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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 she can in that field. Tamar is a political activist, wife and mother residing in Judea and Samaria and currently hosts the top-rated shows of The Weekend Edition & The Tamar Yonah Show. Her award winning blog covers current events, religion, politics and anything else that's on her mind.

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      Nisan 28, 5767, 4/16/2007

      2nd Generation Holocaust Survivors - Yah, that's me.

      by Tamar Yonah

      Below is all the info pertaining to my radio show today: "The Second Generation of Holocaust Survivors"
      (16-04-07) On this show we discuss some of the issues that 2nd Generation Holocaust Survivors experience while growing up. 

      My guest was Holocaust Studies educator Debby Jacoby.   Debby and I are both 2nd generation survivors ourselves and we share some of our personal stories. Debby also takes us through the harrowing day her father and his family were forced out of their home, put on a train and sent to Auschwitz to be gassed.

      <------  Debby Jacoby

      You can read this dramtic story that Debbie's brother, Boston Globe columnist Jeff Jacoby,  wrote about their father:

      MY HERO, MY FATHER
      http://www.myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=my_hero_my_father

      One thing that I did not add in the radio interview with Debby is that my father also did not talk much about the Holocaust. I had to hear some of the stories through my mother, until many years later, when I was an adult and my father started to open up and share more. I was going to Poland to see the concentration camps and would be near his city where he was from, Lodz. My father was pushed into the Lodz ghetto by the Nazis when the Jews were forced to leave their homes.
       
      All I remember when I was younger was that stuffed deep in my dad's drawer were postcards from the holocaust. They were pictures of piles of naked dead bodies. I can't imagine who published these photos in the format as 'post cards'. I mean, who would want to send a post card with naked dead bodies of men, women and children on it to someone? "Hi mom, I went to Poland and here is what I saw.... having a great time, Adolph." Sheesh! Anyway, I remember staring at these photos secretly, and then putting them back in the stack of other papers in the drawer. Some other memories I had -I spoke of on the show. Of course there are more memories, but I don't really feel like sharing it all now. Perhaps it just has helped to mold and shape me into who I am today and why I make some of the decisions I do. I am hardened a bit, and very stubborn and straight forward. Those are the qualities that made my father survive the Holocaust.
      Click HERE to hear the interview, or go to our web page.

      I am also posting for you all the lyrics and video to a beautiful song sung by Ofrah Haza, --I call her Israel's 'Princess Diana', as she was even more precious to the Israeli people.  She was a great singer, with a voice that could lift one to the clouds.  She was Israel's flower, and we were all shocked at her sudden death at such a young age and such a  promising future. One of the songs she sings is called:  L'orech HaYam.  This song is often played on Israel radio stations in times of sadness... i.e. Holocaust Day, Memorial Day for Israel's Fallen Soldiers, and of course when there is a terror attack.  It is a hauntingly beautiful song.  To view the video, click here (not on photo below).
      Ofrah Haza
       
      For lyrics to the song to sing with her, read here:
       
       

      Ofra Haza - Leorech Hayam Lyrics


       

      Tagid li eich la'atzor et hadma'ot

      Tagid li eifo yesh olam acher lichyot

      Tagid li lama ein emet, rak hazayot

      Az lama lenasot ulehamshich achshav livkot?

      L'orech hayam
      Ein galim, yesh olam
      Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach

      L'orech hayam
      Ein galim, yesh olam
      Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach

      Tagid li eich la'atzor et had'ma'ot

      Tagid li eifo yesh olam acher lichyot

      K'she'anashim ratzim el tofet k'mo el yam

      Ani arutz el toch ha'esh

      Im yachz'ru misham

      L'orech hayam
      Ein galim, yesh olam
      Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach

      Tagid li eich im hamavet atah chai

      Mastir hadma'ot bechol laila -

      Tagid li, ad matai?

      Ha'esh shekoreit li

      Lo nimtzeit sham be'emet

      Vezeh shene'elam,

      Ha'im yachzor, oh kvar met?

      Tagid li eich im hamavet ata chai

      Mastir hadma'ot  bechol  laila -

      Tagid li, ad matai?

      Ha'esh shekoreit  li

      Lo nimtzeit sham be'emet

      Vezeh shene'elam,

      Ha'im yachzor, oh kvar met?

      L'orech hayam
      Ein galim, yesh olam
      Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach

      L'orech hayam
      Ein galim, yesh olam
      Shenishbar lirsisim al hamezach

      Tagid li eich la'atzor et hadma'ot
      Tagid li eich....

       

      Translation: ALONG THE SEASHORE

      Tell me how to stop the tears
      Tell me where there's another world to live in
      Tell me why there is no truth, only illusions
      So why should we try, and continue crying now?

      *

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      * 

      Tell me how to stop the tears
      Tell me where there's another world to live in
      When people run into an inferno as if into the sea
      I would run into the fire,

      If only they would return from there

      *

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      *

      Tell me how you live with death
      Hiding the tears every night -

      Tell me, how much longer?
      The fire that calls me

      Is not really there
      And the one who disappeared,

      Will he return, or is he already dead?

