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AddReply(268259,"what to do now?","jimjames","Jerusalem","01/17/08","Now Pres. Bush has reportedly stated that he favors the \"Palestinian\" right of return and that \"Palestine\" has to be a contiguous state. So how anti-Jewish can one be? and how can anyone think Bush is a \"great friend of Israel\"?");
AddReply(266981,"Mass Hypnosis","Louise M. Smith","Brandon,Florida","01/14/08","This is an excellent article. It\'s easy to figure out what has happened to the American mindset - the citizens of the United States have been hypnotized by silly shows such as \"American Idol\" and many, many others. The people of the U.S. are oblivious to the erosion of their Constitutional rights & loss of nat\'l sovereignty. We have the most ignorant generation in the history of this country. On the other hand, it is totally baffling that Jews will bend over backwards to help \"needy\" Latinos & blacks (who won\'t lift a finger to help themselves) while neglecting their own people. The Torah makes it clear that you first take care of your own - then help those truly in need within the community. See Nehemiah 8:10  The Torah also makes clear that a great deal of poverty is caused by sheer laziness. See Prov.19:15 & Eccl.10:18 However, it is extremely politically incorrect to point this out & hold people personally accountable for themselves. In this age, it is only politically acceptable to proclaim the white American as the source of all evil in the world - & oh yes, the Jews.");
AddReply(266556,"But Arlene","Schvach","","01/13/08","It\'s all about chasing prestige, Arlene. Olmert doesn\'t want a Jewish State; he wants luxury apartments in J\'lem, and he wants to emulate America in so many other ways, you know, zero tolerance and all that. Talk about zero tolerance, just ask the Jewish Federations why. Try Chabad; they\'ll teach your grandbabies - well,\nand without the political gruel.");
AddReply(266318,"Two Months Almost","Yisrael Medad","Shiloh","01/13/08","It\'s been a long wait Arlene.");
AddReply(266248,"Tending gardens","AubreyWulfsohn","Leamington spa","01/13/08","Nice to have you back Arlene. Charity begins at home. ");
AddReply(266182,"Excellent article!","Shoshana Rubin","Nokem","01/12/08","Very, very honest. Thanks, Arlene.");
AddReply(266163,"perhaps we feel somewhat ashamed?","Larry L.","London","01/12/08","with the likes of Olmert and other self-interested amoral hypcrites running the show?  But we\'ve always had \"pharisees\" and traitors in our midst, the problem is when we grant them the right to lord it over us.");
AddReply(266110,"Great article, but....","Choni Davidowitz","","01/12/08","Being a \"fan\" of Rabbi Meir Kahane hy\'d, I\'m sure he would of advised you to stop kvetching about Jewish problems in America, and tell you to peruade your children, grandchildren, and everyone you know, to pack up, leave the exile ,and come to your real Home- Eretz Yisrael.");
AddReply(266100,"It boils down to \"The Hellinization of modern Jews\"","Louis Romo","Stockton, Calif","01/12/08","It is the devil\'s goal to destroy the Jew, and all mankind if necessary to accomplish that aim. First by deception, removing God from the Jew, In the U.S.A, the new Babyon,  BY Americanizing or Hellenizing, worshipping American idols of love, money, and self...Donating to causes, not to glorify God but to seek man\'s Accolades.\nTruly America about to collapse as her moral foundation is rotted. In 80s I joined a S.F. Bay area Jewish Org. to help free Russian Jews. I even donated my Mercedes collector\'s car, donated a truck load of boxes to send food to Russian. I never saw any mention of God in their News letters. It is not only the hidden agenda of secularizing Jews but Christians also. Soon watch for Luficer to try and get Jews to swallow the merging of all religions to destroy The Jewish and Christian God.\nThrow in a war this year to merge governments & religions");
AddReply(266090,"Arlene Peck\'s column","Harold L. Katz","Los Angeles ","01/12/08","Arlene, as usual you are thought provoking.  Some of your thoughts I share, some of your thoughts I was not aware of.  I am deeply troubled by one of the comments posted attacking Reform Judaism, it is a sad commentary on Orthodox Judaism. Anyway I congratulate you on another great column.  ");
AddReply(266058,"Great Article","KP","Atlanta","01/11/08","Another accurate and well directed article. Keep up the good work.");
AddReply(266050,"burned out and discouraged americans","jon","texas","01/11/08","we are just as dicouraged at the so called leadership for the last 40 etc. years in america, i think we are just burned out on the government and all the years of empty promises,lies,corruption and have just gave up on the whole !@#*** mess.");
AddReply(266049,"Arlene Peck","I G","Louisville","01/11/08","When something is new, there is passion and purpose. Whether it is a marriage, a new country, a new activity, a new social institution. Then people become complacent & things become commonplace & interest wanes. I hate to see it happen in Israel/to Israel.");
