Comments on: My Jewish New Year Prayer for Us All http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/ Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dr S McCosker http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-7080 Dr S McCosker Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:18:38 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-7080 Dear Dr Chesler - L'shana Tova. I am praying for you and for all those on the front line - specially for Mr Spencer and Mr Bostom. May the Holy One surround Israel - and all the House of Israel - with a wall of fire and may He be the glory in your midst. May the winter rains this year fill the Kinneret to overflowing. And may the upcoming 'Facing Jihad' conference in Jerusalem be a resounding success and a turning point in this worldwide war against jihad and sharia. You, O house of Israel, are the burning bush and - to borrow a phrase from J K Rowling, whose humble hero 'The Boy Who Lived' has been (most appropriately) played on the silver screen by ...a Jewish boy, Daniel Radcliffe - you are the Order of the Phoenix. You are the People Who Lived when everyone wanted you dead. I have just read Bostom's 'Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism' and am preparing a review of it, for my [Anglican] Parish Magazine. It might shock a few people out of the warm and fuzzy misconceptions that they have, regarding 'Abrahamic faiths' and all that. If all trainee rabbis and all trainee Christian clergy were made to read that book (the Christians could also, with profit, read Malcolm Hay's 'Europe and the Jews', James Parkes' 'The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue', and Tom Cahill's 'The Gifts of the Jews') our clergy would perhaps be more cautious and hard-headed, and less embarrassingly naive, in their dealings with Muslims. Bostom's latest book should also be required reading for all journalists and diplomats and politicians who are even thinking of covering, or meddling in, 'the Middle East situation'. It's a sort of Rosetta Stone as regards the origin and nature of the relentless jihad against the Jewish state of Israel. It also explains exactly why the Jews in eretz Israel had to go all the way and claim independence as a self-defending sovereign state; for it shows that so long as they remained a despised minority within any mostly-Muslim polity, their human rights and their right to be treated as human beings, with dignity, security of property and equality before the law, would not have been secure. Shalom. Dear Dr Chesler – L’shana Tova.

I am praying for you and for all those on the front line – specially for Mr Spencer and Mr Bostom.

May the Holy One surround Israel – and all the House of Israel – with a wall of fire and may He be the glory in your midst. May the winter rains this year fill the Kinneret to overflowing. And may the upcoming ‘Facing Jihad’ conference in Jerusalem be a resounding success and a turning point in this worldwide war against jihad and sharia.

You, O house of Israel, are the burning bush and – to borrow a phrase from J K Rowling, whose humble hero ‘The Boy Who Lived’ has been (most appropriately) played on the silver screen by …a Jewish boy, Daniel Radcliffe – you are the Order of the Phoenix. You are the People Who Lived when everyone wanted you dead.

I have just read Bostom’s ‘Legacy of Islamic Antisemitism’ and am preparing a review of it, for my [Anglican] Parish Magazine. It might shock a few people out of the warm and fuzzy misconceptions that they have, regarding ‘Abrahamic faiths’ and all that.

If all trainee rabbis and all trainee Christian clergy were made to read that book (the Christians could also, with profit, read Malcolm Hay’s ‘Europe and the Jews’, James Parkes’ ‘The Conflict of the Church and the Synagogue’, and Tom Cahill’s ‘The Gifts of the Jews’) our clergy would perhaps be more cautious and hard-headed, and less embarrassingly naive, in their dealings with Muslims.

Bostom’s latest book should also be required reading for all journalists and diplomats and politicians who are even thinking of covering, or meddling in, ‘the Middle East situation’. It’s a sort of Rosetta Stone as regards the origin and nature of the relentless jihad against the Jewish state of Israel. It also explains exactly why the Jews in eretz Israel had to go all the way and claim independence as a self-defending sovereign state; for it shows that so long as they remained a despised minority within any mostly-Muslim polity, their human rights and their right to be treated as human beings, with dignity, security of property and equality before the law, would not have been secure.

Shalom.

]]> By: Marion L http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6907 Marion L Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:02 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6907 L'Shana Tova, Dr. Chesler - A Sweet New Year. All Jews are responsible for one another - whether or not we always agree. Marion L. L’Shana Tova, Dr. Chesler – A Sweet New Year.

All Jews are responsible for one another – whether or not we always agree.

Marion L.

]]> By: Nicolas Krebs http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6906 Nicolas Krebs Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:16:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6906 "Which governments?" No answer, of course. Nobody belive the fanciful Bat Ye'or's thesis except conspiracy theorists. “Which governments?”

No answer, of course. Nobody belive the fanciful Bat Ye’or’s thesis except conspiracy theorists.

