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Monday, November 2, 2015 |
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This past Saturday night in Tel Aviv
Dispatch from Israel - Helen Freedman, Executive Director, AFSI
This past Saturday night, Oct. 31, while Americans were busy with Halloween and Mets fans were bedecked in orange, rooting for their team, Rabin Square in Tel-Aviv was filled with throngs of people gathered to remember former General, Ambassador, and two-time Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzchak Rabin. Charlie Bernhaut, Judy Kadish and attended the event and observed the thousands who gathered at the Square. We saw huge green Meretz balloons, along with cascades of white balloons. These carried a message in Hebrew from Peace Now stating that Rabin understood the two state "solution". Former President Bill Clinton also attended. The mood was quiet and respectful, but the crowd was made up primarily of young people, many who were born after Rabin's death. Some were carrying Peace Now signs. I wondered if they understood what they meant. **************************************************** Friday's Jerusalem Post Magazine section carried a hate-filled article by Avraham Avi-Hai, who, we are told, "knew Yitzchak Rabin through his work for Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, and later in his role as chairman of the United Israel Appeal."
Helen Freedman wrote the following letter to the Jerusalem Post decrying the article:
The Jerusalem Post Magazine Dear Editor, Your October 30, 2015 magazine articles dedicated to remembering Yitzchak Rabin included the biased and vitriolic article by Avraham Avi-Hai entitled "The twice-murdered national icon, 1922-1995." The article speaks about Rabin's opponents in the most hate-filled way. Avi-Hai writes about "a frenzy of hatred and vituperation" led by "extremist rabbis and settlers," which provided "a sanction to murder." His concluding paragraph condemns the "murderer's pack whose "technique is to fan the flame of Arab hatred by uprooting their trees, burning their crops and finally burning people, to incite them to kill Jews..." How outrageous that Avi-Hai, a former chairman of the United Israel Appeal, should blame Jews for the reign of terror now being conducted by Arab terrorists throughout Israel. Is he unaware of the indoctrination that begins at the earliest levels of education with Arab children teaching them to hate Jews and to martyr themselves by killing as many Jews as possible? How dare he accuse Jews of "burning people?" Despite all the efforts of those who delight in finding "price-tag" actions, absolutely NO evidence was found to justify the accusations of "burning people." It is people like Avi-Hai who are fanning the flames of Jews against Jews. May he be met with shame and humiliation for his outrageous words. And the Post would do its readers a big favor by refusing to print such hate-filled material. Helen Freedman Executive Director Americans for a Safe Israel/AFSI AFSI.org
A few pictures: | | Helen Freedman (R), Judy Kadish:
City of David, Jerusalem |
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Member of Knesset Tzipi Hotevely (speaking) |
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Please see the full Chizuk Trip itinerary on the afsi.org website. B'Ezrat HaShem, AFSI will be returning to Israel May 31-June 8, 2016 to celebrate Yom Yerushalayim. Those of you who were unable to join us on this Fall trip should start planning ahead for the Spring. Don't miss out on a life-changing experience. Travel to Israel with AFSI.
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Protest the Israel-Haters in White Plains, November 5 7 Saxon Wood Road White Plains, NY 10605
The same sponsors of an anti-Semitic, anti-American, anti-Israel event at the Greenburgh Town Hall on October 19 will be back in action at the Ethical Culture Society of Westchester at 7:00 PM on November 5. Let's turn out in large numbers and rebut the lies. Organized by the Jewish Rapid Response Coalition, the plan is to fill the room with pro-Israel voices to speak the truth and counter the lies. We will be lining up in front of the venue by 6:00 PM to fill the auditorium with as many pro-Israel attendees as possible.
Please bring signs!
For more information, and for those needing transportation from New York City there is limited space on buses leaving from Manhattan and Brooklyn. Please call: Paul Ferbank at (201) 440-0304 
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Tuesday, November 3, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM The BDS Movement: Myths, Realities & Consequences.
At the Skirball Center at Temple Emanu-El: One East 65th St. NYC
Wednesday, November 4, 7:00 - 9:00 PM The Consulate General of Israel in New York presents: Remembering Rabin. At the Skirball Center at Temple Emanu-El: One East 65th St. NYC Free admission; must present ticket.
Sunday, November 8, 7:00 PM Say No to BDS - Israel Solidarity Forum At Temple Hillel, North Woodmere, Long Island Engage in conversation regarding the recent terrorist events, growing BDS support, and anti-Semitic events on college campuses in the tri-state area. Over 20 organizations including and synagogues representing, Conservative and Orthodox Jews, will gather for a night of conversation.
For more information and to confirm your seats, please contact Cindy Grosz at:
Sunday, November 8, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Rally for Israel in Los Angeles, CA Federal Building 11056 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Monday, November 16, 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Cardozo Law School: "Jerusalem Passport" Case
Attorney Alyza Lewin addresses students at Cardozo School of Law on her work litigating the "Jerusalem Passport" case in front of the Supreme Court. Lewin is a partner in Lewin & Lewin, LLP, where she specializes in litigation and government relations. She is also President of the American Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists ("AAJLJ") and has served on the Boards of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington and the Women's Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
Tuesday, November 17, 7:00 PM Jerusalem Councilman Arieh King will be the guest speaker at AFSI's November 17 meeting at the home of AFSI Chairman Mark Langfan. Councilman King is well known for his tireless work on behalf of a united Jerusalem. He lives in eastern Jerusalem with his wife and children, experiencing Arab attacks on an almost daily basis. His report promises to be an eye-opener. RSVP is mandatory. Call AFSI at 212-828-2424 or email to: jonathan@afsi.org. Suggested minimum donation of $25 to Israel Land Fund, a 501C3 organization.
Monday, November 23, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM BETAR, Jabotinsky and the Shtetl Throughout the 1930s, Jewish political movements in Warsaw set out to transform the hearts and minds of Jewish youth in small towns across Poland. Among these urban activists were the leaders of Betar, the youth movement of Vladimir Jabotinsky's Revisionist party. Armed with longstanding stereotypes about shtetl life, Betar leaders were certain that bringing "modernity" and "progress" to these towns would mobilize their youth for the Zionist cause. Drawing on YIVO's collection of youth autobiographies from the 1930s, and previously unexamined correspondence between Betar's headquarters in Warsaw and its small-town outposts, Daniel Heller (McGill University) reveals the tensions that arose between these urban activists and the young Jews they sought to transform. Sunday, December 13, 3:00 - 5:00 PM The Tikvah for Israel Fund and Dr. Naomi Vilko present: World-Famous Cantor Joseph Malovany Cantor Malovany will be appearing with Cantor Bruce Rockman, The Sons of Tikvah Band, Makhelat Hamercaz, and Hazzan Sheldon Levin & Cantor Anna West Ott At Congregation B'nai Tikva/The JCC of North & South Brunswick 1001 Finnegans Lane North Brunswick, NJ
Hold the Dates! May 31 - June 8 Come to Israel with AFSI on our Spring 2016 Chizuk Mission. Celebrate Yom Yerushalayim in Israel with AFSI. Plan ahead!
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