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What a song. wow these girls rock . Honest reporting haha i used to have heaps of fun with that guy. Dont you love when words like Shalom, and Honest reporting, and the most moral army in the world. there is a pattern here folks
@Citizen
Jews have always believed that first the messiah will come and afterwards all the Jews will return to the Holy Land. They will go there under the messiah's leadership. See Isaiah Chapter 11 which begins with a description of the messiah, and then says (v. 12), "And He (i.e. G-d) will lift up a banner to the nations, and He will gather in the scattered of Israel, and the diaspora of Yehudah He will gather from the four corners of the earth." See also Rambam Melachim 11:1, "The king messiah will eventually arise and restore the kingship of the house of David to its former status, build the Temple and gather in the exiles of Israel."
See also the Talmud (Kesubos 111a) which states that nowadays the Jewish people is forbidden under oath to take over the Holy Land. Clearly then, taking over Eretz Yisroel is something we cannot do on our own, before the messiah comes. We must wait for the messiah to tell us in the name of G-d that the exile is over and the oath is no longer in force.
How will we know who the messiah is? He will bring all Jews to repent and fulfill the laws of the Torah (Rambam, Melachim 11:4). This is such a hard task that no false messiah will be able to accomplish it and fool the world. Whoever does this clearly has G-d's help and is designated by G-d to be the messiah.
The Satmar Rav notes (Vayoel Moshe Chapters 48 and 80) that by making the repentance of the entire Jewish people the criterion for the messiah, the Rambam is not leaving open the door for impostors. On the contrary, to make everything dependent on miracles and wonders would be dangerous, because sometimes a false prophet is given the ability to fool people with miracles (Devarim 13:3). But to make all Jews do teshuva is such a monumental task that, in the normal way of the world, no one can do it. If someone does succeed, it is a clear sign that G-d has sent him.
Whatever the criteria are for the messiah, it is clear that we have to wait for him, and thus it is certainly wrong to conquer the Holy Land under a movement such as Zionism that does not even claim that any particular person is the messiah.
(Zionist they ssure know how to tell the Big Lie)
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@American tbh im against the death penalty for the same reasons,but lets say we do as China does when its ceo does bad business they get taken out. DO you think Madoff, or Boskey or Milkin would have ever done the crimes they did . I can bet my life on it they would never.but low risk not a bad living sale junk bonds to retired old people. hell stick it to the people who did what they were told save ur money so you can retire,but whats more important is you can funnel money into the Jewish settlements Ironically against the Law.. Milkin ,Pollard, 20 yrs later We got Blanfkiend at Goldman Sachs raping the pension funds selling sub prime to the rest of the world. . I for one never ask why there is anti-semitism . Its our actions has nothing to do with being Jewish.,and as long as Jews support Israel,and defend people like pollard. Cause ,and Effect = anti-semitism Did i go off topic lol?
@American Correct me if im wrong,but were we not in a cold war with Russia?,and was Israel as they claim our ally in the M/E to help us stop Russian influence .I think if more people were put to death for treason I know it would be certainly at the least a huge deterrence.
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@Sin Nombre I agree with you a 100%. Anti-semitism its cause and effect. Im so sick of having to walk on rice paper.Any leader from the Jewish community ,or in our Gov. that feels that we should free Pollard are traitors to the United States. There is no gray area here what pollard did,from what i read ,by people in the Defense dept put us back many years...Lets us not forget the Rosenbergs and the nukes to russia.. Gee is there a pattern here? I can go on there are plenty more Jews who sold out america when it comes to israel. For such a small % of people we are over represented when it comes to selling or giving top secrets to israel. I dont know one Jew who will defend pollard. The Jews that do defend Pollard are one of the many reasons there is anti-semitism . Cause and Effect jew4palestine
I think we should get all the leaders of all the Jewish organization,and ask Have these leaders failed Jews in the last 40yrs I personally think they have failed, on every level,and should be called out for it! jew4palestine
@slagbon How many Bedouins,and Palestinian get these building permits? How many Jews get their home demolished that have their deeds to their homes? Jeffrey/jew4palestine
Im really sorry I did that to you I hope you accept my apology .I do recall you now,and I was being attacked all the time Im wiser now when I sus out people. I hope you come back to twitter I need all the help i can get cheers
I met Jenny about a year ago on twitter I was getting attacked by Zionist Jews left ,and right during the Gaza they where putting words into my mouth calling me a selfhating jew traitor etc. What i found odd is That there where more Jews who had the same opinion against the war in gaza, I thought well great i got my crew the DM came flying in saying I really think you are brave,I too am Jewish but I'm afraid I will get the same wrath as you. First of all to call me brave because I am standing up to a bunch of goose stepping Zionist i can only feel sorry for them,because i too thought like them once ...On with my point not one of these "liberal"Jews mind you begged me not to sell them out stuck up for me. The only Jew that did was Jenny Grossbard She put herself out there,and defended me calling them out for what they where cyber jew thugs if not for her and others like mondoweiss I would have no faith in Jewish People Jenny keep up the good work you will be always be on the right side of history Jeffrey aka jew4palestine
@potsherd As a jew I believed everything John Stewart did,but what i can tell in his voice he is on the verge of finding out the truth! I was screaming at the Tv myself,and then I realized this is groundbreaking!! I know how you feel,but this is a start that should we should rejoice the fact that americans will know,and sooner then later
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Joel Stein
What if a wasp,or a black man wrote this?