]]> By: bbloom http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6904 bbloom Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:36:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6904 L'Shana Tovah ! One day perhaps we can meet and I can attempt to explain how special your work has been to me personally. May HaShem shower you with blessings this year and grant you a long life that you may continue to help others. On a less encouraging note, visit www.thegreatschlep.com L’Shana Tovah !
One day perhaps we can meet and I can attempt to explain how special your work has been to me personally. May HaShem shower you with blessings this year and grant you a long life that you may continue to help others.
On a less encouraging note, visit
http://www.thegreatschlep.com

]]> By: Lawrence Kohn http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6903 Lawrence Kohn Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:52:54 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6903 Israel for all its faults is far ahead of Palestinian society in concern ethical values because of 15 years decade of hate education and the control of the PA by terrorists. Further the cause of Palestinian misery in the main has been the refusal of Arab leaders to recognize Jewish sovereignty in any part of the land of Israel. Jordan holds 75 per cent of Mandatory Palestine since its independence in 1946; the division of the remaining 25 per cent into another Arab state and a Jewish state was answered by a Palestinian Arab and Arab state war; the offer to return territories taken by Israel in a war of self defense in 1967 was rejected by the Arab states. The offer to negotiate autonomy with local Palestinian Arabs during the Sadat-Begin negotiations in 1977-78 resulted in the PLO murdering leading Palestinians supportive of Sadat. The Oslo agreement removing Israeli troops from day to day control of 98 per cent of the Palestinian Arab population led to record levels of terrorism against Israelis and the removal of Israeli settlements from Gaza led not to the use of green houses for production but their destruction by Palestinians and record level rocket attacks on pre 67 Israel. Amen to Phyllis. But Phyllis please note that Jewish tradition citing 5769 reflects an ancient view of the date of Creation not of the Jewish people which is still old but only 4.000 max. Israel for all its faults is far ahead of Palestinian society in concern ethical values because of 15 years decade of hate education and the control of the PA by terrorists. Further the cause of Palestinian misery in the main has been the refusal of Arab leaders to recognize Jewish sovereignty in any part of the land of Israel. Jordan holds 75 per cent of Mandatory Palestine since its independence in 1946; the division of the remaining 25 per cent into another Arab state and a Jewish state was answered by a Palestinian Arab and Arab state war; the offer to return territories taken by Israel in a war of self defense in 1967 was rejected by the Arab states. The offer to negotiate autonomy with local Palestinian Arabs during the Sadat-Begin negotiations in 1977-78 resulted in the PLO murdering leading Palestinians supportive of Sadat. The Oslo agreement removing Israeli troops from day to day control of 98 per cent of the Palestinian Arab population led to record levels of terrorism against Israelis and the removal of Israeli settlements from Gaza led not to the use of green houses for production but their destruction by Palestinians and record level rocket attacks on pre 67 Israel. Amen to Phyllis. But Phyllis please note that Jewish tradition citing 5769 reflects an ancient view of the date of Creation not of the Jewish people which is still old but only 4.000 max.

]]> By: J.J. Sefton http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6902 J.J. Sefton Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:56:35 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6902 To you as well Phyllis. As for American Girl, you're about as American as Father Coughlin, Lord Haw-Haw and Pat Buchanan. Keep 'em flying and vayr gehargit. To you as well Phyllis. As for American Girl, you’re about as American as Father Coughlin, Lord Haw-Haw and Pat Buchanan. Keep ‘em flying and vayr gehargit.

]]> By: American Girl http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6896 American Girl Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:13:29 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6896 While I appreciate the sentimentality, I don't see how it justifies what the Israel state is doing to the Palestinian people. It is not holy, and could not be classified as even humane. Israel's reputation proceeds you across the world as 'baby killers'. Why do you think every one of your citizens is required to be in the military? Because you're an active occupying force! Yes, people are finding out about the Zionist agenda. Thank God. The more people hear about it the less secure Israel will be, because let me tell you what we know: You need America, and America will bow out. On other fronts, I appreciate the work you've done about feminism and the dynamic between men and women. Really. I wish you would apply yourself with the same rigor to understanding the wrongness of genocide. Peace be onto all people of this world. May those who truly connect with God work for the betterment of all of humanity, not just their own. While I appreciate the sentimentality, I don’t see how it justifies what the Israel state is doing to the Palestinian people. It is not holy, and could not be classified as even humane.

Israel’s reputation proceeds you across the world as ‘baby killers’. Why do you think every one of your citizens is required to be in the military? Because you’re an active occupying force!

Yes, people are finding out about the Zionist agenda. Thank God. The more people hear about it the less secure Israel will be, because let me tell you what we know:

You need America, and America will bow out.

On other fronts, I appreciate the work you’ve done about feminism and the dynamic between men and women. Really. I wish you would apply yourself with the same rigor to understanding the wrongness of genocide.

Peace be onto all people of this world. May those who truly connect with God work for the betterment of all of humanity, not just their own.

]]> By: Nicolas Krebs http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6895 Nicolas Krebs Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:48:14 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6895 "brilliant and persistent anti-propagandists" Do not forget Filip Dewinter. "has finally been taken seriously, not only by readers but by governments" Which governments? “brilliant and persistent anti-propagandists”

Do not forget Filip Dewinter.

“has finally been taken seriously, not only by readers but by governments”

Which governments?

]]> By: Louis Santacroce http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/comment-page-1/#comment-6893 Louis Santacroce Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:58:01 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/phyllischesler/2008/09/28/my-jewish-new-year-prayer-for-us-all/#comment-6893 and L’Shana Tova U-Metukah to you as well, Phyllis, with grateful thanks for your work and friendship these many years. and L’Shana Tova U-Metukah to you as well, Phyllis, with grateful thanks for your work and friendship these many years.

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