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Washington - prominent Jewish group slammed the White House yesterday for bestowing its highest civilian honor on a woman who critics charge has expressed hostility toward Israel.
Mary Robinson, who was Ireland’s first woman president, presided over the 2001 UN Durban Conference on Racism, which the United States boycotted for its bias against Israel and its final outcome document that equated Zionism with racism.
But White House spokesman Robert Gibbs held firm to the decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robinson as a “crusader of women’s rights.”
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee ripped Robinson for showing “hostility and one-sided bias” against Israel when she served as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights from 1997 until 2002.
AIPAC called on the White House to “repudiate her views on Israel,” but Gibbs said President Obama believes she deserves the award, although he does not endorse her views.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 09:30 AM chief doofis Says:Report as Inappropriate
Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.
The other Jews, have sowed the wind.. Let's hope that we all don't reap the whirlwind!
Obama is no friend of Israel. No "mispalel" in the " Bet Medrash" of Reverend Wright, can possibly be our friend, in any manner shape or form. The Rahm Emanuels of this world, at best , are "chazer fisslach" . The sooner the rest of us learn that, the sooner the Jewish influences in government, for what they are worth, can unite against this force, to help modify it, for the next three years, and to defeat it afterwards.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 09:29 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
And you people are surprised? The only surprise is that Obama's administration didn't do it on Day 1. Oh, but he was too busy calling Abou Abbas & bowing to the Saudi king.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 09:22 AM Emes Says:Report as Inappropriate
Using the same logic, Hitler would deserve an award for the "good" things he accomplished as Chancellor of Germany. He revived the German economy, built highways and made sure that the trains ran on time…regardless of the destination!
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:08 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.
The other Jews, have sowed the wind.. Let's hope that we all don't reap the whirlwind!
Obama is no friend of Israel. No "mispalel" in the " Bet Medrash" of Reverend Wright, can possibly be our friend, in any manner shape or form. The Rahm Emanuels of this world, at best , are "chazer fisslach" . The sooner the rest of us learn that, the sooner the Jewish influences in government, for what they are worth, can unite against this force, to help modify it, for the next three years, and to defeat it afterwards. ”
Applause!!!
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:11 AM Rippin Pinchas Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.
The other Jews, have sowed the wind.. Let's hope that we all don't reap the whirlwind!
Obama is no friend of Israel. No "mispalel" in the " Bet Medrash" of Reverend Wright, can possibly be our friend, in any manner shape or form. The Rahm Emanuels of this world, at best , are "chazer fisslach" . The sooner the rest of us learn that, the sooner the Jewish influences in government, for what they are worth, can unite against this force, to help modify it, for the next three years, and to defeat it afterwards. ”
Well said. However, liberal American Jews have always held their loyalty to liberalism and then fit everything else into it. The article has already given their response: Obama does not support Robinson's views.
I disagree with you about the Jewish influences in the government. They all have this mentality and us uniting will not change much as far as this is concerned. The liberal mentality amongst out secular bretheren is a powerful force.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:32 AM smokescreen Says:Report as Inappropriate
It is clear to say that OY!BAMA feels the same as this woman.. I'm sure he would also want to be recognizes for the good, regardless of the havoc he is causing. He is probably thinking treat others the way you want to be treated. The problem is that when you take pity on evil then you don't take pity on those who truly deserve it.
We need the geula quick......
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:35 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
Maybe Obama should give a medal to the North Korea President........
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:53 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
There is no linkage between the issues. I've attended awards dinners by yiddeshe organizations for public officials who may have targeted money at jewish institutions or have voted for foreign aid for EY, but otherwise have miserable voting records on other issues of concern to yidden like children's health care, pollution control, more assistance for the disabled etc. When it suits our agenda, we are very good at compartmentalization. Don't be a hypocrite.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:46 AM Plain Jew Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.
The other Jews, have sowed the wind.. Let's hope that we all don't reap the whirlwind!
Obama is no friend of Israel. No "mispalel" in the " Bet Medrash" of Reverend Wright, can possibly be our friend, in any manner shape or form. The Rahm Emanuels of this world, at best , are "chazer fisslach" . The sooner the rest of us learn that, the sooner the Jewish influences in government, for what they are worth, can unite against this force, to help modify it, for the next three years, and to defeat it afterwards. ”
Standing ovation for that one!!!
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:43 AM professor Says:Report as Inappropriate
Let's see. he doesn't endorse her views, but she deserves to be honored? just wait until he honors Farrakan as a pioneer for African-American rights.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:59 AM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
>Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.<
Plenty of frum folks, especially Chasidim, voted heartily for BHO.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 10:58 AM Chgolaw Says:Report as Inappropriate
Her response was that the uproar was by the Jewish lobby who attempts to bully people. ANd anyone who believes that Obama does not share her views is a fool.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 11:11 AM merkin Says:Report as Inappropriate
Most secular Jews in America are avowed Democrat voters. That is their religion. They "believe" that the Democratic party is good; Republican is bad. It is the closest thing to blind faith. As far as Chareidim that vote Democratic, they vote this way because they think the Democrats will have economic aid programs for them. The Charedi vote for Democrats is based on self interest; the secular Jews vote out of blind faith and belief in the Democratic party "religion." Which vote has the most integrity?
