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I am sharing this little story that I got on email, and admit that I don't know the source. It is possible that this never actually happened but I post it for its inspirational message.

Baruch

Several years ago, a rabbi from out-of-state accepted a call to a community in Houston, Texas . Some weeks after he arrived, he had an occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change.

As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, 'You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it'.

Then he thought, 'Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little amount? Anyway, the bus company gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep quiet' When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, and then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, 'Here, you gave me too much change'.

The driver, with a smile, replied, 'Aren't you the new rabbi  in town?

'Yes' he replied. 'Well, I have been thinking a lot lately about going somewhere to worship. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change. I'll see you in Shul on Shabbos.

When the rabbi stepped off of the bus, he literally grabbed the nearest light pole, held on, and said, 'Oh Rebono Shel Olam, I almost sold a Yid for a quarter!'  Our lives are the only thing some people will ever read.

This is a really scary example of how much people watch us as JEWS, and will put us to the test!  Always be on guard -- and remember -- You carry the name of  HaShem on your shoulders when you call yourself a 'JEW'.

Lies about the "USS Liberty"

In the middle of the Six Day War in 1967, an American naval vessel that had wandered into the war zone was mistakenly attacked by Israeli military planes.  Israel apologized for the attack and paid compensation to the victims.

Ever since, the attack on the USS Liberty has become a rallying cry for Neo-Nazis and anti-Semites from around the world.  They claim that the attack was part of some nefarious Jewish cabal, whose purpose is never clear.  The great irony is that the case of the USS Liberty is used as a bludgeon to bash Israel for an accidental friendly fire attack on American forces by many of the very same groups that applaud Bin Laden and cheer intentional Islamofascist terror attacks on Americans.

While numerous serious journalists have long put the story to rest, the best debunking of all of the conspiracist "theories" about the attack was that of Michael Oren in Azure in 2000.  His arguments are too long to be reproduced here, and his piece should be read in full by anyone who wants to know the truth.  Here is just one segment:

The incident began with the ill-conceived decision to send the Liberty to the crisis-torn Middle East, a mere half-mile beyond Egyptian waters, in an area not used by commercial shipping and which Nasser had declared off-limits to neutral vessels. The Americans did not accede to Chief of Staff Rabin’s request for the identification of all U.S. ships in the area or Ambassador Harman’s request for a strategic liaison between Israel and the Sixth Fleet. The Liberty’s dispatchers, meanwhile, overrode naval orders to keep the ship in Spain, and then failed to inform the U.S. attaché in Tel Aviv of its presence near the war zone. These mistakes were compounded by the navy’s communications system, which delayed by as much as two days orders to the Liberty to withdraw 100 miles from the coast.52 Even after it was hit, the Americans had difficulty locating the Liberty, the JCS placing it at “60-100 miles north of Egypt.” If neither Castle, nor CINCEUR, nor even the President of the United States could know where the Liberty was, it seems unreasonable to expect that the Israelis, in the thick of battle, should have been able to locate it.

The Israelis, too, committed their own share of fateful errors, as the Yerushalmi report points out: The erroneous reports of bombardment at El-Arish, the failure to replace the Liberty’s marker on the board after it had been cleared, the over-eagerness of naval commanders, and worst of all, Ensign Yifrah’s miscalculation of the ship’s speed…. All of these elements combined to create a tragic “friendly fire” incident of the kind that claimed the lives of at least fifty Israeli soldiers in the Six Day War, and caused 5,373 American casualties in Vietnam in 1967 alone.

An even better documented book debunking the "theories' of the conspiracists and Neo-Nazis is "The Liberty Incident: The 1967 Israeli Attack on the US Spy Ship," by Jay Cristol. 

Nevertheless, anti-Semites of all stripes continue to use the 42 year old incident as a weapon against Israel.  Even Neo-Stalinist Noam Chomsky, who adores Islamic terrorism, uses the Liberty incident to bash Israel.  So do the Stalinist anti-Semites at the leftwing pro-jihad Counterpunch web site. 

But curiously, these people have now been joined by Barry Chamish, the UFO "researcher" and inventor of the fictional "theory" about how Shimon Peres and the SHABAK were the real murderers of Yitzhak Rabin.  Chamish has a long history of collaboration with Holocaust Denier organizations and web sites, and he is now proliferating a "theory" of the USS Liberty attack invented by Neo-Nazi organizations. 

