American Jewry, It's time to come home

Half of Ashkenazi orthodoxy and common folk are in diaspora,
facing a real existential crisis.

That’s true.

I feel like taking a spaceship, like in ”Interstellar”, and looking for a wormhole.

Maybe I got the wrong impression,
but it seems those favorite places You've mentioned,
are somehow all in a 1.5 hour flight radius of the Levant.

Excuse me if that is too direct, correct me if I'm wrong...the land lures You in ;)

The problem is, flights are too problematic these days.

I’m thinking about ships.
 
Half of Ashkenazi orthodoxy and common folk are in diaspora,
facing a real existential crisis.

That’s true.

I feel like taking a spaceship, like in ”Interstellar”, and looking for a wormhole.

Maybe I got the wrong impression,
but it seems those favorite places You've mentioned,
are somehow all in a 1.5 hour flight radius of the Levant.

Excuse me if that is too direct, correct me if I'm wrong...the land lures You in ;)

The problem is, flights are too problematic these days.

I’m thinking about ships.

Best way to make Aliyah actually,
the benefit of the journey and easier to transport more stuff.
 
Half of Ashkenazi orthodoxy and common folk are in diaspora,
facing a real existential crisis.

That’s true.

I feel like taking a spaceship, like in ”Interstellar”, and looking for a wormhole.

Maybe I got the wrong impression,
but it seems those favorite places You've mentioned,
are somehow all in a 1.5 hour flight radius of the Levant.

Excuse me if that is too direct, correct me if I'm wrong...the land lures You in ;)

The problem is, flights are too problematic these days.

I’m thinking about ships.

Best way to make Aliyah actually,
the benefit of the journey and easier to transport more stuff.

I’m thinking about it.

I have too many allegiances in the United States though.
 
C'mon folks...

While NYT is busy with Beinerts and firing Barry Weiss,
Nissim is doing sacred work bringing real mesch from da hood...

Aren't You even a bit jealous?

 
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Why Amare Stoudemire Learns Torah In Israel

Both Amare and Nissim doing sacred work back in da hood.

Not even a bit jealous...?

 
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On this day 55 years ago, Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game.
One month later he declined to pitch Game 1 of the 1965 World Series as it fell on Yom Kippur, the solemn Jewish religious holiday.
Koufax returned to win the series for the Dodgers, received the Most Valuable Player Award, and was named Sportsman of the Year.

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Oh. Another Israel comes first, America comes second thread. Yawn...

They should pass a law to mandate that foreign entities who peddle this kind of propaganda register as foreign agents on the Internet.
 
Oh. Another Israel comes first, America comes second thread. Yawn...

They should pass a law to mandate that foreign entities who peddle this kind of propaganda register as foreign agents on the Internet.

Israel comes first and nothing comes second.

I'm Israeli, anyone who has been on this board for more than a coincidental comment,
knows this because I mention that in many discussions. If you want obligate the Israelis
with displaying a yellow star on the internet, be prepared to wear a donkey and an elephant.
 
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RE: American Jewry, It's time to come home
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BLUF: I don't quite understand what the beef is → or, what distinctions are being eluded to.

Oh. Another Israel comes first, America comes second thread. Yawn...

They should pass a law to mandate that foreign entities who peddle this kind of propaganda register as foreign agents on the Internet.
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Why single-out the Jewish American culture (?) and not:

◈ etc, etc, etc...

I guess I must have missed your point. Or was there some broader meaning or counter-culture implication?

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Most Respectfully,
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I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.

To my friends all over the world, and specifically in America,

There is a wonderful teaching from Rebbe Nahman of Breslov. It’s found right in between the first and second parts of Likutei Moharan, titled “Ehad Haya Avraham.”

In this powerful teaching, Rebbe Nahman explores the character of Avraham Avinu (Abraham our Patriarch). What made Avraham Avinu Avraham Avinu? It was when he understood what it means to love someone.

Avraham Avinu became Avraham Avinu when he realized that he really loved people. He loved his generation and he loved the world – enough to not care what they would think of him. He realized that if he loved someone, but was really more concerned about what they thought of him, then he couldn’t really love them.

Loving someone for real means loving them regardless of what they think of me. If I truly love them and sincerely care for them, that comes before anything.

What does this have to do with right now?

Many people have already had the privilege of hearing the words “Lech lecha.” They have packed up their bags and moved to Eretz Yisrael. Sadly enough, quite often they believed in using the “guilt card” toward family members and friends who were still living back in the States. I have never met anyone who has moved to Eretz Yisrael because of guilt. Nor should they.

I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.
It’s time to come home. Not because of any Zionist motive, or any other motive. It’s just time to come home.

