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. --- key word: should. they've been extorting US immigration law for over 100 years. know the enemy.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:30:07 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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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