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AddReply(399351,"shed the golut mentality","sarah","Beit  El","02/10/09","It is hard to make aliya with today\'s sense of lackluster/traitorous leadership. There has always been some excuse why \'now\' is not the right time. \nBut we are not here for or because of politics.\nWe are here to build the country; to plant and harvest in spiritual terms, as well as the physical.We are here where H\'s Presence is continually upon us. \nMy children are shedding the golut mentality in a way that those living outside the Land could never understand. We live in the Land, loving Torah, the nation and the very soil. WE are prepared to fight for it. \nToday the challenge is to shed enough of the galut mentality to know that now is the time to come. Once you arrive, it will hopefully become even more real. ");
AddReply(397486,"General Replies","Zev Shandalov","Chicago","02/05/09","It is So clear and evident that some people just don\'t get it and all forms of explanation will not help. It saddens me that people try to justify why they will not keep a mitzva (yishuv eretz yisrael) rather than make the effort (which it requires) to do whatever to serve Hashem EVEN IF ISRAEL IS FAR FROM PERFECT");
AddReply(396741,"Israel Needs US and Vica Versa, Get It!","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","02/04/09","Occasionally, I frequent kosher restaurants..primarily for the kosher food, but secondly to \"feel\" my Jewishness. You see, for every 1 kosher restaurant, there are 10,000 non kosher. It\'s impossible to tell a Jew form a gentile, for the most part, here in California..with it\'s diverse lifestyle. And to my point, Jews can be Jewish here, if they want. There is no shortage of synagogues..from Progrssive to ultra-Orthodox. Just take a ride down a major street in a frum area..and look at all the Orthodox temples. We have collected millions to send several thousand Jewish youth to learn about their heritage and people, to Israel. How many remain permanently? I suppose it\'s a nice all expense paid vacation. You want more Jews, send Chabad to all those movie star homes with intermarriages and confused children..not knowing who they are? Israel needs US and vica versa. We are a ptr. ");
AddReply(396363,"To Mike: Israel and the USA Together","dav lev","Burbank. CAUSA","02/03/09","To Mike: I read your comments and the criticisms. I am a US born proud Jew, Conservative religiously and economically (I voted for McCain and Bush)), and have in my own way aided Israel\'s thriving and survival. Yes, I have contributed to Israeli charity (MDA, etc.) and have purchased long term bonds. I am an activist online..but also write all my legislators, from Congressmen to Senators, to the Executive branch, and finally the Israeli consulate. I try to be a role model as a Jew. ( I am no Madoff or Abramoff). I believe we Jews have been chosen, and MUST be MORE ethical than anyone else. But we also need to stop having million dollar bar mitsvahs and weddings. Let\'s reach out to disenfranchised Jews instead with that gelt. Let\'s ease up on the conversion rules. (Read \"What is a Jew\" for my definition of who is a Jew. Israel-USA  a partnership which benefits we all. ");
AddReply(396266,"To #10: I will not make aliyah to emuate...","Mike","Vienna, VA","02/03/09","...the Cowards of Gush Katif.  Have fun waving orange ribbons while the Israelis murder you.\n\nJoseph may have forgiven his brothers, but the Levites at the Golden Calf did not.\n\nYou and those who call me a \"defeatist\" are naive lemming fools.  You will die as you live -- blind, deaf and dumb.  Remember these words when the alien Israeli State attacks you once again:  A Jew can never be Israeli.  Our country is Medinat Yehudah");
AddReply(396117,"why","jack ","highland park","02/02/09","why did this right wing rabbi have to come up with i have  a  dream,,,,,,,, very offensive ");
AddReply(396083,"To Bob #5","Yirmiyahu","Maale Adumim","02/02/09","There\'s no difference between you and the Israelis Bob. You and me and them - we\'re all Jews. The one difference that you are choosing to make is to let others determine your destiny. It\'s your choice to be disenfranchised. Why not take responsibility instead?");
AddReply(396078,"Bob....Must be said that....","","","02/02/09","you are what we call an armchair zionist- what are you waiting for? for all the Jewish people in Eretz Yisrael to sweat it out trying to build up our country despite everything and them you\'ll come to live in the completed product.....typical. Stop claiming that you would be very very very willing to make Aliya and do it. Instead of throwing money our way come here, and make a difference in living a way of life that you truly believe to be that of a Jew who is trying to be the best Jew he can in a Land that will never, ever be easy to acquire...if you are waiting for that then  guess we won\'t be seeing you soon. I\'m not sayig this nastily just honestly- Eretz Yisrael is one of three things- Torah, Eretz Yisrael and Olam Haba\'a that you have to work hard for- no-one denies that so get over here and make a difference. Hope to see you soon.");
