Thursday, October 29, 2020

RCRF 26th Dinner 2020: RCRF A Living Jewish Presence in Beit Lechem Today Right Next to Momma Rochel

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This year's RCRF "Dinner" was a  beautiful event, albeit adapted to the Covid regulations and held in the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center ballroom. It was MC'd by Dr. Paul Brody, who began the program with the singing of the National Anthem and Hatikvah ... 

This dinner was another success story.

The ambiance was raised to new levels in the elegant ballroom with just enough seating for select individuals to comply with Covid regulations and then there was Tefilla beTzibur, prayer services, to justify the number of attendees.  

Dinner was elegantly prepackaged to be taken on the way out... so the emphasis was on networking and content. 

Evelyn Haies with the support of her husband Jay and her kids and spouses and grandchildren, arranged all the details, the venue, the speakers, the food, the cake,  the video, the photography, the journal, the poetry in honor of Momma Rochel, everyone contributing their individual talents and expertise in order to make this dinner extra special :)   

Rabbi Tokayer, the Rav of Kingsway Jewish Center, introduced by Melonie Marmer Esq.  spoke about the resilience of the Jewish people. The RCRF Dinner has been going on for 26 years he said and Covid was not going to stop this Dinner from happening. 

Rachel Imeinu epitomizes resilience when it comes to love of a fellow Jew and love for her children.

Evelyn spoke with great pride about her Sefer Torah acquired by RCRF and what Rachel Imeinu strives for.

Her grandchildren, Miriam and Rivka Scop sweetly read their poem on the theme  Education Matters "Children's Lives Matter",  "Mitzvahs, Midos and Miracles". 

Rabbi Yonah Weinreb, author, artist and illuminist, introduced by Debra Scop,  spoke beautifully about Rochel Imeinu.  Only Rochel Imeinu has the honor of being called Momma Rochel. Rabbi Weinreb  spoke about a Gadol Reb Chaim who came to Momma Rochel's Kever and cried..."Momma Vaint" which in Yiddish means "Momma Cry". He was asked by his Talmid,  how can you contradict what was told to Rochel Imeinu , "Refrain from Crying". Reb Chaim responded,  Hashem comes to Rochel Imeinu like a Father comforting His daughter and asks her to stop crying. But I come to Momma Rochel, like a child begging for her to please continue to cry for us. 

After a great intro by Malky Grunwald, Evelyn's granddaughter, the lights dimmed and we were treated to award winning musical video "Mira" produced by Danny Finkelman written and composed by Cecilia Margules starring Dudu Fisher and "We Are Rachel's Children" also produced by Danny Finkelman  with lyrics by Evelyn Haies rendition Gad Elbaz with an introduction by Vivian Singer.

Memories of Bruce Mayroff ob"m were honored, introduced by Jay Haies accepted by his daughter Margo in the name of his wife Muriel Mayroff. A Tribute to AFSI Executive Director, Helen Freedman ob"m honored and the tribute was accepted by AFSI member Robin Ticker in the name of Judy (Freedman) Kadish, Helen's daughter and the current Chairwoman of AFSI. MC Dr. Brody as well spoke about how much Helen, through AFSI and now through her daughter Judy  are doing so much for the Klal.

Please refer to the journal link below for tributes written in their honor!

Robin Ticker  remarked that just like AFSI Events aren't measured by the number of attendees  but rather by the quality of the attendees, each person being a gem, so too this year's Dinner limited in size is surely valued up in heaven  since every attendee and effort was a work of love on behalf of Rochel Imeinu. 

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Video of Event:
Rachel's Children Reclamation Foundation 26th Dinner 1:32:40

Fb post by Evelyn Haies
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3212605342181370&id=410097565765509
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us at last night's 26th annual yahrzeit dinner honoring Rachel Imeinu. Our MC Dr Paul Brody was there to make sure the evening went smoothly. Rabbi Etan Tokayer, of the Kingsway Jewish Center, was our keynote speaker. A talented artist and inspired author, Rabbi Yonah Weinrib, has devoted his life to illuminating and portraying the Torah through his beautiful artwork. He also spoke, offering up beautiful divrei Torah. Danny Finkelman, received the Actualist Award for his video productions and collaborations with RCRF Founder Evelyn Haies and composer Cecilia Margules. Gad Elbaz's rendition of Evelyn's lyrics, "We are Rachel's Children," was played. As was Cecilia's beautiful and award-winning film "Mira" about her aunt, a young girl who was caught in the horrors of the Holocaust. RCRF also honored the memories of Bruce Bayroff and Helen Freedman, who had both done so much for the Jewish community. Social distancing was strictly observed, with masks and limited seating available for the evening's events. You can check out our picture gallery from the dinner by clicking on the link below:


