Posted on 04/28/2009 6:23:16 PM PDT by chaimke
The secret of Jewish survival through the ages and Israel’s independence 61 years ago, are closely intertwined. For 2,000 years Jews prayed for, cried for, hoped for, lived for and died with the wish of returning to Jerusalem. Between never giving up their national aspirations, between being reminded constantly that they were merely accursed Jooz, the possibility of assimilating into the society around them could not be accomplished easily. Even converts were all too often reminded of their roots. Frankly, neither the Europeans nor the rest of the world wanted them even when they tried to blend in and become a part of those around them.
Every major empire conquered the Jewish nation, every major empire left its mark on the Jews. By every rule of history, Jews should have disappeared long ago. By every rule of history English historian Arnold Toynbee would have been right, Jews should have become a "fossil of history.” Yet, while all we have left of the glory of Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Babylonia, Greece or Rome is little more than a few superb works of art, timeless literature, philosophical works and imposing ruins… the rest of these nations’ past lies somewhere in the dung heaps of history. The Jew is still here, still strong, still vibrant and a still major influence on the rest of the world. The Jew represents less than 0.2% of the globe’s total human population and yet there is hardly a day or an hour that he does not somehow figure prominently in the news.
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Nice article, thanks for posting!
Memorial Day / Reflections of an American Jew in Israel
Ha’aretz | 28/04/2009 | Elliott Antman
Posted on 04/28/2009 6:50:45 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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Obama congratulates Israel on 61 anniversary of independence
Jerusalem Post | April 29, 2009 | By JTA AND JPOST.COM STAFF
Posted on 04/28/2009 11:40:56 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240191/posts
ISRAEL at 61—>
Too Big For Just one Blogger/An Independence Day Carnival
The Lid | The Lid
Posted on 04/29/2009 7:26:07 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2240368/posts
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