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CAFI Newsletter Newsletter #131 Friday, April 25, 2003=20
1.. WHY THE HOLOCAUST CAN HAPPEN AGAIN=20
2.. IGNORING GOD'S ROAD MAP FOR THE HOLY LAND=20
3.. TIME TO HIT THE ROAD MAP?=20
4.. A CHRISTIAN APOLOGY=20
5.. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES=20
6.. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES=20
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1. WHY THE HOLOCAUST CAN HAPPEN AGAIN
by Robert W. Tracinski - Capitalism Magazine - April 22, 2003=20
The purpose of Holocaust Remembrance Day is not only to pay =
tribute to the victims, but to learn what made an evil of such magnitude =
possible--and to prevent it from ever happening again. Yet this is =
precisely what we have failed to learn.
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are urged to memorialize the =
millions who suffered and died in the Nazi concentration camps. The =
purpose is not merely to pay tribute to the victims, but to learn what =
made an evil of such magnitude possible--and to prevent it from ever =
happening again.=20
Yet this is precisely what we have failed to learn. The rise of =
Nazism is often attributed to such non-fundamental factors as the =
resentment produced by the Versailles Treaty or the despair generated by =
the Great Depression. Or, if we are given a fundamental, ideological =
explanation, we are told that the Germans had embraced too much =
capitalism and individualism.=20
The actual cause of Nazism was ideological--but exactly the =
opposite ideology. Nazism flourished because of its ethics of =
self-abnegation and self-sacrifice. Hitler himself stated the moral =
foundations of Nazism: "It is thus necessary that the individual should =
finally come to realize that his own ego is of no importance. . . . This =
state of mind, which subordinates the interests of the ego to the =
conservation of the community, is really the first premise for every =
truly human culture. . . . The basic attitude from which such activity =
arises, we call--to distinguish it from egoism and =
selfishness--idealism. By this we understand only the individual's =
capacity to make sacrifices for the community, for his fellow men."=20
Historians usually dismiss such statements. The idea that =
self-sacrifice is synonymous with virtue is too uncontroversial for them =
to connect to Nazism. Thus, such pronouncements are usually regarded as =
mere window dressing to disguise the Nazis' true agenda.=20
But what if this view is wrong? What if it was precisely the =
Nazis' most virtuous-sounding slogans that unleashed their evil on the =
world?=20
Consider the full, logical meaning of altruistic self-sacrifice. =
It means, not benevolence toward others, but servitude. If sacrifice to =
others is the essence of virtue, how can anyone be allowed to pursue his =
own goals and happiness? If the community needs money, it is the =
individual's duty to sacrifice his earnings. If society decides that =
certain ideas are dangerous, it is the individual's duty to sacrifice =
his beliefs. And if the nation decrees that certain individuals are =
dangerous, then they must be sacrificed. The needs of the collective, =
not the interests and the rights of the individual, become the standard =
of right and wrong.=20
Under such a philosophy, no one can complain when the Nazis freeze =
workers' wages--the nation needs less costly tanks. No one can speak out =
when Hitler arrests his political opponents--the nation needs greater =
unity. And no one can resist when the Jews are tortured and =
murdered--the nation needs Aryan purity. As Leonard Peikoff writes in =
The Ominous Parallels--a study of the philosophic similarities between =
America today and pre-Nazi Germany: "The opponents of Nazism were =
disarmed; since they equated selflessness with virtue, they could not =
avoid conceding that Nazism, however misguided, was a form of moral =
idealism."=20
Most people avoid these stark implications by retreating to a =
compromise between self-sacrifice and self-interest. Calls for sacrifice =
are proper, they say, but should not be taken "too far." The Fascists =
condemned this approach as hypocrisy. They took the morality of =
sacrifice to its logical conclusion. They insisted, in the words of =
Italian Fascist Alfredo Rocco, on "the necessity, for which the older =
doctrines make little allowance, of sacrifice, even up to the total =
immolation of individuals."=20
And the Nazis certainly practiced what Rocco preached. A central =
goal of the concentration camps, wrote survivor Bruno Bettelheim, was =
"to break the prisoners as individuals, and to change them into a docile =
mass." "There are to be no more private Germans," one Nazi writer =
declared; "each is to attain significance only by his service to the =
state." The goal of National Socialism was the relentless sacrifice of =
the individual: the sacrifice of his mind, his independence, and =
ultimately his person.=20
A free country is based on precisely the opposite principle. To =
protect against what they called the "tyranny of the majority," =
America's Founding Fathers upheld the individual's right to "life, =
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The implicit basis of American =
government was an ethics of individualism--the view that the individual =
is not subordinate to the collective, that he has a moral right to his =
own interests, and that all rational people benefit under such a system. =
Today, however, self-sacrifice is regarded as self-evidently good. =
True, most people do not want a pure, consistent system of sacrifice, as =
practiced by the Nazis. But once the principle is accepted, no amount of =
this "virtue" can ever be condemned as "too much."=20
We will not have learned the lessons of the Holocaust until we =
completely reject this sacrifice-worship and rediscover the morality of =
individualism.=20
About the Author: Mr. Tracinski is a fellow, writer, teacher and =
analyst with the Ayn Rand Institute and speaks regularly at conferences =
and on college campuses about the philosophy of the late novelist Ayn =
Rand.
