongregation located on the samestreet. 1892: Birthdate of Barnett JannerBritish politician and leader of theJewish community. He was firstelected to the House of Commons atthe 1931 general election as a Liberal,for the Whitechapel and St George’sconstituency in the East End ofLondon. He lost his seat at the 1935e l e c t i o n . J a n n e r r e t u r n e d t oParliament ten years later, when he asreturned at the 1945 general electionas Labour MP for Leicester West.When tha t cons t i t uency wasabolished for he 1950 election, hewas re-elected for the new LeicesterNorth West. He held that seat until heretired from the Commons at the1970 general election, when his seatwas held for Labour by his sonGreville. In June 1970, he was madea life peer as Baron Janner, of theCity of Leicester. He held manypositions in the Jewish community,including President of the Board ofDeputies of British Jews, 1955-64.He passed away on May 4, 1982. 1902: Herzl learns that Turkeyaccepted the Rouvier Project .Maruice Rouvier was one of thosepermanent political animals createdby the revolving door governments inthe days of France’s Third Republic.He was not Jewish. Depending uponwho formed the government Rouvierheld different cabinet posts includingfinance and foreign affairs. He wasPrime Minister twice himself. At thistime, Rouvier was serving as the

Minister of Finance. At the sametime, like most French politicians, hewas always looking for ways tocounter German influence. The Turkswere in need of financial assistanceand Rouvier was willing to do whathe could if it would keep the Kaiserout of the Mediterranean. 1905: Birthdate of playwright LillianHellman. 1917: Birthdate of Franklin Littell, apioneer in the field of Holocaustscholarship, who was also presidentof Iowa Wesleyan College and afounding board member of the UnitedStates Holocaust Memorial Museum,in Washington. His best-known book,The Crucifixion of the Jews, pressedhis v iew tha t Chr i s t i an i ty i sessentially Jewish and that Jesus, Pauland Peter would have been executedat Auschwitz. 1918: United States President Wilsonsent Henry Morgenthau and FelixFrankfurter to Egypt to investigatehow to best aid Jews in Palestine. 1921: Shortstop Reuben Ewing madehis major league debut with the St.Louis Cardinals. 1928: A court in Tel Aviv “imposedshort jail terms and sentences ofdeportation” on three Jews whoresisted the police efforts to break upa demonstration protesting theflogging of prisoners in Palestinejails.” The three were additionallyaccused of being “Communists.” Thedemonstration was part of a largerprotest by Jews against the propensityof the British immigration authoritiesfor deporting Jews on the slightestpretext with little or no evidence ofserious wrongdoing. 1931: A newspaper in Salonicacalled the Macedonia ran an articleabout a resident named Isaac D.Cohen. Cohen was sen t as arepresentative to the meeting of theMaccabiah which was held in Sophia,Bulgaria. However the newspaperstated while away, he also attended aconference held by a revolutionaryorganization, which had come upwith the decision to sue for theindependence of Greek and YugoslavMacedonia. This lie led to attacks onJews who were said not to bepatriotic. 1931: Birthdate of actor MartinLandau. 1936: The Palestine Post reportedthat according to the new PalestineEmergency Regulat ions a l i fesentence could be imposed on anyperson carrying arms, bombs orincendiary material. Arab attacks onJewish se t t l ements con t inuedunabated. Police patrols were stonedin Arab villages and three Britishsoldiers were injured in variousshooting incidents throughout thecountry. 1939: In commenting on wave ofviolence gripping Palestine includingyesterday’s bombing in Haifa, Davarwrote, “”Who throws bombs? Is it thesame hand that is sowing blood andruin in the Arab market in the Jewish

suburb? These are not the ways of theJewish population in Palestine in theirstruggle…Ruin and paralysis ofeconomic life will only hurt the Jewsin Palestine. Sacrifices may benecessary for our political strugglebut every act paralyzing our lifeunnecessarily weakens the Jews heremore than its sabotages the PalestineGovernment’s new policy and it onlycauses failure of Palestine Jewry’sstruggle against the policy.” In aseparate column, David Ben Gurioncondemned the violence saying “TheJews must sacrifice everything forimmigration, colonization, self-defense and independence but wemust not sully our struggle withdespicable acts of madness such ashave been recently committed at TelAviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. Themurder of innocent Arabs and Jewsand stupid sabotage are act that areonly helping our most bitter enemies.Such criminal acts soil our juststruggle, undermine the efficiency ofour work and play the game of ourfoes.” 1939: Final broadcast of SongSchool, a radio show featuring JewishJazzman Benny Goodman 1940: On the day when Francesurrendered to Germany Propper deCallejón was First Secretary of theSpanish Embassy in Paris. In order toprevent the German army fromplundering the art collection that hiswife’s family kept at the Chateau deRoyaumont, he declared this castle tobe his main residence, so it would betreated in the same privileged way asthe accommodation of any otherdiplomat. Among the art works thussaved are a triptych of Van Eyck (oneof Adolf Hitler´s favorite painters). InJuly 1940, , in co-operation with thePortuguese Consul Arístedes deSousa Menendes, he would issuefrom the Spanish Consulate inBordeaux more than thirty thousandtransit visas to Jews, so that theycould cross Spain to reach Portugal.When Spain’s Foreign MinisterRamón Serrano Suñer learned thatPropper de Callejón was issuing visaswithout the previous authorization ofhis Ministry, he had him transferredto the Consulate of Larache in theSpanish protectorate in Morocco.Afterwards, he would be posted toRabat, Zurich Washington, Ottawaand Oslo. Propper de Callejón’sfather, Max Propper, was a BohemianJew, and his mother, Juana Callejón,was a Spanish Catholic; they raisedEduardo and his brothers in theCatholic faith His wife, Hélène Fould-Springer was a socialite and painter.She was from a notable JewishAustrian-French banking family,though she converted to Catholicismupon their marriage and is a sister ofprominent Paris art patron andphilanthropist Liliane de Rothschild(Baroness Élie de Rothschild,)1916—2003). He never gained public

