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Baseless Hate: Deconstructing anti-Semitism

 

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Mefiboshet lived in Yerushalayim, for he ate regularly at the king’s table. He was lame in both feet
II Samuel 9:13 (The Israel Bible™)

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um-fee-VO-shet yo-SHAYV bee-ru-sha-LA-yim KEE al shul-KHAN ha-ME-lekh ta-MEED HU o-KHAYL v’-HU fi-SAY-akh sh’-TAY rag-LAV

The Property of the Entire Nation
For the sake of his beloved friend Yehonatan (Jonathan), King David gives Mefiboshet a place at his table in the royal palace in Yerushalayim (Jerusalem). As Yerushalayim is the city of peace, it stands to reason that this is the place where King David made such a peaceful gesture. Hashem (God) intends for Yerushalayim to be a place where all of Israel will be content with one another. To that end, the holy capital city is not the property of any one tribe. Rather, it belongs to the entire nation, and is the eternal religious and political center of the entire Jewish people.

 

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20,000 housing units approved for Ma'aleh Adumim

 

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The Negev Desert

 

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Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik wins gold medal in 100 kg weight class at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2018 Judo Tournament, second gold for Israel, Oct. 29 2018



WATCH: Israeli Judo Team Wins 2nd Gold Medal, 3 Bronze Medals at Abu Dhabi Grand Slam 2018 Judo Tournament

 

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Absolutely No One Recalls Sinai War’s 62nd Anniversary (It’s Today)

 

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And there is hope for your future —declares Hashem: Your childrenshall return to their country
Jeremiah 31:16 (The Israel Bible™)

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v’-yaysh tik-VAH l’-a-kha-ree-TAYKH n’-um a-do-NAI v’-SHA-vu va-NEEM lig-vu-LAM

Biblical Inspiration in the Modern World
In this moving passage, God speaks directly to the matriarch Rachel, who is known in Jewish tradition as having a special role in the redemption of her children, the Jewish people, and their return to Israel. According to Jewish tradition, when her father Laban gave her sister Leah to Yaakov (Jacob) in marriage in her stead, Rachel revealed to Leah a secret sign she had made with Yaakov in order to spare Leah from embarrassment. Because of Rachel’s unparalleled selflessness and love for her sister, it is Rachel’s prayers, tears and cries for compassion to her children that are heard by God more than any other biblical figure. God promises Rachel that those tears are not for naught, but rather “There is a reward for your labor” (verse 16) and “your children shall return to their country.” In a moving example of symbolism, this verse is often sung with emotion at Ben Gurion Airport as new Jewish immigrants arrive in Israel.

 

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“We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.”

― Golda Meir

 

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I will make your heirs as numerous as the stars of heaven, and assign to your heirs all these lands, so that all the nations of the earth shall bless themselves by your heirs
Genesis 26:4 (The Israel Bible™)

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v’-hir-bay-TEE et zar-a-KHA k’-kho-kh’-VAY ha-sha-MA-yim v’-na-ta-TEE l’-zar-a-KHA AYT kol ha-a-ra-TZOT ha-AYL v’-hit-ba-r’-KHU v’-zar-a-KHA KOL go-YAY ha-A-retz

The Children of Avraham
Why are the children of Avraham (Abraham) compared to the stars? The poetess Chana Senesh was born in Hungary in 1921 and in 1939 she emigrated to what was then the British Mandate of Palestine. Senesh was a brave heroine who volunteered to leave her beloved Palestine in 1944 in order to fight with the partisans against the Nazis. Unfortunately, she was caught, tried for treason and eventually executed. In one of her beautiful poems she wrote, “There are stars whose radiance is visible on earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for mankind.” Like the stars in Senesh’s poem, the Jew’s role in this world is to light the way for mankind, despite the darkness we have encountered throughout our history. Today is the anniversary of the death of Chana Senseh.

 

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