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2. IGNORING GOD'S ROAD MAP FOR THE HOLY LAND
By John Waage - CBN.com - Middle East Correspondent - April 22, =
2003=20
When the world's power brokers get together to plan the future =
borders of the Middle East, there is little evidence to suggest that =
they are consulting the Bible.=20
Diplomats from the so-called "quartet" - the U.N., the European =
Union, Russia and the U.S. - are pushing hard for their "road map" to =
Middle East peace. But there are two very different road maps for Bible =
believers and the international community.=20
The quartet's road map calls for an end to the violence against =
Israel, and a Palestinian state within two years. But the violence =
hasn't ended, and the proposed state would be in the heart of biblical =
Israel: the lands of Judea and Samaria.=20
In the diplomatic minefield of the West Bank, nearly every town =
and neighborhood has its roots in Bible times. The Arab city of Nablus =
is the Jewish town of Shechem, home of Joseph's tomb. The Palestinian =
stronghold of Bethlehem is the Jewish city of David and the birthplace =
of Jesus. And Jerusalem is the Holy City, mentioned hundreds of times in =
scripture.=20
When the world's power brokers get together to plan the future =
borders of the Middle East, there is little evidence to suggest that =
they are consulting the Bible.=20
Elon Moreh is in the heart of biblical Samaria. It is the place =
where the Lord made a covenant with Abraham thousands of years ago, to =
give this land to him and his descendants forever.=20
In the Genesis account, the Lord promised to Abraham's =
descendants, Israel, the land from the river of Egypt to the river =
Euphrates. Bible scholars differ about the lines of the exact =
boundaries. But it is clear that the biblical borders of Israel include =
all of what is now called the West Bank, the land earmarked by the =
quartet for a Palestinian state.=20
Reuven Berger is a messianic pastor who works and prays for =
reconciliation between Jews and Arabs. He says there is no provision in =
the Bible for a Palestinian state.=20
"Very simply, if we look into the scripture, we will find no such =
reality, no such promise. The scripture speaks of the promise of the =
land to the people of Israel, and a restoration that God will bring =
forth, physically and spiritually," Berger said.=20
Berger says it should not be a surprise that the international =
community is so focused on the Holy Land. He said, "Man and the whole =
Babylonian world system is going to absolutely try and find a human =
solution to bring peace to the Middle East, because they understand that =
this is the heart of the whole world issue. But actually they're going =
to have to deal with God. Because, first of all, God says it is His =
land."=20
The diplomatic push for a Palestinian state has gained strong =
momentum since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. For months, =
President Bush has promised such a state if the Palestinians, under new =
leadership, stop their violence against Israel and enact democratic =
reforms. He has also made it clear what Israel must do.=20
On March 14 of this year, Bush said, "The government of Israel, as =
the terror threat is removed and security improves, must take concrete =
steps to support the emergence of a viable and credible Palestinian =
state, and to work as quickly as possible toward a final status =
agreement. As progress is made toward peace, settlement activity in the =
occupied territories must end."=20
Most of the 200,000 Jewish residents in the West Bank - Judea and =
Samaria - would disagree with President Bush's contention that they live =
in occupied territory.=20
Miriam Fox, a resident of the Alon Shvut community, said, =
"Whenever people talk about the Bible, they kind of sound like religious =
fanatics. But at the risk of sounding like one, the Old Testament is =
very clear that this piece of real estate belongs to the Jewish people, =
that it's an everlasting inheritance."=20
Eve Harow, a resident of Efrat, said, "I think it's really =
unconscionable to think that Jews should once again be transferred out =
of Judea and Samaria."=20
Harow says for many Palestinians, the state of Israel is the real =
issue. "They have yet to accept not just the fact that Jews live in =
Judea and Samaria, they have yet to accept the fact that there are Jews =
in the Middle East, because that's really what this is all about. And =
all you have to do is look in their websites and their textbooks to see =
that their maps of the Middle East say Palestine in place of Israel, not =
next to Israel. It's not about Judea and Samaria. It's about the right =
of Jews to have a state of our own in this part of the world," she said. =
But after decades of pressure on successive Israeli governments, =
even some leaders who helped build the Jewish communities in the West =
Bank now say they have resigned themselves to a Palestinian state. Prime =
Minister Ariel Sharon is one such leader.=20
In an April 13th interview, Sharon told the Israeli newspaper =
Ha'aretz: "We are talking about the cradle of the Jewish people. Our =
whole history is bound up with these places - Bethlehem, Shiloh, Bethel. =
And I know that we will have to part with some of these places. As a =
Jew, this agonizes me. But I have decided to make every effort to reach =
a settlement. I feel that the rational necessity to reach a settlement =
is overcoming my feelings."=20
But that is not enough for many Palestinians, who learn from the =
time they are in pre-school that all of Israel is the land of Palestine. =
Leaders of Hamas and other terrorist groups vow to fight the road map =
and any other proposal that would keep Israel in charge of the land.=20
Hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz Rantisi said, "I believe that we are =
going to escalate our resistance, because the resistance in Palestine =
(is) representing the hope of the nation."=20
The Palestinian terrorist groups have tried to make good on their =
threats. Israeli security forces fielded more than 60 threats of =
terrorist attacks during the Passover holiday, and at least 10 were =
arrested for planned suicide bombings. Still, the Bush administration's =
road map partners - Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - =
want a faster timetable for a Palestinian state. But the quartet has =
been slow to explain what it would do to keep terrorists from killing =
Israelis.=20
In the meantime, Israelis who believe the Bible's promises for the =
land, say they are looking to the author of the scriptures.=20
Efrat resident Yacov Coblentz said, "The Jewish people couldn't =
possibly have settled the land of Israel; the Jewish people couldn't =
possibly have survived so many wars without Divine help. We were getting =
it the whole time. We'll get it (bezat hashem), we'll get it forever. If =
we pray properly, we'll get it." Reuven Berger said, "God has a plan. He =
has a plan of blessing. He has a plan of peace. And you cannot bypass =
Israel. Israel is at the heart of that plan. And that's why the nations, =
in their hatred for Israel, they are depriving themselves of the very =
blessing that God has for them."=20
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3. TIME TO HIT THE ROAD MAP?
by Fred Barnes, executive editor - The Weekly Standard - April 24, =
2003=20
Mahmoud Abbas is the new Palestinian prime minister. But for =
now, Yasser Arafat is still in the driver's seat.=20
Don't get your hopes up yet for a peace settlement between Israel =
and the Palestinians. Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, has =
allowed the new prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, to form a governing =
cabinet. And Abbas's emergence represents a shrinking of Arafat's =
authority. But Arafat has lost only a bit of his power. He retains a =
virtual veto over any steps Abbas may want to take, plus the right to =
fire Abbas at any time. Which means that the chief Palestinian =
impediment to peace, Arafat, is still in a position to impede.=20
