Who are the Israelis?

[Picaro]

If the Arab Palestinians had been the entity that exercised authority, then they (by definition) were the sovereign.

How can you do that with a gun in your face?

You think Israelis should be threatened with guns; why the double standard for a people run by gangsters who call for the extermination of Jews in their govt. charters?

 

[rylah]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

 

[rylah]

If the Arab Palestinians had been the entity that exercised authority, then they (by definition) were the sovereign.

How can you do that with a gun in your face?

They seem to be able to medically implant suicide bombs.

Old news. You need to update your propaganda.

Mindful You thought this would shock the sociopaths cheering suicide bombers?
Some evil is just too banal for people to digest.

Remind You, only 2 weeks ago the family of the PA negotiator pushed a young member to commit a suicide attack to "clean the reputation" of the family, accusing him of treason.
And immediately started the PR campaign to make their pockets deeper from it.

 

[Mindful]

Mind control of the public is accomplished by the premeditated and constant use of politically loaded terms such as "annexation" "West Bank" and "Occupied Palestinian Territories". In the prophetic novel 1984 this was called Newspeak. Thus "West Bank" replaces Judea and Samaria and disputed territories is replaced by "Occupied Palestinian Territories" and the restoration of Israeli sovereignty to parts of the historic Land of Israel is called "annexation".

 

[Mindful]

If the Arab Palestinians had been the entity that exercised authority, then they (by definition) were the sovereign.

How can you do that with a gun in your face?

They seem to be able to medically implant suicide bombs.

Old news. You need to update your propaganda.

Old or new, That makes it okay?

 

[ESay]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

 

[Picaro]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

lol ... equating Nazi Germany with America now, are we? America made room for all kinds; just because the majority didn't fall at your feet and insisted on some public standards and laws doesn't make them evul n bad, and we learned from history that 'tolerance' can be a mistake with some cultures, and cults, haven't we? They see it as a sign of weakness to be exploited, not 'diversity'.

 

[rylah]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

lol ... equating Nazi Germany with America now, are we? America made room for all kinds; just because the majority didn't fall at your feet and insisted on some public standards and laws doesn't make them evul n bad, and we learned from history that 'tolerance' can be a mistake with some cultures, and cults, haven't we? They see it as a sign of weakness to be exploited, not 'diversity'.

Hold your horses,
I'm discussing the collective experience of the Jewish diaspora in seeking civil equality through assimilation that was during the emancipation in the 19th century.

Neither the Dreyfus Affair, nor the Damascus Affair and the following Arab pogroms throughout the Ottoman Caliphate occurred in Nazi Germany.

But the pogroms experience by the Jewish community collectively both in Europe and the middle east occurred at the same time, as much as the emancipation attempts themselves didn't evolve without violent outbursts against the communities.

 

[rylah]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

Napoleon's Proclamation of a Jewish State - 1799

"Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence !

Attentive and impartial observers of the destinies of nations, even though not endowed with the gifts of seers like Isaiah and Joel, have long since also felt what these, with beautiful and uplifting faith, have foretold when they saw the approaching destruction of their kingdom and fatherland: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35,10)

Arise then, with gladness, ye exiled ! A war unexampled In the annals of history, waged in self-defense by a nation whose hereditary lands were regarded by its enemies as plunder to be divided, arbitrarily and at their convenience, by a stroke of the pen of Cabinets, avenges its own shame and the shame of the remotest nations, long forgotten under the yoke of slavery, and also, the almost two-thousand-year-old ignominy put upon you; and, while time and circumstances would seem to be least favourable to a restatement of your claims or even to their expression ,and indeed to be compelling their complet abandonment, it offers to you at this very time, and contrary to all expectations, Israel's patrimony!"

 

[rylah]

Will Women Bring Redemption? (Pinhas 2020)

Weekly Torah portion reading from Israel.

Peaceful and joyful Shabat to all.

 

[ESay]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

Napoleon's Proclamation of a Jewish State - 1799

"Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence !

Attentive and impartial observers of the destinies of nations, even though not endowed with the gifts of seers like Isaiah and Joel, have long since also felt what these, with beautiful and uplifting faith, have foretold when they saw the approaching destruction of their kingdom and fatherland: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35,10)

Arise then, with gladness, ye exiled ! A war unexampled In the annals of history, waged in self-defense by a nation whose hereditary lands were regarded by its enemies as plunder to be divided, arbitrarily and at their convenience, by a stroke of the pen of Cabinets, avenges its own shame and the shame of the remotest nations, long forgotten under the yoke of slavery, and also, the almost two-thousand-year-old ignominy put upon you; and, while time and circumstances would seem to be least favourable to a restatement of your claims or even to their expression ,and indeed to be compelling their complet abandonment, it offers to you at this very time, and contrary to all expectations, Israel's patrimony!"