      *

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      Along the length of the sea

      There are no waves; there is a world

      Broken into fragments on the pier

      *

      Tell me how to stop the tears

      Tell me how.....



      Nisan 14, 5767, 4/2/2007

      Here's What To Do During the Holiday...

      by Tamar Yonah

      Because of the Pesach (Passover) Holiday, most of the staff will not be working regular schedules, or be working at all.  In the meantime, I suggest a very wonderful video that was produced by my guest Yuval Ovadia, from this last Tuesday's show called:

      He Made It in Hollywood, but Left It for the Holy Land
      Yuval Ovadia was an average Israeli who, after finishing his army service, decided to leave Israel for the glitz of Hollywood. He moved to New York and struggled to make it. Years later, after studying film and acting, he finally won roles in New York and Hollywood. He had moved up to the good life; Hollywood party invitations, starring roles in action movies, an apt. on Park Ave., - the works. He had made it.  So what happened to him after all his hard work, that made him want to chuck it all, move back to Israel and become a Torah observant Jew?  Watch his video.   ( http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7069571280084715695&q=the+final+journey )

      The radio show interview with Yuval Ovadia is on our web page: www.IsraelNationalRadio.com or directly at: mms://msmedia.a7.org/arutz7/shows/ty/tamar070327.mp3     <---- Just copy and paste to a new browser window.

      If you would like to be in touch with him, then you can email me and I will forward all letters to him.  ( Tamar@IsraelNationalRadio.com )  I will be back to the mic this coming Sunday, April 8th, with Malkah Fleisher. Until then, most of us are on vacation, but there will be some LIVE shows, so keep an eye out.

      The VIDEO that is very inspiring and apt for this Pesach Holiday is about the END DAYS and is full of prophesies that have come true today (Made by Yuval Ovadia). It is a great video to watch and send out to your friends.         I'd love to hear your comments on it, you can post them below this blog entry.
      Here is part 1: The LAST WAR ( ZERO HOUR)
      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3235423378789294307

      Here is part 2: The LAST WAR ( ZERO HOUR) part 2
      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=408729886795553337&q=END+OF+DAYS+PART+2


      In Hebrew... Zero Hour  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5023321040876648867&q=zero+hour

       

      Chag sameach!

      Tamar



      Nisan 10, 5767, 3/29/2007

      "Shiite" Happens --(to the Enemies of Israel)

      by Tamar Yonah

       


      I am not happy at the misfortune of others, but being that this population voted the Hamas in to be their elected terrorist leaders to represent them and govern them, I can't help see the poetic justice in the sewage 'tzunami' that fell upon Israel's enemies.

      Of course the Arabs in the P.A. blame us for their misfortunes, but the reason the sewage spilled into their village was because of the Arabs stealing and selling the sand to construction companies. 
      See the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb2W433guSY 



      Nisan 7, 5767, 3/26/2007

      Videos You Should Really View - #1

      by Tamar Yonah

       
      I will occasionally post videos that I think are important to see or just entertaining to the readers of Arutz 7 and other Israel lovers.

      Here is one I just received from a listener and I thought you would get some enjoyment from. 

      UN "I will not express thanks for that statement"
      United Nations

      It is posted on YouTube.com and says:

      (www.unwatch.org) UN Watch exposes the monumental hypocrisies, terrible lies and moral inversions of the new and supposedly reformed UN Human Rights Council. Millions of victims and 191 countries ignored. Darfur atrocities outright denied. Self-proclaimed defenders of Palestinian rights -- Assad, Ahamadinejad, Khaddafi and UN expert John Dugard -- care only about scapegoating Israel. Council President Luis de Alba of Mexico responds with unprecedented announcement that he rejects the speech as "inadmissible" -- and issues a ban on any speech that similarly criticizes the council or its member states. NGO community is shocked at denial of free speech and open debate.


      The United Nations didn't like the speech. It moves my pupick, like I could care if they liked it.  It was the truth.  It should be shouted out loud and clear to the world.  Please pass this on, everyone who values the truth should view it.  You can also leave a comment below.

      Click HERE to view the video.                                                                                                                    or
      Click HERE to view the video.



      Adar 28, 5767, 3/18/2007

      Fatah and Hamas - Is There REALLY a Difference?

      by Tamar Yonah

      Clap your hands!  Raise your arms and dance!  Happy Days are here again.  Now there will be peace.  

      Well, if not peace, then at least a real hope for peace, as the Fatah and the Hamas have agreed to form a unity 'government'. (See news article:  'Fatah and the Hamas have agreed to form a unity 'government' .)   But does it make a difference?  IS there any difference between the Fatah (PLO) and the the Hamas?  We are fed by the media and by the governments of the world pushing the 'peace process' that the fatah/PLO has changed, and now will work towards peace with israel, striving to live side by side with us.  The Fatah and its leader Mahmood Abbas are supposed to be 'moderates'.  They wear suits and ties.  They were supposed to have changed their charter after the Oslo Accords, to stop their armed struggle.  They never did this. They never revised their charter.

