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March 13, 2009
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| One of the Best
Each week we provide you with one of the week's most thought provoking articles. | |  History's oldest hatred
by Jeff Jacoby
Anti-Semitism is an ancient derangement, the oldest of hatreds, so it is strange that it lacks a more meaningful name. The misnomer "anti-Semitism" -- a term coined in 1879 by the German agitator Wilhelm Marr, who wanted a scientific-sounding euphemism for Judenhass, or Jew-hatred -- is particularly inane, since hostility to Jews has never had anything to do with Semites or being Semitic. (That is why those who protest that Arabs cannot be anti-Semitic since "Arabs are Semites too" speak either from ignorance or disingenuousness.) Perhaps there is no good name for a virus as mutable and unyielding as anti-Semitism. "The Jews have been objects of hatred in pagan, religious, and secular societies," write Joseph Telushkin and Dennis Prager in Why the Jews?, their classic study of anti-Semitism. "Fascists have accused them of being Communists, and Communists have branded them capitalists. Jews who live in non-Jewish societies have been accused of having dual loyalties, while Jews who live in the Jewish state have been condemned as 'racists.' Poor Jews are bullied, and rich Jews are resented. Jews have been branded as both rootless cosmopolitans and ethnic chauvinists. Jews who assimilate have been called a 'fifth column,' while those who stay together spark hatred for remaining separate." So hardy is anti-Semitism, it can flourish without Jews. Shakespeare's poisonous depiction of the Jewish moneylender Shylock was written for audiences that had never seen a Jew, all Jews having been expelled from England more than 300 years earlier. Anti-Semitic bigotry infests Saudi Arabia, where Jews have not dwelt in at least five centuries; its malignance is suggested by the government daily Al-Riyadh, which published an essay claiming that Jews have a taste for "pastries mixed with human blood." Continue Reading>> | | One that calls for a Response
Each week we take a meaningful quote, tie it to scripture, and leave you with a take-home. | |  Jennifer Riley, a Christian Post Reporter said: “Less than one percent of the youngest adult generation in America has a biblical worldview, found a new study examining the changes in worldview among Christians and the overall U.S. population.
The Mosaic generation, those between the ages of 18 and 23, 'rarely' have a biblical worldview as defined by The Barna Group. The research data found that less than one-half of one percent of Mosaics have a biblical worldview. A biblical worldview, as defined by the Barna study, is believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is completely accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to be good or do good works; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today. … The research shows that only nine percent of all American adults have a biblical worldview, which although significantly higher than that of the Mosaic generation is still a small proportion of the total population.” God says: “Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers, not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come. Don't let anyone deceive you in any way, for (that day will not come) until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.”… “At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved.” (II Thessalonians 2:1-3; Matthew 24: 10-13). The Jerusalem Connection says: Let’s face it, we’re reaping what we have sown and that’s a spiritual freefall. Indeed, there is a famine in the land as the prophet said. (Amos 8:11-12). “Not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.” This spiritual meltdown is at the core of the political/financial/educational and cultural crisis that has overtaken us. Man’s answers are vaporous. God is our only hope. What to do? “What kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. … So then, dear friends, since you are looking for this, make every effort to be found spotless and blameless and at peace with Him.” (II Peter 3:11-14.) | |  What Really Happened in the Middle East
By the Terrorism Awareness Project
A 10-min. multi-media presentation on the history and background of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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| |  Urge Members of Congress to Cosponsor H.Con.Res.29,
the bi-partisan Resolution Seeking to Stop U.S. Taxpayer Dollars from going to Terrorists via UNRWA
Contact your Representative now to express your support for H.Con.Res.29, the bi-partisan resolution sponsored by Rep. Steven Rothman (D-NJ, 9th District), which seeks greater transparency and accountability of the U.S. taxpayer dollars that President Obama is contributing to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This resolution is an attempt to ensure that not one penny of U.S. money provided to UNRWA is redirected to terrorists, or to activities that support terror or promote a culture of hatred. TJCI, together with our friends at Zionist Organization of America, applaud Rep. Rothman for introducing this resolution and shining a brighter light on the problems with UNRWA. We call upon his colleagues in the House of Representatives to cosponsor this resolution and push it forward to a vote as soon as possible.
Contact your representative in Congress by phone (202-224-3121) or by email to express support for H.Con.Res.29 and to urge them to become a cosponsor or thank them if they are already a cosponsor.
Go to our website to read the Concurrent Resolution and to see the list of cosponsors. | | The Jerusalem Connection International
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We accomplish all aspects of our mission to actively advocate for the continuity and strength of a strong Jewish state of Israel primarily through the publication of our magazine, The JerUSAlem Connection, and also through our ministries in Israel and advocacy work in the U.S.
Blessings,
Rev. James M. Hutchens, Ph.D.
Chaplain (Brigadier General) US Army (Ret.)
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