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@ Canadian Otter: I read your link, which was interesting. I have long had suspicions regarding cyclical patterns and structures to events. In my own life I have noticed that approx every eight years there is usually a major change and I have been able to discern relationships between the 8 year periods. I remearked on this to someone once and was told it related to “saturn”. It was explained that Saturn was a destroyer which then allowed with rebuilding: out with the old and in with the new. There are many esoteric disciplines which study this: I believe astrology is one of them.
yamit82 Said:
sorry, I thought it was 18th century 🙂
yamit82 Said:
I have read a lot of Israeli english publications in the last 10 years. I had come to the conclusion, before reading this statement, that although Levy was radically insane and even though I considered the left to in the minority, that there were a high number of leftists of his degree. In fact, that was my only explanation for GOI handling of a number of issues(a large vocal radical minority) Even now it is difficult to fathom that the GOI is following those with “no following or influence in Israel”. Had I not been doing so much reading I would have concluded that the left was in the majority. Most quotes of “experts” I have read in the MSM and news services have been “experts” associated with Haaretz. Even with my reading I apparently misconcluded that the left were a very vocal and influential minority. I would expect it would be reasonable to assume that most US jews would tend to do less Israel reading than me and would therefore conclude that the Israeli left was in the majority. Why then isn’t the GOI less leftist or more prone to annexation?
It is reasonable to conclude that diaspora jews would have conscious and subconscious fear. I have actually felt that US Jews are less cautious. perhaps in error, and more outspoken because they have less direct knowledge of a “good” conditions turning bad. I have always been thoughtful of the narrative that “germany was the most liberal place in europe for the Jews”. My family left Poland for Germany approx. 1920’s.
Dean Said:
Israel officially can’t get involved.
Bernard Ross Said:
Define support in any context? They are not the most visible symbols of Judaism. maybe 15th century Polish Nobility fashion statement but certainly not Jewish. I don’t know if you can call them antisemitic they are theologically against a secular and secular led political state in Israel. Even though I personally find them despicable and wrong headed they can make a reasoned theological case. There aren’t enough of the numerically to get too excited about. Gideon Levy is a very extreme case and there are not more than a handful of his ilk and extreme views to paint any more than is warranted. They have no following or influence here. He is even very atypical for a leftist/ YU is more American than Jewish and more under the influence of American culture than Jewish culture I would characterize them as orthopraxic. . Again YU is a Jewish creation but strongly influenced by the majority and dominant culture. Very Americanized and watered down orthodoxy. All American Jewish support for Israel is always tempered with the reserve and reservations of being insecure as American Jews and doing anything that will cast doubts for their loyalty to America by the American gentile majority.
@ Dean:
I will guess In America between 20-30% of Jews and in Israel 1-2%
@ Bernard Ross:
The possibilities for ridiculing this are endless. Stand up comedians will soon pick it up. 🙂
But seriously, the Iranians are not the only ones trying to look into a crystal ball under the guise of science. Here is an article about cliodynamics, the science of using math to predict the future. http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/savvy-scientist/cliodynamics-a-science-for-predicting-the-future/545 – Personally I think that Peter Turchin hasn’t met us at Israpundit yet. We have the knack for predicting the future and we’re always 99% right. Let anyone ask us anything. We’re ready! 🙂
light entertainment 🙂
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4366817,00.html
(I think they got tired of Israels advances)
Yes, especially a place that lost so much (Yeshiva U (Cardozo) lost $110 million in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme…)
Yes, there are strong supporters and strong Israel-bashers on both sides of the pond. Does anyone know their respective percentages in Israel and abroad?
yamit82 Said:
I don’t agree. I don’t think the US jews are less pro-Israel than many Israeli Jews. In the same way yeshiva U, I can’t believe Jews like ehud barak and gidion levy. why expect US jews to be more catholic than the pope? Of course they will have less interest in Israel because they don’t live there; plus they are not experiencing Israels problems. What are the Israeli jews excuses for their lack of support of Israel? They are not ignorant, they are in the IDF, they have gone to war,they have experienced terror and the failure of “peace”: they cannot claim ignorance. Why is it that many posters here are exasperated at the lack of Israeli interest in their own nations’ history and their incredible lack of knowledge or interest in the legal rights of the Jewish people to the land of israel in International Law. so many here have been incredulous that Israelis, and their govt, don’t say anything when accused of apartheid or of illegal settlements, don’t raise anything about the lie of illegal jewish settlements or about the ethnic cleansing of jews from arab lands or about the JEW FREE areas of all the arab areas of former mandate. This is what I call lack of support for Israel. Look how many time posters here cannot believe the position of Israeli govts in not supporting their own interests. They do not educate their children in their schools about the jews legal rights and the swindles of the Jews. Frankly it has been completely beyond my belief.
