Get over your Anti-Semitism, hatred for Jews, and try to open your eyes Plain Ol'! Stop being so ignorant!
On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 1:03 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> >> 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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