tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627667.post126482196125587345..comments2024-03-11T03:18:40.164-04:00Comments on The Happiness Warrior: Rabbi Chaim Steinmetzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00927664495724913102noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627667.post-9646878028014014292011-08-08T08:00:05.981-04:002011-08-08T08:00:05.981-04:00As early as 1948, the political philosopher Hannah...As early as 1948, the political philosopher Hannah Arendt warned:<br />"Even if the Jews were to win the war … the 'victorious Jews' would live surrounded by an entirely hostile Arab population, secluded inside ever threatened borders, absorbed by physical self-defense … And all this would be the fate of a nation that—no matter how many immigrants it could still absorb and how it extended its boundaries—would still remain a very small people greatly outnumbered by hostile neighbors."<br />Her prophecy has sadly come true. The State of Israel has faced incessant violence since its proclamation. Demographically, Israel's Jewish population is and will remain a tiny minority facing the rapidly growing Arab masses, 40 percent of whom are today below the age of fifteen. An island of wealth facing an ocean of poverty, Israel is condemned to live by the sword if the Zionist structure remains intact. To survive even in the short term, Israel will continue to need significant population inflows from abroad. But even if all the Jews of the world were to move to Israel, this would only delay the showdown with its more numerous and mostly hostile neighbors.<br />We must admit that structurally, i.e. independently of the impact of particular policies, the interests of Israel and of the Diaspora are at loggerheads. Israel was created inter alia, to offer the Jews physical safety. Today the State of Israel adversely affects the physical safety of the Jews, both within its borders and elsewhere. In spite of the might of Israel's armed forces, Israel is the only place in the world where a Jew can be killed just for being a Jew. Today the life of a Jew is in greater danger in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv than in Paris or Berlin or even in Damascus or Tehran.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627667.post-9773198169502825412011-04-09T09:42:17.265-04:002011-04-09T09:42:17.265-04:00Moses said the law is everything.
Jesus said love...Moses said the law is everything.<br /><br />Jesus said love is everything.<br /><br />Marx said capital is everything.<br /><br />Freud said sex is everything.<br /><br />Einstein said everything is relativeZaramart Kippahttp://www.a-zara.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5627667.post-32192641409830651072011-01-17T10:46:43.138-05:002011-01-17T10:46:43.138-05:00I'm sorry to hear about these attacks. I agree...I'm sorry to hear about these attacks. I agree with your point, we Canadians should watch out and protect the peace, harmony and tolerance that is part of our identity.Adam Sofinetihttp://www.adamsofineti.comnoreply@blogger.com