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these rabbi are animals
religious Jews, not Arabs are the greatest long term danger in Israel today.
(for short term danger exploding school buses, pizzerias, and the like fill
in nicely)
as a secular Jew let me tell what I think it means to be Jewish, what the
underlying philosophy of Judaism is supposed to be.(I understand that like
the concept of America - the real falls far short of the ideal)
The primary purpose of a Jew is to repair the shattered shekkinah - ( the
idea is that the feminine nurturing aspect of god was thrown down) rather
than get into the metaphor I will simplify, the world is not in perfect
shape, and "right behavior" is behavior that heals the pains of the world.
To be a "Jew" is to repair the nurturing nature of the universe.
(Remember all religions/cultures think theirs is the most natural (for
instance most tribal peoples name for themselves translates as "the people"
and everyone else is not quite people in the same way) - so when the ancient
Hebrews needed a word for "right acting people" they used the word for their
own religious culture - today that word is translated as "Jew".
Unfortunately people keep mistaking the map for the territory, and forget
that it is metaphor. SO when they read "Jew" , in this case, they no longer
understand it to mean "right acting person" and think it means people of a
certain ethnic and or religious background. This has happened in every
culture and religion, and is not unique to Judaism, which we are
discussing.)
This is where the "chosen people" concept comes into play. This is the most
dangerously misunderstood and misused idea in the entire culture, especially
by most Jews themselves. It is not "Chosen people "like "master race", or
"God's favorites", or "specially favored" even though that's how most people
interpret it. (My mother. e.g., is especially prone to this - but I think
that comes from taking on the nature of one's enemy and I think this is the
case with many who went through the death camps.) "Chosen" here mean's
"chosen to do the hard work to repair the broken world."
This is a very different meaning. Those who benefit from evil, or just the
status quo, will make an enemy of those who try to change things. This is
always the case, in all places. People who upset the status quo,
revolutionaries and dreamer, are persecuted, and often killed. (that indeed
is also the central myth of Christianity - which makes sense as an extension
of Abstract Judaism into Historically realist Christianity)
SO to be chosen does not mean superior - it means chosen to carry a heavy
burden.
I know this has been long winded - but here's my point. These virulent ultra
religious motherfuckers are not real Jews, by any deep interpretation of the
word. I dont care how ornate their yarmulkes , or how little pork they eat.
(Likewise Islam is supposed to be a religion of respect and understanding
and learning. It was initially envisioned as RETURNING to a purer form of
what Judaism was supposed to be, and had strayed from. So these assholes
screaming jihad, or praising the murderers of little children, are not true
Muslims.)
It's sad to me that Judaism is defined in the world by the actions of
Israeli militarists, and ultra-religious zealots. They have indeed strayed
far from the path. Where is the Judaism of spinoza and einstein?
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> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2001 12:42:49 -0300
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> Subject: [CTRL] Cleansing Israel of Foreigners
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>
> Divine Incitement
>
> 18 August 2001
> Palestine Media Center
> http://www.palestine-pmc.com
>
> An Israeli Rabbi notorious for his racism and spite towards Arabs in general
> and Palestinians in particular is once again being probed for inciting to
> violence and racism. Rabbi Yitzhak Ginzburg, a prominent spiritual leader of
> the Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva groups, has been known to publish and advocate calls
> for violence against Palestinians and Arabs in general.
>
> In his latest book, Tipul Shoresh (³Root Treatment²), Rabbi Ginzburg makes the
> claim that the ³land of Israel² belongs solely to the Children of Israel.
> According to a 16 August Ha¹aretz article, the Rabbi states in his book, ³no
> goy (non-Jew) has the right to live in the area unless he is a convert or a
> righteous Gentile². The spiritual leader also calls for the expulsion of
> Palestinians from Israel (which includes the Occupied Palestinian Territory in
> the Rabbi¹s mind). He calls for the land to be ³cleansed² of foreigners and
> urges his followers not to employ or trade with Palestinians. Of course, the
> Rabbi refers to Palestinians as ³Arabs², refusing to so much as recognize the
> existence of a Palestinian People.
>
> The Israeli head of the State Prosecutor¹s Office¹s special tasks division,
> Talia Sasson has ordered an investigation in the Rabbi¹s latest book.
>
> Just two months earlier, a similar investigation was launched against Rabbi
> Ginzburg because of comments he made to the Jerusalem weekly newspaper Kol
> Hazman and the daily Ma¹ariv. In both commentaries, the Rabbi expressed his
> support for Baruch Goldstein¹s massacre of Palestinian worshipers as they
> prayed in Hebron¹s Ibrahimi mosque. In the 1994 massacre, Goldstein butchered
> over 60 Palestinians.
>
> The investigation was dropped and no charges were filed.
>
> Rabbi Ginzburg had published Baruch Hagever (³Baruch the Man²) in 1998. The
> Rabbi, apparently a fan of massacring Palestinians, published a book praising
> Goldstein and his final act of mass murder. Following the publication of this
> book, the Rabbi was investigated for inciting to violence and racism. However,
> the investigation was quickly botched and no charges were filed.
>
> Unfortunately, Rabbis of higher spiritual influence have made even far more
> racist remarks without so much as being questioned, let alone investigated.
> For example, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the spiritual leader of Shas, Israel¹s third
> largest party has recently stated that Arabs ³multiply like ants² and wished
> that they would ³all go to hell². Earlier in the year, he called for the
> extermination of Arabs altogether. On the other hand, Rabbi Lau, one of
> Israel¹s Chief Rabbis has justified and blessed the extra-judicial executions
> carried out by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinians.
>
> The investigation comes at a time when the United States is threatening to
> boycott a United Nations Conference on discrimination in which over 50 nations
> want to discuss the issue of Zionism as a form of racism. Knowing that its
> absence would undermine the international conference, the United States has
> threatened to boycott it altogether if the item is discussed, claiming that
> such a discussion would be anti-Semitic. This is despite the fact that all
> Arab Peoples in the Middle East are Semitic.
>
>
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