           
      Which is Fatah and which is the Hamas? Both are publicly parading with weapons they use (or plan to use) on Israel.

      Which photo is which?  Which is Fatah and which is the Hamas?  Both are publicly parading with weapons they use (or plan to use) on Israel.

      Both are terror entities.  Both have planned and committed terror attacks against Israelis.  Both continue to work for the destruction and demise of the Jewish State. The only real difference is that the Hamas is more religious oriented, while the Fatah/PLO is less focused on Islam.

      See the Hamas Charter: (Here are just the first 12 resolutions, for brevity's sake) Pay attention to what is highlighted in red.

      Text of the Charter:

      Article 1: Palestine is the homeland of the Arab Palestinian people; it is an indivisible part of the Arab homeland, and the Palestinian people are an integral part of the Arab nation.

      Article 2: Palestine, with the boundaries it had during the British Mandate, is an indivisible territorial unit.

      Article 3: The Palestinian Arab people possess the legal right to their homeland and have the right to determine their destiny after achieving the liberation of their country in accordance with their wishes and entirely of their own accord and will.

      Article 4: The Palestinian identity is a genuine, essential, and inherent characteristic; it is transmitted from parents to children. The Zionist occupation and the dispersal of the Palestinian Arab people, through the disasters which befell them, do not make them lose their Palestinian identity and their membership in the Palestinian community, nor do they negate them.

      Article 5: The Palestinians are those Arab nationals who, until 1947, normally resided in Palestine regardless of whether they were evicted from it or have stayed there. Anyone born, after that date, of a Palestinian father - whether inside Palestine or outside it - is also a Palestinian.

      Article 6: The Jews who had normally resided in Palestine until the beginning of the Zionist invasion will be considered Palestinians.

      Article 7: That there is a Palestinian community and that it has material, spiritual, and historical connection with Palestine are indisputable facts. It is a national duty to bring up individual Palestinians in an Arab revolutionary manner. All means of information and education must be adopted in order to acquaint the Palestinian with his country in the most profound manner, both spiritual and material, that is possible. He must be prepared for the armed struggle and ready to sacrifice his wealth and his life in order to win back his homeland and bring about its liberation.

      Article 8: The phase in their history, through which the Palestinian people are now living, is that of national (watani) struggle for the liberation of Palestine. Thus the conflicts among the Palestinian national forces are secondary, and should be ended for the sake of the basic conflict that exists between the forces of Zionism and of imperialism on the one hand, and the Palestinian Arab people on the other. On this basis the Palestinian masses, regardless of whether they are residing in the national homeland or in diaspora (mahajir) constitute - both their organizations and the individuals - one national front working for the retrieval of Palestine and its liberation through armed struggle.

      Article 9: Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine. Thus it is the overall strategy, not merely a tactical phase. The Palestinian Arab people assert their absolute determination and firm resolution to continue their armed struggle and to work for an armed popular revolution for the liberation of their country and their return to it. They also assert their right to normal life in Palestine and to exercise their right to self-determination and sovereignty over it.

      Article 10: Commando action constitutes the nucleus of the Palestinian popular liberation war. This requires its escalation, comprehensiveness, and the mobilization of all the Palestinian popular and educational efforts and their organization and involvement in the armed Palestinian revolution. It also requires the achieving of unity for the national (watani) struggle among the different groupings of the Palestinian people, and between the Palestinian people and the Arab masses, so as to secure the continuation of the revolution, its escalation, and victory.

      Article 11: The Palestinians will have three mottoes: national (wataniyya) unity, national (qawmiyya) mobilization, and liberation.

      Article 12: The Palestinian people believe in Arab unity. In order to contribute their share toward the attainment of that objective, however, they must, at the present stage of their struggle, safeguard their Palestinian identity and develop their consciousness of that identity, and oppose any plan that may dissolve or impair it.

                                                                       *****************************

      Ok, I lied to you.  This is NOT the Hamas Charter.  It is the PLO/Fatah Charter, the charter of the 'Moderates'.  These terrorists are supposed to be the good guys, the 'moderate' ones, the ones that are seeking peace with Israel.  After reading this PLO/Fatah charter, do you believe it is looking for peace with Israel?  Does this group even agree to live side by side with an Israel, or is the whole charter saying there is no legitimacy for Israel, and that only a 'Palestine' can replace it?

      Sadly, the Fatah and the Hamas want more of this for us here in Israel:

      Warning:  graphic photos are posted below - The 'Brave' can scroll down.

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

          Terrorist Bombing Strikes Jerusalem, March 21, 2002(This last photo taken from: http://www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1991to_now_plo_charter_revise.php )

      I have more graphic and gruesome photos I can post, but those would be too difficult for most people to view.  These three above give enough of an idea of the brutality of these terrorists on innocent people.  But I have said this again and again, if the public saw what a terror scene really looked like, they would be so enraged, so incensed, that they would demand an end to the pussy-footing around with these so-called peace processes. 

      Mr. Olmert, read their charter.  Read their charter!