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Aug 05, 2009 at 12:03 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Most secular Jews in America are avowed Democrat voters. That is their religion. They "believe" that the Democratic party is good; Republican is bad. It is the closest thing to blind faith. As far as Chareidim that vote Democratic, they vote this way because they think the Democrats will have economic aid programs for them. The Charedi vote for Democrats is based on self interest; the secular Jews vote out of blind faith and belief in the Democratic party "religion." Which vote has the most integrity? ”
apparently, your religion is Hannity, Limbaugh and the republicans
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Aug 05, 2009 at 11:56 AM Why This Is Happening Says:Report as Inappropriate
They were the non-Jewish elite of Egypt.
Unlike the holy Jewish People, the Erev Rav were immersed in a lifestyle based upon the practices of the occult, black magic, divination, exorcism, necromancy, and other spiritual perversions. They feared and despised the Jews -- who were strangers among them and had distanced themselves from the Erev Rav's behavior -- so they influenced Pharoah to murder the Jewish baby boys.
They were Egypt's ruling class, its elite, and they craved one thing only -- power, that is, power to rule over people and control them.
After the Ten Plagues, when G-d Almighty revealed Himself and His Power in the world, the Erev Rav realized they were nothing before G-d, that their time for ruling others was over.
So they begged Moses to admit them to the Jewish nation because, as Jews, they hoped to be closer to the One Who Is All Powerful and continue to wield position over the humble Jewish people.
Moses agreed. But the Zohar states that G-d warned Moses that this was a mistake, that the Erev Rav were insincere and should be pushed away. According to Kabbalah and Chassidus, however, Moses saw that the Erev Rav were the quintessence of evil in the physical world.
By making them Jews, Moses knew he could subjugate their evil and transform them to the realm of holiness, thus bringing Messiah and the Complete Redemption.
G-d warned Moses that the Erev Rav were insincere converts to Judaism. Just as they craved power as the elite of Egypt, so too did they crave power as members of the Jewish people.
G-d, Torah, Jewish Law, fellow Jews, the Land . . . nothing was dear to them except one thing: to grab and maintain power. That is why almost immediately after the Giving of the Torah, the newly Jewish Erev Rav (the Sages state the Erev Rav were 1.2 million to 4 million in number -- about one-half to more than a million more than the Jews themselves) rebelled against G-d when Moses did not descend from Mount Sinai as expected.
The Erev Rav used their powers to create an illusion that Moshe had died. They then demanded that Aaron the High Priest help in their creation the Golden Calf idol. When Moses' and Aaron's nephew Chur stood up to them, the Erev Rav killed him. Nothing and no one would get in their way.
The souls of the Erev Rav, says the Torah, will exist until the Coming of the Messiah and will animate Jewish bodies in every generation. In our generation -- the last generation before the Messiah's arrival -- the souls of the Erev Rav will predominate and dominate the non-Erev Rav souls of the generation.
Consequently, in every generation, the Erev Rav will promote its agenda of rebellion and subversion of G-d's plans for Torah and the Jewish nation. In fact, we can see clearly from Jewish history that in every generation in which the Jews were pressured physically or spiritually by the Gentiles, it was the Erev Rav of that generation who succumbed to the pressure and, may G-d save us, came to help the Gentile oppressors.
The Hellenists of the Chanukah story; the Jewish guests at Achavarosh's feast prior to the Purim miracle; the Jewish Communists who informed on their fellow Jews upholding Torah and mitzvos in Russia; the secular Federation Jews worldwide, who grovel incessantly before Washington and Moscow; the Leftists, who love all things Gentile and yearn to be close to the Gentile centers of power, and the Zionists, who import every repugnant, non-Torah practice into the morally bankrupt State of Israel . . . these are the Erev Rav today.
More insidious, states the Vilna Gaon, the Erev Rav will not just be average Jews but the elite of the era, the "head," just as they were in Egypt. That is why, he states in Kol HaTor, they are called "rav" -- like a rav, a rabbi, an elevated individual -- "because they are the heads of the nation in the Exile." Difficult as it is to accept, this is true of many rabbis today, even if they have long beards, black hats, and recite words of Torah as easily as breathing.