Let's review Arafat's recent record. At Camp David in 2000 and =
again at the White House in January 2001, Arafat was offered generous =
terms for a settlement, including half of Jerusalem, nearly 100 percent =
of the West Bank, a dramatic reduction in Israeli settlements, and a =
land bridge between Gaza and the West Bank. Some of Arafat's aides =
favored acceptance, but he said no to President Clinton and Ehud Barak, =
the Israeli prime minister, and then brought on a new intifada and a =
string of suicide bombings in Israel.=20
This militant refusal led to Ariel Sharon's victory over Barak in =
the ensuing Israeli election and, in June 2002, to President Bush's =
decision to halt any American dealings with Arafat and to urge his =
removal from power. The new Bush policy weakened Arafat, who was forced =
to name a prime minister, Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen). But the =
negotiations over Abbas's cabinet show that Arafat remains powerful.=20
The cabinet crisis occurred after Bush and British prime minister =
Tony Blair announced last month that a so-called road map of directions =
toward an Israeli-Palestinian accord would be released after Abbas and =
his cabinet were sworn in (which may happen next week). The road map was =
produced by the "quartet" of the United States, the European Union, the =
United Nations, and Russia.=20
Abbas succeeded in getting Arafat to accept Muhammad Dahlan as a =
top security official in the cabinet--Dahlan has been publicly critical =
of Arafat. But Abbas was forced to accept three of Arafat's allies to =
top positions, men Abbas had hoped to relegate to minor posts.=20
Abbas himself is often described as a moderate, at least relative =
to Arafat. He has said that the intifada begun by Arafat in 2000 was a =
mistake. The question now is what Abbas will be able to achieve. He =
gives the Palestinians a figure to meet with American officials who =
won't deal with Arafat. Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to =
confer with Abbas when he travels to the Middle East as early as next =
week.=20
Despite the 3-year timetable in the road map, results are more =
important than deadlines. For Abbas, this means at the outset cracking =
down on Palestinian terrorists--the Al-Aksa Brigades, Hamas, Islamic =
Jihad. If he succeeds--if Arafat doesn't undermine his efforts--then =
Israel will be under pressure to make concessions. Sharon has already =
indicated a willingness to reduce Israeli settlements on the West Bank. =
If Abbas fails in suppressing terrorists, no peace is possible.=20
Will Arafat allow a serious crackdown? Will he give Abbas a free =
hand in negotiating with the Israelis? Will, in fact, Arafat permit any =
steps by Abbas that would reduce his own power? Arafat's record suggests =
the answer is no to these important questions.=20
But he didn't want to name a prime minister or compromise on a =
cabinet, either. He relented under pressure from two sources that =
usually don't hold him accountable: Egypt and the Europeans. Tony Blair =
is a key figure here. If only to appease the Labour left, he's been =
kindly disposed toward Arafat, in effect legitimizing him. Now's the =
time, however, to legitimize Abbas and let Arafat go. Otherwise, the =
road map won't matter and Arafat will be free to block peace once more.=20
Fred Barnes is executive editor of The Weekly Standard.=20
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4. A CHRISTIAN APOLOGY
By Chris M. Poole - June 6, 2002=20
I write this letter for two reasons; first and foremost I want to =
genuinely say to my Jewish friends and acquaintances, those I work with, =
those who live in my community and those both near and afar that I don't =
know, simply, I'm sorry. As a follower of Jesus (Yeshua) my heart is =
grieved by the guilt of Christianity towards the Jewish people. I am =
truly sorry. Secondly, it is my sincere hope that Christians who are =
willing to open their hearts to the truth will =93hear=94 this letter =
and be forever changed by it.=20
My personal journey began several years ago with a trip to Israel. =
It was there that I realized that Yeshua (Jesus) was a Jew and that my =
heritage as a believer deeply rooted in Israel and her people. I =
wondered, how had Jesus become blond, blue eyed and very non-Jewish? =
Later, while in Brownsville Florida, I purchased a book with an =
intriguing title, Our Hands are Stained with Blood: The Tragic Story of =
the =93Church=94 and the Jewish People=94, by Dr. Michael Brown. I read =
the book and my heart was torn from me, I wept. Many questions followed. =
However, the most troubling was, why have I (we) never been told? How =
could something so horrific be silenced for so long? My search for =
answers began. I wanted to know more. What I learned follows.=20
In the first century Ignatius of Antioch proposed the theory that =
the Church is the New Israel, suggesting that the Jews had lost it =
forever. Later Constantine declares that Israel no longer belonged to =
the Jewish people, instead the Christian Church. The early church saw =
Judaism as a threat, thus the beginning of the creation of a non-Jewish =
Jesus. Next the Jews were accused of killing =93God=94 Himself. Justin =
proclaims the =93tribulations (perhaps the destruction of the temple in =
70 AD for one) were justly imposed upon you, for you have murdered the =
Just One.=94 Later Christian theologians Hippolytus and Origen supported =
this theory and subsequently it became predominate in Christian =
thinking.=20
Other noted Christians, such as Chrysostom, denounced the Jews =
calling them the =93most miserable of all men=85lustful, rapacious, =
greedy, perfidious bandits=85.inveterate murderers, destroyers, men =
possessed by the devil (a theme oft repeated by the church in the =
centuries to follow) debauchery and drunkenness have given them the =
manners of the pig and lusty goat.=94 The same Church Father later =
pronounced that for the Jew there is =93no expiation (atonement) =
possible, no indulgence, no pardon=85.their =93odious assassination of =
Christ=94 was the beginning of all their woes.=20
Christianity became officially recognized under Emperor =
Constantine in the fourth century. As a result theology was woven into =
government and the Synagogue came under its control. Justinian abolished =
Jewish religious and civil rights. In the seventh century Byzantine =
Emperor Heraclius began the first of the forced baptisms of the Jews, =
which was to be repeated in many places in the centuries to come.=20
The Crusades resulted in the murder of approximately a quarter to =
one-third of the entire Jewish population in Germany and Northern =
France. Crusaders, singing Christ, We Adore Thee, held their crosses =
aloft while burning 969 Jews to death, who had locked themselves in the =
main synagogue in Jerusalem. The Crusaders believed they were avenging =
the death of Christ. It has been reported that as they ran over the =
=93mutilated bodies of those slaughtered their leader quoted Psalm =
118:24: =93This is the day which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and =
be glad in it.=94=20
Over the centuries the Jews have been made the scapegoat for =
numerous things. One Pope blamed them for a hurricane and an earthquake. =
When the Black Death broke out in Europe the Jews were held responsible =
allegedly having poisoned water wells. The result: over 200 Jewish =
communities throughout Europe were destroyed, more than 10,000 killed in =
three German towns alone. Thousands others were killed because of =
fabrications accusing them of killing Christian children before Easter =
for ritual purposes. Jews were claimed to have =93desecrated the sacred =
elements in Holy Communion.=94 In Prague in 1389, Jewish children =
accidentally sprayed a Priest, who was carrying a wafer host, with sand =
resulting in the massacre of 3000 Jews.=20
Jews were made to wear distinctive dress, with a distinctive mark =
imposed on their clothing, as early as 1215 in many countries. These =
badges of shame, made infamous in Nazi Germany, marked them as social =