Also, I think you confuse assimilation with support of Israel. It appears to me that the least assimilated are those who “appear” to be the most religious Jews and are the least supportive of Israel whether in the diaspora or the US. It is disconcerting, disheartening, depressing to see that the “most visible” symbols of religious jewry are anti semitic and anti Israel. It’s a turn off. I see little difference between the ultra orthodox and the gideon levy’s. They are both anti semitic and anti Israel. The YU cardoso scandal is a creation of an orthodox university, it is a jewish creation not an american creation. Is there any difference in Israel, are they less supportive of the state of Israel than some of the haredi?
Herzl and mendelsohn were halachic jews but it did not xtop their children from converting. I read the story of Herzl’s grandson who might not have been halachically Jewsih. What irony that those who do not even enter the IDF to defend the state and were against its creation live in the state created by an irreligious jew. G_d’s sense of Humor?
FOLLOW THE MONEY – that was my first thought when I first heard about Carter’s visit to Cardozo. That invitation to Carter did not come out of the blue. Perhaps those involved in issuing that invitation or their close relatives may be having financial problems, and it’s amazing how a nice fat donation can open doors to the most unexpected of places. Being invited by a respectable Jewish institution is somthing that the Carter people can brag about. See? they can say. It’s only Jewish fanatics that hate president Carter.
@ yamit82:
I too find it frustrating that nobody turned up to protest. As Yamit has said, this would have been a perfect opportunity for anyone to make a statement heard throughout the world.
I say this knowing full well how hard it is to participate in these protests alone and knowing very well that the general Jewish community leadership is drowning in sha shtil. The mainstream do nothing to motivate and mobilize Jews against antisemitism. They often do all in their power to discourage physical protest that will draw attention to important issues.
If I lived in New York I would have attended. I really do want to know how we can get Israel involved in organizing activists to conduct effective protest that will benefit the cause. It is one thing to sacrifice someone else and say that he/she should do something; it quite another matter to get off the couch and do something as an individual. I say “as an individual” because so far no group has had the organizational smarts to do anything effective with media savvy.
@ yamit82:
Yamit (Uncle) you have stated this over the years, ASSIMILATION is hurting the Jews and your right on.
Assimilation doesn’t have to occur if a Jew marries a non-Jew. It a choice they should seriously think about.
here’s some good news.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-daughter-of-former-obama-pastor-rev-jeremiah-wright-indicted-20130410,0,322658.story
Bernard Ross Said:
You are explaining by giving excuses. Any Jew interested will inform themselves and who today relies on MSM? American Jews are well-educated and internet savvy. If they wanted to know what’s really going on they have all of the tools to find out.
The age groups less like to be alternative media savvy are those who are both pro Israel and mostly supportive because they belong to the over 50 age groups. They mostly supported Israel in the past and nothing for them has changed much.
If American Jews are ignorant it is ignorance by choice not PR, Not MSM. Ignorance,Peer Pressure or influence has more to do with their positions. I guarantee you that if the gentiles WASPS suddenly turned pro Israel the Jooos would follow their lead regardless of the facts, truth, general knowledge of Israel and the nuances and intricacies of our problems an conflicts. All polls placed Israel last or next to last when Jews were asked to list their specific priorities. Some polls had Israel off the radar completely under 10 for American Jews. Fewer than 15% of American Jews have ever been to Israel and prefer other vacation venues. Jewish and Israeli institutions and charities get about 10% of donations by American Jews to charities and most give nothing.
The 11th commandment (“Thou shall Melt”)for American Jews is the primary cause and problem for American Jews not lack of PR or this or that Israeli response or no response at all. Read “What Makes Bernie Run?” and Read: “Should Jews come first?”
“According to the American Jewish Identity Survey 2001, out of approximately 5.5 million American adults who are either Jewish by religion or of Jewish parentage and/or upbringing, nearly 1.4 million say they are members of a non-Jewish religion.