May G-d help and protect us.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 12:47 PM Erev Shabbos Says:Report as Inappropriate
#15 You write: "The Hellenists of the Chanukah story; the Jewish guests at Achavarosh's feast prior to the Purim miracle; the Jewish Communists who informed on their fellow Jews upholding Torah and mitzvos in Russia; the secular Federation Jews worldwide, who grovel incessantly before Washington and Moscow; the Leftists, who love all things Gentile and yearn to be close to the Gentile centers of power, and the Zionists, who import every repugnant, non-Torah practice into the morally bankrupt State of Israel . . . these are the Erev Rav today."
So, almost everyone you don't agree with is the Erev Rav. Thanks for clarifying that!
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Aug 05, 2009 at 12:46 PM Avrohom Abba Says:Report as Inappropriate
Mr. Obama and his puppet Rohm Emanuel, have gotten exactly what they wanted; a chance to tell these big shot Jews to shut up and know their place and listen to instructions.
Also, this is Mr. Obama's chance to show all those unaffiliated Jews who voted for him..."Hey, you don't own me. I am not a slave of the Jews. I don't care that 79% of you voted for me, because I would have won anyway. Just keep your mouths shut, and me and Emanuel-Jew-boy here, will teach you how Israel will do what we want, when we want, and how we want. We don't want you to go starting a nuclear war. These Jews are out of control. It's time for King Abdullah's plan to be put into action."
Mr. Obama might want to realize that Israel's technology does not just produce cellphones and computers and microchips and biotech innovations. There are other very remarkable gadgets that have not yet appeared in public.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 01:11 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.
The other Jews, have sowed the wind.. Let's hope that we all don't reap the whirlwind!
Obama is no friend of Israel. No "mispalel" in the " Bet Medrash" of Reverend Wright, can possibly be our friend, in any manner shape or form. The Rahm Emanuels of this world, at best , are "chazer fisslach" . The sooner the rest of us learn that, the sooner the Jewish influences in government, for what they are worth, can unite against this force, to help modify it, for the next three years, and to defeat it afterwards. ”
@ #1 well said ( and like the cardiac/gastric descriptions!!)
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Aug 05, 2009 at 12:59 PM Why This Is Happening Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ #15 You write: "The Hellenists of the Chanukah story; the Jewish guests at Achavarosh's feast prior to the Purim miracle; the Jewish Communists who informed on their fellow Jews upholding Torah and mitzvos in Russia; the secular Federation Jews worldwide, who grovel incessantly before Washington and Moscow; the Leftists, who love all things Gentile and yearn to be close to the Gentile centers of power, and the Zionists, who import every repugnant, non-Torah practice into the morally bankrupt State of Israel . . . these are the Erev Rav today."
So, almost everyone you don't agree with is the Erev Rav. Thanks for clarifying that!
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Against my will was I born.
These Torah concepts are not my creation.
My life is dedicated to fulfilling the will of G-d, my Creator, as made known to me through Jewish Law.
And you are correct: Unabashedly, I do not agree with philosophies contrary to Torah.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 02:08 PM Elections Have Consequences Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ >Almost 80% of American Jews voted for Obama. He received this majority, primarily from cardiac Jews (they have jewish hearts) and gastric Jews (who like Jewish cooking). He received very little support from those of us, to whom Judaism is the air we breath, the entirety of our existence.<
Plenty of frum folks, especially Chasidim, voted heartily for BHO. ”
when you need to gain from the govt programs and the expansion of govt without having the courage to face what will be in 5, 10, 15, or 20+ years from now, you vote for a liberal (or worse hence BHO The Socialist). When you are a chochem who has an idea of what should be, you vote Conservative.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 02:05 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ There is no linkage between the issues. I've attended awards dinners by yiddeshe organizations for public officials who may have targeted money at jewish institutions or have voted for foreign aid for EY, but otherwise have miserable voting records on other issues of concern to yidden like children's health care, pollution control, more assistance for the disabled etc. When it suits our agenda, we are very good at compartmentalization. Don't be a hypocrite. ”
pollution control? Whats that?
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Aug 05, 2009 at 03:58 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Mr. Obama and his puppet Rohm Emanuel, have gotten exactly what they wanted; a chance to tell these big shot Jews to shut up and know their place and listen to instructions.
Also, this is Mr. Obama's chance to show all those unaffiliated Jews who voted for him..."Hey, you don't own me. I am not a slave of the Jews. I don't care that 79% of you voted for me, because I would have won anyway. Just keep your mouths shut, and me and Emanuel-Jew-boy here, will teach you how Israel will do what we want, when we want, and how we want. We don't want you to go starting a nuclear war. These Jews are out of control. It's time for King Abdullah's plan to be put into action."
Mr. Obama might want to realize that Israel's technology does not just produce cellphones and computers and microchips and biotech innovations. There are other very remarkable gadgets that have not yet appeared in public.