outcasts, subjecting them to physical and verbal abuse.=20
Forced baptism of the Jews was common throughout the centuries. =
Some 50,000 Jews died in a riot in 1391 instigated by an archdeacon's =
preaching. Many of the Jews who were baptized forcibly continued to =
practice their former faith secretly. They were called marranos, meaning =
swine. Jews have been expelled by almost every country they have resided =
in. Ferdinand and Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain in 1492 to =
=93consolidate=94 their Christian realm. Nearly 300,000 fled to Portugal =
where they were permitted to stay, enslaved, later to be freed but =
=93brutally and forcibly baptized.=94=20
Jewish suffering was considered =93entertainment=94 at pre-Lenten =
carnivals. In medieval Rome the =93weakest member of the Jewish =
community would be thrust naked into a nail-spiked barrel and rolled =
down the hill to his death, his fellow Jews forced to watch his =
martyrdom.=94 On other occasions, Jews were made to run naked through =
the streets of the carnival, in the icy cold and rain, to be pelted by =
the crowds with mud.=20
Sadly, even the great reformer Martin Luther in the tract =
Concerning the Jews and Their Lies (1542) wrote: =93Firstly, their =
synagogues should be set on fire. Secondly, their homes should likewise =
be broken down and destroyed. Thirdly, they should be deprived of their =
prayer-books and Talmuds. Fourthly, their Rabbis must be forbidden under =
threat of death to teach any more. Fifthly, passport and travelling =
privileges should be absolutely forbidden to the Jews. Sixthly, they =
ought to be stopped from usury. Seventhly, let the young and strong Jews =
and Jewesses be given the flail, the axe, the hoe, the spade, the =
distaff, and spindle, and let them earn their bread by the sweat of =
their noses. We ought to drive the rascally lazy bones out of our =
system. Therefore, away with them.=94 In a sermon later given Luther =
called for the immediate expulsion of all Jews from Germany. Luther's =
anti-Semitic teachings were applied literally in the Third Reich.=20
In 1648 Eastern Orthodox Cossacks from Ukraine destroyed Poland =
and singled out the Jews for special treatment. =93Some were flayed =
alive and their skins were tossed to the dogs as meat. Others were =
severely wounded and then thrown onto the streets. Others were buried =
alive. Babes in their mother's arms were stabbed to death. Large numbers =
of Jewish children thrown into the water in order to make the fords more =
level.=94 In the following ten years some 100,000 to 500,000 Jews were =
murdered, and 700 communities destroyed.=20
In 1819 one German pamphleteer proposes =93massacres, castrations, =
and consignment of Jewesses to prostitution.=94 In Russia, Nicholas I =
forced Jewish youths, beginning at age 12, to serve in the military for =
as much as 25 years. Russia's first major pogrom (from Webster: an =
organized massacre of helpless people; specifically such a massacre of =
Jews) started at Easter 1881. This effort to =93solve=94 the Jewish =
=93problem=94 resulted in mass emigrations, and death for countless =
Jews. Czar Nicholas II regarded the Jews as =93Christ-killers=94.=20
In Nazi Germany Hitler claimed that he was =93only doing the work =
of the Catholic Church.=94 Following a model established hundreds of =
years previously the Nazis reprinted Martin Luther's anti-Semitic =
writings. Kristallnacht, the night of the burning of the synagogues in =
Germany was chosen in honor of Luther's birthday. Individual Christians =
attempted to stop the extermination of the Jews, the Church generally =
did not. A papal ambassador, when asked to intervene replied: =93There =
is no innocent blood of Jewish children in the world. All Jewish blood =
is guilty. You have to die. This is the punishment that has been =
awaiting you, because of that sin.=94 Governments allowed few Jews to =
escape the horror of Holocaust. Canada and America would not change =
their strict immigration policies. A refugee turned away by the British =
was subsequently torpedoed and all but one of the 769 Jews on board =
perished. The world's apathy moved Nazi informers to report to Hitler =
=93You can do what you like with the Jews, nobody wants them.=94=20
In 1135 French scholar Pierre Abelard, perhaps unknowingly yet =
aptly, describes the plight of the Jew: =93No nation has ever suffered =
so much for God. Dispersed among all nations, without king or secular =
ruler, the Jews are oppressed with heavy taxes as if they had to =
repurchase their lives everyday. To mistreat the Jews is considered a =
deed pleasing to God. Such imprisonment as is endured by the Jews can be =
conceived by the Christians only as a sign of God's utter wrath. The =
life of the Jews is in the hands of their worst enemies. Even in their =
sleep they are plagued by nightmares. Heaven is their only place of =
refuge.=94=20
Now that you have heard you must decide. Have we as Christians =
failed to be hope for the Jewish people? Have we failed to love without =
condition? Have we failed as Mother Basilea Schlink (a German nun who =
wrote Israel, My Chosen People) has observed to have our hearts =93ache =
to see this chosen people of God wandering through the centuries, =
wretched, despised, shunned, ostracized, and afflicted with pain like =
the suffering Servant of God in Isaiah 53? Is one of our greatest =
failures as Christians that, as written by Edward Flannery priest and =
historian, =93the Jewish people did not find in the Christian churches =
an ally and defender but one of their most zealous detractors and =
oppressors?=94=20
I have decided. I am genuinely sorry and I repent before God. I =
can only ask for the forgiveness of the Jewish people. I choose to stand =
at the side of my Jewish Lord and Master Yeshua and see His people, the =
chosen of God, =93with His eyes, full of love and mercy.=94 Yes, with =
God's help I will stand with the Jewish people. I will love them with =
all my heart, share in their suffering, weep as they weep, and rejoice =
as they rejoice and I will pray for them and the peace of Jerusalem.=20
Shalom=20
Chris M. Poole=20
Marathon, NY=20
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5. QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES
"Nazism, Stalinist communism, and radical Islam are, to be sure, =
different from each other, but they also have a certain similarity: all =
three aim, or aimed, at exclusive control over the world, all three =
oppose or opposed all expressions of democracy, and all three attacked =
Jews, though in different ways and with different grades of extremism."
- Prof. Yehuda Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, 8/8/2002 - =
Full Speech=20
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6. HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES
a.. For a 'Christian Road Map' How will Bush reconcile his =
faith in the Bible, where Christianity was born in east Jerusalem, with =
a road map that calls it "occupied" land? When Jesus predicted that, =
after His death and resurrection, He would return, the time would be =
after an undivided Jerusalem was back in Jewish hands.=20
b.. Freedom and the Land of Israel The time for games, and for =
bluffing, is over. Too many Jews have been killed, too many families =
have been destroyed to fiddle away precious months with diplomatic =
dances and diversions. The battle for the Land of Israel is about to =
commence. The two roads before us are equally clear: one of faith, =
determination and fulfillment, or one of defeatism, dismemberment and =
retreat.=20
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<TD vAlign=3Dtop><B><FONT color=3D#800000>Newsletter #131=20
Friday, April 25, 2003</FONT></B>=20
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<LI><A href=3D"#1">WHY THE HOLOCAUST CAN HAPPEN AGAIN</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#2">IGNORING GOD'S ROAD MAP FOR THE HOLY =