We are not talking here about secularism, not about Jews who opt out of going to synagogue in favor of a baseball game or the movies, but rather in favor of church. Since the vast majority of American Jews are of Ashkenazic descent, this means that 25% of the descendants of European Jews who resisted the blandishments and threats of Christianity for some sixty generations, often at the cost of their lives, are now voluntary apostates.
American Jews have been occupied for four decades in a desperate attempt to stay the tide of assimilation and intermarriage (not to even speak of their more hideous confrere: conversion). What exactly is the Jewish leadership trying to perpetuate? Jewish genes? Jewish culture? A fondness for kreplach and klezmer and Isaac Bashevis Singer?
If so, no wonder the Catholics are winning. They don’t strive to inculcate in their children a love for Catholic culture. They don’t try to whip up enthusiasm for the celebration of St. Patrick’s Day nor spend millions to make sure that every Catholic child decorates an Easter egg. They are propagating a religion, complete with God and soul and afterlife. We are pushing a culture, complete with Sholem Aleichem and dreidels and lithographs of the Western Wall. But for a culture, no matter how engaging, no one is ready to sacrifice one’s life – nor the love of one’s life. Against Christianity we have pitted not Judaism, but Judaica.
History shows that substitutes for halachic Judaism have a shelf life of four generations or less. Reform Judaism’s founder Moses Mendelssohn had nine grandchildren; eight of them were baptized as Christians. Zionist founder Theodore Herzl’s children were not only not Zionists, they were not Jews. How many of the grandchildren of the great Yiddish writer I.L. Peretz married under a chupah? How many of his great-grandchildren know what a chupah is?
To perpetuate Jewish culture, outside of museums and university courses, at the very least you need Jews. But Jews, as all the population surveys prove, are rapidly disappearing. The first step in the multi-million-dollar enterprise of passing Jewish culture on to the next generation is to ensure that there will be a next generation.” (Sarah Yocheved Rigler)
@ Bernard Ross:
BTW – That quote was from Caroline.
@ rongrand:
BTW I am a huge fan of Caroline Glick. I told her a number of times, whether you agree with her or not, “Caroline, your a great American and your a great Israeli”.
I said it would be great if she had the time to travel throughout the US speaking to various Jewish groups. Could make a big difference in their support for Israel.
rongrand Said:
I would say that because american jews are out of the line of fire they would defeer to Israeli opinion on issues related to pals, peace process, security and YS. When they tune into the MSM there are all these Israeli experts who served in the IDF telling them that the best way to peace, etc is to make concessions. eg ehud barak? They dont just give an opinion, they express it with the greatest confidence. I have never read the opinion of an american jews on these issues which has been more concessionary than those of Israeli Jews. Monkey does as monkey sees.
rongrand Said:
if you read the global MSM who always quote haaretz experts you would think the Israelis are on the left.
update on Islamic rape fatwas and busting the gaza blockade as seen through the eyes of a blockade buster
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3655/islam-raping-women
@ Bernard Ross:
Bernard, back in 9/2008 I posed the question to Caroline Glick, I find the majority of Jewish Americans are liberal ant to the left, while Israelis seem more to the conservative side and to the right.
Her reply “It’s because American Jews are out of the line of fire so they feel free to worry about inanities”
Trust me I had to look up the word “inanities” shows how smart I am.
yamit82 Said:
I know i will be modified, span or hung for this comment, how about standing A Wiener ,dressed in raincoat, to scare away Cater and his admiring croud.
Laura Said:
Jews showing up at YU to protest Carter would only draw more attention to the division between jews on Israel. Gentiles and Jews may ponder that perhaps the protesters are exaggerating because why would a religious jewish university honor an anti semite. After that they must think that Carter is right in his position on Israel because a Jewish University endorsed him. The same is true vs Israel: if the Israeli Jews are ok with giving up YS why would we disagree with them? YU is an embarrassing scandal for the Jews as it gives credibility to many libels against Israel. However, the same is true about Israeli jews giving credibility to many libels.
yamit82 Said:
These are the REAL no-good-niks, not Pam Geller. She does good work ,but can’t do it all.