Perhaps the current riots will end in the next few days. Maybe they won’t, but maybe they will. The mere fact that this is actually happening right now, however, should be enough to make us stop and say to the Master of the universe: “Thank you so much for this gift called America – it’s been an amazing gift!” It has given so much to humanity and truly has been so incredible to the Jewish people as well.

And yet, what is taking place right now in the States forces us to do some deep introspection and adopt the concept of hayecha kodmin – putting your life first.

Who would have dreamed that 75 years after Auschwitz, rabbis across the country would have to gather up the Torah scrolls from their shuls and hide them in their homes, out of fear of the shuls being broken into and vandalized. This is just one example of the unfathomable.

We could give a million different reasons as to why someone should come home, but the truth is that one doesn’t need a reason to come home.

I am fully aware of the difficulty behind a commitment like this. It’s probably one of the most difficult decisions anyone could make – to uproot oneself and one’s family from that which they know, from that which they feel comfortable with. It is extremely tough.

But I want to tell you something even more important. We here in Eretz Yisrael, we need you. We are still trying to figure out what this dream of coming back home is all about. We are working very hard on it. And it would be so beautiful and so right if we could figure out the rest of our journey to our destiny together with the rest of the mishpaha (family).

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What more can I add to such clear words?
I'm ready to give half of my apartment and eat rice if that's what it takes.

From here, the situation looks seriously on the edge,
Jews are collectively framed as the animus of every social movement.
Regardless of elections there's a whole network laid out in the Universities,
media, as much as the Democratic party, in which the community traditionally
used to seek protection.

Even if a reverse of the default Democratic support seems to be a natural result of US Jewish demographics, these things can take at least a generation, but that wouldn't change much, and the situation is already explosive.

But of course, if I'm exaggerating, will gladly hear other opinions.
- constructive discourse is welcome.
American Jew here! You wouldn’t want most of them. Since most have sold out to the Demorats most are antiIsrael in their actions and work against her!
 
I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.

To my friends all over the world, and specifically in America,

There is a wonderful teaching from Rebbe Nahman of Breslov. It’s found right in between the first and second parts of Likutei Moharan, titled “Ehad Haya Avraham.”

In this powerful teaching, Rebbe Nahman explores the character of Avraham Avinu (Abraham our Patriarch). What made Avraham Avinu Avraham Avinu? It was when he understood what it means to love someone.

Avraham Avinu became Avraham Avinu when he realized that he really loved people. He loved his generation and he loved the world – enough to not care what they would think of him. He realized that if he loved someone, but was really more concerned about what they thought of him, then he couldn’t really love them.

Loving someone for real means loving them regardless of what they think of me. If I truly love them and sincerely care for them, that comes before anything.

What does this have to do with right now?

Many people have already had the privilege of hearing the words “Lech lecha.” They have packed up their bags and moved to Eretz Yisrael. Sadly enough, quite often they believed in using the “guilt card” toward family members and friends who were still living back in the States. I have never met anyone who has moved to Eretz Yisrael because of guilt. Nor should they.

I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.
It’s time to come home. Not because of any Zionist motive, or any other motive. It’s just time to come home.

Perhaps the current riots will end in the next few days. Maybe they won’t, but maybe they will. The mere fact that this is actually happening right now, however, should be enough to make us stop and say to the Master of the universe: “Thank you so much for this gift called America – it’s been an amazing gift!” It has given so much to humanity and truly has been so incredible to the Jewish people as well.

And yet, what is taking place right now in the States forces us to do some deep introspection and adopt the concept of hayecha kodmin – putting your life first.

Who would have dreamed that 75 years after Auschwitz, rabbis across the country would have to gather up the Torah scrolls from their shuls and hide them in their homes, out of fear of the shuls being broken into and vandalized. This is just one example of the unfathomable.

We could give a million different reasons as to why someone should come home, but the truth is that one doesn’t need a reason to come home.

I am fully aware of the difficulty behind a commitment like this. It’s probably one of the most difficult decisions anyone could make – to uproot oneself and one’s family from that which they know, from that which they feel comfortable with. It is extremely tough.

But I want to tell you something even more important. We here in Eretz Yisrael, we need you. We are still trying to figure out what this dream of coming back home is all about. We are working very hard on it. And it would be so beautiful and so right if we could figure out the rest of our journey to our destiny together with the rest of the mishpaha (family).

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What more can I add to such clear words?
I'm ready to give half of my apartment and eat rice if that's what it takes.

From here, the situation looks seriously on the edge,
Jews are collectively framed as the animus of every social movement.
Regardless of elections there's a whole network laid out in the Universities,
media, as much as the Democratic party, in which the community traditionally
used to seek protection.

Even if a reverse of the default Democratic support seems to be a natural result of US Jewish demographics, these things can take at least a generation, but that wouldn't change much, and the situation is already explosive.