Well, I don't understand what was your point in quoting Napoleon. From what I have read, the main reason of his gestures towards Jews was gaining their support and their full integration into new French society.

 

[rylah]

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

Napoleon's Proclamation of a Jewish State - 1799

"Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence !

Attentive and impartial observers of the destinies of nations, even though not endowed with the gifts of seers like Isaiah and Joel, have long since also felt what these, with beautiful and uplifting faith, have foretold when they saw the approaching destruction of their kingdom and fatherland: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35,10)

Arise then, with gladness, ye exiled ! A war unexampled In the annals of history, waged in self-defense by a nation whose hereditary lands were regarded by its enemies as plunder to be divided, arbitrarily and at their convenience, by a stroke of the pen of Cabinets, avenges its own shame and the shame of the remotest nations, long forgotten under the yoke of slavery, and also, the almost two-thousand-year-old ignominy put upon you; and, while time and circumstances would seem to be least favourable to a restatement of your claims or even to their expression ,and indeed to be compelling their complet abandonment, it offers to you at this very time, and contrary to all expectations, Israel's patrimony!"

Well, I don't understand what was your point in quoting Napoleon. From what I have read, the main reason of his gestures towards Jews was gaining their support and their full integration into new French society.

Or maybe the opposite, French revolution giving freedom to Jews in France,
presupposed they will remain foreign, else...

Again,
Binyamin Z. Herzl Ztz"l most of his life was an icon of integration,
until he saw an Egyptian man beating Dreyfus.

 

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What Was The Dreyfus Affair?

This week, we’re examining the “Dreyfus Affair,” an espionage trial that took place in France in the 1890s. The trial, which saw a top-ranking soldier, Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of passing military secrets to the Germans, also put events in motion that led to the creation of the State of Israel.

We’re diving into the events that tore France apart and rocked the country’s claim of “Liberty, Equality and Fraternity” for all and asking why it convinced Theodore Herzl, the founder of Political Zionism of the need for a Jewish state.

 

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Ouri Arieli - Havdalah

Havdalah - separation of mundane from the holy,
the days of the new week from Shabat.

 

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The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

Napoleon's Proclamation of a Jewish State - 1799

"Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence !

Attentive and impartial observers of the destinies of nations, even though not endowed with the gifts of seers like Isaiah and Joel, have long since also felt what these, with beautiful and uplifting faith, have foretold when they saw the approaching destruction of their kingdom and fatherland: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35,10)

Arise then, with gladness, ye exiled ! A war unexampled In the annals of history, waged in self-defense by a nation whose hereditary lands were regarded by its enemies as plunder to be divided, arbitrarily and at their convenience, by a stroke of the pen of Cabinets, avenges its own shame and the shame of the remotest nations, long forgotten under the yoke of slavery, and also, the almost two-thousand-year-old ignominy put upon you; and, while time and circumstances would seem to be least favourable to a restatement of your claims or even to their expression ,and indeed to be compelling their complet abandonment, it offers to you at this very time, and contrary to all expectations, Israel's patrimony!"

Well, I don't understand what was your point in quoting Napoleon. From what I have read, the main reason of his gestures towards Jews was gaining their support and their full integration into new French society.

I guess to show that some people were Zionists before many Jews became Zionists, and that some supported a homeland long before the Ottomans invited the Russian Aliyahs to re-populate 'Palestine' after the civil war with Egypt?

Napoleon also seems to think Jews were all slaves for 2,000 years or something, probably a result of constant propaganda from ultra Orthodox types scaring their children with horror stories about Da Evul Xian Goy n Stuff. French 'Enlightenment' Jews practically invented the entire field of bio-chemistry in the early 19th century, did the ground work in organic chemistry that led to artificial dyes and chemicals made from coal oil and shale oils, for one; their refined lamp oil industry came along 20 years before the U.S. oil boom discovered vast quantities of petroleum and did away with the coal oil distillation step, which itself wa a new industry. Britain and France became a major export market for the early American crude oil beginning in the middle of the Civil War onward.

 

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The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews.
The evidence is endless and clear.