LAND</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#3">TIME TO HIT THE ROAD MAP?</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#4">A CHRISTIAN APOLOGY</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#5">QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A>=20
<LI><A href=3D"#6">HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES</A> =
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<CENTER><FONT size=3D-1><STRONG>Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' =
Remembrance=20
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rance_day.html">Visit=20
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<HR>
<H3>1. <A name=3D1>WHY THE HOLOCAUST CAN HAPPEN =
AGAIN</A></H3>by=20
Robert W. Tracinski - Capitalism Magazine - April 22, 2003=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG><FONT color=3D#354479 size=3D-1>The purpose of =
Holocaust=20
Remembrance Day is not only to pay tribute to the victims, but =
to learn=20
what made an evil of such magnitude possible--and to prevent it =
from=20
ever happening again. Yet this is precisely what we have failed =
to=20
learn.</FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2><STRONG>O</STRONG></FONT>n =
Holocaust=20
Remembrance Day, we are urged to memorialize the millions who =
suffered and=20
died in the Nazi concentration camps. The purpose is not merely to =
pay=20
tribute to the victims, but to learn what made an evil of such =
magnitude=20
possible--and to prevent it from ever happening again.=20
<P>Yet this is precisely what we have failed to learn. The rise of =
Nazism=20
is often attributed to such non-fundamental factors as the =
resentment=20
produced by the Versailles Treaty or the despair generated by the =
Great=20
Depression. Or, if we are given a fundamental, ideological =
explanation, we=20
are told that the Germans had embraced too much capitalism and=20
individualism.=20
<P>The actual cause of Nazism was ideological--but exactly the =
opposite=20
ideology. Nazism flourished because of its ethics of =
self-abnegation and=20
self-sacrifice. Hitler himself stated the moral foundations of =
Nazism: "It=20
is thus necessary that the individual should finally come to =
realize that=20
his own ego is of no importance. . . . This state of mind, which=20
subordinates the interests of the ego to the conservation of the=20
community, is really the first premise for every truly human =
culture. . .=20
. The basic attitude from which such activity arises, we call--to=20
distinguish it from egoism and selfishness--idealism. By this we=20
understand only the individual's capacity to make sacrifices for =
the=20
community, for his fellow men."=20
<P>Historians usually dismiss such statements. The idea that=20
self-sacrifice is synonymous with virtue is too uncontroversial =
for them=20
to connect to Nazism. Thus, such pronouncements are usually =
regarded as=20
mere window dressing to disguise the Nazis' true agenda.=20
<P>But what if this view is wrong? What if it was precisely the =
Nazis'=20
most virtuous-sounding slogans that unleashed their evil on the =
world?=20
<P>Consider the full, logical meaning of altruistic =
self-sacrifice. It=20
means, not benevolence toward others, but servitude. If sacrifice =
to=20
others is the essence of virtue, how can anyone be allowed to =
pursue his=20
own goals and happiness? If the community needs money, it is the=20
individual's duty to sacrifice his earnings. If society decides =
that=20
certain ideas are dangerous, it is the individual's duty to =
sacrifice his=20
beliefs. And if the nation decrees that certain individuals are =
dangerous,=20
then they must be sacrificed. The needs of the collective, not the =
interests and the rights of the individual, become the standard of =
right=20
and wrong.=20
<P>Under such a philosophy, no one can complain when the Nazis =
freeze=20
workers' wages--the nation needs less costly tanks. No one can =
speak out=20
when Hitler arrests his political opponents--the nation needs =
greater=20
unity. And no one can resist when the Jews are tortured and =
murdered--the=20
nation needs Aryan purity. As Leonard Peikoff writes in The =
Ominous=20
Parallels--a study of the philosophic similarities between America =
today=20
and pre-Nazi Germany: "The opponents of Nazism were disarmed; =
since they=20
equated selflessness with virtue, they could not avoid conceding =
that=20
Nazism, however misguided, was a form of moral idealism."=20
<P>Most people avoid these stark implications by retreating to a=20
compromise between self-sacrifice and self-interest. Calls for =
sacrifice=20
are proper, they say, but should not be taken "too far." The =
Fascists=20
condemned this approach as hypocrisy. They took the morality of =
sacrifice=20
to its logical conclusion. They insisted, in the words of Italian =
Fascist=20
Alfredo Rocco, on "the necessity, for which the older doctrines =
make=20
little allowance, of sacrifice, even up to the total immolation of =
individuals."=20
<P>And the Nazis certainly practiced what Rocco preached. A =
central goal=20
of the concentration camps, wrote survivor Bruno Bettelheim, was =
"to break=20
the prisoners as individuals, and to change them into a docile =
mass."=20
"There are to be no more private Germans," one Nazi writer =
declared; "each=20
is to attain significance only by his service to the state." The =
goal of=20
National Socialism was the relentless sacrifice of the individual: =
the=20
sacrifice of his mind, his independence, and ultimately his =
person.=20
<P>A free country is based on precisely the opposite principle. To =
protect=20
against what they called the "tyranny of the majority," America's =
Founding=20
Fathers upheld the individual's right to "life, liberty, and the =
pursuit=20
of happiness." The implicit basis of American government was an =
ethics of=20
individualism--the view that the individual is not subordinate to =
the=20
collective, that he has a moral right to his own interests, and =
that all=20
rational people benefit under such a system.=20
<P>Today, however, self-sacrifice is regarded as self-evidently =
good.=20
True, most people do not want a pure, consistent system of =
sacrifice, as=20
practiced by the Nazis. But once the principle is accepted, no =
amount of=20
this "virtue" can ever be condemned as "too much."=20
<P>We will not have learned the lessons of the Holocaust until we=20
completely reject this sacrifice-worship and rediscover the =
morality of=20
individualism.=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3D-2><STRONG>About the Author: Mr. =
Tracinski is a=20
fellow, writer, teacher and analyst with the Ayn Rand Institute =
and=20
speaks regularly at conferences and on college campuses about =
the=20
philosophy of the late novelist Ayn =
Rand.</STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<HR>
<H3>2. <A name=3D2>IGNORING GOD'S ROAD MAP FOR THE =
HOLY=20
LAND</A></H3>By John Waage - CBN.com - Middle East Correspondent - =
April=20
22, 2003=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG>When the world's power brokers get together to =
plan=20
the future borders of the Middle East, there is little evidence =
to=20
suggest that they are consulting the Bible. =
</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>D</FONT>iplomats from the =
so-called=20
"quartet" - the U.N., the European Union, Russia and the U.S. - =
are=20
pushing hard for their "road map" to Middle East peace. But there =
are two=20
very different road maps for Bible believers and the international =
community.=20
<P>The quartet's road map calls for an end to the violence against =
Israel,=20
and a Palestinian state within two years. But the violence hasn't =
ended,=20
and the proposed state would be in the heart of biblical Israel: =
the lands=20
of Judea and Samaria.=20
<P>In the diplomatic minefield of the West Bank, nearly every town =
and=20
neighborhood has its roots in Bible times. The Arab city of Nablus =
is the=20
Jewish town of Shechem, home of Joseph's tomb. The Palestinian =
stronghold=20
of Bethlehem is the Jewish city of David and the birthplace of =
Jesus. And=20
Jerusalem is the Holy City, mentioned hundreds of times in =
scripture.=20