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recognition for his heroic acts beforehis death in 1972 in London. 1942: Grace Goodside marriedcinematographer Jess Paley meaningthat she would gain fame as GracePaley. 1942: Mass killings of Jews by theNazis began at Auschwitz. 1942: From now until October 9th,13,776 Jews would be deported fromVienna to Theresienstadt 1943: Five thousand Jews fromA m s t e r d a m a r e d e p o r t e d t oA u s c h w i t z . 1943: The Ternopol (Ukraine)Ghetto is liquidated. 1943: Himmler sent 100 Jews to aconcentration camp in Alsace calledNatzweiler. They were killed thereand their skeletons were sent to theAnatomical Museum in Strasbourg. 1943: Five thousand, five hundredJews were rounded up in Amsterdamand deported. 1945(9th of Tamuz, 5705): Germanborn author and playwright BrunoFrank passed away. Frank leftGermany after the Reichstag Fire andeventually made his way to theUnited States. 1945: Aware that “British hostility tothe Zionist enterprise was often amask for anti-Semitism,” Churchillcautioned his colleague Lord Croft to“not be drawn into any campaign thatmight be represented as ant i -Semit ism.” 1947(2nd of Tamuz, 5707): Ben“Bugsy” Siegel was gunned down byfellow mobsters over financialirregularities surrounding the buildingof the Flamingo in Las Vegas. 1948: During the Israeli War forIndependence, the Etzel (Irgun) shipAltelena reached the coast of TelAviv carrying 800 new immigrantsand weapons. The Etzel claimed theyhad an agreement that 20% of thearms on board would be used by itsmembers in defending Jerusalem.David Ben Gurion, head of the newstate of Israel, saw this as threat to thepower of the new government. Hebelieved that there could only be onearmy and that it had to be under thecontrol of the national government. Ifthe Irgun wanted to fight, then itsmembers had to become part of thearmy just as the members of thePalmach and the Haganah had done.Ben Gurion refused to accept anycompromise on this point. He orderedthe ship to be fired upon. The incidentalmost caused a civil war and wasonly averted by an impassioned andat times incoherent speech made byMenachem Begin to his followersover the radio that night not to takeup arms against fellow Jews. Oneonly has to look at multiplicity ofarmed groups operating today on theWest Bank and Gaza to see whatwould have happened if Ben Gurionhad not reluctantly taken such boldaction which was necessary if thenew state of Israel was going to be acoherent nation. 1948(13th of Sivan, 5708): TwentyJews were killed in a bombing in the

Jewish Quarter of Cairo. 1951: The Jerusalem Post reportedthat legislation empowered theminister of finance to underwrite upto 50 percent of mortgage loans forthe construction of low-cost housing. 1951: The Jerusalem Post reportedthat Britain had promised to pressEgypt to open the Suez Canal for oiltankers bound for the Haifa refineries.Contrary to earlier news, GeneralW i l l i a m R i l e y , c h i e f U Nrepresentative in the Middle East,reported to the UN Security Councilon June 13 that Egyptian interferencewith Israel-bound shipping in theSuez Canal was an “aggressive,hostile action, undertaken in the spiritof blockade and having partial effectsof a blockade.” 1952: In address to the Commercialand Industr ia l Club, SchmuelElyashiv, Israel’s Ambassador inMoscow “said there were prospectsof expanding Israel’s trade relationswith Russia. This year Israel shippedoranges and bananas to Russia.” TheSoviets would have bought more ifthe Israelis had produced a largercrop. 1954: Birthdate of Ilan Ramon,Israel’s first astronaut. 1965(20th of Sivan, 5725): BernardBaruch passed away. 1965: The New York Times reportson the challenge facing Jack Benny ashe faces the first summer in 33 yearswhen he “does not find himself in themidst of hectic preparations for a newseason on radio or television.” 1976: The Jerusalem Post reportedthat the US administration informedIsrael that it would receive $200m. intransitional aid, much less than it wasexpected. Prime Minister YitzhakR a b i n t o l d t h e L a b o r P a r t ysymposium “Israeli Arab citizens areentitled to full and equal rights, butwith the knowledge that not all theduties of equal citizens are demandedof them, nor can all rights be grantedto them as long as the enmity of thesurrounding Arab world to Israelpersists.” 1977: Shlomo Hillel completes histerm as Interior Minister 1977: Yosef Burg begins his terms asInterior Minister 1982: Israel i Pr ime MinisterM e n a c h e m B e g i n a r r i v e d i nW a s h i n g t o n . 1985: In Dublin, the Irish JewishMuseum is opened by the Irish bornformer President of Israel Dr. ChaimHerzog during his State visit toIreland. 1990: Actress Ina Balin died at thea g e o f 5 2 f r o m p u l m o n a r yh y p e r t e n s i o n . 1990: “Rabbi With Tefillin” by JanStyka goes on sale at Christie’sAuct ion House . The pa in t ingcompleted in 1892 was the product ofa Polish artist. Can such a painting bedescribed as Jewish Art? Look at thecanvas and you decide. 1999: The New York Times featuredreviews of books by Jewish authorsand/or of special interest to Jewish

