US Support for Israel Near Record Highs

March 12 2010 - 6:42:42:am by JDL

The Gallup polling company recently released wonderful news on the growing support for Israel in the United States, with support at a near record high of 63%. Support among Republicans and Independents has increased, while support among Democrats has remained relatively flat. This polling doesn’t just register favorable attitudes toward Israel among Americans but specifically looks at support for Israel versus support for so-called “Palestinians” and Arabs in general.

Americans are becoming more supportive of Israel, perhaps coming to greater consensus that the suicidal course America and the world has coerced Israel into following – conceding ever more to an opponent that does not desire peace – has done far more harm than good. Gallup’s results also should serve as a wake up call for ignorant left-wing Jews who think the Democratic party is natural, permanent political home for American Jewry.

The specific numbers aren’t as important as the positive general trend in increasing support, which serves to allay some concerns over the increasing amount of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist, anti-Jewish propaganda on college campuses, online and in the media. (And to those who want to run away from the term Zionist, there is more than one type of Zionist. JDL is working on articles explaining and defending Religious Zionism.) Nevertheless, JDL will continue battling all forms of Jew-hatred with the same vigor, as if this report had shown us a negative result instead. Jews cannot afford themselves too much comfort from these statistics while there is still so much virulent hatred for Jews out there.

It’s also important to point out to non-Jews that their support of Jews and Israel may be responsible for blessings from Heaven bestowed on the United States, as it is well attested to in TaNaKh that those who bless HaShem’s holy nation are in turn blessed.

Tracking Anti-Circumcision Legislation

March 03 2010 - 2:25:39:pm by JDL

JDL is actively monitoring the attempts in some jurisdictions by radical atheists to outlaw infant circumcision. One such bill has been introduced in Massachusetts, which would prohibit circucmsion in the state with no exception for anyone under the age of 18. No Massachusetts politicians have announced their support of the legislation, but the mere attempt to pass the ban is highly disturbing.

Bris Milah, the covenant of circumcision, is an absolute necessity for all Jewish males. It was the first part of the Jewish covenant, which was established between Abraham Avienu and G-d. The bris distinguishes Jews and clean Noahides from heathens and is essential if a male wants to be a part of any authentic Jewish community or religious gathering. In various periods of our history Jews have had to contend with evil decrees banning circumcision. Jews have given their lives rather than comply with bans on circumcision.

If any attempt to ban circumcision in any American state were successful, G-d forbid, it would mark a substantial new low for Jews in the United States; any Jew with even a minimal connection to our religion would have to defy the law.  The covenant is so engrained in our people that only a tiny percentage of the most radically left-wing, irreligious “Jews” would make the decision not to have their sons circumcized. JDL contends that those who seek to ban circumcision are effectively Jew-haters and will be opposed vehemently by all legal means. JDL will work to confront proponents of circumcision bans and will keep on top of this vital concern.

Counter-Protests Greet WBC in Long Beach, CA

February 21 2010 - 4:09:32:pm by JDL

LONG BEACH (Press Telegram) - Members of a Kansas church best known for its strong anti-gay rhetoric was greeted by mild weather and overwhelming opposition when they stopped off at Wilson High School Friday afternoon during their weekend tour of the Southland. Seven members of the family of Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kan., are expected to attend a variety of events in and around Long Beach this weekend to spread their message. . .“

Within the Jewish community there were two very different responses. Deborah Goldfarb, executive director of the Jewish Federation, said she would simply ignore the Westboro group. “We’re trying to make it a nonevent,“ Goldfarb said. A spokesman from the Jewish Defense League, Ari Rubin, screamed curses at the church group. Rubin said that passivity among Jews paved the way for the Holocaust. “ (The Jewish Federation) think they can ignore or appease (opponents); we disagree,“ Rubin said.

(JDL’s recap of the day’s events to follow soon)

The Auschwitz Album

February 08 2010 - 8:37:19:am by JDL Louisiana

(Auschwitz Album) This Album memorializes the arrival of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz in May of 1944.  It is the only one of its kind, and it is solely due to this album that we have a visual history of what occurred in the Auschwitz-Birchenau death camp.  The album was discovered after the war by an Auschwitz survivor, Lily Jacob, who donated it to Yad Vashem in 1980.

Now, with the aid of the Internet, it can be viewed by millions of people, anywhere in the world.  Please pass this around, to help assure that people will continue to bear witness to this evil legacy.

