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Iyar 13, 5768, 5/18/2008

The Left: Bad Predictors of the Future

by Tamar Yonah

The 'Right' has been right.  Everything they predicted that would happen after the Left pushed through their 'Peace' objectives has been a disaster.  Just view these two videos (ain't hindsight great?) and see how these appeaser's predictions have panned out.

Rabin says that there won't be katyusha rockets/missiles on Israel if we pull out of Gaza.  By the way, the song that is played in the video is called, "Hevainu Shalom Alechem" -"We Bring You Peace"

Ehud Olmert debates Rabbi Meir Kahane and tells him there is no worry about the growing Arab population in Israel.  Today, Olmert himself claims that Jerusalem must be divided because the Arab population is growing too large adn is a threat to Israel's identity. 

The Left: Bad Predictors of the Future.  I wouldn't buy a used car from these guys.



Iyar 7, 5768, 5/12/2008

hmmmmm

by Tamar Yonah

Things that make you go "Hmmm"
Author unknown

I really only wanted to post the video below.  But while looking up on Google the correct way to spell 'hmmm', I came across this old, but still funny list.  Enjoy. Disfrutar.

Why do we park in driveways and drive on parkways?

Do Lipton employees take coffee breaks?

Can I yell "movie" in a crowded firehouse?

How do a fool and his money GET together?

Why does Hawaii have interstate highways?

How is it that a building burns up as it burns down?

If nothing ever sticks to Teflon, how do they make Teflon stick to the pan?

If the pen is mightier than the sword, and a picture is worth a thousand words, how dangerous is a fax?

If the police arrest a mime, do they tell him he has the right to remain silent?

What hair color do they put on the driver's licenses of bald men?

Why do banks charge you a "non-sufficient funds" fee on money they already know you don't have?

Why do they put Braille on the drive through bank machines?

If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends?

In a country of free speech, why are there phone bills?

Did Washington flash a quarter when asked for ID?

How come there aren't B batteries?

How is it possible to have a civil war?

If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?

If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?

Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?

How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?

How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?

If you're in a vehicle going the speed of light, what happens when you turn on the headlights?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do hot dogs come 10 to a package and hot dog buns only 8?

Why do tourists go to the tops of tall buildings and then put money into telescopes so they can see things on the ground close-up?

Why is it that bullets ricochet off of Superman's chest, but he ducks when the gun is thrown at him?

What if the Hokey Pokey IS what its all about?

and last but not least: a BIG hmmm.... (my addition)

hmmm...   SK, better start brushing up on your Español!




Iyar 2, 5768, 5/7/2008

Long Live the Stubborn Jew!

by Tamar Yonah

There is a 'matter of fact' attitude that has always been the way of Jews in Israel.  People here don't pussy-foot around.  A job has to be done, and they do it. 

We owe our lives to those who have fought to keep Jews safe here in the Land of Israel.  I served in the army and had friends who were killed. But we go on, because we have to.  Because we want our own homeland, and are willing to fight for it.

Below: My father (in his air force uniform) & mother not too long after the new Jewish State was born. 

I played an interview that I did with my father as he described his time as a young man, escaping the ashes of the Holocaust . The Nazis had murdered his father, put him and his mother and brother in a ghetto and made them slave laborers, and then shipped everyone else out to Auschwitz after they had outlived their use.  But he survived.  He was stubborn.  He wanted to outlive Hitler (yimach shemo - may his name be erased) and he did.  He is still alive today living in Jerusalem  -may he live a long and healthy life, until 120+.  He told me once, that in  Europe, they sprawled  graffiti on the walls: 'JEWS, GO BACK TO PALESTINE'.  Today, the world screams, 'JEWS, GET OUT OF PALESTINE'.  And so, without an education (which had been stolen from him during the years of the war), without a father, without any kindness or mercy from the world, he escaped the blood soaked land of Europe to board an illegal ship to Israel.  The British forces, still mandating the area, spotted the ship he was on which was carrying more than 500 passengers.  They shot warning shots into the air and then boarded the ship.  A fight broke out with the British beating the Jewish survivors.  There were screams and soon they were overpowered.  The boat was then forced to Cyprus.  It was there my father was put behind a fence in a DP camp.  Months later, because he was able to prove his family owned property in 'Palestine', he was allowed to enter Israel in a 'quota' that the British set, to limit Jewish immigration.  A distant cousin came to collect him at the port in Haifa.  The first question my father asked him as he got off the boat was.... "Are we going to be human beings again?"

It is over 60 years now since my father arrived to this good land after the Holocaust.  Jews who worked hard draining swamps, fighting off enemies, and living under the period of food rationing in Israel, all suffered, but they worked to build this country so that you and I and all future generations of Jews should have a home to come to, so we wouldn't have to ever rely on anyone/ any country to protect us again.  In spite of all the political deceit today, as well as the outside attempts of nations to destroy Israel, Jews have an army, and Jewish homes here all have guns, and our citizens know how to use them. 

Today, Jews can walk proud. Today, there is (in spite of everything) a strong Israel.  We have world reknowned universities and research labs, an overflowing of Torah study, employment, an abundance of food, new communities, and new families.  And I'll be damned if anyone tries to wrest our land from us.  I have been living in my home which is 'over the green line' for almost 15 years.  I have lived through at least 5 administrations telling me that I will have to leave my home.  It was Rabin, then Peres, then Netanyahu, then Barak, then Sharon, and now Olmert (soon to be out).  They are all gone, out of office, yet we Jews are still here. Man plans, and G-d laughs.  Man proposes, but G-d disposes. 

Like a horse with blinders, we don't let the 'noise' and 'distractions' stop us from our purpose.  We keep moving forward.  We ignore perceived limitations and forge new paths.  Let us thank those before us who were strong in their ideals and forged ahead. They didn't sit and whine.  They acted, and achieved in a  no-nonsense sort of way. When my father served in the Israeli air force, they had to get planes from the junk yard and piece them together. They could barely protect Tel Aviv.  When I served in the Israeli army/air force, one generation later, we were already flying jets over Iraq bombing its nuclear reactor.  Long live the stubborn Jew!

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Tamar Yonah is one of Israel's most popular English-speaking radio show hosts. She made Aliyah from Southern California and after serving in the Israeli army began a prolific career in radio, including production, news and program development. She was the original creator and producer of 'The Aliyah Show' and still works whenever and however she can in that field. Tamar is a political activist, wife and mother residing in Judea and Samaria and currently hosts several top-rated shows, including Weekend Edition, The Tamar Yonah Show and TnT Dynamite. Her award winning blog covers current events, religion, politics and anything else that's on her mind.