readers including Noah’s Flood: TheNew Scientific Discoveries About theEvent That Changed History byWilliam Ryan and Walter Pitman. 2 0 0 4 : I n a n a r t i c l e s t y l e d“Remembering Anne Frank, now 75,”The Cedar Rapids Gazette notesevents around the world intended tocelebrate the life and writings of oneof the most famous victims of theShoah. 2004: The New York Times featuredreviews of books by Jewish authorsand/or of special interest to Jewishreaders including War, Evil, and theEnd of History by Bernard-HenriLévy; t ransla ted by Charlot teMandel l . 2006: Haaretz reported that Israel’sambassador to Germany presentedmedals of honor on Monday torelatives of five members of the first“European Union” – an anti-Naziresistance group whose members hidand fed Jews during World War Two.This European Union, which had thesame name but nothing to do with themodern 25-nation bloc of Europeancountries, was an underground,Marxist-oriented group with around50 to 60 German members, accordingto a protocol prepared by YadVashem Holocaust museum. 2007: In Jerusalem “legendary Israelicomposer/singer Shlomo Gronichpresents his newest compositions ofbiblical sources on a wide spectrumof themes: justice, righteousness,integrity, man and his identity, lovesongs & prayers. The performanceincludes Gronich on piano & shofar,the Jerusalem String Quartet andpercussion.” 2007: The Jerusalem Post carried apage one report stating that Shin Bethad fo i led a bombing of thesynagogue in Modin known as the“pizza shul” or Zichron L’Avraham. 2008: In Washington, D.C. StephenJoel Trachtenberg, the formerpresident of George WashingtonUniversity, discusses and signs BigMan on Campus: A UniversityPresident Speaks Out on HigherEducation at Politics and ProseBookstore. 2008 : The Sper tus Museumannounced that it was shutting dow n an exhibition entitled “ImaginaryCoordinates” in the wake of an outcryfrom Chicago –area Jews that itexpressed an anti-Israel basis. 2008: In Sarajevo, at The JewishFilm Festival of Croatia, a member ofthe Jewish community speaks aboutfilming the documentary “SarayevoMi Seudad de Oro,” (“Sarajevo MyGod City”) which tells the story ofthe Jewish community’s role inhelping people escape the last war inBosnia. 2009: At Temple Judah in CedarRapids, Iowa Sarah Maikon, daughterof Renee Maikon and Marc Maikon,and granddaughter of Sandy and SolMaikon, is called to the Torah as aBat Mitzvah. 2009: G’day Shalom Salaam Israel,presented by the Australia Israel

Cultural Exchange opens in Israel. Aspart of the G’day Shalom SalaamIsrael event Deputy Prime MinisterJulia Gillard will participate in thefirst Australian Israel LeadershipForum organized by the AustraliaIsrael Cultural Exchange (AICE). Theforum will provide an opportunity forboth nations to build stronger ties aswell as build important people-to-people links.”Joining Gillard at theleadership forum will be a number ofher parliamentary colleagues fromboth sides of the house, includingformer treasurer Peter Costello,Jewish MP Mark Dreyfus andS h a d o w E d u c a t i o n M i n i s t e rChristopher Pyne. They are expectedto meet with their Israeli Knessetcounterparts. Alongside the high-profile leadership forum, the week-long AICE event is expected toshowcase some of Australia’s besttalent to Israeli audiences. Legendarypianist David Helfgott will perform inJerusalem and Tel Aviv, acclaimedAustralian-based chef GuillaumeBrahimi will whip up a meal at theKing David Hotel and jazz great PaulGrabowsky will perform for the firsttime in Israel. The week will also seethe annual Australian Film Festival inIsrael, which made headlines last yearwhen it opened in the besiegedsouthern town of Sderot. AICE is arelatively new organisation thatpromotes ties, particularly culturalties, between Australia and Israel. Itwas launched in 2002 in simultaneousceremonies: one at Australia’sParliament House in Canberra and theother at the Israeli Foreign Ministryin Jerusalem. 2010: The Los Angeles Timesfeatures a “Sunday ConversationWith Daniel Handler” who is perhapsbetter known for his pen name,Lemony Snicket, and his bestsellingvolumes of children’s books, A Seriesof Unfortunate Events and The LatkeWho Couldn’t Stop Screaming: AChristmas Story. 2010: Memorabilia and Memory:Hitler’s Hat and other shorts by localfilmmaker Jeff Krulik is scheduled tobe shown as part of the Jewish StudyCenter Film Festival in Washington,D.C. Created, Compiled and Edited byMitchell A. Levin, Cedar Rapids, IAmelech3@mchsi.com Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Rabbi Steven Moskowitz ProductDescriptionRabbi Moskowitz is therabbi of the Jewish Congregation ofBrookville on Long Island's NorthShore. In his blog he shares insightson a range of topics, especially thoseabout ...• Links for 2010-03-21 [Digg]H a p p y P a s s o v e r : S e t t l e r s ,Immigrants, and Jewish Values "Youshall not oppress the stranger becauseyou know the soul of the stranger foryou yourselves were immigrants inthe land of Egypt (Exo...

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Socialism’s Gilded Cageby Daniel Greenfield @ theSultan Knish blog (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 8:11:00 PM

The one great truth found at theconvergence of economics andpolitics is that government costsmoney. The more government youhave, the more money it costs. Thishas both its good and its bad sides.The bad side is obvious. We needonly look at the national deficit to seethat. The good side is that just as thenumber of sheep helps limit thenumber of wolves, so too the amountof available money helps limit thesize of government. Of course given power, governmentswill vastly overspend beyond themoney available to them, but thatcannot go on forever . I f thepopulation of wolves increasesdrastically beyond that of the sheep,no matter what the wolves do, thereeventually will be a dieback and a lotof dead wolves. Because as wolvessus ta in themse lves on sheep ,governments sustain themselves onmoney gathered from their ownsubjects. A government that expandsbeyond the ability of its subjects tosustain it, will collapse sooner orlater. It can go deep into debt. It canturn the entire country into a slavelabor camp, as the USSR did. It caninvade other countries and rob them,as Nazi Germany did. But in the end,there will be a dieback, and it willfall. Al ternat ively , the need of agovernment for money can actuallylead to reforms and more freedom. Itis doubtful that America would existtoday, if King George III hadn’tneeded more money. Much the samecan be said of Protestantism inEurope. But it doesn’t always have tocome about as a violent reactionagainst a central authority. Thecolonization of the New World is amore positive example. As was therise of a European Middle Class andthe survival of the Jews in a Europeand the Ottoman Empire. All areexamples of governments beingforced to grant rights or decentralizetheir power in order to fund theexercise of that power. The visible paradox here is thatgovernments actually lose money byincreasing their power, and in orderto increase their revenues, they haveto give up some level of control overthe people they rule. That is whyauthoritarian ideologies on both theleft and the right constantly warnabout the dangers of money as adisruption of their moral and socialorder. They are well aware thatfreedom is financially rewarding, andthat open markets undermine centralauthority. The left’s obsession with capitalismemerges f rom the fear of anownership society, dominated by the