<P>When the world's power brokers get together to plan the future =
borders=20
of the Middle East, there is little evidence to suggest that they =
are=20
consulting the Bible.=20
<P>Elon Moreh is in the heart of biblical Samaria. It is the place =
where=20
the Lord made a covenant with Abraham thousands of years ago, to =
give this=20
land to him and his descendants forever.=20
<P>In the Genesis account, the Lord promised to Abraham's =
descendants,=20
Israel, the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates. =
Bible=20
scholars differ about the lines of the exact boundaries. But it is =
clear=20
that the biblical borders of Israel include all of what is now =
called the=20
West Bank, the land earmarked by the quartet for a Palestinian =
state.=20
<P>Reuven Berger is a messianic pastor who works and prays for=20
reconciliation between Jews and Arabs. He says there is no =
provision in=20
the Bible for a Palestinian state.=20
<P>"Very simply, if we look into the scripture, we will find no =
such=20
reality, no such promise. The scripture speaks of the promise of =
the land=20
to the people of Israel, and a restoration that God will bring =
forth,=20
physically and spiritually," Berger said.=20
<P>Berger says it should not be a surprise that the international=20
community is so focused on the Holy Land. He said, "Man and the =
whole=20
Babylonian world system is going to absolutely try and find a =
human=20
solution to bring peace to the Middle East, because they =
understand that=20
this is the heart of the whole world issue. But actually they're =
going to=20
have to deal with God. Because, first of all, God says it is His =
land."=20
<P>The diplomatic push for a Palestinian state has gained strong =
momentum=20
since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. For months, =
President=20
Bush has promised such a state if the Palestinians, under new =
leadership,=20
stop their violence against Israel and enact democratic reforms. =
He has=20
also made it clear what Israel must do.=20
<P>On March 14 of this year, Bush said, "The government of Israel, =
as the=20
terror threat is removed and security improves, must take concrete =
steps=20
to support the emergence of a viable and credible Palestinian =
state, and=20
to work as quickly as possible toward a final status agreement. As =
progress is made toward peace, settlement activity in the occupied =
territories must end."=20
<P>Most of the 200,000 Jewish residents in the West Bank - Judea =
and=20
Samaria - would disagree with President Bush's contention that =
they live=20
in occupied territory.=20
<P>Miriam Fox, a resident of the Alon Shvut community, said, =
"Whenever=20
people talk about the Bible, they kind of sound like religious =
fanatics.=20
But at the risk of sounding like one, the Old Testament is very =
clear that=20
this piece of real estate belongs to the Jewish people, that it's =
an=20
everlasting inheritance."=20
<P>Eve Harow, a resident of Efrat, said, "I think it's really=20
unconscionable to think that Jews should once again be transferred =
out of=20
Judea and Samaria."=20
<P>Harow says for many Palestinians, the state of Israel is the =
real=20
issue. "They have yet to accept not just the fact that Jews live =
in Judea=20
and Samaria, they have yet to accept the fact that there are Jews =
in the=20
Middle East, because that's really what this is all about. And all =
you=20
have to do is look in their websites and their textbooks to see =
that their=20
maps of the Middle East say Palestine in place of Israel, not next =
to=20
Israel. It's not about Judea and Samaria. It's about the right of =
Jews to=20
have a state of our own in this part of the world," she said.=20
<P>But after decades of pressure on successive Israeli =
governments, even=20
some leaders who helped build the Jewish communities in the West =
Bank now=20
say they have resigned themselves to a Palestinian state. Prime =
Minister=20
Ariel Sharon is one such leader.=20
<P>In an April 13th interview, Sharon told the Israeli newspaper =
Ha'aretz:=20
"We are talking about the cradle of the Jewish people. Our whole =
history=20
is bound up with these places - Bethlehem, Shiloh, Bethel. And I =
know that=20
we will have to part with some of these places. As a Jew, this =
agonizes=20
me. But I have decided to make every effort to reach a settlement. =
I feel=20
that the rational necessity to reach a settlement is overcoming my =
feelings."=20
<P>But that is not enough for many Palestinians, who learn from =
the time=20
they are in pre-school that all of Israel is the land of =
Palestine.=20
Leaders of Hamas and other terrorist groups vow to fight the road =
map and=20
any other proposal that would keep Israel in charge of the land.=20
<P>Hamas co-founder Abdel Aziz Rantisi said, "I believe that we =
are going=20
to escalate our resistance, because the resistance in Palestine =
(is)=20
representing the hope of the nation."=20
<P>The Palestinian terrorist groups have tried to make good on =
their=20
threats. Israeli security forces fielded more than 60 threats of =
terrorist=20
attacks during the Passover holiday, and at least 10 were arrested =
for=20
planned suicide bombings. Still, the Bush administration's road =
map=20
partners - Russia, the European Union and the United Nations - =
want a=20
faster timetable for a Palestinian state. But the quartet has been =
slow to=20
explain what it would do to keep terrorists from killing Israelis. =
<P>In the meantime, Israelis who believe the Bible's promises for =
the=20
land, say they are looking to the author of the scriptures.=20
<P>Efrat resident Yacov Coblentz said, "The Jewish people couldn't =
possibly have settled the land of Israel; the Jewish people =
couldn't=20
possibly have survived so many wars without Divine help. We were =
getting=20
it the whole time. We'll get it (bezat hashem), we'll get it =
forever. If=20
we pray properly, we'll get it." Reuven Berger said, "God has a =
plan. He=20
has a plan of blessing. He has a plan of peace. And you cannot =
bypass=20
Israel. Israel is at the heart of that plan. And that's why the =
nations,=20
in their hatred for Israel, they are depriving themselves of the =
very=20
blessing that God has for them."=20
<HR>
<H3>3. <A name=3D3>TIME TO HIT THE ROAD =
MAP?</A></H3>by Fred=20
Barnes, executive editor - The Weekly Standard - April 24, 2003=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG><FONT color=3D#305042 size=3D-1>Mahmoud Abbas =
is the new=20
Palestinian prime minister. But for now, Yasser Arafat is still =
in the=20
driver's seat. </FONT></STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE>
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2><STRONG>D</STRONG></FONT>on't =
get your=20
hopes up yet for a peace settlement between Israel and the =
Palestinians.=20
Yasser Arafat, the Palestinian president, has allowed the new =
prime=20
minister, Mahmoud Abbas, to form a governing cabinet. And Abbas's=20
emergence represents a shrinking of Arafat's authority. But Arafat =
has=20
lost only a bit of his power. He retains a virtual veto over any =
steps=20
Abbas may want to take, plus the right to fire Abbas at any time. =
Which=20
means that the chief Palestinian impediment to peace, Arafat, is =
still in=20
a position to impede.=20
<P>Let's review Arafat's recent record. At Camp David in 2000 and =
again at=20
the White House in January 2001, Arafat was offered generous terms =
for a=20
settlement, including half of Jerusalem, nearly 100 percent of the =
West=20
Bank, a dramatic reduction in Israeli settlements, and a land =
bridge=20
between Gaza and the West Bank. Some of Arafat's aides favored =
acceptance,=20
but he said no to President Clinton and Ehud Barak, the Israeli =
prime=20
minister, and then brought on a new intifada and a string of =
suicide=20
bombings in Israel.=20
<P>This militant refusal led to Ariel Sharon's victory over Barak =
in the=20
ensuing Israeli election and, in June 2002, to President Bush's =
decision=20
to halt any American dealings with Arafat and to urge his removal =
from=20