This week’s Torah portion is Balak (Numbers 22:2-25:9), and in it we read how Balak, the evil King of Moav, hired the evil prophet/wizard Balaam to curse the Jews. Balaam was hesitant to take on the job as God appeared to him several times, telling him, “You must not curse that people, for they are blessed.”

After much persistence, God allowed Balaam to take the job, as long as he would only pronounce upon the Jews what God would put in his mouth, as it says, “Go with the men. But you must say nothing except what I tell you.”

Nevertheless, Balaam made good efforts to try and curse the Jews, but he failed each time. Indeed, he eventually admits, “How can I curse whom God has not cursed? . . . Who can count the dust of Jacob, number the “dust-cloud” of Israel? May my fate be like theirs!”



Balaam tried and tried, but ultimately failed. “When He blesses, I cannot reverse it. The Lord their God is with them.” Balak then fired Balaam…he was useless!

Many readers might realize that the story of Balaam is reminiscent of Genesis 12:3. “I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” The world continues to try and curse the Jews. But it always backfires. We have it “in writing” from God that it always will!

Genesis 12:3 has been tried, tested, and retested year after year for thousands of years. The ending is always the same. The Torah announces to the world, “Bless Israel and the Jewish people and you will be blessed. Curse Israel and the Jewish people and you will be cursed.” There’s no running from it.

Harry Truman’s presidential win is widely attributed to Genesis 12:3. Apparently Truman was responsible –against the advice of Secretary of State General George C. Marshall and US Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin – for the US recognizing the independence of the State of Israel a mere 11 minutes after it was announced. Truman’s efforts on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people are remembered and appreciated to this day. Truman was a man of the Bible, a man of faith.

The Examples Are Endless
Let’s look at Genesis 12:3 throughout history. The examples are endless.

Back in the Bible, when Abimelech “took” Sarah for his pleasures, God turned against him. But once he returned Sarah to Abraham, he was blessed.

Pharaoh was warned with 10 plagues to let the Jews go. He didn’t make the right decisions. It didn’t end well for him.

The Amalekites were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt. It didn’t end well for them either. Do YOU know any Amalekites today? I sure don’t.

Rahab saved the lives of her two Jewish guests in Jericho. She was the only one to survive the conquest of Jericho.

Ruth’s “Your people will be my people and your God my God” served her quite well.

Stalin, a horrible anti-Semite, suffered a stroke on February 28, 1953. That day was the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Iran from Haman’s plot to destroy the Jewish people. Stalin was the Haman of his time.

Let’s talk about Britain. Under the leadership of the Jewish Benjamin Disraeli (1804 – 1881), England thrived. It was during the 19th and 20th centuries that Britain prospered and even dominated world trade. And then in 1917 the British Foreign Office famously announced: “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” This became known as the Balfour declaration. The 1920 San Remo Peace Conference gave Britain a ‘Mandate for Palestine’ based upon the Balfour Declaration and this was formalized in 1922 by the League of Nations.” The primary purpose of the Mandate was to grant political rights in Palestine to the Jewish people.

But Britain reneged on the Jews. The Peel and Woodhead commissions of 1937/38 recommended partitioning Palestine into a small Jewish state and a large Arab state – against the promises and intentions of the Mandate. And then there was the British White Paper of 1939, which essentially blocked Jewish immigration to Palestine. These policies repudiated the Balfour Declaration and Britain’s commitments when the Jewish people needed it most.

But there’s more. The “Exodus” ship of July 1947 with over 4000 Jews, mostly Holocaust survivors, was attacked and seized by the British Navy as it prepared to dock in Palestine. The passengers were rounded upon and forcibly put on ship headed back to Europe.

Could it be that Britain was a recipient of “those who curse you will be cursed” for her treatment of the Jews? It sure looks that way! Let’s see.

Britain’s status began to decline quickly, especially after she handed over the mandate on Palestine to the League of Nations. For example, Britain used to have the most enviable navy in the world, with over 800 destroyers in 1945. But by 1950, just five years later, the navy was reduced to 250 destroyers and continued to decline.

Britain used to control 25 percent of the planet, but the number of people under British rule went from 700 million in 1945 to less than five million in 1965. Britain’s influence declined big time. The once famous saying “The sun never sets on the British empire” is little more than a joke nowadays.

Donald Trump and Israel
Let’s take a look at one of Israel’s best friends in the world today: Donald J. Trump.