Here are some of Chamish's new "discoveries," taken from a Chamish web site.  Chamish invents a claim that it was American President Johnson who ordered Israel to sink the ship:

 'The issue of the Liberty has deeply poisoned the American relationship with Israel. It is a far greater thorn than Israelis understand because, in fact, Israel did try to kill every sailor on board The Liberty.... Admiral McCain was not covering for Israel, he was protecting Pres. Lyndon Johnson, who ordered Israel to attack the Liberty....Cutting to the chase, it wasn't Israel's idea. Israel still did the killing, and muffed the attack with an amateurish show of its military prowess, but it wasn't the leader of the hit squad. That's far better than being left in the lurch as the mafia's don....
 "Of course Johnson gave the order. But he received his orders from higher up."  "So the attack on The Liberty wasn't an Israeli decision?" I asked.  "It was an American action forced on Israel," he answered....
We have the reason Moshe Dayan turned into Israel's top traitor of his day. As Chief-0f-Staff of the IDF, Dayan HAD to have given the order for his Air Force to sink the Liberty. Johnson may have given the actual command, the American navy did nothing to rescue the stricken ship, but Dayan had the blood of 37 American sailors on his hands and if he didn't play major league ball, he and Israel would be turned into friendless lepers.... There were endless debts to be paid, and America offered Israel $3.2 billion in annual aid to keep its mouth shut. But Israel bore the existential brunt of Dayan sinking close to the entire Egyptian navy, but accidentally keeping afloat one American ship too many."

Chamish has a long track record of inventing "theories" and "news" and imaginary nameless "witnesses."  I used to think that his claim that Simon Wiesenthal was in fact a secret Nazi agent was just about the silliest thing he could invent.  But his new fabrications about the USS Liberty may even make THAT look pale in comparison.

For more on the conspiracist sickness, see this.

Passover as Reported in the Press 3000 Years Ago

The following has been circulating by email, by an anonymous author.

API -  April 18, 1476 B.C.

The cycle of violence between the Jews and the Egyptians continues with no end in sight in Egypt. After eight previous plagues that have destroyed the Egyptian infrastructure and disrupted the lives of ordinary Egyptian citizens, the Jews launched a new offensive this week in the form of the plague of darkness.

Western journalists were particularly enraged by this plague. "It is simply impossible to report when you can't see an inch in front of you," complained a frustrated Andrea Koppel of CNN.  "I have heard from my reliable Egyptian contacts that in the midst of the blanket of blackness, the Jews were annihilating thousands of Egyptians. Their word is solid enough evidence for me."

While the Jews contend that the plagues are justified given the harsh slavery imposed upon them by the Egyptians, Pharaoh, the Egyptian leader, rebuts this claim.  "If only the plagues would let up, there would be no slavery.  We just want to live plague-free.  It is the right of every society."

Saeb Erekat, an Egyptian spokesperson, complains that slavery is justifiable given the Jews' superior weaponry supplied to them by the superpower God. The Europeans are particularly enraged by the latest Jewish offensive. "The Jewish aggression must cease if there is to be peace in the region. The Jews should go back to slavery for the good of the rest of the world," stated an angry French President Jacques Chirac.

Even several Jews agree. Adam Shapiro, a Jew, has barricaded himself within Pharaoh's chambers to protect Pharaoh from what is feared will be the next plague, the death of the firstborn. Mr. Shapiro claims that while slavery is not necessarily a good thing, it is the product of the plagues and when the plagues end, so will the slavery. "The Jews have gone too far with plagues such as locusts and epidemic which have virtually destroyed the Egyptian economy," Mr. Shapiro laments. "The Egyptians are really a very nice people and Pharaoh is kind of huggable once you get to know him," gushes Shapiro.

The United States is demanding that Moses and Aaron, the Jewish leaders, continue to negotiate with Pharaoh. While Moses points out that Pharaoh had made promise after promise to free the Jewish people only to immediately break them and thereafter impose harsher and harsher slavery, Richard Boucher of the State Department assails the latest offensive. "Pharaoh is not in complete control of the taskmasters," Mr. Boucher states. "The Jews must return to the negotiating table and will accomplish nothing through these plagues."

The latest round of violence comes in the face of a bold new Saudi peace overture.  If only the Jews will give up their language, change their names to Egyptian names and cease having male children, the Arab nations will incline toward peace with them, Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah declared.