power. The new Bush policy weakened Arafat, who was forced to name =
a prime=20
minister, Abbas (also known as Abu Mazen). But the negotiations =
over=20
Abbas's cabinet show that Arafat remains powerful.=20
<P>The cabinet crisis occurred after Bush and British prime =
minister Tony=20
Blair announced last month that a so-called road map of directions =
toward=20
an Israeli-Palestinian accord would be released after Abbas and =
his=20
cabinet were sworn in (which may happen next week). The road map =
was=20
produced by the "quartet" of the United States, the European =
Union, the=20
United Nations, and Russia.=20
<P>Abbas succeeded in getting Arafat to accept Muhammad Dahlan as =
a top=20
security official in the cabinet--Dahlan has been publicly =
critical of=20
Arafat. But Abbas was forced to accept three of Arafat's allies to =
top=20
positions, men Abbas had hoped to relegate to minor posts.=20
<P>Abbas himself is often described as a moderate, at least =
relative to=20
Arafat. He has said that the intifada begun by Arafat in 2000 was =
a=20
mistake. The question now is what Abbas will be able to achieve. =
He gives=20
the Palestinians a figure to meet with American officials who =
won't deal=20
with Arafat. Secretary of State Colin Powell is expected to confer =
with=20
Abbas when he travels to the Middle East as early as next week.=20
<P>Despite the 3-year timetable in the road map, results are more=20
important than deadlines. For Abbas, this means at the outset =
cracking=20
down on Palestinian terrorists--the Al-Aksa Brigades, Hamas, =
Islamic=20
Jihad. If he succeeds--if Arafat doesn't undermine his =
efforts--then=20
Israel will be under pressure to make concessions. Sharon has =
already=20
indicated a willingness to reduce Israeli settlements on the West =
Bank. If=20
Abbas fails in suppressing terrorists, no peace is possible.=20
<P>Will Arafat allow a serious crackdown? Will he give Abbas a =
free hand=20
in negotiating with the Israelis? Will, in fact, Arafat permit any =
steps=20
by Abbas that would reduce his own power? Arafat's record suggests =
the=20
answer is no to these important questions.=20
<P>But he didn't want to name a prime minister or compromise on a =
cabinet,=20
either. He relented under pressure from two sources that usually =
don't=20
hold him accountable: Egypt and the Europeans. Tony Blair is a key =
figure=20
here. If only to appease the Labour left, he's been kindly =
disposed toward=20
Arafat, in effect legitimizing him. Now's the time, however, to =
legitimize=20
Abbas and let Arafat go. Otherwise, the road map won't matter and =
Arafat=20
will be free to block peace once more.=20
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT size=3D-2><STRONG>Fred Barnes is executive =
editor of The=20
Weekly Standard. </STRONG></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<HR>
<H3>4. <A name=3D4>A CHRISTIAN APOLOGY</A></H3>By =
Chris M. Poole=20
- June 6, 2002=20
<P><FONT color=3D#800000 size=3D+2>I</FONT> write this letter for =
two reasons;=20
first and foremost I want to genuinely say to my Jewish friends =
and=20
acquaintances, those I work with, those who live in my community =
and those=20
both near and afar that I don't know, simply, I'm sorry. As a =
follower of=20
Jesus (Yeshua) my heart is grieved by the guilt of Christianity =
towards=20
the Jewish people. I am truly sorry. Secondly, it is my sincere =
hope that=20
Christians who are willing to open their hearts to the truth will =
=93hear=94=20
this letter and be forever changed by it.=20
<P>My personal journey began several years ago with a trip to =
Israel. It=20
was there that I realized that Yeshua (Jesus) was a Jew and that =
my=20
heritage as a believer deeply rooted in Israel and her people. I =
wondered,=20
how had Jesus become blond, blue eyed and very non-Jewish? Later, =
while in=20
Brownsville Florida, I purchased a book with an intriguing title, =
Our=20
Hands are Stained with Blood: The Tragic Story of the =93Church=94 =
and the=20
Jewish People=94, by Dr. Michael Brown. I read the book and my =
heart was=20
torn from me, I wept. Many questions followed. However, the most =
troubling=20
was, why have I (we) never been told? How could something so =
horrific be=20
silenced for so long? My search for answers began. I wanted to =
know more.=20
What I learned follows.=20
<P>In the first century Ignatius of Antioch proposed the theory =
that the=20
Church is the New Israel, suggesting that the Jews had lost it =
forever.=20
Later Constantine declares that Israel no longer belonged to the =
Jewish=20
people, instead the Christian Church. The early church saw Judaism =
as a=20
threat, thus the beginning of the creation of a non-Jewish Jesus. =
Next the=20
Jews were accused of killing =93God=94 Himself. Justin proclaims =
the=20
=93tribulations (perhaps the destruction of the temple in 70 AD =
for one)=20
were justly imposed upon you, for you have murdered the Just =
One.=94 Later=20
Christian theologians Hippolytus and Origen supported this theory =
and=20
subsequently it became predominate in Christian thinking.=20
<P>Other noted Christians, such as Chrysostom, denounced the Jews =
calling=20
them the =93most miserable of all men=85lustful, rapacious, =
greedy, perfidious=20
bandits=85.inveterate murderers, destroyers, men possessed by the =
devil (a=20
theme oft repeated by the church in the centuries to follow) =
debauchery=20
and drunkenness have given them the manners of the pig and lusty =
goat.=94=20
The same Church Father later pronounced that for the Jew there is =
=93no=20
expiation (atonement) possible, no indulgence, no pardon=85.their =
=93odious=20
assassination of Christ=94 was the beginning of all their woes.=20
<P>Christianity became officially recognized under Emperor =
Constantine in=20
the fourth century. As a result theology was woven into government =
and the=20
Synagogue came under its control. Justinian abolished Jewish =
religious and=20
civil rights. In the seventh century Byzantine Emperor Heraclius =
began the=20
first of the forced baptisms of the Jews, which was to be repeated =
in many=20
places in the centuries to come.=20
<P>The Crusades resulted in the murder of approximately a quarter =
to=20
one-third of the entire Jewish population in Germany and Northern =
France.=20
Crusaders, singing Christ, We Adore Thee, held their crosses aloft =
while=20
burning 969 Jews to death, who had locked themselves in the main =
synagogue=20
in Jerusalem. The Crusaders believed they were avenging the death =
of=20
Christ. It has been reported that as they ran over the =
=93mutilated bodies=20
of those slaughtered their leader quoted Psalm 118:24: =93This is =
the day=20
which the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.=94=20
<P>Over the centuries the Jews have been made the scapegoat for =
numerous=20
things. One Pope blamed them for a hurricane and an earthquake. =
When the=20
Black Death broke out in Europe the Jews were held responsible =
allegedly=20
having poisoned water wells. The result: over 200 Jewish =
communities=20
throughout Europe were destroyed, more than 10,000 killed in three =
German=20
towns alone. Thousands others were killed because of fabrications =
accusing=20
them of killing Christian children before Easter for ritual =
purposes. Jews=20
were claimed to have =93desecrated the sacred elements in Holy =
Communion.=94=20
In Prague in 1389, Jewish children accidentally sprayed a Priest, =
who was=20
carrying a wafer host, with sand resulting in the massacre of 3000 =
Jews.=20
<P>Jews were made to wear distinctive dress, with a distinctive =
mark=20
imposed on their clothing, as early as 1215 in many countries. =
These=20
badges of shame, made infamous in Nazi Germany, marked them as =
social=20
outcasts, subjecting them to physical and verbal abuse.=20
<P>Forced baptism of the Jews was common throughout the centuries. =
Some=20
50,000 Jews died in a riot in 1391 instigated by an archdeacon's=20
preaching. Many of the Jews who were baptized forcibly continued =
to=20
practice their former faith secretly. They were called marranos, =
meaning=20
