November 2023
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The Zionist Majority?
”Sanity is not statistical – Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.” Winston Smith, 1984 (George Orwell) Living as many of us do in a democracy, we’ve been indoctrinated with the importance of “majority rules”. So entrenched is this idea that it can take on mythic proportions, a…
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On The Rebbe’s Yarhzeit…
This Friday marks the anniversary of the passing of the Satmar Rebbe (Grand Rabbi), z”l. His leadership spanned over 70 years and four continents, enriching the lives of thousands and giving hope to a world seemingly struck down. Many Jews, especially those in America, owe their very lives as they know it to him. When…
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Shavous – The Making of a Nation
“Israel is a nation and became a nation only through and for the Torah; it possessed land and statehood only as instruments for translating the Torah into living reality: This is why Israel was a people even before it possessed land and statehood; this too is why Israel survived as a people even after its land was…
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Out With the Old, In With the New
Ever since German publicist Wilhelm Marr formulated the term “anti-Semitism” in 1870, the working definition of the term, though necessarily broad, was rather straightforward. The anti-Semitism of Marr’s day and of subsequent generations was loosely defined as a hatred of Jews based on their religion, race or place of origin, as with the famous pithy…
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The Unheard Voice
As told to True Torah Jews – By Raphoel Miller (name has been changed) Growing up an Irish Protestant (with a Irish Catholic father), albeit an Americanized version thereof, I could not, until my conversion, claim any insider knowledge of the Jewish community. My scope of knowledge was limited to the evening news, which at that…
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Yom HaShoah In “Israel” – The Art Of Fabrication
Holocaust Remembrance Day is a national holiday in “Israel”, one replete with official ceremonies which are, of course, sufficiently solemn. “Never again!” is liberally sprinkled like confetti at a parade. Officials stand by with folded hands at memorial sites looking, again, sufficiently solemn. In truth, “standing by with folded hands” is precisely what the nascent…
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This Land is Our Land: Jewish Loyalty to their Home State
As the United States celebrates the 241st anniversary of its founding, it seems an appropriate time to address a hackneyed conspiracy theory. That of Jewish dual loyalty. Namely dual loyalty to the Zionist State which, when deemed necessary by the powers that be, can even supersede loyalty for one’s country of residence. Discussions about this…
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Israel’s Anti-Semitism
“I’ve long been of the position that a lot of this anti-Semitism furor has been overblown, and this would seem to underscore that.”Marc Zell, director of Republicans Overseas Israel. Last week’s revelation that a host of the recent bomb threats made on Jewish community centers throughout the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand actually…
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Held Back – A Returnee’s Story
“Israel has created a new image of the Jew in the world – the image of a working and an intellectual people, of a people that can fight with heroism.”David Ben-Gurion “A working and intellectual people? What were we before then?”True Torah Jews Jonathan Finkel’s life was typical of many American Jews. Growing up secular…
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From Jew to Israeli – In Quest of the “Other”
“The new Israeli identity’s opposition to Jewish tradition is amply documented; it explains why the hostility to Judaism often encountered in Israel is unparalleled in the Diaspora. This hostility to Judaism found diverse expressions among the founders of the state, including the choice of new, Hebraized names; the father of a member of the Knesset…