Photo Album Deborah Scop

In 5 Towns Jewish Times

In Jewish Link News

In Queens Jewish Link

In the Jewish Vues

In Jewish Press Community Currents

"We are Rachel's Children" lyrics Evelyn Haies featuring Michael Ian Elias


In 1996 Evelyn Haies won a raffle. $26000. It bought a Sefer Torah still in Rachel's tomb. THIS IS RCRF 26TH YEAR. YOUR DONATIONS WILL HELP RCRF DO MORE MIRACLES. LET US BE BLESSED BY YOUR DONATIONS TO DO MORE MITZVAHS FOR ALL RACHEL'S CHILDREN. CHILDREN'S LIVES MATTER.


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Sunday, September 13, 2020

Fwd: Turkey is the new Islamic State and Caliph Erdogan has a master plan by Mark Langfan Arutz7






Turkey is a proto-Islamic State Caliphate country whose plans for Libya and Egypt are precursors to a 21st century Battle of Preveza.

By Mark Langfan, 9/13/2020
I've been showing my 487 Million Muslims (including Turkey) versus 11 Million Greeks Map Graphic for over 10 years, and my Western Theater Israeli Strategic Gaming Map for 14 years. During this time, I would always get the same incredulous, challenging looks and the same disbelieving question: Why are you including Turkey in the 487 Million Muslims attacking Greece and Southern Europe; don't you know Turkey is a NATO country?
I would always give the same simple answer: Turkey is a proto-Islamic State Caliphate country led by Recep Erdogan, a hard-core Islamist who thinks he is the next Caliph. I even gave a lecture to the United Nations on the subject of Turkey's waxing Islamist evil in 2014.

Now, that the Turkish President has dropped all pretense of rationality in Turkey's affairs, I will have a slightly different answer: Turkey is now an Islamic State Caliphate led by the hard-core self-styled Islamic Caliph, Erdogan. What we are witnessing in the Eastern Mediterranean with Turkey's military threats is nothing short of the new Islamic State of Turkey threatening the soft-under belly of Christian Europe.

The "Islamic State" President Trum annihilated was a misnomer. Turkey and only Turkey is the Islamic State that was, and is, threatening the existence of Western Civilization and Russia. Turkey needs to be militarily defeated or it will wipe out Western, Christian, and Russian civilization.
 
How did we get here? There were 8 years under the Obama-Biden Administration that took cues, if not outright direction, from Turkey's Erdogan. For instance, in March 2011, at Turkey's and Qatar's direction, then-President Obama launched the military attack on Libya's Muammer Qadaffi, Operation Odyssey Dawn. Turkey saw "Odyssey Dawn" as the "Ottoman Dawn" and knew it would be able to set all of North Africa ablaze with Muslim Brotherhood Islamism in the wake of Qadaffi's elimination.
 
Turkey continued by actively working to unseat secular Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak through its Hamas/Gaza base of operations. Again, the Obama-Biden team was all in favor of an, Islamist Muslim Brotherhood Egypt and went apoplectic when Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf engineered the secularist counter-revolution of General Sisi.
 
In the wake of Turkey's coup in Egypt, a resplendent proto-Caliph Erdogan unabashedly told the world what he really thought about Islamist Turkey and the newly Islamized Egypt. On September 13, 2011, then Turkish PM Erdogan stated that an Egypt-Turkish alliance would "form a force of 150 million people strong" and "We are substantially surrounding the Mediterranean."
 
Erdogan didn't stop there. On, September 27, 2011, PM Erdogan, speaking at a Turkish warship launching, stated (or more accurately, threatened):"I recommend the international community take the necessary lessons from the Preveza victory." The "Preveza victory" was the naval Battle of Preveza where on September 28, 1538, the Ottoman Empire's navy decisively defeated the Pan-Christian "Holy League" Alliance.
 