AddReply(266013,"ISRAEL","CPO E. R. LITTLE USN","LOW GAP NC","01/11/08","I DON\'T SEE ANYTHIN HERE THAT I DISAGREE WITH. I FIND IT HARD TO BE UP ON ISRAEL AS LONG AS OLMERT IS IN CHARGE. HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED AFTER THE LAST WAR IN LEBANON ALONG WITH THE AIR FORCE GENERAL THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE WAR EFFORT.  I WOULD LIKE TO SEE BENJAMIN N BACK IN CHARGE.");
AddReply(266008,"It is not just sad it is an outrage","mrsk","Baltimore","01/11/08","I am so sorry this is happening to your grandchild. It is happening to a lot of people\'s grandchildren. And in response to many of the comments this is not only affecting the reform and conservative. Here in Baltimore, the Jewish \nFamily Services (part of the Associated Jewish Charities) will not include Day School tuition as an acceptable expense when you apply for help from them. They feel you can send your children to public school and this would increase your budget. It is not just sad it is an outrage. ");
AddReply(265990,"article","barbara sklar","venice beach","01/11/08","excellent and so pathetically true");
AddReply(265910,"Tending the Garden","Shel Haas","Fort Lee","01/11/08","You are absolutely correct. Let\'s start a campaign to name names and publicly shame them!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n");
AddReply(265896,"Tending Everyone\'Else\'s Garden","Kim Segar","Mill Creek","01/11/08","Being shocked more each morning as how Israel bows to Bush and Rice, I too quit even wanting to read the news, and my anger grew and my prayer for Israel & the US grew. I kept thinking today they will fight for their country, here and there, and for the liberty an freedom so many died for, but the people and the gov just kept moving backwards as both countries became more violent.IF the people would start fighting then G-d would step in and fight for them. What satanic blindness covers those who think globalism is great, which the gov is willing to stand with evil to acomoplish their lust for money and control of us all. PC is fasism, the old Hitler game with a different face, one that we see boldly pushed. HOw much hell does Isrel or the US have to deal with before the people get up and throw them all out. Destroying the root of all scripture is insane. For my the only thing that keeps me sane is I KNOW Messiah is coming to destroy all the enemies here and there and all over the world. Now I pray, today G-d do it, HE will because HE said I will act before you call!! IN the meantime I can not understand how anyone can not love the Jews who have blessed the whole world & could have more..but instead the world bows to Islam and every evil thing. We need to all all gov accountable TODAY!");
AddReply(265803,"Help at \"home\" first!","Chaya","KC","01/11/08","What a timely article! I have been disenchanted with our Jewish groups, and individuals that are always far more concerned about Darfur and any other problem in the world other than those that their own people are having.  Israel seems to be a bad word to the wealthiest of Jews, and they seem to have no patience for actual Jewish causes.  I don\'t know the solution other than finding a way to publicly humiliate them.");
AddReply(265799,"Another great article, but......","Choni Davidowitz","","01/11/08","Being a great \"fan\" of Rabbi Meir Kahane hy\'d, I\'m sure you know what he would have advised you to do.\nStop kvetching about the problems and actions of Jews in America, and persuade your children and granchildren, and as many friends as you can to leave the \"stepmother\" exile , and come to your only secure Home Eretz Yisrael (albeit being run by an inept and evil govt.)\nThe problems Jews are  ");
AddReply(265780,"very good arlene,  and....","shuki","","01/11/08","very fine piece arlene. what can we do to inspire the kind of torah/ahavas yisrael awareness to support our educational and other jewish institutions?\n\ndo those of us that know need to do seminars and conferences at the federations?  this would be a creative idea, yes?  we have to show our brothers and sisters  how and why building jewish institutions is necessary.  but we have to do it with a joyful light of torah. this is what will kindle the neshamot, the souls.");
AddReply(265778,"Change of Mindset","Imran Owais Kazmi","Dubai","01/11/08","What I write may or may not gel in with your perceptions. But disagreements never quietened my urge to spread the truth!\n\nAs a Muslim sympathizer of Jews world over, I see things from your point of view. But I also see things from the point of view of reality, which is simple: God made man to live and to love. Today man only \"hates\" man. The solution is not to annihilate those who think unlike us but to gradually get them to see how WE think. See my site www.ahappyworld.info on how I think, imran@ahappyworld.info Cell  971 50 5849562");
