Posted on 08/30/2010 2:09:42 PM PDT by onyx
Driving to Lancaster from Philadelphia Friday afternoon, my wife and I passed through a town named Ephrata. In was named after the town that, in ancient times, was part of the city of Bethlehem; today it is a thriving Israeli city of 8,000-plus. Friends and colleagues who were meeting us in Lancaster passed towns named Bethlehem, Nazareth, Lebanon, and Zion. Early Pennsylvanians believed, as many modern ones do, in the Divine promise that the exiled Jews would be returned to the land of Bethlehem and Zion. How appropriate, I thought, to help usher in our Shabbat with Governor Palin, an American political leader who, more closely than many, identifies with the Holy Land, ancient and modern.
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The Pennsylvania Family Institute, sponsor of the weekend event with Mrs. Palin, is a Christian conservative advocacy group whose positions on many issues are at odds with the liberal social views espoused by many American Jews. In other words, not the community with which one might expect Jews to be breaking challah. But the Institute’s web site raises concerns that many Jews share — that rapidly-rising rates of out of wedlock births, juvenile crime and drug use, and sexually-transmitted diseases are symptomatic of "a culture that is turning its back on the family."
Independent-minded American Jews, like their Christian counterparts, are justifiably alarmed by these phenomena and are searching for ways to return stability and morality to American family life. It was to in support of this goal that my organization, Jewish Americans for Sarah Palin, set up a Shabbaton — a Sabbath gathering for meals, songs, prayers, and conversation — with the assistance of the Pennsylvania Family Institute, to be a part of their weekend with Mrs. Palin.
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Do I get Kugel?
If you are Jewish I don’t know how you can be liberal either.
Same with Muslims.
Bump
I want to make Kiddush on some Israeli Merlot. :)
Glenn just showed that photo, first time I had seen it. Actually taken by a friend of his, a liberal who is no fan of Sarah’s, but after seeing that photo, changed his mind about her. She prayed for 10 minutes straight, just stood there, praying. She is one amazing woman.
Shabbat Shalom!
ping
May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year :)
I love that picture. God is the source of her strength.
It is also the reason why so many evil forces are out for her. It’s spiritual warfare.
It’s the only explanation for the level of hate the left/media have for her.
God bless her.
Excellent article & pic. Tks O :-)
Back in 1987 or so, during the first Intifada, I was in Israel videotaping for a Messianic Jewish TV show. Our guide took us to a very old Christian church on the top of a hill Southeast of Bethlehem.
As he pointed out Bethlehem, we asked if we could go down there. He told us we didn’t really want to do that because the Palestinians controlled the town. And that was that.
BTW, Bethlehem literally means House of Bread. Recall that Jesus told us that he is the Bread of Life. Hallelujah.
*Contingent upon her running, of course
What a terrific story.
I love Kugel!
I can never get enough of the stuff.
:-)
I had to look up the definition of Kidddush, but now I won’t forget!
:)
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