So, here you had a supposedly NATO Prime Minister openly referring to an Islamic State military defeat of Christian Europe only about 460 years earlier. Thank G-d, Saudi Arabia had the good sense and bucks to turn back Turkey's Islamist tsunami while all the while fighting Obama and Joe Biden.
 
While Turkey has done everything it could to set Hamas and Gaza aflame against Israel, the Sunni Arab world saw through Turkey's "Jihad through Gaza to Jerusalem" as merely a ploy to increase Turkey's Islamic Levant footprint. Additionally, Greece and Cyprus began to see Turkey's virulent terrorist activities against Israel, as a nascent threat to Cyprus and mainland (and Islands) Greece.
 
Turkey's realization that the Sunni Arabs and Greece/Cyprus have seen through Neo-Islamic Caliphatic hegemonic goals leads us to recent events. Seeing that the Sunni Arabs and Greeks are now militarily coalescing inside a military alliance of Southern Europe, Arab countries, and Eastern Europe where Israel is the critical central military hub, has made Turkey reckless and transparent.

Over 6 years ago, I wrote MEATO: The Trans-Riyadh-Jerusalem-Athens Alliance. "MEATO" stood for "Middle East Atlantic Treaty Organization." In the article, I predicted:
"For, it is now clear that there are tectonic shifts in alliances taking place that could place Israel's military might as the cornerstone to a new Middle East-Mediterranean alliance from Riyadh to Athens that will transform history. The Pan-Greek-Israel-Saudi alliance will be called MEATO, Middle East Alliance Treaty Organization." I continued and stated, "Only through Israel can the Eastern-Theater-Saudis also graft into Israel's Western-Theater-Mediterranean Sea alliance with Greece. A joint Middle East alliance between the Saudis, Israel, Egypt, and Mediterranean Greece would be a watershed event. Such a topologic-geographic connective east-west span through the Levant could open a gas-oil-pipeline from the Persian Gulf to Europe that would change history."
 
And the Egyptian Sisi Counter-Islamic Revolution didn't stop Turkey from continuing its drive for Islamic State hegemony over the region.
 
Through Northern Syria, Turkey was slowly attempting to murder the Kurds and create its own Arab Islamic State proxy. On August 5, 2020, the American Military Lead Inspector General for the American military's mission in Syria and Iraq, U.S. European Command called Turkey a "major facilitation hub" for ISIS and said security at the country's southern borders with Syria and Iraq continues to be a problem. Turkey has been playing a double game in Syria, supporting Turkey's Islamic Terrorists against the non-Turkish Islamic terrorists. Turkey is now the Islamic State, and the Islamic State is Turkey.
 
That brings us to Libya, the Ground Zero for Turkey's plan to exponentially expand its own Islamic State Caliphate. Turkey knows that with its foothold in Libya, it will, in time, bring down the secularist Egypt and bring the 100 Million Egyptians under its Caliphatic Jihad. With Egypt's Muslims under its control, Turkey will not only control North Africa, but the Suez Canal. By means of Libya, Turkey aims to control the entire Mediterranean Basin, North Africa, and the Red Sea, the soft western underbelly of the Gulf States. Thus, for Turkey, Libya is not just Libya, but the very realization of Turkey's Islamic State Caliphate.
 
France as a southern European country, has seen the Turkish Libyan future and has realized it must assert a "Red Line." On the Turkish side, Turkey is sure the time has come for Turkey to attempt to repeat the Battle of Preveza.
 
Additionally, Russia now sees Turkey's goal in Libya as not tactical, but strategic. With Libya, Turkey will be able to close down and control the entire Mediterranean Sea, thereby rendering Russia's Montreux Convention access through the Turkish Straits meaningless. For, if the "Mediterranean Sea" becomes the "Turkish Sea," Russia's "getting through the Straits" to the "Turkish Sea" is like going from the frying pan into the fire.
 
President Trump must do one thing immediately. He must immediately evacuate the 60 B61 tactical nuclear bombs that are now housed in the NATO base at Incirlik, in southwesternv Turkey,. Each B61 nuclear bomb carries a possible nuclear blast of 340 kilotons, or about 41 times the atomic blast in Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. But, President Trump must not just plan for an "evacuation." The American military must plan for a forcible violent and if necessary, deadly evacuation of the 60 nukes. Turkey will not let those nukes go quietly.

