Apparently I am still missing the point. No matter, (I doubt very seriously based on your last post) that you have any logical reasoning as to why either. Because a few Jews were denied entry into the U.S. seventy years ago should have no bearing on the current status and influx of Muslims.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:27 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > wrote: > Why? Tell me......Because I have no rational clue. > --- > No. You're gonna have to figure this one out all by yourself. > > I believe it is nothing more than a means for these organizations to > obtain funding and support their existance. > --- > try again ... > > These organizations need to be shut down, or at a minimum, defunded and no > more tax dollars going to them. > --- > a step in the right direction. > > Georgette Bennett was born in Hungary to Jewish parents who had survived > the Holocaust. Bennett and her family escaped from Hungary to France in > 1948, hoping to obtain visas that would allow them to immigrate to the > United States. But the U.S. was hesitant to accept Jewish refugees due to > concerns of overcrowding and fears that they could be political threats. > Bennett’s family had to wait five years before they could start a new life > in America. > > More than 50 years later, Bennett is fighting for Syrian refugees to > receive better treatment than she did when she first came to the United > States as a young child. > > “I was so stunned by the scale of this crisis, I could not stand by idly, > I felt I had to do something,” Bennett said, describing the first time she > learned that millions of Syrians were being uprooted from their homes by > violence in the region. “My story absolutely undergirds my passion for this > issue. Having been a refugee myself, having known the losses that my family > experienced, having known the loss of parents and siblings, known the loss > of livelihood and property -- that’s what the Syrians have lost also.” > > A growing number of politicians this week have taken a stand against > Syrian refugees coming to the United States after it was reported that one > of the suicide bombers in Friday's deadly attacks in Paris held a Syrian > passport. But much of the American Jewish community is pushing back, saying > that the opposition to Syrian refugees is reminiscent of the discrimination > Jews faced after World War II. > > That is just what some Republicans want to do, however. Most of the > nation’s governors said they would not accept Syrian refugees in their > states, despite President Barack Obama’s plan to take in 10,000 Syrians > next year. Republican presidential candidates Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz have > said the U.S. should accept Christian refugees, but not Muslim ones. > > “Those kinds of comments are shameful and disgusting,” Rabbi Gil Steinlauf > of the Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, D.C. said. “The problem is > not with Islam; it is with extremist people, it is with hateful people, > that’s the problem.” > > Steinlauf said his congregants have closely followed the Syrian refugee > crisis and most of them believe that Jews have a responsibility to help > other communities in need. > > “We must not forget our values as a Jewish people, things that we learn > from tradition and from our historical memory,” he said. “That includes the > charge that comes from the Torah that we were once strangers in Egypt, and > we must think of refugees that are homeless and displaced. We have been a > people in exile and were wandering for millennia. Justice for those who are > homeless overrides other factors.” > > While the Jewish community in the U.S. has become more influential in the > decades since World War II, it still represents just 1.9 percent of the > population, according to the Pew Research Center. Christians make up 70 > percent of the U.S. population, while Muslims account for 0.9 percent. > > Some Jewish leaders have spoken out against accepting Syrian refugees > after the Paris killings. U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, the only Jewish Republican > currently in Congress, spoke on the House floor on Monday and said he wants > tougher security measures to ensure terrorists do not sneak in among > refugees coming to the U.S. > > “There is but one mandatory function constitutionally of the federal > government, that is to provide for our national defense. This is a > constitutional duty and a moral imperative that trumps any day of the week > the charity of opening our doors to a Syrian who will blow himself or > herself up on our streets in the name of Allah,” Zeldin said. “We must not > move forward with the president’s plan to bring in tens of thousands of > refugees, especially and so importantly, because we cannot identify who the > bad ones are.” > > But for many Americans Jews, the idea of turning away people in need > potentially because of their religion has sent an alarming message. The > Anti-Defamation League, an organization that works to protect civil rights > for Jews and other minorities, issued a statement > <http://www.adl.org/press-center/press-releases/miscellaneous/us-governors-positon-refuse-relocation-syrian-refugees.html#.VkyET3arRpg> > Tuesday > condemning the governors who said they would reject Syrian refugees. > > “The people fleeing Syria are fleeing the same types of terrorists that > did these attacks in France last week,” Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of ADL > said Wednesday. “We need to have effective screenings for refugees, we need > to look at the multi-layered process to make sure it works. But ADL works > on behalf of all people regardless of how they look, where they’re from, > who they love. The idea of discriminating against refugees based on their > faith strikes us as very un-American.” > > Because of the connection some American Jews say they feel to other > oppressed communities, a number of Jewish aid organizations such as HIAS > <http://www.hias.org/> and the American Jewish Joint Distribution > Committee <http://www.jdc.org/>(JDC) have been working to help Syrian > refugees for years. Bennett founded the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian > Refugees in 2013, and her group has worked with the > JDC to provide humanitarian aid to refugees, as well as other Jewish > organizations to help resettle Syrians in the U.S. and raise awareness of > the Syrian refugee situation around the world. > > “If we don’t address this problem now, if we don’t save the children, who > have now gone without schooling for years, and if we don’t house them, > don’t educate them, then we are laying the ground for problems in the > future, because they will be vulnerable to radicalism,” Bennett said. “We > have an obligation to repair the world.” > > > On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:21:33 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >> >> Why? Tell me......Because I have no rational clue. >> >> I believe it is nothing more than a means for these organizations to >> obtain funding and support their existance. >> >> These organizations need to be shut down, or at a minimum, defunded and >> no more tax dollars going to them. >> >> On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:20 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> We know why the xians and jews are trying to bring more middle east >>> animals to our nation. >>> Some don't forget. >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 8:22:13 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: >>>> >>>> The video that I shared last week is eye opening and explains I think a >>>> good bit why these purportedly religious organizations are so interested >>>> assisting these refugees: >>>> >>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PzT8vEvYPg >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> -- >>> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >>> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >>> >>> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >>> * It's active and moderated. 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