AddReply(265759,"On Giving","Sarah","Manteo, USA","01/11/08","We Americans seem to have this problem and not just our Jewish Americans.  Since Bush took office aid to Africa has tripled and yet our Katrina victims still are misplaced. It isn\'t right.  Charity really should begin at home. Arlene is right.");
AddReply(265746,"Who you are? Critical ","Frank Zavisca","Shreveport LA","01/11/08","How can ANYONE - Jew or otherwise - be successful without being proud of who you are? \n\n\"International Culture\" is like science fiction culture - \"We All Are One\" - like Star Wars - but you lose your identity. \n\nArlene is correct - if you don\'t know who you are, you become what your enemy wants you to be.");
AddReply(265718,"The Disease.","DaveH","Chino Valley, A","01/11/08","Sounds like Israel has caught the disease that started in the USA in the 1960\'s:\nIt is the \"I DON\'T CARE\" virus. It has two supporting malignancies:\nIF IT AIN\'T HAPPENING TO ME--IT ISN\'T HAPPENING  and\nSTATISTICS DON\'T MEAN ____ UNTIL YOU ARE ONE.\nThe people most susceptible use words like --I--ME--MINE--more often than those not infected. ");
AddReply(265711,"Mrs. Arlene Peck You Are Here By Invited","M.L.","L.A.","01/11/08","Mrs. Peck, I am about to attempt to start a non-profit that will bring special needs adults (one of my passions) to Israel (another passion of mine) to help strengthen our connection to the land of Israel. After all, charity begins at home right? I face many challenges to this endeavor. \n1) Will there be a homeland to visit?\n2) Where will I find the money to support this effort? 3) Etc.\n\nIf I make it to the point where I\'ll be lucky enough to have a dinner/banquet you can be sure it will go to support Jews and Israel. There will be no shame and no need to collect for other causes just to get a couple of pennies for Jews as an end result. Pride needs to be re-introduced to all the Jews who are running to be more like someone else so that the rest of the world might accept them as one of their own and not as \"Jews\" G-d forbid. Consider this an open invitation.\n");
AddReply(265710,"Declining interest","william Thompson","Louisville","01/11/08","You said it so much better than I could, but it is worrysome to see only 30 or 40 people in attendance on Shabbat for the morning service.\n\nBill Thompson");
AddReply(265700,"Ganeden - Planet Earth","Adam Neira","Melb, Australia","01/11/08","As G-d has proscribed for humankind, the ultimate goal is to transform Planet Earth into a literal Ganeden. We should all make attempts to tend our gardens wherever they may be. If you can\'t be in the place you love, love the place you are in.\n\nAs a good Jew the writer wopud be well aware of the prophecies regarding the ultimate purpose of the Messianic Age.");
AddReply(265680,"Arlene\'s latest","Rick","Canyon Lake","01/11/08","How sad, but how true.  If Arlene is personally going through this situation, they how many more must be.  My.");
AddReply(265608,"Gosh !","Terry Feld","Houston, Texas","01/10/08","Oh my Goodness, Arlene...you are sounding just like Rabbi Kahane!");
AddReply(265591,"The Value of Education","Azamin Ippish","Galutnya","01/10/08","So you\'ve discovered that Kahane HY\"D and the Rebbe ZTz\"L were RIGHT about education, maximum education, being the key to survival.  Welcome to the brave new world of 1960/");
AddReply(265546,"that is why","helen","","01/10/08","i do not give to these \"Jewish\" organizations, but send to poor Jews directly or to organizations in Israel directly.  And do not forget that the same organizations have a program to aid Israeli Arabs before Israeli Jews, though Saudis do not help any Israelis, even Arabs, except buying weapons, of course.\n");
AddReply(265544,"American Jews","JMK","NYC","01/10/08","From the day Jews got off the boat, 99% had one agenda, to assimilate, well mission accomplished, one hundred years ago a NYC census showed that 99% of Jewish children entirely first generation americans, immigrant\'s children went to public school, that was and is the whole story.");
AddReply(265540,"Charity begins at home.  Jews should first support the Jews in need.","MED","USA","01/10/08","");
AddReply(265524,"To Arlene","m","Toronto","01/10/08","From the name of your day-school Tikvat Jacob I perceive it\'s a reform synagogue, or maximum conservative. No wonder they are closing, there is no connection to Judaism from the soul, the parents probably don\'t keep the Jewish mitzvot, non Jews attend this school. Diluted Judaism is doomed to disappear sooner or later because of lack of roots. It doesn\'t make me happy to tell you that, but it\'s the bigger picture, and secular Israel is not in a better shape.");
AddReply(265509,"Time Jews Put Jews First","Norman F Birnberg","Salida","01/10/08","If Jews don\'t care about their own survival, they shouldn\'t expect the rest of the world to come rushing to their rescue. Its time Jews put Jews first.");

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