To summarize, Turkey is attempting to remake itself from the "Sick Man of Europe" to the Islamic State Superman of the Mediterranean, the Gulf States, and Africa armed with 60 B61 American nuclear bombs. Unless, Turkey is dealt with decisively and quickly, it will represent an imminent existential threat to Europe, western civilization, and America. Forget Iran, Turkey is about to make the Iranian threat to the world look like a cruel joke.
Mark Langfan
The writer is Chairman of Americans for a Safe Israel (AFSI) and specializes in security issues, has created an original educational 3D Topographic Map System of Israel to facilitate clear understanding of the dangers facing Israel and its water supply. It has been studied by US lawmakers and can be seen at www.MarkLangfan.com.
Mark Langfan | www.MarkLangfan.com
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Sunday, September 6, 2020

Fwd: Dov Hikind: 'Beyond comprehension' Biden met with a Farrakhan follower. My comments



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Dov Hikind is venting. 

We need action not words.

Dov Hikind and all the elected DINOs (Democrat In Name Only), must unite  with a statement from the Agudah and OU. (These mainstream Jewish Organization were misadvised and have subtly and not so subtly encouraged Jews to register as Democrats.  They sat on the political fence with silence and offered no real guidance so as not to be 'political" and  in so doing, basically empowered keeping  evil Democrats with unGdly agendas in office.  There is now an overwhelming Democrat Council and Democrat Assembly in NY.  These numbers don't reflect nor represent their constituents.  The time is now to publicly make a statement that should have been made long ago and break away en masse. 

Yes it's incomprehensible. 

Agudah and OU have lost their leadership edge and respect.

DINOs are being hypocritical and deceitful by continuing to remain Democrats so long as the party has become genetically modified and evil, treasonous and unAmerican as they and we know to be true. The Emperor is wearing no clothes.

If there is no quid pro quo and I'll wash your hand if you wash mine  happening what explanation is there? It's incomprehensible.

It is sad to see sparks of holiness keeping this unG-dly party alive.

In the month of Elul we can do Teshuva.

Time to be willing to forego the $ from TeachNYS and stem and security and worthy JCC programs and other very worthy causes...and support a party and candidates  whose platform is consistent to Torah values. If these funds were indeed blood money as I suspect,  money coming from evil discretionary funds, money that bought silence from fighting the Iran Deal and came from partnering with the corrupt and evil Obama and Clinton administrations, it only brings curses on our people anyway. 

...so sad... Happening before our very eyes..

We reap what we sow and we must discredit and leave the "Democratic" party now. This will empower good over evil and help Republicans nationwide and with G-d's mercy help us in NY as well.

Petitions and kvetching are not the answer.

Otherwise like in Egypt we become enslaved to the point of no return and subject to  blackmail of the worst kind. 

Let's fight for a G-dly world and for the 7 Noahide Laws which the Democrats reject.

In that merit G-d will repay us in kind with a Decree of Life! 

It is our obligation as a Mamlechet Kohanim veGoy Kadosh.

Not to do so is a void of G-dliness also known as a Chillul Hashem.




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Friday, September 4, 2020

Fwd: An Historic New Beginning as Sovereignty is on Hold. My letter to AFSI - Thinking out of the Box - A Judean Autonomy.

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אל המקום אשר...

UAE also known as the Abrahamic Accords can't work as stipulated. It's a "utopian" vision of peace and prosperity but with a 2 State Solution vision in the agreement it is a recipe for disaster waiting to happen.  I can envision many scenarios that are not exactly peace loving coming from Hamas and Fatah aligning with Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood, Turkey, Iran and Qatar. 

Here are some facts on the ground in Yehuda and Shomron partly because this false narrative of self determination of the Palestinian people brings false hope and leads to terror:

In Judea and Samaria
  • The roads are not safe.  There are numerous stonings, molotov cocktails, car rammings, property damage and acts of terror where miraculously no one is hurt except for when they are, and the perpetrators are released  or the case is dismissed by COGAT, the Civilian Police Governing the Territories, even if the perpetrators are caught by the IDF.  There is no deterrence to stop the cycle of violence. Honenu is keeping track.
  • People's lives and property are not being protected. The Jewish Division of Terror is looking to find Jews whom they can scapegoat as "Jewish Terrorists".  Settlers in Judea and Samaria have to be very careful, especially Youth, if they defend their own lives or property or protest peacefully and are provoked, less they are framed as a Jewish Terrorist.  It's been 5 years and Amiram ben Uliel is still in jail after being tortured and found guilty of the Duma arson and the only evidence they have is his own self confession following torture.  Many Hilltop youth were rounded up, interrogated, tortured and threatened. No apologies from PM Netanyahu, President Rivlin, DM Yaalon, MK Bennett and many others who rushed to condemn them, for political gain. 
  • There has been an unofficial building freeze in Judea and Samaria.
  • There is tremendous amount of illegal unchecked Arab Building in Judea and Samaria and other parts of Israel, creating illegal facts on the ground, who are being defended in the courts by enemies of Israel
  • etc etc...
This is taxation without representation.  Many Settlers in Judea and Samaria have been or are in combat units defending the State of Israel, risking their lives, yet their own homes are not being defended.  They pay their taxes yet they don't receive the same benefits as the rest of the country. (See link below)

Many Arabs are literally getting away with murder, their terrorist families glorify these acts of terror by receiving monetary compensation, pay to slay.  Arab communities receive all kind of  services from Israel in spite of their continued uncensored hate education against the State of Israel.  The Palestinians are not vetted to see who has allegiance to Israel and who doesn't.  Do we really want those hostile neighbors living on the high ground.   Do we really want to offer them all kinds of promises and rewards for fake promises of peace?

Surely Trump who wants to keep illegal criminal immigration out of the USA, and a strong wall, the candidate of law and order,  would be the first to understand the concerns of the Settlers of Judea and Samaria.

If this Deal is finalized with the proposed delineated borders of the vision of the orchestrators of the Deal of the Century,  which basically nullifies the Biblical delineated boundaries in Parshat Masei, the G-d Given boundaries, not even mentioning the Abrahamic Accord in Genesis known as the Brit bein HaBesarim, whose boundaries go to the Euphrates,  many settlements will be unprotected, isolated surrounded by hostile Arabs. A recipe for disaster.  While there is no expulsion of Jews planned, realistically, how will these Jews defend their lives and property?

It is deceitful to the Arabs, to suggest a vision that we don't really want.  They know it and we know it. 

Thinking Out of the Box.....

Therefore, Israel who has not done such a terrific job in protecting these communities in Judea and Samaria and actually expelled 22 beautiful Jewish communities in the the Gaza Strip in 2005 Tisha B'Av, creating  National Trauma,  and  made it impossible for Jews to defend themselves and stay on their Land, should finally now be open to the idea of a sister Judean autonomy in Judea and Samaria.

If Jared Kushner and his team is so generous to the Palestinians and the UAE who have and continue to incorporate hate (also via UNRWA schools funded by UAE...see link below David Bedein) and  "from the River to the Sea" education into their children's education,  surely they can offer a generous proposal to the Jews of Judea and Samaria, the rightful inheritors of the Land,  who are peace loving, and who love the State of Israel and who love the Land of Israel and Love the Torah and are amazing Organic farmers to boot! This is the only solution that can give the people of Israel a security advantage over their hostile neighbors. 

Let the Dust of the Earth, those who hold on to their land with their very fingertips,  have the right to defend their communities, to fight back if they are attacked and to govern according to Hebraic Law rather than a hodgepodge of Turkish and British Law. The 13 colonies fought back by forming their own militias.

The Government of Israel is afraid of a theocratic dictatorship like in Iran. There is a good reason for such fear.

However, Jews all over the world pray 3 times a day for a theocracy and for the Return of the Kingdom of G-d, the Return of the Kingdom of the House of David and for the Rebuilding of the Temple.

A Jewish theocracy is not in any form equivalent to the despotic totalitarian State of Iran. Iran wishes to have nuclear weapons to threaten and to conquer the world... 
A Jewish theocracy is not interested in confiscating property of neighboring States and beheading the men while taking the women as their slaves as did ISIS.

Jews have the Utopian vision of a World of G-dliness, where peace and prosperity reign. Where all Nations practice and keep the 7 Noahide Laws.  It is this Messianic  dream that we all eventually want to actualize.  

However, we can't achieve lofty goals if we miss a few steps and crash on our faces with a misguided approach. 