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Mr. Rohm Emanuel is not President Obama's puppet. He is the cause of many problems, specifically in how the president behaves towards Israel. Don’t forget, he is the one who orchestrated the hand-shake between President Rabin and Arafat YM”S
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Aug 05, 2009 at 04:54 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ Most secular Jews in America are avowed Democrat voters. That is their religion. They "believe" that the Democratic party is good; Republican is bad. It is the closest thing to blind faith. As far as Chareidim that vote Democratic, they vote this way because they think the Democrats will have economic aid programs for them. The Charedi vote for Democrats is based on self interest; the secular Jews vote out of blind faith and belief in the Democratic party "religion." Which vote has the most integrity? ”
What's the difference? The result is the same!!
btw, are you going to return some of the money?? ;)
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Aug 05, 2009 at 05:42 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
“ They were the non-Jewish elite of Egypt.
Unlike the holy Jewish People, the Erev Rav were immersed in a lifestyle based upon the practices of the occult, black magic, divination, exorcism, necromancy, and other spiritual perversions. They feared and despised the Jews -- who were strangers among them and had distanced themselves from the Erev Rav's behavior -- so they influenced Pharoah to murder the Jewish baby boys.
They were Egypt's ruling class, its elite, and they craved one thing only -- power, that is, power to rule over people and control them.
After the Ten Plagues, when G-d Almighty revealed Himself and His Power in the world, the Erev Rav realized they were nothing before G-d, that their time for ruling others was over.
So they begged Moses to admit them to the Jewish nation because, as Jews, they hoped to be closer to the One Who Is All Powerful and continue to wield position over the humble Jewish people.
Moses agreed. But the Zohar states that G-d warned Moses that this was a mistake, that the Erev Rav were insincere and should be pushed away. According to Kabbalah and Chassidus, however, Moses saw that the Erev Rav were the quintessence of evil in the physical world.
By making them Jews, Moses knew he could subjugate their evil and transform them to the realm of holiness, thus bringing Messiah and the Complete Redemption.
G-d warned Moses that the Erev Rav were insincere converts to Judaism. Just as they craved power as the elite of Egypt, so too did they crave power as members of the Jewish people.
G-d, Torah, Jewish Law, fellow Jews, the Land . . . nothing was dear to them except one thing: to grab and maintain power. That is why almost immediately after the Giving of the Torah, the newly Jewish Erev Rav (the Sages state the Erev Rav were 1.2 million to 4 million in number -- about one-half to more than a million more than the Jews themselves) rebelled against G-d when Moses did not descend from Mount Sinai as expected.
The Erev Rav used their powers to create an illusion that Moshe had died. They then demanded that Aaron the High Priest help in their creation the Golden Calf idol. When Moses' and Aaron's nephew Chur stood up to them, the Erev Rav killed him. Nothing and no one would get in their way.
The souls of the Erev Rav, says the Torah, will exist until the Coming of the Messiah and will animate Jewish bodies in every generation. In our generation -- the last generation before the Messiah's arrival -- the souls of the Erev Rav will predominate and dominate the non-Erev Rav souls of the generation.
Consequently, in every generation, the Erev Rav will promote its agenda of rebellion and subversion of G-d's plans for Torah and the Jewish nation. In fact, we can see clearly from Jewish history that in every generation in which the Jews were pressured physically or spiritually by the Gentiles, it was the Erev Rav of that generation who succumbed to the pressure and, may G-d save us, came to help the Gentile oppressors.
The Hellenists of the Chanukah story; the Jewish guests at Achavarosh's feast prior to the Purim miracle; the Jewish Communists who informed on their fellow Jews upholding Torah and mitzvos in Russia; the secular Federation Jews worldwide, who grovel incessantly before Washington and Moscow; the Leftists, who love all things Gentile and yearn to be close to the Gentile centers of power, and the Zionists, who import every repugnant, non-Torah practice into the morally bankrupt State of Israel . . . these are the Erev Rav today.
More insidious, states the Vilna Gaon, the Erev Rav will not just be average Jews but the elite of the era, the "head," just as they were in Egypt. That is why, he states in Kol HaTor, they are called "rav" -- like a rav, a rabbi, an elevated individual -- "because they are the heads of the nation in the Exile." Difficult as it is to accept, this is true of many rabbis today, even if they have long beards, black hats, and recite words of Torah as easily as breathing.
May G-d help and protect us.
”
# 15 you make some very valid points and i think that today more then ever there are BIG questions that people dont seem to have answers to (thus leading to much confusion and misguidance) the jewish people need good genuine strong leaders to lead them as we head into these turbulent times.
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Aug 06, 2009 at 06:50 AM me Says:Report as Inappropriate
But White House spokesman Robert Gibbs held firm to the decision to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robinson as a "crusader of women's rights."
Hitler was a crusader for german rights. I can hardly wait to see what he gets awarded for.
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Aug 07, 2009 at 03:12 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
** Marked for US Secret Service Review**