Laura Said:
US jews are not able to realize the extent of the dangers to Israel. This is because leftist Israeli keep telling the world that the dangers are minimal and the problem is that Israel wont make enough concessions. This behavior combined with the media bias is a great influence on US jews. If Jews on the front line state this, then who are the US jews to differ, what do they know?
Laura Said:
the problem is not democracy or many viewpoints but rather the appearance that the Israeli leftist viewpoint is the majority viewpoint in Israel rather than it being a minority. (I am referring to leftist re the pal, arab and peace process issues) US jews would tend towards supporting Israeli Jews positions and the US split reflects the Israeli split. Frankly it is hard for me to believe the positions of some Israeli leftist Jews who are right in the middle of the problem after all that has happened.
Laura Said:
I dont excuse it but I disagree with your view. You did not give reason for your perspective. The US jews get most of their info from the MSM who has been giving prime coverage to leftist Israeli press and positions for a long time. Yhe most often quoted Israeli source is haaretz and haaretz affiliated “experts”. The perspectives and positions of US leftist Jews is directly a spitting image(though less extreme) of Israeli leftist Jews. You hear more of the need for the US to force Israel into leftist agendas in Israel than you do in the US. The Israeli govt has not counterbalanced the leftist dissemination of lies with their own hasbara of any merit. The Israeli govt is negligent and incompetent in the realm of PR and law. The US jews believe that the leftist positions represent the majority of Israelis. If this were to be corrected and the US jews got a truthful picture of Israeli perspectives I believe their support would focus to the right. US perspectives are reflective of Israeli leftist media influence. I am surprised that you are unable to see the heavily weighted leftist information from Israel which the US jews get from MSM. I would wager that you are more informed about the range of Israeli viewpoints and the leftist Israeli media influence than most US jews. Please give reasons as to why you dispute my view.
Laura Said:
There is much truth in what you said.
@ Bernard Ross:
This is unrealistic. Israel is a democracy, its citizens having many different viewpoints. Don’t excuse the lack of support for Israel by American Jews. That lies solely at the feet of the spineless American Jewish community.
yamit82 Said:
this should not be put at Gellers feet. Geller is trying to reach the general US population with US issues. The YU, Carter, Cardozo scandal is to be laid at the feet of the Jewish people. It is a specifically jewish issue and problem. Isn’t YU an orthodox university? If those who purport to represent the will of G_D to the Jewish people create a hypocritical rationalization to engage in the support and honoring of an anti semite then perhaps the jewish people should rethink the rest of their spiel. Frankly, I do not consider this to be an american activist issue, I consider it to be a jewish issue and a jewsih problem which also obtains in Israel. We can trace this perspective to Israel where “religious” harass IDF women, do not support the state of Israel yet determine Israeli law re Judaism. Jewish leftist seculars also sabotage the interests of the Jews and present a confusion to the world as to what the Israelis want. In spite of the fact that it is the official position of the Israeli jewish establishment that most american jews are gentiles, those US Jews still support Israel. If Israel spoke with one voice as to what it wants, the overwhelming portion of US Jews would support her. It appears to US jews that the more “religious” Israeli Jews are the more they seek to exclude other Jews, impose their beliefs on others and avoid their responsibilities. Israeli religious Jews also have an appearance of anti semitism like their secular leftist counterparts..
So much for American Jewish Activism!!!! Bah Humbug!!! WHERE WAS GELLER AND SPENCER????
No one showed up to protest Carter at Cardozo. No one.
Not one single protester showed up to Cardozo to express outrage that Jimmy Carter was receiving an award.
A few disappointed counter-protesters were there, however, with nothing to counter-protest:
There was a small crowd of reporters and curious students there as well.
Meanwhile, other Jewish organizations expressed their outrage. Too bad they couldn’t actually send anyone there and get guaranteed publicity to focus on Carter’s terrible record. Even YU’s own Zionist clubs couldn’t muster a contingent.
The alumni who promised to physically block Carter? Nowhere to be found.
This was most disappointing.
Mr. Conflict Resolution
USING THEIR OWN WORDS and their own actions to expose them. This is a good campaign. Well done, Pamela.
The method of exposing their own words is so powerful that YouTube censored the Jewish site “Palestinian Media Watch” for daring to show a video from PA-TV with very shocking anti-Jewish content. YouTube accused the victim, the Jewish website, of spreading hatred. It was later restored thanks to protests by PMW’s supporters. http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=8753