So here is a wonderful opportunity to establish a prototype state based on Hebraic Law and test it out.  This visionary Judean autonomy, unlike the actual Palestinian autonomy loves Israel and considers the people of the existing State of Israel literally as members of the family.  

This proposal suggests that a judiciary consistent with Hebraic Law rather than progressive leftist rule of law, the existing law of the State of Israel under the unfair jurisdiction of the Israel Supreme court known as Bagatz, would govern these territories. 

Defense of such autonomy is in the best interest of the people of Israel whether living in Judea and Samaria or in the pre 67 borders. It is also in the best interest of the Arabs in the region since it coincides with a G-dly vision of the territory. 

Surely President Trump personally would get it.  However, we must brace for a backlash.   Initially it will be met with much opposition.  Moderate Arab States  need Israel and the USA to protect them from a nuclear Iran and from the Muslim Brotherhood and the likes of ISIS.  There is no reason why economic coexistence can't continue without the misguided approach of establishing a Palestinian State as such agreement will not benefit the Arab, nor Jews and will serve only to confuse and bring false hope. 

Trump says Promises Made Promises Kept and he's done an absolutely amazing job...but his administration is veering off course by not being consistent with the G-dly Vision and the Promise of an Almighty G-d.

Listen to Pastor Victor Styrsky

Starting 7:45 minutes into the video...

"Today's Christian Zionists stand with the Jewish Nation of Israel because of the Bible. We believe that The G-d of The Bible was the G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, The G-d of Israel Who Is G-d Alone.

We believe He is a promise making G-d. He is a G-d of Covenant. And Thank G-d He's not just a promise making G-d, He's a promise keeping G-d and because part of the numerous promises He's made that He's spoken about,  as being forever promises, eternal promises, to the Jewish People, one of them has to do with this little sliver of Land called Israel.

So as Christian Zionists of today, Bible believing Zionists, we do not believe the Jews are illegal occupiers of the Land of Israel, we believe they are the rightful inheritors because the G-d of the Bible is a Promise Making and Promise Keeping G-d."

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Pastor Hagee. Why did Trump Win?


Sep 3, 2020
David Bedein with Avi Abelow
On the UAE deal. 

Sep 2, 2020
Settlers in Judea and Samaria - Taxation Without Representation



On Mon, Aug 31, 2020, 2:47 PM AFSI/Americans For A Safe Israel <info@afsi.org> wrote:
Monday - August 31, 2020
NOW is the time for all of Am Yisroel to stand together
and say, "YES!" to SOVEREIGNTY
Keep Israel Safe, Secure and SOVEREIGN!
An Historic New Beginning as Sovereignty is on Hold

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu trusts US President Donald Trump not to endanger Israel's security, White House Special Adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday, aboard the first-ever direct El Al flight from Israel to the United Arab Emirates.

As for the first Israeli flight over Saudi Arabia, Kushner said the Saudis are "very gracious," and that the flight is "a manifestation of what is possible in the Middle East." 

Americans For A Safe Israel is pleased to see the beginnings of what we trust will be a lasting and productive peace with the United Arab Emirates. Today's historic first direct commercial flight from Israel to the UAE gets this initiative off to a good start. There are many things can be said about Israel's new partnership with the UAE and potentially with what are rumored to be more peace deals in the works with other Arab states. Israel's strength in the Arab world could possibly be used to place the Palestinian Authority into a corner, leaving them no choice but to recognize Israel's right to exist. AFSI is will be watching closely on these developments.

We've been longing to see a real and permanent peace for Israel. The UAE agreement gives us a glimmer of hope into what a future peace can look like with other Arab states.

However, remember that Israel's right to apply Sovereignty was sacrificed for this peace deal as required by the UAE in order for the agreement to be approved. Of course, we hope that Israel will apply Sovereignty at the first opportunity. When that will be is an unknown.

So, before you rush to take your next vacation in Abu Dhabi or were thinking of attending the Expo 2020 in Dubai (postponed to October 1, 2021) stay connected with AFSI. As soon as all of us are able to safely visit and travel throughout Israel again, we'd love to have you join us on our Chizuk Mission to Israel. A visit to the UAE can wait.
Shabbat Night Sees Jews Forced From Homes While Arabs Rejoice

The new Jewish community in Binyamin, Ma'ale Shai was evacuated for the third time, and on Shabbat night. The community is in memory of Rabbi Shai Ohayon, z'l, who was murdered in Petah Tikva last week,

Residents said they begged not to be forced to travel on Shabbat, but to no avail.

