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HP's avatar

I'm with you. Whenever I am asked "what about the Palestinian children" my answer is that I care about them as much as their parents care about mine.

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Reality Check's avatar

When the reality of evil and hatred keep slapping you in the face, it is beyond time to archive our mission of “tikkun olam” for the foreseeable future. Preservation, security and retribution by all means is now existential. The veil of human malevolence is brutally evident.

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John McDonagh's avatar

With you 100% on this. Wishing you all a peaceful and joyous Shabbat. Shabbat Shalom!

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EKB's avatar

Shabbat Shalom

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April's avatar

Excellent post. Sometimes we have to just say it. These people are trying to kill us. Israelis, Jews, anyone who happens to be in Israel when they go on a murderous rampage, and eventually the entire Western world.

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EKB's avatar

Thank you for the compliment. And yes, their goal is to destroy the west eventually.

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Kid Charlemagne's avatar

אם אין אני לי מי לי. כשאני לעצמי מה אני. ואם לא עכשיו אימתי

עם ישראל חי 🇮🇱

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EKB's avatar

True I forgot the last line.

Am Yisrael Chai!

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Just plain Rivka's avatar

Perhaps better to take your own kids for ice cream rather than driving theirs for medical care so they can grow up and murder you.

What I am thinking on such a dark day.

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Just plain Rivka's avatar

We can’t lose our humanity but we can’t be stupid either.

And those who hate us will never stop hating us if we become (continue to be) “reasonable.”

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EKB's avatar

We Jews can be a very stupid People at times. So in need of being accepted that we forget who our enemies are. Well we have been reminded in the worst way.

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Just plain Rivka's avatar

Yes

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Steven Brizel's avatar

Aside from the Orthodox community far too American Jews know how to make Kiddush but do not know how to comprehend the meaning of Havdalah and worship at the false god of social justice a d the woke agenda

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EKB's avatar

Thats interesting that you bring up havdalah. I was just discussing that with my older son last week.

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