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The U.S. should open its doors to imperiled European Jews
The Washington Post's Post Everything Blog ^
| January 13, 2015
| Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld
Posted on 01/13/2015 5:32:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
As the world rightly focuses on the recent terror attacks in Paris on Charlie Hedbo and a kosher grocery store, it should be noted that the second attack is part of a larger problem: the ongoing vitriol toward the French Jewish community.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders invited French Jews to move to Israel. Thats a nice gesture, but its not enough. The United States should join Israel and offer to also open up its shores as a refuge to the endangered Jews of France.
This past summer, I traveled to Paris with a colleague after the Abravanel Synagogue, a prominent synagogue in the center of Paris, was attacked by an angry mob in July. We went to stand in solidarity with the congregation and to carry prayers from their friends in the United States. What we saw deeply disturbed us. We stepped into Paris and saw a Jewish community under siege. We saw hatred of Jews expressing itself in a violent form. The police instructed us not to wear our yarmulkes on the streets of Paris, as it was considered dangerous and incendiary behavior to openly dress as Jews. At that time we were horrified to learn that some French Jews were afraid to post on social media for fear that that information could be used to track and assault them. During our stay in Paris, we experienced, ever so briefly, what a French Jew feels every day a sense of constant danger simply for being Jewish....
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TOPICS: Islam; Judaism; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: charliehebdo; islam; jews; jihad
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Better idea, for every one European Jew we import we deport 3 mooselimbs.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:34:43 PM PST
by
GraceG
(Protect the Border from Illegal Aliens, Don't Protect Illegal Alien Boarders...)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm sure B Hussein Obama wants to keep Jews out, much like Democrat Franklin Roosevelt did when he was in office.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:35:59 PM PST
by
AlaskaErik
(I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Europe’s loss is USA’s gain. Bring them in!
At the same time expel the ROP savages.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:36:03 PM PST
by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: GraceG
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:36:11 PM PST
by
doc1019
(Blue lives matter)
To: I want the USA back
We could set-up a “mini Isreal” in Arizona or Southern Texas that’d keep illegals at bay.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:38:44 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: GraceG
Sorry, but we don’t need more socialists.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:40:42 PM PST
by
rcofdayton
(.)
To: GraceG
Better idea, for every one European Jew we import we deport 3 mooselimbs.I see your 3 and raise you 97.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:41:44 PM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: AlaskaErik
I'm sure B Hussein Obama wants to keep Jews out, much like Democrat Franklin Roosevelt did when he was in office. Just say your name is Jose Goldstein. You'd be in like Flynn.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:43:01 PM PST
by
Colonel_Flagg
(You're either in or in the way.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sounds good to me, as long as they don’t try to make us French.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:43:17 PM PST
by
BlackAdderess
("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
US is only a generation behind Europe. There’s no refuge here that will last long. Hair-raising Jew-hate is on the rise here too, and not just from imported Muslims.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:44:39 PM PST
by
hlmencken3
(“I paid for an argument, but you’re just contradicting!”)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good luck, with our current Jew-hating moslem-loving president.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The U.S. should open its doors to imperiled European JewsOur doors are wide open now, maybe encouraging European Jews to come here would force Obama to finally clamp down on border security.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:49:57 PM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: hlmencken3
Today? The core of it emanates from the White House with NASA muslim outreach gifts of technology and money to fund the killing of Christians.
That is the legacy of our American constitution and heritage.
FUBO
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:50:42 PM PST
by
himno hero
(hadnuff)
To: AlaskaErik
The dems are not the Jew’s friends.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:51:05 PM PST
by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This past summer, I traveled to Paris with a colleague after the Abravanel Synagogue, a prominent synagogue in the center of Paris, was attacked by an angry mob in July.Was this a muslim mob?
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:53:31 PM PST
by
The_Media_never_lie
(The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Can we trade them for the Jews we already have? The ones that vote Democrat and tell us about Islamophobia, that is.
To: TigerClaws
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:57:06 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
To: The_Media_never_lie
“Muslim Mob.” We call that a redundancy.
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posted on
01/13/2015 5:57:45 PM PST
by
2ndDivisionVet
(The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.)
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