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>>>WHY I'M PROUD TO BE A JEW
>>>
>>>With war raging in the Middle East, with global terror reaching new >>>heights, with global anti-Semitism on the rise, I thought it might be a >>>good time to reflect on why I'm proud, more than ever, to be a Jew.
>>>
>>>---- I'm proud to be a Jew because Jews don't kidnap.
>>>
>>>----I'm proud to be a Jew because Jewish education does not consist of >>>teaching martyrdom and hatred.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because my religious leaders and religious >>>services don't whip me into a frenzy to kill others.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because in the middle of a war, Jews still >>>demonstrate and protest to protect the rights of the Arab-Israeli >>>minority to voice their opposition to the war.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because even when Israel is wrongly and falsely >>>accused of killing innocent civilians, Jewish leaders apologize >>>immediately for any loss of life—instead of celebrating these deaths by
> >>passing out candy and shooting celebratory gunshots into the air.
>>>
>>>---When the world accuses Israel of massacre in Jenin—when the world
> >>accuses Israel of bombing civilians on a Gaza beach—when the > world >>accuses Israel of shooting a child cowering against a wall—when > the >>world accuses Israel of bombing a Lebanese apartment building killing 56
>>>civilians—when all of these accusations turn out to be totally false
> >>—to be vicious anti-Semitic lies—and when all along I knew in my heart
>>>that these stories just could not be true—and I'm later proven to be
> >>right—then I'm proud to be a Jew.
> >>
>>>--- I'm proud to be a Jew because the Israeli Army is so, so good, that >>>when it takes more than four weeks to wipe out a sophisticated enemy who >>>has prepared six years for this war, the world criticizes the IDF for >>>not getting the job done quickly.
>>>
>>>----I'm proud to be a Jew when my army, the Israeli army, drops leaflets >>>and makes calls to Lebanese citizens on their cell phones to warn them >>>to evacuate before bombing begins.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the democracies of the world talk about >>>fighting the war on terror, but only Israel is left alone to bear the >>>burden of eradicating Hezbollah, the proxy army of Iran and Syria.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when entire Israeli towns in the >>>north—Nahariya, Kiryat Shimona, Safed, are reduced to ghost towns due to
> >>the constant shelling, and yet not one looter has appeared to empty out
>>>the property of others .
>>>
>>>----When Israel must defend its very right to exist, when it must fight >>>a well armed enemy representing the Islamic fascists, as President Bush >>>has called them, when Israel must conduct this war on terror with its >>>hands tied behind its back so as not to take an innocent life lest the >>>media have something true to report, that it must fight this war of >>>survival under the cloud of "disproportionality", as if thousands of >>>Katusha rockets falling on its citizenry is somehow "proportionate"—when >>>Israel
> >>simultaneously pushes back these threats both in the North and in the
>>>South under the added pressure of a biased media, then I'm proud to be a >>>Jew.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the Edinburgh Scottish film festival tells >>>an Israeli director to stay home although his film is being screened and >>>the director says "No, I'm coming."
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because Mel Gibson is not a Jew .
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the UN's Human Rights Commission consists >>>of countries like Syria , Libya and Iran and Israel is not asked to join.
>>>
>>>--I'm proud to be a Jew when magician David Blaine announces his trip to >>>Israel next week to entertain the children living in bomb shelters and >>>tells the press he's doing it to encourage other performers to stand up >>>for Israel and its right to defend itself.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when a Russian/Israeli businessman >>>single-handedly creates not one but two tent cities on the beach to >>>house Israelis fleeing the North and provides shelter, bedding, food and >>>drink, showers and bathrooms—all done without red tape in a matter of 24
> >>hours—to house over 6,000 Israeli's, one of whom described it as a > "poor >>man's Club Med."
>>>
>>>----I am proud to be a Jew when Israelis on the left and on the right >>>support the government's decision to fight—when 97% of the country is
> >>united in its own defense—when Israeli's from Jerusalem give shelter > to >>families from Haifa—when food from the Negev is donated to feed > soldiers >>at the front—when the IDF deploys soldiers on special > assignments to >>deliver diapers to shelters and to entertain and calm > the frightened
>>>children.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the three weeks preceding Tisha B'Av >>>reminds us of the terrible things we have endured as a people and as a >>>nation—and yet immediately thereafter, Hashem offers us consolation,
> >>redemption and hope—plus the promise that we shall defeat our > enemies, >>that we shall endure, that Am Yisrael Chai.
>>>
>>>And I am proud to be a Jew because when we proclaim that God is on our >>>side, we have the book to prove it. :- )
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>*****************************
>>>islamo-terrorism is a worldwide cancer !
>>>-----Western Judeo/Christian/Hindu democracies celebrate l i f e not >>>death and how many you can kill at once to appease an allah.