In May 2017, President Trump, on the advice of his advisers, delayed the planned move of the US embassy in Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The months that followed were very turbulent times for Trump and his presidency. Indeed, after the Charlottesville fiasco, there was question whether he would even serve out his term.

But then he recognized Jerusalem on December 6, 2017. Two weeks later he signed his tax cuts into law with a razor-thin win of 51-48. These cuts led to one of the strongest economies America has ever experienced,with unemployment down to 3.6 percent. God was clearly blessing America.

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear. No, Israel is not perfect. The Jews are not perfect. But the world must realize that they should align themselves with God and the Jews, and they too will be blessed!

The World Continues to Try and Curse the Jews and Israel, but it Always Fails | United with Israel

Every nation in history has been affected by the way it treated the Jews. The evidence is endless and clear.

unitedwithisrael.org

Well, it also will be fair to say that the 20th century was the end of all colonial empires. And the ground for British economic and military might was laid long before Disraeli.

The Zohar mentions the end of the 18th century, the 7th decade if I remember correctly,
as being the age of the "opening of the gates of Wisdom", having directly to do with preparing the world for Israel's redemption. In the wider perspective, that's also about the time when the animus of Jews among the nations also grew bigger and more powerful - instead of being powerless and humiliated, we all of a sudden became the strongest political-economic-power to take the world, in any variety of conspiracy theories one likes.

This shift in the view of the Jewish diaspora aligned with a shift in the state of the Jewish nation as a whole ,and diaspora specifically. Many things happened at the time, and it does seem many Jews were instrumental in major revolutionary developments at the time and later, these outbursts of energy from the ghettos, after Jews were allowed out,
were a direct expression to what the Zohar mentions.

That's right. The last stages of the Haskalah, which had been going on for several decades already. The ideas of the Enlightenment epoch made it possible for the Jews in Europe to open themselves for the outside world, adopt the ideas of reformation while preserving their cultural and religious identity.

"Be a man when you go outside, and Jewish when in your tent" -
a famous line from a song by Yehudah Leib Gordon that was popularized at that time.

That's the point, emancipation gave equality at the expense of national identity,
so was requested of Jews when they immigrated to America, so they desperately tried
with the Reform movement in Germany. Not cultural and religious identity preservation,
but sweeping it under the carpet and total assimilation in exchange for the hope of equality.

Look at Herzl - the typical Enlightenment figure,
who even considered public conversion to Christianity to appease "the man".

Yes, it was required from all 'men' at the time. So called humanism stood above national and religious matters. Of course this doesn't mean that all national states were abolished. On the contrary. But it was somewhat as an ultimate goal.

Napoleon's Proclamation of a Jewish State - 1799

"Israelites, unique nation, whom, in thousands of years, lust of conquest and tyranny have been able to be deprived of their ancestral lands, but not of name and national existence !

Attentive and impartial observers of the destinies of nations, even though not endowed with the gifts of seers like Isaiah and Joel, have long since also felt what these, with beautiful and uplifting faith, have foretold when they saw the approaching destruction of their kingdom and fatherland: And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isaiah 35,10)

Arise then, with gladness, ye exiled ! A war unexampled In the annals of history, waged in self-defense by a nation whose hereditary lands were regarded by its enemies as plunder to be divided, arbitrarily and at their convenience, by a stroke of the pen of Cabinets, avenges its own shame and the shame of the remotest nations, long forgotten under the yoke of slavery, and also, the almost two-thousand-year-old ignominy put upon you; and, while time and circumstances would seem to be least favourable to a restatement of your claims or even to their expression ,and indeed to be compelling their complet abandonment, it offers to you at this very time, and contrary to all expectations, Israel's patrimony!"

Well, I don't understand what was your point in quoting Napoleon. From what I have read, the main reason of his gestures towards Jews was gaining their support and their full integration into new French society.

I guess to show that some people were Zionists before many Jews became Zionists, and that some supported a homeland long before the Ottomans invited the Russian Aliyahs to re-populate 'Palestine' after the civil war with Egypt?

Napoleon also seems to think Jews were all slaves for 2,000 years or something, probably a result of constant propaganda from ultra Orthodox types scaring their children with horror stories about Da Evul Xian Goy n Stuff. French 'Enlightenment' Jews practically invented the entire field of bio-chemistry in the early 19th century, did the ground work in organic chemistry that led to artificial dyes and chemicals made from coal oil and shale oils, for one; their refined lamp oil industry came along 20 years before the U.S. oil boom discovered vast quantities of petroleum and did away with the coal oil distillation step, which itself wa a new industry. Britain and France became a major export market for the early American crude oil beginning in the middle of the Civil War onward.