Another sick call to “KILL JEWS”

February 05 2010 - 5:45:39:am by JDL Louisiana

(The Brooklyn Paper) In a stunning display of intolerance, Sixth Avenue in Park Slope was littered with strips of papers reading “KILL JEWS” in capital letters from Fourth to Ninth streets last Wednesday.

Nearly two dozen of the strips were picked up by Karen Guilbert, who had just finished walking her daughter to school. “It’s so ignorant and hateful,” said Guilbert, who picked up a handful of the same slips back in October. “There are hundreds of kids that walk up and down this street.”  Before she turned the slips over to the police, Guilbert played amateur detective by turning the strips over and piecing them together. All that emerged was that the slips had been cut from a document from a taxi driving school. Yet there were no addresses or phone numbers on the strips that offered any further clues.

“Someone is trying to be a taxi driver,” Guilbert nervously joked. “I sure hope I don’t end up in his car.”

Upcoming WBC Counter-Protest Feb 19th

February 02 2010 - 9:17:06:am by JDL

JDL Los Angeles will be taking on the Phelps crew when they come to disturb the Alpert Jewish Community Center. All members and supporters in the Los Angeles area are urged to attend this event. Visit the Events page to stay informed on scheduled JDL events and activities.

Mussolini iPhone Application

February 01 2010 - 10:09:12:am by JDL Louisiana

(JTA) Holocaust survivors are protesting Italy’s best-selling iPhone application—a collection of the speeches of Italy’s World War II fascist dictator Benito Mussolini.  “iMussolini,“ which sells for about $1.10 on the Italian iTunes store, was launched Jan. 21, just days ahead of Italy’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on Jan. 27.

Subtitled “the man who changed the history of our country,“ iMussolini topped the iPhone app download list on Sunday.

Its creator, Luigi Marino, 25, told reporters over the weekend that it was being downloaded about 1,000 times a day.

The app contains audio, video and text of more than 100 speeches dating back to 1914.  Mussolini came to power in Italy in 1922. Under his rule, Italy became a close ally of Nazi Germany; Mussolini’s regime introduced harsh anti-Semitic legislation in 1938.

Malaysian PM: Jews cause world’s problems

January 27 2010 - 8:19:54:am by JDL Louisiana

(JTA) MELBOURNE, Australia – Malaysia’s former prime minister accused America’s “Jewish lobby” of preventing Barack Obama from ending the war in Afghanistan.  Mahathir – long known for his anti-Semitic views – said Jews “had always been a problem in European countries. They had to be confined to ghettoes and periodically massacred. But still they remained, they thrived and they held whole governments to ransom.“

“Even after their massacre by the Nazis of Germany, they survived to continue to be a source of even greater problems for the world,” he said.

Mahathir also said there was “strong evidence” the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States were staged as an excuse to wage war against Islam. “There is strong evidence that the attacks [of 9/11] were staged. If they can make Avatar, they can make anything,” he was quoted as saying.

Catholic Bishop: The Holocaust as such is a Jewish invention

January 25 2010 - 12:47:16:pm by JDL Louisiana

(Jpost) The Holocaust only receives media coverage because of affluent Jews’ financial backing, military might and lobbying fronts, presenting a skewed version of events to the world, a high-ranking Polish bishop told a Catholic news portal on Monday.

Pieronek alleged that Jews today use the Holocaust as “a weapon of propaganda, used to obtain benefits which are often unjustified,“ citing as an example the unconditional support for Israel by the US. “This promotes a certain arrogance that I find unbearable,“ he said, explaining that Israel was using its position of power and exploiting historical tragedies to treat the Palestinians “like animals.“

“The Holocaust as such is a Jewish invention ... a day of remembrance must also be set for the many victims of Communism, persecuted Catholics and Christians and so on,“ he told the Web site. Tragedy, he stressed,  must not be turned into propaganda.

Does our Tefillin look like a Bomb?

January 21 2010 - 10:20:53:am by JDL Louisiana

(Reuters) - A US airways (LCC.N) passenger plane was diverted to Philadelphia on Thursday after a religious item worn by a Jewish passenger was mistaken as a bomb, Philadelphia police said.  A passenger was alarmed by the phylacteries, religious items which observant Jews strap around their arms and heads as part of morning prayers, on the flight from New York’s La Guardia airport heading to Louisville.

“Someone on the plane construed it as some kind of device,“ said officer Christine O’Brien, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia police department.  No one was arrested or charged, O’Brien said.  The plane landed without incident and the passengers and crew were taken off the plane, a spokesman for US Airways said.

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