AddReply(396052,"C\'mon Mike #2","Dr.Aryeh Hirsch","Beit El ","02/02/09","You should stop  using your cynicism as an excuse for not making Aliya. Tens of thousands of Jyews have lived in Yesha for decades,with wonderful life experiences,even with the threats,and despite Disengagements-past-and-planned. People not here are the losers,not the winners.Also,you seem learned: how do you explain Yosef\'s being willing to feed his brothers,and his care for them,after they had tried to murder him?The Torah is teaching us a lesson of brotherly unity,not short-sighted revenge;do you really think that Yosef was just a \"freier\"(chump)?You are right,I wouldn\'t hug evictors of Jews from their homes.But I would work to educate our dear brothers,even if it takes decades.So try listening a bit to Rabbi Shandalov: it ain\'t all roses here,but it beats Vienna hands down.");
AddReply(395996,"let all the libbies and lefty yids see this!","koby","","02/02/09","");
AddReply(395955,"Aliyah Today","Neil","Chashmonaim","02/02/09","The only thing one can say to this is AMEN!");
AddReply(395941,"joining hands","Janet Kasten Friedma","Kochav HaShacha","02/02/09","Children of olim from the US and other places already sit and work side-by-side with children of Israeli-born Jews. Sephardim already pray with Ashkenazim and recite Sh\'ma Yisrael together. (they frequently marry each other too) This is part of our way of life in the settlements (smile when ya say dat, brudda!) We are honored to have this small part in the mitzvot of yishuv and kibush Eretz Yisrael! We look forward to meeting you this summer when you join us! As for Mike Vienna (and any other defeatists on either side of the ocean or ideological chasm), well, we all have our traumas to overcome and have to live our own lives... Just remember: if 2 million American Jews made aliya they could REALLY make a difference! 3 million would make the difference even faster! So if you want to \"vote\" remember to \"vote\" with your whole body not just your mouth (or typing fingers) ");
AddReply(395939,"The Dream for YOU!","starbird","kansas city USA","02/02/09","I was not born at the time of MLK\'s \"dream\" but I have witnessed the results of his followers over the years in this country. Not very many helped in the dream. Just wanted hand outs and compensation. On the other hand Isreal and the the Jewish community have always worked and lived toward that most powerful dream. I adore Isreal and hope for your safety and freedom to be free from the evil that attacks you from all sides of your borders. Most Americans share my feelings too!! Politically our leaders don\'t represent the U.S. Citizen as they should. I\'m not of any particular religion. Just very spiritual and \"know\" God is greater than any religion can express. I just want to thank you for letting me share my love for your country and my hopes for your safety. Do what EVER you must do to be SAFE!!! I pray every day for you. \n\nAll my Prayers and Love,\n\nA Small town American. BE SAFE\n\n");
AddReply(395841,"I\'m watching from afar","Bob","USA","02/02/09","I am very, very, very willing to make Aliya - but quite honestly...it feels right now like I would be jumping from the frying pan (of Golus) into the fire of an arogant people bent on self destruction.\n\nIsrael has shown itself able and willing to elect politicians who have a keener eye on their \"bottom line\" than on their responsibilities to their people.\n\nWhen the Jews of Israel stand up and quit their incredibly stupid and self defeating behavior and quit being so arogant to think that they can continue to fight internally while their enemies continue to arm... when there is even a small appearance of unity and a feeling that you are all in the same sinking ship...THEN and only then will I join that ship.\n\nUntil then, I\'ll sit in Golus and send my money to you to help bail the sinking ship even though a huge proportion of Israelis continue to poke holes in the ship\'s hull. ");
AddReply(395802,"To Mike #2","Reb Yehuda","Hemed","02/02/09","It\'s time Jews worldwide looked at the Israeli \"glass\" being half full, than half empty, given its tremendous achievments in th last 60 years.");
AddReply(395801,"#2, goodbye to Galut mentality","Moshe","Kfar Saba","02/02/09","Mike, you are famous for your ferocious comments on Israel\'s internal problems but how can anyone take you serious when you cling to the galut in your safe and nice Vienna, VA? If you care so much about the people who have the guts to live in Yosh, why are you not there, with them? I get the impression that you are a typical example of galut mentality. You are no different from those Jews who wildly decry Israel because its \"too militaristic\", \"too aggressive\", \"too nationalistic\" whatever. What they do from the extreme left, you just do from the extreme right. Same thing in the end. It\'s only a pretext for not making Aliyah, for not leaving the comfy-cosy Galut. If you really cared, you would work for change HERE. I have far more respect for Rabbi Shandalov than for you. He cares enough to come here. You and others like you make wild gestures from afar, feel great and change nothing.");
AddReply(395723,"That\'s nice","Mike","Vienna, VA","02/02/09","When your \"brothers\" the Israelis beat your daughters with clubs, sexually assault them and throw them out of their home for the \"crime\" of living in Yosh, will you give them a big hug in the name of unity?");
AddReply(395688,"Chazak U\'Barukh!","OzVeShalom","Chicago","02/02/09","Well said!");

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