The Jewish families were evacuated from the site along with about twenty supporters who came to spend Shabbat with them. The residents reported extreme violence on the part of IDF and Border Police soldiers during the evacuation, which included using pepper spray against them.

After the evacuation, local Arabs posted joyous videos from Ma'ale Shai on social media, with singing and clapping over the bonfires that burned down equipment belonging to Jewish homes.

This scene is all too familiar. It reminds us of the awful days back in 2005, still fresh in our memory, of the expulsion of the Jews of Gush Katif from their rightful homes. This would not have happened had Sovereignty been applied properly.
Hebron Massacre 1929 - From Destruction to Rebirth

Hebron spokesman and dear friend of AFSI, Noam Arnon talks about the horrors of the 1929 massacre (TARPAT) which effectively ended thousands of years of Jewish life in Hebron - at the very cemetery which was also the scene of rebirth of Jewish life in the ancient city of Abraham.
I Also Support Israeli Sovereignty
in Judea and Samaria!

Israel is currently facing a strong wave of worldwide delegitimization over its plan to apply Sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.

At the heart of this delegitimization lies a false narrative that Judea and Samaria are "occupied territory," when in fact Israel has undeniable historical, moral, and legal rights to the land.

Sign the petition in support of Israeli Sovereignty (we're 99% there so every signature is really meaningful now) and your name will be added to the message that will be sent to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Americans For A Safe Israel is Proud to Co-Sponsor

Never Alone: Prison, Politics, and My People
A Conversation with Natan Sharansky and Gil Troy

Tuesday - Sept 22 , 2020 @ 12:00pm EDT
Join AFSI, the American Zionist Movement and other AZM member organizations for a book launch by the former Refusenik, political prisoner, and Israeli cabinet member, Natan Sharansky, and the Zionist activist and American historian, Gil Troy. "Never Alone" is essentially a modern Zionist manifesto. For starters, it tells one of the most inspiring Zionist stories of our time, the story of Anatoly Shcharansky, whose commitment to Zionism and his people helped him survive the Gulag and make it to freedom in Israel.
WEBINARS CURRENT AND ARCHIVED

All listings reflect AFSI's mission to educate the public on the truth about Israel and to advocate for a Whole and Sovereign Israel.

Wednesday - September 2, 2020 | 12:00pm EDT
How Does the UAE-Israel Breakthrough Change the Middle East?
A briefing by experts of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security with Prof. Efraim Inbar (moderator), President, JISS; Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, The Anne and Greg Rosshandler Senior Fellow at JISS, Former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister; Col.(res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President, JISS, Former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister; Dr. Joshua Krasna, Fellow, JISS, Former Middle East Research Chief, Prime Minister's Office.

Sunday - September 13, 2020 | 11:30am - 1:30pm EDT (In-Person Live Event)
The 17th Annual Remembrance Day "No One is Forgotten-Nothing"
This memorial event is dedicated to the six million Jews who died in the fire of Shoah. Holocaust survivors, WWII veterans and members of their families, leaders of Russian-American communities of New York and representatives of various organizations will get together to commemorate those who were tragically murdered in the former Soviet Union by Fascists throughout 1941-1944. MASKS REQUIRED. More HERE.
Holocaust Memorial Park | West End Avenue, between Shore Boulevard and Emmons Avenue, Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn

****AFSI ARCHIVED WEBINARS****

The Politics of Sovereignty
With Likud member and Minister of Knesset Ariel Kallner. MK Kallner's top priority is the issue of Sovereignty throughout the entire land of Israel. | Video HERE
Recorded August 11, 2020

Zeev Jabotinsky Memorial and Tribute. Jabotinsky's Legacy More Relevant Now Than Ever
Yifa Segal, Director of The International Legal Forum, moderated AFSI's 2020 tribute to the great Zionist leader Zeev Jabotinsky. With guests Yosef Ahimeir, Chairman of the Jabotinsky Institute in Israel and Ofir Dayan, Student Activist for Israel. | Video HERE
Recorded August 3, 2020