wishes of a socially conservativemiddle class. It is not the poor andoppressed that they care about, butthemselves. The far right meanwhileis still stewing in the brew ofinherited lamentations over the fall ofkings and the diminution of inheritednobility at the hands of a capitalistmeritocracy. Authoritarian ideologieson the far left and the far right, areboth marked by symptomat icobsessions with Rockefellers andRothschilds, banking institutions andbillionaires. They claim to do sobecause they are concerned about thecentralization of power. More oftenthey simply want to be the ones tocentralize power, and recognizecapitalism as a dangerous tool thatputs social mobility outside thecontrol of any individual ideology orpolitical faction. The intersections of power politicsand economics can often produce acycle, in which governments allowfreedom in order to draw in morerevenues, only to have those samefreedoms lead to more governmentcontrol. Immigration is one obviousexample . As i s u rban iza t ion .Complexity and diversity can lead tomore profits, but they also invite anew degree of complexi ty ingovernment. Which means the rise ofa larger and more control l inggovernment. A growing middle class andurbanization was in the long runstructurally incompatible with feudalmonarchies, but both led to a demandfor even more centralized governmentto serve as a provider of services andcontrol over dense population centers.Monarchy gave way to socialism.And socialism proved to be evenbetter at bad budgets and spendingmoney than Louis the Sixteenth. Thelesson is that the trap of tyranny is

always waiting by the side of theroad. Outsmarting it requires not onlymoving fast enough to escape what isbehind you, but studying to see whatwaits ahead of you in the direction inwhich you are headed. A citizenry with more money onlymakes for a more tempting target.Robbing the middle class is muchmore fun than robbing peasants,because they tend to have bigger bankaccounts. And they have already beentrained to meet life’s needs byexchanging money for services.Which is exactly the socialist pitch.Along with the fine print that says thegovernment is not obligated toactually provide those services, orhave them available, that the cost ofthose services may change any time itsees fit, and that it may change theterms of the arrangement at any time,and in any way it sees fit. Tyranny dropped its iron collar andreinvented itself as a gilded cage. AUtopian system in which a wise andkind government would see toeveryone’s needs and curb individualgreed and power. But when thegolden paint washed off, the gildedcage turned out to be the oldfashioned black iron after all. Thepaint only existed to sucker its newoccupants long enough for them to beon the wrong side of the bars. Governments, like con artists,configure themselves to fit thepeople. Even tyrannies are anexpression of that. The greatestdanger of tyranny is therefore not thatit will be imposed against your will,but that you may actually welcome itsimposition. That you may not even beable to recognize it as tyranny, until itis much too late. The fundamentalshift that happens is that of the locusof control passing from the power. Indemocratic republics, the people

control the government. In tyrannies,the government controls the people.The power shift comes down towhom both the people and thegovernment believe is best fit tocontrol. Who should hold the rope. This is a question that comes downto what people actually need fromtheir government and what they thinkthey need from their government. Thetwo tend to overlap, but they aren e v e r q u i t e t h e s a m e . F o rgovernment, the matter is rathersimple indeed. What governmentsneed from the people is power.Money is simply another expressionof power. Its popular potency lies inits symbolic decentralization ofauthority. By drawing the moneyback, governments monopolize powerand diminish the available options forcitizens of that country. By purchasing services from thegovernment through taxation, ratherthan from corporations, the citizenrycreate a much more insidiousmonopoly. And they are engaging ina transaction of unequals that shiftstheir power balance much moredramatically than any corporationcould do. And so the transition fromcapitalism to socialism begins.Socialism however is already a deadend. Economic centralization leads toa poverty of economic options. Thesheep begin to die off, and eventuallythe wolves have to follow. Unless thewolves reluctantly let the sheep liveto breed, and create many more sheepto prey upon, and then the cyclebegins again. Governments liberalize to allow forwealth creation that they end uprestricting and consuming anyway.And the soc ia l changes tha tencourage wealth creation also createnew temptations for tyranny. Thecycle repeats itself again whengovernments are formed into traps fora new generation, and when that newgeneration, having lost the wisdom ofthe old, flies into the gilded cage, anddoes not even notice when the doorslams shut. Socialism’s gilded cage isa new incarnation of the recurringtrap by which governments deprivethe people of their power. Andthough a cage may be gilded, it is stilla cage. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Bar Mitzvah Invitations Cards BarMitzvah Invitations CardsIf you'regetting ready to celebrate a BarMitzvah, then now is the time tobegin reviewing some of thoseetiquette issues associated with thebig event. ...• visuals Image taken on 2007-07-0706:43:26 by Oferico....• IMG_0867.JPG Image taken on2007-04-26 21:09:46 by Iconoduel....