Ottomans invited the Jews expelled from Spain, to establish economy in the new Caliphate and use their experience in a functional government.

The ones from Russia, they specifically prosecuted setting a special tax on them beyond the numerous Caliphate taxes set on the dhimmis, even after Jizyah was formally eliminated.
Eventually they banned all immigration.

All that said, Zionism was always a part of Judaism, an integral part of every prayer.
And indeed , it the initial Zionist political organization, started as a response to the plight of the Jewish in the Ottoman Caliphate.

The Damascus Affair, and preceding Arab pogroms throughout the Caliphate,
and specifically the expulsion of the Jewish communities from all the holy cities in Israel.

It was then that diaspora started organize politically,
for the plight of the local communities in the land of Israel.

And then 20 years later, Herzl was born.

 

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Ottomans invited the Jews expelled from Spain, to establish economy in the new Caliphate and use their experience in a functional government.

Can't find any Jews expelled from Spain in the 18th. or 19th. century.

What new Caliphate? The Ottoman line began in the 1200's, in Thomas of Aquina's century.

The ones from Russia, they specifically prosecuted setting a special tax on them beyond the numerous Caliphate taxes set on the dhimmis, even after Jizyah was formally eliminated.

Kind of hard to rebuild a tax base without taxes. Obviously they were not heavy enough to discourage three large Aliyahs over 2-3 decades, plus the European and American Labor Zionists in the late 19th and early 20th century. And obviously lots of money was raised for outright purchases of land as well.

Eventually they banned all immigration.

Kemal? He butchered many millions of Evul Xians; don't find many Jews murdered by him, though, mostly Greeks and Armenians. The Turks lost the 'Palestine' region pretty quickly, though; the Brits took over and invested in the fruit growing industry they wanted to develop there, before WW I.

In any case, the numbers of Jews who chose the U.S. dwarfed the numbers who chose Palestine. No surpise given the vast differences in opportunities and freedoms.

 

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Ottomans invited the Jews expelled from Spain, to establish economy in the new Caliphate and use their experience in a functional government.

Can't find any Jews expelled from Spain in the 18th. or 19th. century.

What new Caliphate? The Ottoman line began in the 1200's, in Thomas of Aquina's century.

The ones from Russia, they specifically prosecuted setting a special tax on them beyond the numerous Caliphate taxes set on the dhimmis, even after Jizyah was formally eliminated.

Kind of hard to rebuild a tax base without taxes. Obviously they were not heavy enough to discourage three large Aliyahs over 2-3 decades, plus the European and American Labor Zionists in the late 19th and early 20th century. And obviously lots of money was raised for outright purchases of land as well.

Eventually they banned all immigration.

Kemal? He butchered many millions of Evul Xians; don't find many Jews murdered by him, though, mostly Greeks and Armenians. The Turks lost the 'Palestine' region pretty quickly, though; the Brits took over and invested in the fruit growing industry they wanted to develop there, before WW I.

In any case, the numbers of Jews who chose the U.S. dwarfed the numbers who chose Palestine. No surpise given the vast differences in opportunities and freedoms.

The Ottoman Caliphate was formally established in the 14th century
with the defeat of the Mamluks. The Spanish inquisition, and the expulsion happened just at the brink of these events. As well as discovery of America.

European and American Zionists were not all Labor,
Zionists were of a wide variety of political views.

Some of them came by spacial Bakshish arranged with the Caliphate for a short period,
others arrived regardless of any such obstacles.

But before all these Zionist organized immigration from Europe,
there were private organization of whole communities arriving by foot from the Middle East.

 

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On this day in history, June 22, 1982: Joe Biden learned that Israeli PM Menachem Begin was "not a Jew with trembling knees".

Then Delaware Senator Joe Biden threatened to cut off aid to Israel if it continued to build in Judea and Samaria. This was PM Begin's legendary response:

“Don’t threaten us with cutting off your aid. It will not work. I am not a Jew with trembling knees. I am a proud Jew with 3,700 years of civilized history. Nobody came to our aid when we were dying in the gas chambers and ovens. Nobody came to our aid when we were striving to create our country. We paid for it. We fought for it. We died for it. We will stand by our principles. We will defend them. And, when necessary, we will die for them again, with or without your aid.”

 

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Shmuel Pallache - A Rabbi and a Sea Pirate