But of course, if I'm exaggerating, will gladly hear other opinions.
- constructive discourse is welcome.
Migrate to Israel??? No chance. Tolerating vandalism is preferable to dying from a bomb blast. Jews in the USA can defend themselves with firearms, just like all Americans do.
You know very little about Israel... it is much much more dangerous in any American city then Israel.

As an American who happens to also be Jewish, no way in hell would I abandon my country to go live in another
 
I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.

To my friends all over the world, and specifically in America,

There is a wonderful teaching from Rebbe Nahman of Breslov. It’s found right in between the first and second parts of Likutei Moharan, titled “Ehad Haya Avraham.”

In this powerful teaching, Rebbe Nahman explores the character of Avraham Avinu (Abraham our Patriarch). What made Avraham Avinu Avraham Avinu? It was when he understood what it means to love someone.

Avraham Avinu became Avraham Avinu when he realized that he really loved people. He loved his generation and he loved the world – enough to not care what they would think of him. He realized that if he loved someone, but was really more concerned about what they thought of him, then he couldn’t really love them.

Loving someone for real means loving them regardless of what they think of me. If I truly love them and sincerely care for them, that comes before anything.

What does this have to do with right now?

Many people have already had the privilege of hearing the words “Lech lecha.” They have packed up their bags and moved to Eretz Yisrael. Sadly enough, quite often they believed in using the “guilt card” toward family members and friends who were still living back in the States. I have never met anyone who has moved to Eretz Yisrael because of guilt. Nor should they.

I hope and pray that each and every one of you believes that we all here love you so much.
It’s time to come home. Not because of any Zionist motive, or any other motive. It’s just time to come home.

Perhaps the current riots will end in the next few days. Maybe they won’t, but maybe they will. The mere fact that this is actually happening right now, however, should be enough to make us stop and say to the Master of the universe: “Thank you so much for this gift called America – it’s been an amazing gift!” It has given so much to humanity and truly has been so incredible to the Jewish people as well.

And yet, what is taking place right now in the States forces us to do some deep introspection and adopt the concept of hayecha kodmin – putting your life first.

Who would have dreamed that 75 years after Auschwitz, rabbis across the country would have to gather up the Torah scrolls from their shuls and hide them in their homes, out of fear of the shuls being broken into and vandalized. This is just one example of the unfathomable.

We could give a million different reasons as to why someone should come home, but the truth is that one doesn’t need a reason to come home.

I am fully aware of the difficulty behind a commitment like this. It’s probably one of the most difficult decisions anyone could make – to uproot oneself and one’s family from that which they know, from that which they feel comfortable with. It is extremely tough.

But I want to tell you something even more important. We here in Eretz Yisrael, we need you. We are still trying to figure out what this dream of coming back home is all about. We are working very hard on it. And it would be so beautiful and so right if we could figure out the rest of our journey to our destiny together with the rest of the mishpaha (family).

459128

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(Comment)

What more can I add to such clear words?
I'm ready to give half of my apartment and eat rice if that's what it takes.

From here, the situation looks seriously on the edge,
Jews are collectively framed as the animus of every social movement.
Regardless of elections there's a whole network laid out in the Universities,
media, as much as the Democratic party, in which the community traditionally
used to seek protection.

Even if a reverse of the default Democratic support seems to be a natural result of US Jewish demographics, these things can take at least a generation, but that wouldn't change much, and the situation is already explosive.

But of course, if I'm exaggerating, will gladly hear other opinions.
- constructive discourse is welcome.
American Jew here! You wouldn’t want most of them. Since most have sold out to the Demorats most are antiIsrael in their actions and work against her!

Ahi, don't say what I want, ok?
Because I want ALL OF YOU HERE.

In fact it's You folks who desperately NEED to be with us here to come to senses.
Then we'll get to sort out those philosophical, political, religious and territorial conflicts.

Not the other way around.
So Ahi, before "threatening" with Marxists making Aliyah,
look at how many of their 2nd and 3rd and 4th generation are in top Yeshivas.

You go to Bnei Brak and the top IT companies are there in a single building cooperating with a bunch of Israeli startups that comprise of 4-6 young Orthodox folks gathering between study hours.
 
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Research: Secular, Reform and Conservatives lose their Jewish identity through the ages until extinction | Religious and Orthodox are doubling

A study published by AISH shows many reasons for concern, a worrying increase in the disappearance of Jewish identity among the Reform, Conservative and secular public since the study was conducted in 2005.


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A study published by AISH shows many reasons for concern, a worrying increase in the disappearance of Jewish identity among the Reform, Conservative and secular public since the study was conducted in 2005.
A study? Oh, please don't tell me there are men over 40 with reading glasses digging in little boys' shorts to check if they've been duly circumcised on the eighth day of birth according to the law of Moses.
 

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