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Jewish, Muslim Tensions Rise at UC IrvineAfter Suspension of Muslim Groupby NoahDavidSimon (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 7:57:00 PM

Tensions are rising at UC Irvine aftera M u s l i m s t u d e n t g r o u p w asuspended for repeatedly disrupting aspeech by Israel’s ambassador to theUnited States Michael Oren, picturedhere. (Reuters) Tensions are high at the Universityof California-Irvine after the schoolrecommended suspending a Muslimstudent group for its role in thedisruption of an Israeli ambassador’sspeech earlier this year. Students at the university say Jewsand Muslims have been accusingeach other of discrimination andharassment, as both sides haveembraced campus speakers seen ashostile to Israel or Islam. Now theproposed suspension of the MuslimStudent Union for at least a year hasmade an already hostile situationworse. The school revealed this week that ithad recommended suspending theMuslim group after 11 students werearrested in February for repeatedlydisrupting a speech by IsraeliAmbassador Michael Oren, who wasrepeatedly interrupted and called“murderer” and “war criminal” bypro-Palestinian students as he gave atalk on the Middle East peaceprocess. The Muslim group is appealing therecommendation — a process that isexpected to be completed before thenext school year begins. The appeal comes after more than 60faculty members at UC Irvine signedan open letter last month condemningwhat they said was an anti-Semiticatmosphere at the school.“We…are deeply disturbed aboutactivities on campus that fomenthatred against Jews and Israelis,” theletter read, citing incidents over thepast few years that included “thepainting of swastikas in universitybuildings and the Star of Daviddepicted as akin to a swastika.”“ S o m e c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s ,students, and faculty indeed feelintimidated, and at times evenunsafe,” the letter read. But a lawyer for the Muslim Student

Union said any tensions on campusderive from a Jewish organizationthat is not connected to the college:the Jewish Federat ion OrangeCounty.“A lot of the tension and friction isnot on the campus,” attorney andactivist Reem Salahi said. “It’s notdivided between Jewish and Muslimorganizations. There’s more tensionbetween Muslim students and theseJewish organizations pressuring theuniversity.” She said Muslim students have beenintimidated and harassed and haveeven received death threats in whichthey’ve been called “every type ofsuperlative imagined.” In recent years, UC Irvine has beenaccused of fostering anti-Semiticactivity as the MSU hosted pro-Palestinian speakers critical of Israel. In 2005, the Education Department’sOffice of Civil Rights found thatMuslim students had engaged inoffensive behavior, but that theiractions stemmed from opposition tothe politics of Israel rather than toJewish students themselves. Three years later, Republicanmembers of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee wrote to the EducationDepartment expressing concerns thatthe office decided not to furtherinvestigate charges that UC Irvinehad failed to respond quickly andeffectively to complaints by Jewishs tuden t s o f be ing repea ted lyin t imida ted and ha rassed . But now Muslim students findthemselves on the defensive. The university on Monday released a

le t t e r f rom a s tuden t a f fa i r sdisciplinary committee to a MuslimStudent Union leader saying thegroup was found guilty of disorderlyconduct, obstructing universityactivities and other violations ofcampus policy. The committee recommendedsuspending the group for one year,placing it on disciplinary probationfor an additional year and requiringt h e s t u d e n t o r g a n i z a t i o n t ocollectively complete 50 hours ofcommunity service, a move thatwould prevent the group fromconducting organized campus eventsuntil at least the fall of 2011. University spokeswoman CathyLawhon sa id the commit tee’sd e c i s i o n w i l l b e a b i n d i n grecommendation to the campus’office of student affairs if the group’sappeal does not succeed. Lawhon said all the focus andattention paid to tensions betweenJewish and Muslim students “haslargely been generated by the outsidecommunity.”“There’s been a lot of attention on usby outsider groups for whateverreason for things that go on at everyUC campus around the state,” shesaid, adding that controversialspeakers usually go to all the UCschools in the state. “The only timeyou hear about it is when they’re atUC Irvine.” The Jewish Federation OrangeCounty, which compelled the schoolto release the letter after filing aFreedom of Information Act, praisedthe school for its decision.

“While we would have liked for theadministration to have come to thisconclusion more quickly, we areplease that after due process, theMSU has finally been sanctioned,”Shalom Elcott, president of the group,said in a written statement. Elcott told FoxNews.com that theMSU has been largely responsible forcreating an anti-Semitic atmosphereon the campus by inviting speakerswho equate Jews to Nazis and rallysupport for jihad, or holy war.“The MSU has been looking for abattle for a long time,” he said,adding that his group is only trying tohelp bridge the differences betweenthe two sides. Salahi declined to say whether legalaction is being planned in the event ofan unsuccessful appeal. But she saidstudents were “outraged” and“disappointed” with the university’sdecision.“It’s unprecedented a universitywould ever do this,” she said, addingthat the suspension would “create areally dangerous precedent fors h u t t i n g d o w n d i s s e n t . ” v i af o x n e w s . c o m P o s t e d v i a w e b f r o mn o a h d a v i d s i m o n ’ s p o s t e r o u s Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• London: Muslim protest againstuniversity prayer room closureLondon: Muslim protest againstu n i v e r s i t y p r a y e r r o o mclosureRelated post: London: Attackson Muslim studentsSee a short clip ofthe protests here.Hundreds of Muslimstudents have been holding prayers...• Britain calls Israel’s Gaza flotillaraid unacceptable Britain PrimeMinister David Cameron said Israel'sGaza flotilla raid was 'completelyunacceptable' and called for an end tothe economic blockade of theimpove. . . . . .• Where’s the outrage? Where's theoutrage? In the courseof commenting on Prime MinisterNetanyahu's Holocaust Day address,Jennifer Rubin takes the AmericanJewish c...

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It’s summer camp time in Gaza!by Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 7:19:00 PM

It’s time for summer camp – thattime of year when Hamas and IslamicJihad can inculcate young men in theways of murder and jihad! Palestine Today writes that IslamicJihad summer camps will enroll some

10,000 youngsters between the agesof 12 and 16 this year. Hamas camps will have far morethan that amount. A report aboutHamas camps from two years ago canbe seen here. And how can I talk about summercamps in Gaza without showing myvideo, “Hello Martyr, Hello Fatah”? Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael

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Mainstream media: Only Islamophobes couldwonder about a 52,000 square-foot mega-mosque complex in Murfreesboro, Tennesseeby Marisol (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 5:47:16 PM