swine. Jews have been expelled by almost every country they have =
resided=20
in. Ferdinand and Isabella expelled all Jews from Spain in 1492 to =
=93consolidate=94 their Christian realm. Nearly 300,000 fled to =
Portugal where=20
they were permitted to stay, enslaved, later to be freed but =
=93brutally and=20
forcibly baptized.=94=20
<P>Jewish suffering was considered =93entertainment=94 at =
pre-Lenten=20
carnivals. In medieval Rome the =93weakest member of the Jewish =
community=20
would be thrust naked into a nail-spiked barrel and rolled down =
the hill=20
to his death, his fellow Jews forced to watch his martyrdom.=94 On =
other=20
occasions, Jews were made to run naked through the streets of the=20
carnival, in the icy cold and rain, to be pelted by the crowds =
with mud.=20
<P>Sadly, even the great reformer Martin Luther in the tract =
Concerning=20
the Jews and Their Lies (1542) wrote: =93Firstly, their synagogues =
should be=20
set on fire. Secondly, their homes should likewise be broken down =
and=20
destroyed. Thirdly, they should be deprived of their prayer-books =
and=20
Talmuds. Fourthly, their Rabbis must be forbidden under threat of =
death to=20
teach any more. Fifthly, passport and travelling privileges should =
be=20
absolutely forbidden to the Jews. Sixthly, they ought to be =
stopped from=20
usury. Seventhly, let the young and strong Jews and Jewesses be =
given the=20
flail, the axe, the hoe, the spade, the distaff, and spindle, and =
let them=20
earn their bread by the sweat of their noses. We ought to drive =
the=20
rascally lazy bones out of our system. Therefore, away with =
them.=94 In a=20
sermon later given Luther called for the immediate expulsion of =
all Jews=20
from Germany. Luther's anti-Semitic teachings were applied =
literally in=20
the Third Reich.=20
<P>In 1648 Eastern Orthodox Cossacks from Ukraine destroyed Poland =
and=20
singled out the Jews for special treatment. =93Some were flayed =
alive and=20
their skins were tossed to the dogs as meat. Others were severely =
wounded=20
and then thrown onto the streets. Others were buried alive. Babes =
in their=20
mother's arms were stabbed to death. Large numbers of Jewish =
children=20
thrown into the water in order to make the fords more level.=94 In =
the=20
following ten years some 100,000 to 500,000 Jews were murdered, =
and 700=20
communities destroyed.=20
<P>In 1819 one German pamphleteer proposes =93massacres, =
castrations, and=20
consignment of Jewesses to prostitution.=94 In Russia, Nicholas I =
forced=20
Jewish youths, beginning at age 12, to serve in the military for =
as much=20
as 25 years. Russia's first major pogrom (from Webster: an =
organized=20
massacre of helpless people; specifically such a massacre of Jews) =
started=20
at Easter 1881. This effort to =93solve=94 the Jewish =
=93problem=94 resulted in=20
mass emigrations, and death for countless Jews. Czar Nicholas II =
regarded=20
the Jews as =93Christ-killers=94.=20
<P>In Nazi Germany Hitler claimed that he was =93only doing the =
work of the=20
Catholic Church.=94 Following a model established hundreds of =
years=20
previously the Nazis reprinted Martin Luther's anti-Semitic =
writings.=20
Kristallnacht, the night of the burning of the synagogues in =
Germany was=20
chosen in honor of Luther's birthday. Individual Christians =
attempted to=20
stop the extermination of the Jews, the Church generally did not. =
A papal=20
ambassador, when asked to intervene replied: =93There is no =
innocent blood=20
of Jewish children in the world. All Jewish blood is guilty. You =
have to=20
die. This is the punishment that has been awaiting you, because of =
that=20
sin.=94 Governments allowed few Jews to escape the horror of =
Holocaust.=20
Canada and America would not change their strict immigration =
policies. A=20
refugee turned away by the British was subsequently torpedoed and =
all but=20
one of the 769 Jews on board perished. The world's apathy moved =
Nazi=20
informers to report to Hitler =93You can do what you like with the =
Jews,=20
nobody wants them.=94=20
<P>In 1135 French scholar Pierre Abelard, perhaps unknowingly yet =
aptly,=20
describes the plight of the Jew: =93No nation has ever suffered so =
much for=20
God. Dispersed among all nations, without king or secular ruler, =
the Jews=20
are oppressed with heavy taxes as if they had to repurchase their =
lives=20
everyday. To mistreat the Jews is considered a deed pleasing to =
God. Such=20
imprisonment as is endured by the Jews can be conceived by the =
Christians=20
only as a sign of God's utter wrath. The life of the Jews is in =
the hands=20
of their worst enemies. Even in their sleep they are plagued by=20
nightmares. Heaven is their only place of refuge.=94=20
<P>Now that you have heard you must decide. Have we as Christians =
failed=20
to be hope for the Jewish people? Have we failed to love without=20
condition? Have we failed as Mother Basilea Schlink (a German nun =
who=20
wrote Israel, My Chosen People) has observed to have our hearts =
=93ache to=20
see this chosen people of God wandering through the centuries, =
wretched,=20
despised, shunned, ostracized, and afflicted with pain like the =
suffering=20
Servant of God in Isaiah 53? Is one of our greatest failures as =
Christians=20
that, as written by Edward Flannery priest and historian, =93the =
Jewish=20
people did not find in the Christian churches an ally and defender =
but one=20
of their most zealous detractors and oppressors?=94=20
<P>I have decided. I am genuinely sorry and I repent before God. I =
can=20
only ask for the forgiveness of the Jewish people. I choose to =
stand at=20
the side of my Jewish Lord and Master Yeshua and see His people, =
the=20
chosen of God, =93with His eyes, full of love and mercy.=94 Yes, =
with God's=20
help I will stand with the Jewish people. I will love them with =
all my=20
heart, share in their suffering, weep as they weep, and rejoice as =
they=20
rejoice and I will pray for them and the peace of Jerusalem.=20
<P>Shalom=20
<P><A href=3D"mailto:cpoole@christianactionforisrael.org">Chris M. =
Poole</A>=20
<BR>Marathon, NY=20
<HR>
<H3>5. <A name=3D5>QUOTES AND QUICK NOTES</A></H3>
<BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG>"Nazism, Stalinist communism, and radical =
Islam are,=20
to be sure, different from each other, but they also have a =
certain=20
similarity: all three aim, or aimed, at exclusive control over =
the=20
world, all three oppose or opposed all expressions of democracy, =
and all=20
three attacked Jews, though in different ways and with different =
grades=20
of extremism."</STRONG></BLOCKQUOTE><STRONG><FONT size=3D-1>- =
Prof. Yehuda=20
Bauer, Academic Advisor to Yad Vashem, 8/8/2002 - <A=20
=
href=3D"http://www.yadvashem.org/about_holocaust/holocaust_antisemitism/n=
ew_type_antisemitism_danger.html">Full=20
Speech</A></FONT></STRONG>=20
<HR>
<H3>6. <A name=3D6>HIGHLIGHT ARTICLES</A></H3>
<UL type=3Dsquare><FONT size=3D-1><B>
<LI><A=20
=
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/isreport/apr03/c_roadmap.html=
">For=20
a 'Christian Road Map'</A> <FONT color=3D#4b4549 =
size=3D-2>How will=20
Bush reconcile his faith in the Bible, where Christianity was =
born in=20
east Jerusalem, with a road map that calls it "occupied" land? =
When=20
Jesus predicted that, after His death and resurrection, He would =
return,=20
the time would be after an undivided Jerusalem was back in =
Jewish=20
hands.</FONT>=20
<LI><A=20
=
href=3D"http://christianactionforisrael.org/isreport/apr03/freedom.html">=
Freedom=20
and the Land of Israel</A> <FONT color=3D#4b4549 =
size=3D-2>The time=20
for games, and for bluffing, is over. Too many Jews have been =
killed,=20
too many families have been destroyed to fiddle away precious =
months=20
with diplomatic dances and diversions. The battle for the Land =
of Israel=20
is about to commence. The two roads before us are equally clear: =
one of=20
faith, determination and fulfillment, or one of defeatism, =
dismemberment=20
and retreat. </FONT></FONT></B></LI></UL>
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