Jewish heartbreak and hope in Nineveh (Iraq)-I realized I was first Jew to enter in over 50 years'

Jerusalem Post ^ | 7-25-03 | Carlos C. Huerta

[SJackson]

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[KantianBurke]

Islamics disrespecting the dead??? But the New York Times said otherwise!!!! (disgusted sarcasm off)

[EternalVigilance]

The Power of Fear, the Power of Love

Fear in darkness
Men with clubs
Mindless mob
A push, a shove

Voice of hatred
Voice of spite
Voice of taunting
Trembling fright

Pain and death
They have the power
To make a strong man
Even cower

But in deep darkness
The smallest light
Can fill the room
Can make things right

Darkness flees
It cannot fight
The power of love
The power of light

Thomas C. Hoefling

(A friend of the people of Israel)
copyright 2003

[lucyblue]

Thanks for this post.

[ZULU]

Islam is an evil pestilential cult, a supersition of violence, hatred and intolerance whose follewrs to seek to control the world and supress all of humanity. It must be stopped.

[EternalVigilance]

Psalm 137

Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land

By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
We hung our harps
Upon the willows in the midst of it.
For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

How shall we sing the LORD's song
In a foreign land?
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget its skill!
If I do not remember you,
Let my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth--
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.

Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said, "Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!"

O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed,
Happy the one who repays you as you have served us!
Happy the one who takes and dashes
Your little ones against the rock!

[Malesherbes]

A very interesting and indeed touching account.

[American in Israel]

Isn't it strange to hear a Moslem cry with crocidile tears in his eyes about how being an Islamic in America is "so opressive".

Religion of Pieces bump...

[Binyamin]

There is a mosque at the site; but hundreds of years ago, the Iraqis we work with tell me, it was a synagogue. They tell me the reason the site is so sacred is because of the sacredness in which the Jews held it. Presently, there are no signs of this ancient synagogue.

Again with a filthy mosque built on a sacred Jewish site.

islam is an evil cancer that only succeeds by death and destruction.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Perhaps some of you historians and religious scholars can enlighten me as I am woefully inept in this area. However, in reading what little I have since such renewed interest in Islam and this part of the world, I am of the opinion that Mohammed simply plagiarized the existing scriptures and modified them in places to suit his own personal ambitions. True? False? Both?

[Cicero]

Niniveh is also the home base for the events described in the Book of Tobit. Tobit is canonical for Catholics but apocryphal for Jews and Protestants. John Milton was very fond of the story and refers to it several times.

[CDHart]

Thank you for posting this --

Carolyn

[Lael]

of the opinion that Mohammed simply plagiarized the existing scriptures and modified them in places to suit his own personal ambitions. True? False? Both?

Mohammed was ILLITERATE!!

The Koran was actually written down about 14 years after his death.

Remember, as spawn of Ishmael, Arabs would have traditions similar to Jews.

Remember G-D's promise to Ishmael's mother, Hagar, about the child she would bear...words, to the effect that he would be a wild-A@@ of a man, with his fist lifted against ALL.

[Marysecretary]

Thank you for posting this wonderful article.

[Marysecretary]

God has not forgotten Iraq. He still has a plan for this nation and we're a big part of it. We must always remember that.

[George W. Bush]

In the Mideast, you're always building on top of somebody else's cultural and historical heritage. Same old, same old.

I wonder why anyone thinks we're supposed to care about it.

</yawn>

[Cicero]

It's usually thought that Mohammed heard verbal accounts of parts of the Bible from Jews and Christians whom he met, and of course from other Arabs who were familiar at second hand with the Bible. There's not much if any evidence that he knew the Bible first hand, from what I have heard. And of course he adjusted the stories so they fit his agenda, so on many points--such as which of Abraham's descendants were favored by God--he parts company with the Hebrew text.

[dennisw]

COOL!!

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

“Is death the only way these great faiths can coexist in peace? We would hope not.”

Mosul is Nineveh; good to know. Thanks for the posting.