M a i n s t r e a m m e d i a : O n l yIslamophobes could wonder about a52,000 square-foot mega-mosquec o m p l e x i n M u r f r e e s b o r o ,Tennessee“The Islamic Center ofMurfreesboro ’s plans call for a52,000-sq. ft. facility that wouldinclude a pool, gym, and school inaddition to a mosque.” But only Islamophobes could wonderwho’s paying for i t a l l . OnlyIslamophobes could think there’ssomething odd about a mega-mosquein a town of 100,000 in middleTennessee. And so this story makesevery effort to make the locals whoare opposed to it look like narrow-minded, reactionary xenophobes whojest plain don’t cotton to people withdifferent beliefs — that’s all it couldbe.“Plan for Mosque in Tennessee TownDraws Criticism from Residents,” byBradley Blackburn for ABC News,June 18: A p lan to bu i ld an I s lamiccommunity center in the middle-Tennessee town of Murfreesborosparked an eruption of ugly criticism

on Thursday from some residentswho don’t want a mosque built intheir backyard. More than 600 people turned out fora meeting of the Rutherford CountyCommission Thursday night, withsome sharing their opposition inpublic comments that at times turnedintolerant.“We have a duty to investigateanyone under the banner of Islam,”Allen Jackson, the pastor of WorldOutreach Church, said at the meeting. The implication: Jackson has nopossible reason to object to themosque except as pastor of WorldOutreach Church. The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro’s plans call for a 52,000-sq. ft.facility that would include a pool,gym, and school in addition to amosque. The center has had a facilityin Murfreesboro since 1997, but saysthat with over 250 Islamic families inthe community, it needs more space. A whole lot of space, apparently.“It is not a huge mosque as they aresaying,” said Imam Ossama Bahloul.“This place is too small for us and wehave to move.” Murfreesboro has a population ofjust over 100,000, according the theU.S. Census Bureau. It is about 30miles southeast of Nashville.

Would enough Music City Muslimseven commute on a regular basis tofill the place? Some at the Thursday meeting worereligious or patriotic-themed clothing,and no one defended the plan in twohours of public comments, theTennessean newspaper reported.“They seem to be against everythingthat I believe in, and so I don’t wantthem necessarily in my neighborhoodspreading that type of comment,” saidone man at the meeting. Tracey Steven, who also attended,said, “Our country was foundedthrough the founding fathers —through the true God, the Father andJesus Christ.” Some Cite Traffic, Housing Valuesas Concerns Others opposed to the plan did so formore pract ical reasons, ci t ingconcerns about the effects on trafficand housing values. The mosquewould be buil t in a primari lyresidential area.“I was very surprised they wouldapprove of that for any religion,” saidresident Jackie Archer. Despite the outrage, county officialssaid Thursday that the plan will goahead. They defended their decisionby noting that the mosque plan metzoning requirements and it is illegal

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6th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns lower court’sruling prohibiting Christians from distributingleaflets at Dearborn Arab-American festivalby Marisol (Hija del Zion paraIsrael - Daughter of Zion forIsrael)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 7:09:36 PM

6th Circuit Court of Appealsoverturns lower court’s rulingp r o h i b i t i n g C h r i s t i a n s f r o mdistributing leaflets at Dearborn Arab-American festival Good news, in anupdate on this story. Meanwhile, ofcourse, we wait to find out thegrounds on which another group ofChristians was arrested there, as BWI— Breathing While Infidel — is notyet against Michigan law. If it’s an Islamic festival, call it anIslamic festival. Otherwise, stophiding behind the generality of “Arab-American” while persecuting Arab-Americans who also happen to beChristian, but refuse to be dhimmis ina free country.“Local news: Pastor gets OK forhandouts,” from the Detroit FreePress, June 19: A Christian pastor can distributeliterature on the streets at thisweekend’s Arab-American festivalalong Warren Avenue in Dearborn, a

three-judge panel of the U.S. 6thCircuit Court of Appeals ruled. George Saieg of California wants tohand out pamphle ts a imed a tconver t ing Musl ims. The Thursday ruling overturned aDistrict Court decision that supportedDearborn’s policy, which said Saiegand anyone else must hand outliterature only around their boothsbecause of crowd control concerns.“Crowd concerns.” The Ann Arbor-based Thomas MoreLaw Center filed suit on behalf ofSaieg. This story just happened to appeardirectly under the preceding one: Once-banned professor to addressfund-raiser Tariq Ramadan, a noted Muslimscholar, is to speak tonight inDearborn at a fund-raiser for theMuslim Legal Fund, a Texas-basednonprofit. He is to speak about rights,duties and justice at the 6 p.m.banquet at the Hyatt Regency inDearborn. Tickets are $30. Ramadan was banned from visitingt h e U . S . u n d e r t h e B u s hadministration, but had his ban lifted

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The Revoltby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 11:20:11 PM

The Revolt Rating:(out of 13 reviews) List Price: $ 2.25 Price: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter &Anwar Al Sadat Image by Jeff Kubina Menachem Begin on Hanging ofTwo British Sergeants – 1947 Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Farewell Israel: Bush, Iran, and TheRevolt of Islam This DVD is ahistoric journey, from the birth ofIslam, through it's 1200 year reignover the civilized world, to the last300 years of Is lamic decl ine ,overtaken and dominated by theWest, then hu...

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Pro-Obama parody of ‘We are theworld’ still up at YouTubeby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 6:56:00 PM

Pro-Obama parody of ‘We are theworld’ still up at YouTube PajamasMedia interviews Caroline Glick,who is behind the ‘We con the world’video that was removed by YouTubefor ‘copyright violations’ last week.I’m sure you’ll all be shocked – justshocked – to hear that there’s anobscenity-laced parody of the samesong by pro-Obama Leftists that hasbeen left up by YouTube – apparentlywithout any ‘objections’ by thecopyright holder. Warner/Chappell, which owns therights to “We are the World,” hadY o u T u b e r e m o v e t h e v i d e o ,s u p p o s e d l y f o r c o p y r i g h ti n f r i n g e m e n t . G l i c k , w h o i sappealing, contends there were noviolations of the fair use doctrine orU.S. copyright law. Indeed, I quicklyfound that YouTube hosts anotherparody video, “Obama’s InaugurationParty Song,” which also uses the tunefrom “We are the World”. NeitherYouTube nor Warner saw fit to pullthis video, though the lyrics areobjectionable. Glick comments about the obvioushypocrisy: They are trying to personalizeeverything and demonize what theycan’t contend with. The left has onecard, and they play it over and overagain for dealing with issues. Theyhave no answer but to resort to thepolitics of destruction. Their favoritemethod is to call anyone who givesthem an answer that they can’tcontend with a racist. They cry forterrorists who would destroy them,but come out against democracies. Here’s more: The critics of the parody show adefinite disconnect with what actuallyhappened, according to publicly