Can Israel Win the Propaganda War?
Theory and Practice: A Conversation with Dr. Ron Schleifer and Ezri Tubi
Dr. Ron Schleifer is Professor and Senior Lecturer at the School of Communications at droppable-1598475545041Ariel University and a specialist in psychological/information warfare. Ezri Tubi is the Founder of the YouTube Channel "Boomerang: Fighting for Israel." AFSI is fortunate to have had Dr. Schleifer share his wisdom with us on some of our Chizuk Mission trips to Israel. Similarly, our trip participants have also spent time in Ariel with Ezri, the one-man Hasbara machine. | Video HERE
Recorded July 20, 2020

Sovereignty: Legalities and Realities
With Yifa Segal, Esq, Director of The International Legal Forum, and Marc Provisor, Counter-Terrorism Expert and Director of Security at One Israel Fund, share their expertise on these two aspects of the Sovereignty debate. Download a copy of The International Legal Forum's "Controversial Lands: 8 Burning Questions about Israel and the Territories." and visit their website for more information. Video HERE
Recorded July 13, 2020

Jerusalem Must Remain the United Capital of the Jewish People
Arieh King, the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem and Founder of the Israel Land Fund, in a lively conversation. At the vanguard of the movement for Sovereignty in JudeaSamaria and a United Jewish Jerusalem, Arieh has a unique and exciting perspective on the latest from Israel. Video HERE
Recorded June 30, 2020

Activism Updates From Israel 
AFSI presents Yaakov Hayman, Director of the Temple Mount Foundation and Aharon Pulver, Executive Director of the Israel Independence Fund, to bring you insider news from Israel. Video HERE
Recorded June 21, 2020

The PA's Exploitation of the Coronavirus Crisis 
Naomi Kahn, Director of the International Division of Regavim, sits down with Judy Freedman Kadish, Executive Director of Americans For A Safe Israel for the latest news on Regavim's work in protecting Israel's national lands and the return of the rule of law to all areas and aspects of the land and its preservation. Video HERE
Recorded June 3, 2020

HIGHLIGHTS OF CONTINUING INTEREST IN CORONA TIMES

Spring 2020
Jewish Review of Books - Complete annual listing. Click HERE to access the list.

Ongoing
Discover the Drama-Filled Debates Behind Israel's Declaration of Independence
Leading historian Martin Kramer tells the little-known story behind Israel's founding document.

Applying Israeli Sovereignty to Judea & Samaria
With Dr. Avi Bell. View webinar HERE

The US/Israel Alliance - Applying Israel Law to Judea & Samaria During the US Election. With Meir Buchnick.
Recorded June 5, 2020 | View webinar HERE

Modern Blood Libels
Hear experts in a fascinating discussion on blood libels from medieval Norwich to modern day Gaza. With historian Prof. Richard Landes, author Tuvia Tenenbom, CAMERA Senior Media Analyst Ricki Hollander and CEO and Co-Founder of Hetz Eran Teboul.
Recorded on June 2, 2020 | View the webinar HERE

The Experts Series: Whose Land?
Sponsored by The International Legal Forum. The legal and historical right of the Israeli people and the State of Israel is a question of paramount importance. Over the past decades not enough attention was given to the emerging anti-Israel narrative, which took advantage of this vacuum and filled it with false data, distorted versions of history, and a cynical use of legal terminology when these in fact do not exist, or the use of places and interpretations that are completely wrong.
Recorded on May 5, 2020 | View the webinar HERE

Can Liberals Confront Anti-Semitism? With Professor Ruth Wisse
For centuries, Jews have put their faith in liberal ideas of progress, toleration, and secular democracy. But what if this liberal faith has failed? Ruth Wisse, recently retired from Harvard and now a distinguished senior fellow at the Tikvah Fund, diagnoses the state of Jewish politics in the modern age.
Recorded on March 31, 2020 | View the video HERE

My Personal Exodus - by Natan Sharansky
Posted to YouTube March 26, 2020 | View video HERE

Inspiring! Natan Sharansky on Fighting the Coronavirus
Sharansky shares his tips for surviving time in solitude. This most famous refusnik and Soviet Jewry activist and Zionism supporter openly expressed his views. He was arrested and put into solitary confinement - where he survived. This video was produced by the Jewish Agency of Israel.
Taped on March 23, 2020 | View video HERE
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