>>>
>>>With war raging in the Middle East, with global terror reaching new >>>heights, with global anti-Semitism on the rise, I thought it might be a >>>good time to reflect on why I'm proud, more than ever, to be a Jew.
>>>
>>>---- I'm proud to be a Jew because Jews don't kidnap.
>>>
>>>----I'm proud to be a Jew because Jewish education does not consist of >>>teaching martyrdom and hatred.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because my religious leaders and religious >>>services don't whip me into a frenzy to kill others.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because in the middle of a war, Jews still >>>demonstrate and protest to protect the rights of the Arab-Israeli >>>minority to voice their opposition to the war.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because even when Israel is wrongly and falsely >>>accused of killing innocent civilians, Jewish leaders apologize >>>immediately for any loss of life—instead of celebrating these deaths by
> >>passing out candy and shooting celebratory gunshots into the air.
>>>
>>>---When the world accuses Israel of massacre in Jenin—when the world
> >>accuses Israel of bombing civilians on a Gaza beach—when the > world >>accuses Israel of shooting a child cowering against a wall—when > the >>world accuses Israel of bombing a Lebanese apartment building killing 56
>>>civilians—when all of these accusations turn out to be totally false
> >>—to be vicious anti-Semitic lies—and when all along I knew in my heart
>>>that these stories just could not be true—and I'm later proven to be
> >>right—then I'm proud to be a Jew.
> >>
>>>--- I'm proud to be a Jew because the Israeli Army is so, so good, that >>>when it takes more than four weeks to wipe out a sophisticated enemy who >>>has prepared six years for this war, the world criticizes the IDF for >>>not getting the job done quickly.
>>>
>>>----I'm proud to be a Jew when my army, the Israeli army, drops leaflets >>>and makes calls to Lebanese citizens on their cell phones to warn them >>>to evacuate before bombing begins.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the democracies of the world talk about >>>fighting the war on terror, but only Israel is left alone to bear the >>>burden of eradicating Hezbollah, the proxy army of Iran and Syria.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when entire Israeli towns in the >>>north—Nahariya, Kiryat Shimona, Safed, are reduced to ghost towns due to
> >>the constant shelling, and yet not one looter has appeared to empty out
>>>the property of others .
>>>
>>>----When Israel must defend its very right to exist, when it must fight >>>a well armed enemy representing the Islamic fascists, as President Bush >>>has called them, when Israel must conduct this war on terror with its >>>hands tied behind its back so as not to take an innocent life lest the >>>media have something true to report, that it must fight this war of >>>survival under the cloud of "disproportionality", as if thousands of >>>Katusha rockets falling on its citizenry is somehow "proportionate"—when >>>Israel
> >>simultaneously pushes back these threats both in the North and in the
>>>South under the added pressure of a biased media, then I'm proud to be a >>>Jew.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the Edinburgh Scottish film festival tells >>>an Israeli director to stay home although his film is being screened and >>>the director says "No, I'm coming."
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew because Mel Gibson is not a Jew .
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the UN's Human Rights Commission consists >>>of countries like Syria , Libya and Iran and Israel is not asked to join.
>>>
>>>--I'm proud to be a Jew when magician David Blaine announces his trip to >>>Israel next week to entertain the children living in bomb shelters and >>>tells the press he's doing it to encourage other performers to stand up >>>for Israel and its right to defend itself.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when a Russian/Israeli businessman >>>single-handedly creates not one but two tent cities on the beach to >>>house Israelis fleeing the North and provides shelter, bedding, food and >>>drink, showers and bathrooms—all done without red tape in a matter of 24
> >>hours—to house over 6,000 Israeli's, one of whom described it as a > "poor >>man's Club Med."
>>>
>>>----I am proud to be a Jew when Israelis on the left and on the right >>>support the government's decision to fight—when 97% of the country is
> >>united in its own defense—when Israeli's from Jerusalem give shelter > to >>families from Haifa—when food from the Negev is donated to feed > soldiers >>at the front—when the IDF deploys soldiers on special > assignments to >>deliver diapers to shelters and to entertain and calm > the frightened
>>>children.
>>>
>>>---I'm proud to be a Jew when the three weeks preceding Tisha B'Av >>>reminds us of the terrible things we have endured as a people and as a >>>nation—and yet immediately thereafter, Hashem offers us consolation,
> >>redemption and hope—plus the promise that we shall defeat our > enemies, >>that we shall endure, that Am Yisrael Chai.
>>>
>>>And I am proud to be a Jew because when we proclaim that God is on our >>>side, we have the book to prove it. :- )
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>*****************************
>>>islamo-terrorism is a worldwide cancer !
>>>-----Western Judeo/Christian/Hindu democracies celebrate l i f e not >>>death and how many you can kill at once to appease an allah.