available video footage of theincident. The supposed “peaceactivists,” some members of theterrorist group IHH (Foundation forHumanitarian Rights and Freedoms),initiated the violence. Says Glick: Calling them peace activists is acomplete lie. If you want to get somecredibility you attach the word peaceto your name or title, and you can getimmunity to criticism. Instead oflistening to the message, they aredemonizing the messenger. She continues: There is a boycott of Israel byHollywood and the rock world. Theywould rather champion a terroristorganization against Israel. Where arethe Jews of Hollywood — StevenSpielberg, Barbara Streisand, andDavid Geffen? They will not speakout on Israel’s behalf. They care farmore about being leftist than theycare about being Jews. Unfortunately, that’s not muchdifferent than most of the rest of theAmerican Jewish community. Butread it all.

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Lawsuit against Egyptian soccer star for"normalization"by Elder of Ziyon (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 8:53:00 PM

From Al Arabiya(Arabic)(h/t forinitial translation Ali) Famous Egyptian lawyer, Nabih AlWahsh, filed a lawsuit demandingthat Egyptian soccer player EmadMoteab be stripped of his citizenshipbecause of “normalization.” Moteab joined Belgian soccer clubStandard Liège , whose squadincludes Rami Gershon, an Israelisoccer player. Moteab signed thecontract without any reservation over

the fact that there is an Israeli, whichcreated an “unprecedented situation.” The lawyer goes on to argue thatMotaeb knowingly joined the Belgianteam despite Egyptian hatred forIsrael. Motaeb is very popular in Egypt,having scored a last-minute goalagainst Algeria to bring Egypt closeto World Cup competition lastNovember. Al Arabiya quotes a prominentEgyptian scholar Gamma al-Banna(brother of the founder of the MuslimBrotherhood, but considered muchmore liberal) who said that there isnothing wrong with Motaeb being on

the same team as Gershon, as long ashe doesn’t become friends with him.Hatred for Israel is a given, he says,but asking him to not be on a teamwith an Israeli is going a little bit toofar. The newspaper does bring up thequestion of whether the Egyptianshould refrain from hugging theIsraeli when a goal is scored. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Weekly Parshah "Korach", TheBook of Zohar, selected excerptsLecturer: Rav Michael LaitmanDate:2010-06-11Video: ENG 54.74MBAudio: ENG 9.75MB ...

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Overnightmusicvideoby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 5:48:00 PM

Overnight music video Here’sShloime Dachs singing Acheinu KolBeis Yisrael (Our Brethren the EntireHouse of Israel), a prayer we say forall Jews under threat everywhereevery Monday and Thursday. Did I ever mention that ShloimeDachs once gave a private concert inour house? Really…. Let’s go to the videotape. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 3:48AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Happy Birthday Israel...• First praise, then a rebuke: Biden’sIsrael visit turns sour By DonaldMacintyre in Jerusalem The Israeligovernment last night managed toovershadow a high-profile visit by theUS Vice-President, Joe Biden, withan annou... ...• Festive Shofar Flat Card HolidayR o s h H a s h a n a h P r o d u c tDescriptionHave some fun this RoshHashanah and send this light-hearted,ecru flat card. The greeting cardfeatures a simple, blue drawing of aJewish man reading and playing ashofar. The...

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US asks Paraguay to extraditeBrooklyn-born Hezbullah financierby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 11:28:00 PM

US asks Paraguay to extraditeBrooklyn-born Hezbullah financierThe United States has asked Paraguayto extradite Brooklyn-born MoussaAli Hamdan, who is accused of beinga financier for Hezbullah (Hat Tip:Jihad Watch). The United States has askedParaguay to extradite a Lebanesenational suspected of funnelingmoney to the Shiite militant groupHezbollah from the South Americann a t i o n , c o u r t s o u r c e s s a i dW e d n e s d a y . Mussa Ali Hamdan, 38, was arrestedTuesday in Ciudad del Este, part ofthe Triple Frontier, a region theUnited States has repeatedly cited asbeing exploited by militant groupsthat “finance terrorist activities.” Hamdan is accused of 31 crimes,according to Interpol. The USextradition request cites his allegedmaterial support for Hezbollah“including falsified documents.” The suspect is also accused ofcounterfeiting US currency andconspiracy to commit passport fraud,according to the request. Hamdan appeared Wednesday beforejudge Hugo Sosa Pasmor to confirm

his identity as part of an extraditionrequest, and then was transferred toAsuncion’s Tacumbu penitentiary. Local media, citing local securityofficials, have said Hamdan wasfinancing Hezbollah, which fought adevastating 2006 war with Israel andis blacklisted as a terror group byWashington. A cosmopolitan area and significanttourist spot, the Triple Frontier is alsocons ide red a ma jo r spo t fo rsmuggling and other organized crime.Brazil, Paraguay and Argentinahowever deny their shared region is ahotbed for terror financing. It’s well known that area of Latin

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Saudi Arabia Wants to Go Nuclear.by NoahDavidSimon (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 10:33:00 PM

