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Thursday, November 2, 2017
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The Balfour Declaration Turns 100!
Below is the full text of the Balfour Declaration of November 2, 1917:
The Balfour Declaration may have been the impetus in the modern age leading to the re-establishment of the State of Israel. However, the Jewish connection to the Land of Israel goes back nearly 4,000 years. Two Temples were built in the Jewish capital of Jerusalem and subsequently destroyed, and a People was dispersed, only to return after 2,000 years of exile. In more modern times, the First Zionist Congress met in 1897, preceding the Balfour Declaration by 20 years.
The Jewish people are connected to the Land of Israel like no other people to no other land. Although today we are bombarded with fake news about who is indigenous, who was there first, etc., history has proven time and again that it is only the Jews who have a true connection to the Land.
The Balfour declaration led the way for international recognition, and we are thankful, as subsequent to it, it was inevitable that the Jews would once again call Israel their home.
Never in history has a people returned to their rightful home after such a long exile. May there never be another exile.
Clifford May has a thoughtful analysis of the Balfour Declaration and subsequent history in the Washington Times, accessible via this link:
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C'mon Mass Media, Say It: ISLAMIC TERROR
Here we go again, another
Islamic terror attack, this one on United States soil in lower Manhattan. This attack was not perpetrated by a "lone wolf" acting because he didn't get a good job or couldn't pay his bills. It was done by a Muslim who was determined to kill as many infidels as he could,
in the name of Islam.
It's really very simple. Islam is at war with the Western world, with the ultimate goal of taking over the entire world. They are succeeding very well in Europe, where the native birthrate is practically zero, and the millions of Muslims welcomed into Europe over the past few decades are young, fecund, angry and anti-assimilationist, and understand that they are the tip of the spear in the Muslim war against the West.
And how pathetic is our domestic media? Here are a few examples from the latest attack in New York:
- Former Newsweek journalist Isaac Stone Fish tweeted, "New Yorkers were not reacting to terror by going out for Halloween. New Yorkers were ignoring it because
it's not that important.
(emphasis added.)
- CNN TV's host Jake Tapper commented upon learning that the terrorist was a Muslim and that the terrorist yelled out "Allahu akbar" while perpetrating the attack, by saying that "Allahu akbar" was sometimes said under the most beautiful of circumstances.
- Chris Matthews of MSNBC asked on air (as if he didn't know the answer), "As a Uzbeki, why would he (the terrorist) have an animus toward the United States?"
- And of course, one must not omit the New York Times from this list. This once-great newspaper, now a tabloid ragsheet posing as the "newspaper of record" has the temerity to state that there was "no single reason" for the terrorist to drive a truck into a crowd of pedestrians. The paper attributed the attack more to a lack of opportunity and financial trouble, even though the terrorist yelled "Allahu Akbar". To quote, "
As with any attack like this, there is no single reason Mr. Saipov reportedly decided to kill innocents," the article read, going on to claim that "He had come to the United States as a moderate Muslim with dreams of making it."
And if it couldn't be made any clearer, the terrorist requested that an ISIS flag hang in his hospital room!
How can it be, that after years of nonstop terrorism around the world in the name of Islam, with hundreds of thousands of individuals murdered and millions wounded and made homeless, that our media still refuse to acknowledge the root cause of terrorism. For shame.
Daniel Greenfield, aka The Sultan Knish, has tremendous commentary on the latest terror attack:
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Thursday, November 2, 6:30 PM
Our Soldiers Speak Annual Gala Dinner, in Dedication to the State and the People of Israel
Click
HERE for details or call 516-672-6662 or email OSSGALA2017@GMAIL.COM
Friday-Saturday, November 3-4 - New Jersey
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AFSI's Research Analyst Jonathan Grauman will be the guest speaker during Shabbat at Congregation Beth Shalom in Redbank, NJ.
His topic:
AFSI: Supporting Israel at Home and Abroad.
Contact Congregation Beth Shalom at
732-741-1657 for further information and to reserve your Shabbat meals.
186 Maple Ave, Red Bank NJ 07701
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Monday, November 6, 8:00 PM
Can We Win the War on Terror - A conversation featuring former Attorney General Michael Mukasey and IDF General Bentzi Gruber
At the Jewish Center 131 W. 86 St. NYC
Tuesday, November 7, 7:00-9:30 PM
Seeing Israel and the Middle East in a New Light
Hear the story of Ryan Bellerose, an indigenous American/human rights activist, who focuses mainly on the rights of indigenous peoples. Ryan will share an important perspective on indigenous rights, which he believes is integral when it comes to understanding the rights of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel.
Kings Bay Y - 3495 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn, NY
Friday, November 10, 8:45 AM - IN ISRAEL
Join AFSI's co-Executive Directors Helen Freedman & Judy Freedman Kadish, Ken Abramowitz and a host of other presenters at the Oz veGaon preserve in Gush Etzion, conference on: "Sovereignty - It is Possible - It is Vital"
Sunday, November 12, 11:30 AM - ARIZONA
Israel Radio Personality & International Spokesperson Eve Harow will be speaking at the Valley of the Sun JCC, Scottsdale, AZ.
12701 N Scottsdale Rd. Scottsdale, AZ
RSVP: rothstein.arthur@gmail.com
Wednesday, November 15, 8:00 PM
The Taylor Force Act - Defunding Terrorists: The Middle East and Beyond
Panel: Stuart Force, father of US officer Taylor Force, Nitsana Darshan-Leitner, Founder of Shurat HaDin Law Center; Ben Brafman, Attorney and Israel Advocate
At the Jewish Center 131 W. 86 St. NYC
Thursday, November 16, 7:00 PM - Miami, Florida
Florida Friends of Ariel celebrates Ariel's 40th birthday and hosts Ariel Mayor Eli Shaviro and Ariel teen performance troupe.
7:00 pm Doors Open. 7:30 pm Celebration.
Free General Admission -
Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center
20400 NE 30th Avenue, Miami, FL
Sunday, November 19, 5:30 PM - Boston area
Russian Jewish Community Foundation Gala 2017
Keynote Speaker, Allen B. West
Presentation of Israel Defender Award to Helen Freedman
Sunday, November 19, 8:00 PM
One Israel Fund 23rd Annual Dinner
Celebrate 50 Years Since the Reclamation of our Heartland, Judea and Samaria
At Terrace on the Park, Flushing (Queens), NY
Reservations/Journal Ads/Info: dinner@oneisraelfund.org;
oneisraelfund.org/dinner;
516-239-9202
Sunday, December 3, 8:30 AM - 5 PM
The Tikvah Fund sponsors its "Inaugural Conference on Jews and Conservatism"
This Jewish Leadership Conference (JLC) aims to develop a new political and cultural vision for American Jewry, and to bring together Jews who believe that conservative ideas can help strengthen the Jewish people, the Jewish nation, and the American civic future.
For info and registration: click
HERE
Sunday, December 3, 5:00 PM
Bet El Institutions Annual Dinner
Building and Defending the Land of Israel
5 PM Reception and Dinner; 6:30 PM Program and Entertainment
At the Marriott Marquis Hotel, 1535 Broadway (& 46th St.), NYC
Click
HERE for info and reservations.
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Tel. 212-828-2424 | Fax 212-828-4538
www.afsi.org | info@afsi.org
Mark Langfan | Chairman
Helen Freedman | Executive Director
Judy Kadish | Co-Executive Director |
judy@afsi.org
Jonathan Grauman | Research Analyst | jonathan@afsi.org
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