How Diaspora Jews Can Help

Jewish brothers and sisters the world over - now is the time to unite behind the brave Jews of Israel. Even though you are far away from the “red alert” sirens and falling rockets, you can help the war effort by canceling your winter vacations to the Caribbean, to Disney World, to Hawaii, to Aspen, to Florence and the South of France.

Instead of skiing down snow-packed slopes in your Calvin Klein ski suits, and bronzing your Coppertoned bodies on crystal white beaches, donate your vacation funds to the Israel Defense Forces, or to the Almagor Victims of Terror Organization, or to the many other worthy charities working round the clock to provide relief for the Israelis under bombardment in the cities bordering Aza.

Already, after five days, the war has cost the government of Israel close to 3 billion shekels. Just as the Jewish People in Israel are undergoing a time of self-sacrifice in order to insure the future of the Jewish Nation in Israel, we call upon you to sacrifice too. If Diaspora Jews give up their expensive winter vacations to the Caribbean, to Disney World, to Hawaii, to Aspen, to Florence and the South of France, the money contributed to Israel could provide the Israeli Defense Forces with enough fuel, bombs, and reserve manpower  to annihilate the terrorist haven in Aza, once and for all, and thus make Israel a truly safe haven for all the world’s Jews.

Now is your chance to join in the battle! Don’t ask what Israel can do for you – ask what you can do for Israel!     

Thank G-d I’m Not in America, TRAGIC UPDATE

In America, and the rest of the Western world, the high point of New Year’s Day is getting drunk and going to bed with whatever woman (or man) that you can.

Photo taken just before the orgy

That pretty much sums up the difference between a gentile and a Jew, and the difference between living in the Diaspora and the Holy Land.

True, there are knuckleheads in Israel who will try to ape the goyim by partying tonight in some bars and discos, and there are always Israel radio-show hosts who get all excited, but, all in all, it’s nothing like the drunken orgies you find throughout the Christian world.

The gentiles number the years from the birth JC, the scourge of the Jews. Ironically, they are celebrating his brit. Count for yourselves. From December 25 to January 1 there are eight days. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 1.

In contrast, the Jews number the years from G-d’s creation of the world. While the Western world’s celebration of New Year’s Day is founded on idol worship, the Jews acclaim the kingship and oneness of G-d.

On Rosh Hashanah, in the prayers called “Zichronot,” the Jews remember that G-d is King over the earth. In contrast, on New Year’s Day, the gentiles try to forget G-d completely so that He won’t interfere in their drunken orgies, as they traditionally sing, “May old acquaintances be forgotten,” including the woman passed out naked in a puddle of vomit as you hurry out the door.

The Morning After in Paris

 

Thank G-d, I am not in America.

UPDATE: BREAKING NEWS

BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- At least 59 people were killed in a fire that broke out in an upscale nightclub in Bangkok early Thursday morning, Thai police said. The fire, at a club called Zantika, started at about 12:35 a.m. during an end of year farewell party,  police told CNN. Police said foreigners were among the victims, but there was no immediate word on the identities of those killed in the blaze.

"End of Year Farewell Party"

Emergency Care Packages to Boca

The Council of Gaza Periphery Communities has announced an Emergency Solidarity Campaign to assist the Jews of America, who have suffered severe financial setbacks in the recent Wall Street crash. The emergency relief drive will begin by sending care packages of food and other necessities to the Jews of Boca Raton and West Palm Beach, Florida, who were devastated by the recent Madoff scandal.

Emergency Care Package to Boca Raton

Even as kassam rockets have been exploding in Sederot, Ashkelon, Netivot, and Ashdod, Israelis have been showing up in streams to deliver food, games for children, and basics like soap and toilet paper, to the emergency warehouses, where volunteers are packing the goods for shipment to the United States.   

Shmuel Perl of Ashkelon is one of the organizers of the emergency relief campaign.

“Sure things are tough here with the rockets falling all day,” he says. “But the situation is worse in America. Many of our Jewish brothers and sisters have been wiped out completely. In Florida, many can no longer afford membership in their country clubs, and others have been forced to move out of their condos and to move into trailer parks. At least here in Israel, we have plenty to eat. Just as the Jews of America have assisted us in the past, it’s our moral obligation to help them out now when they are the ones in need.”

If there are INN readers in Israel who wish to send emergency donations of cash, food, or toys to the hard hit Jews of America, they can be mailed to me for forwarding.