Not Enough Oil? Saudi Arabia could be interested indeveloping a uranium enrichmentcapability as part of the kingdom’sefforts to establish a civilian atomicpower sector, an adviser hired by theMiddle Eastern state to devise itsnuclear strategy said Wednesday (seeGSN, Aug. 24, 2009). The uranium enrichment process canproduce nuclear-weapon material aswell as fuel for civilian applications. Over time, Riyadh is expected towant to be involved in as many partsof the atomic energy productionprocess as it can be, said David Cox,a consultant whose firm was hired bySaudi Arabia to prepare the nuclearstrategy.“Enrichment could happen there andthe same with mining uranium,” Coxsaid, adding that “outsourcing willhappen initially.” Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Cityfor Atomic and Renewable Energychose Cox’s firm, Poyry, to analyze

the potential for Saudi participation inall aspects of the atomic-energyproduction process, Reuters quotedthe consultant as saying. Cox said his firm’s study “is toevaluate what part of [nuclear energyproduc t ion ] i s poss ib l e a t ar easonab le economic cos t . ” The feasibility study would befinished in several months and wouldcontain comprehensive guidance on

the economic, institutional andtechn ica l a spec t s needed fo rbeginning nuclear plant construction,he said (Reuters/ Daily Star, June 18).via gsn.nti.org I’m not going to actshocked. I’m just not. Jordan isdoing it with Obama… and theSaudis are terrified of Iran. This iswhat happens when you encouraget h i s . P o s t e d v i a w e b f r o mn o a h d a v i d s i m o n ’ s p o s t e r o u s

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Lebanese popstar banned fromHezbullah shipby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 4:34:00 PM

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Hezbullah ship Hezbullah has bannedLebanese pop star Haifa Wehbe fromboarding the women’s-only shipcalled Mariam, which is supposed tohead to Gaza in the coming days.They’re afraid she’ll be a badinfluence on the rest of the terrorists. According to the Kuwaiti paper, Hajjwas told yesterday by Hizbullahleaders that Wehbe would have to beprevented from taking part in thejourney on grounds that her “nudity… and immodest dress will harm thereputation of all women participatingin the trip.” The leaders further noted that theever-popular Wehbe’s presence waslikely to “divert attention from themain objective of the trip.” Later on Friday, Hizbullah denied itwas involved in preparations for thetrip, saying the group had “decidedfrom the very beginning to stay awayfrom this humanitarian act in terms of

organisation, logistic support andparticipation so as not to give theIsraeli enemy any pretext to attack theparticipants.” Earlier this week, Hajj declared thatthe female act ivists were “al lindependent women who believe inbreaking the siege on Gaza.” Sheadded that “This has nothing to dowith Hizbullah, although it is anhonor for us to be supporters of theresistance.” Israel has said it won’t allow the shipto land. posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 2:34AM Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Israel and Syria announce nuclearenergy ambitions Israel and Syriahave both told a conference in Paristhey want to use nuclear power tog e n e r a t e e l e c t r i c i t y . I s r a e l iInfrastructure Minister Uzi Landau

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Oh joy! Adviser says Saudis maywant to enrich uraniumby Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 10:14:00 PM

Oh joy! Adviser says Saudis maywant to enrich uranium An adviser tothe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia saysthat the Sheikhdom may want toenrich uranium as part of its efforts toestablish ‘civilian’ atomic power. The uranium enrichment process canproduce nuclear-weapon material aswell as fuel for civilian applications. Over time, Riyadh is expected towant to be involved in as many partsof the atomic energy productionprocess as it can be, said David Cox,a consultant whose firm was hired bySaudi Arabia to prepare the nuclearstrategy.“Enrichment could happen there andthe same with mining uranium,” Coxsaid, adding that “outsourcing willhappen initially.” Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Cityfor Atomic and Renewable Energychose Cox’s firm, Poyry, to analyzethe potential for Saudi participation inall aspects of the atomic-energyproduction process, Reuters quotedthe consultant as saying. Cox said his firm’s study “is toevaluate what part of [nuclear energyproduc t ion ] i s poss ib l e a t ar easonab le economic cos t . ” What could go wrong? posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 8:14

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911Troofersby NoahDavidSimon (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 6:03:00 PM

The Delft University of Technology,Architecture School collapsed in apancake reaction to a fire. Let merepeat that …. the School OfArchitecture. I’m highly doubtfulthey built a deficient building forthemselves. Steel frame high risebuilding collapses and is utterlydestroyed by a fire begun by ashorted out coffee pot. It wasn’tbombs, renegade black-ops, secretdemoli t ion, cruise missi les orremotely controlled fake 737s thatbrought down the architectureschool’s steel frame building. It wasfire that weakened the interior steelbeam structure to the point that theweight and mass from above finallycollapsed under the weight. Video ofthe moment is identical to the kind ofcollapse and dust/debris cloudwitnessed on 9/11 at the World TradeCenter. View the fire and collapse here:LiveLeak.com – Delft University ofTechnology in Holland on fire andcollapsing History of the DelftU n i v e r s i t y o f T e c h n o l o g y –Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It’sa powerful slap in the chops to 9/11Truthers. via americanthinker.com I doubt this story will convinceanyone that we want. they don’t want to believe Islam doesanything bad. Hija del Zion para Israel SupportIsrael• Lecture at the Study ?enter"Kabbalah for the Nation", "ThePeace"n1 Date: 2010-06-15Video:E N G 8 4 . 4 6 M B A u d i o : E N G1 5 . 0 5 M B . . .• Psalm 2 – Tehillim Two – ????? – ?A prelude to the Nations Futility ofMassing against Israel...• World Jewish Congress PresRonald Lauder Stands up to ObamaIn an unprecedented open letter toPresident Obama, Ronald Lauder, thePresident of the World JewishCongress asks the President to stophis public feud with the State of Israeland sta...

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The Jews of Santa Coloma deQueralt (Hispania Judaica)by paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 11:10:08 PM

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A Family Haggadah II(Passover)by paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

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Wedding Menorah byKaren Rossi, Judaica –judaicaby paraisrael (Hija del Zionpara Israel - Daughter of Zionfor Israel)

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Anyone but Rubio?by Carl in Jerusalem (Hija delZion para Israel - Daughter ofZion for Israel)

Submitted at 6/19/2010 9:55:00 PM

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