A poll finds more Americans disagree with the statement that 'Jews control Hollywood.' But here's one Jew who doesn't.
By Joel Stein
December 19, 2008
I have never been so upset by a poll in my life. Only 22% of Americans now believe "the movie and television industries are pretty much run by Jews," down from nearly 50% in 1964. The Anti-Defamation League, which released the poll results last month, sees in these numbers a victory against stereotyping. Actually, it just shows how dumb America has gotten. Jews totally run Hollywood.
How deeply Jewish is Hollywood? When the studio chiefs took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago to demand that the Screen Actors Guild settle its contract, the open letter was signed by: News Corp. President Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton (surprise, Dutch Jew), Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM Chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish). If either of the Weinstein brothers had signed, this group would have not only the power to shut down all film production but to form a minyan with enough Fiji water on hand to fill a mikvah.
The person they were yelling at in that ad was SAG President Alan Rosenberg (take a guess). The scathing rebuttal to the ad was written by entertainment super-agent Ari Emanuel (Jew with Israeli parents) on the Huffington Post, which is owned by Arianna Huffington (not Jewish and has never worked in Hollywood.)
The Jews are so dominant, I had to scour the trades to come up with six Gentiles in high positions at entertainment companies. When I called them to talk about their incredible advancement, five of them refused to talk to me, apparently out of fear of insulting Jews. The sixth, AMC President Charlie Collier, turned out to be Jewish.
As a proud Jew, I want America to know about our accomplishment. Yes, we control Hollywood. Without us, you'd be flipping between "The 700 Club" and "Davey and Goliath" on TV all day.
So I've taken it upon myself to re-convince America that Jews run Hollywood by launching a public relations campaign, because that's what we do best. I'm weighing several slogans, including: "Hollywood: More Jewish than ever!"; "Hollywood: From the people who brought you the Bible"; and "Hollywood: If you enjoy TV and movies, then you probably like Jews after all."
I called ADL Chairman Abe Foxman, who was in Santiago, Chile, where, he told me to my dismay, he was not hunting Nazis. He dismissed my whole proposition, saying that the number of people who think Jews run Hollywood is still too high. The ADL poll, he pointed out, showed that 59% of Americans think Hollywood execs "do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans," and 43% think the entertainment industry is waging an organized campaign to "weaken the influence of religious values in this country."
That's a sinister canard, Foxman said. "It means they think Jews
meet at Canter's Deli on Friday mornings to decide what's best for the Jews." Foxman's argument made me rethink: I have to eat at Canter's more often.
"That's a very dangerous phrase, 'Jews control Hollywood.' What is true is that there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood," he said. Instead of "control," Foxman would prefer people say that many executives in the industry "happen to be Jewish," as in "all eight major film studios are run by men who happen to be Jewish."
But Foxman said he is proud of the accomplishments of American Jews. "I think Jews are disproportionately represented in the creative industry. They're disproportionate as lawyers and probably medicine here as well," he said. He argues that this does not mean that Jews make pro-Jewish movies any more than they do pro-Jewish surgery. Though other countries, I've noticed, aren't so big on circumcision.
I appreciate Foxman's concerns. And maybe my life spent in a New Jersey-New York/Bay Area-L.A. pro-Semitic cocoon has left me naive. But I don't care if Americans think we're running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them.
jstein@latimescolumnists.com