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Chodesh Tov,
What do you think of Sarit Hadad? She is a popular singer of Mizrachi music in Israel. She sings nonsense about love like all the singers but she also sings about G-d.
In this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBxJbnVE1Vc&mode=related&search= on YouTube, she appears like an angel in an immodest fashion (Her shirt doesn't cover the neck line.), despite the fact that in the song, she sings to G-d. It is like a prayer. The name of the song is "Shema Yisrael Elokai". She says Elokai with a k and not with an h, the proper way.
What do you think about this song? What is your opinion of kol isha? Even if you don't object to men listening to kol isha, is it appropriate for a song to G-d. Do you listen to or would you listen to kol isha?
P.S. I originally wrote this question last year and I put a link to Oz's film on YouTube as a comment for Sarit Hadad's video. Below is what I wrote on YouTube in response to her song.
This is a great video. There are more great videos about Israel at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=oz77jtf . OZ77 is the greatest Israeli film maker.
(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f338/frenchie1409/sarithadad.jpg) Sarit Hadad
Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim,
Chief Administrator.
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I'm asking this on behalf of Yacov Menashe Ben Rachamim.
I got an E-mail over a year ago from Bnei Elim (I quoted it at the end of this post.). What disturbed me about it is that it says Yekutiel is their "Director of Israeli Affairs". What is your take on this? Also, Mr. Ponytail left Bnei Elim according to this. Do you think more highly of him now that he left them?
Also, I thought I'd let you know that Bnei Elim has a "forum" which is even more of a joke than Revava's Hebrew forum.
I asked Yekutiel the below question.
Why is Yekutiel in Bnei Elim? Their new leadership list says he is an official of Bnei Elim for Israeli Affairs. He is not a bad person. He is a good Jew. So I don't understand why he would want to get involved with such people. Even Matt Finberg left Bnei Elim. Bnei Elim is a joke.
Here is his reply.
Matt had asked me to join Bnei Elim a few months back. I told him that if I could help and if they as a group did not do anything I disagree with that I would try and help. I am happy that they made a memorial for Rav Kahane in NY and I helped them with it. And I am happy that tyey are doing some protests for Pollard and intend to help them on that. Recently I have heard some bad things about the remaining leadeship, after Mtt had lef. I plan on resigning from any official position, however, if and when they do positive things they should be encouraged.
B’NAI ELIM CELEBRATES NEW LEADERSHIP FOR 2007
At our October, 2006 Leadership Conference in Reno, Nevada, our International Chairman, Matt Finberg reaffirmed his plans to make Aliyah within the very near future. We also had a frank and down to earth conversation as to the direction we were taking our Organization. I think that we all realized at that time that we had serious philosophical differences with our Chairman.
Last week, we were notified by Matt during a meeting of the Board of Directors that he was tendering his resignation from any and all offices in B’nai Elim, and other religious and personal matters. Matt thanked us for giving him the opportunity to serve as the leader of B’nai Elim and wished us the very best in our future endeavors, as we do him. Elim, as well as his membership. He advised us that he needed more time to devote to his Law Practice, preparing for impending move to Eretz Israel, and other religious and personal matters. Matt thanked us for giving him the opportunity to serve as the leader of B’nai Elim and wished us the very best in our future endeavors, as we do him.
As the secular New Year approaches, we find our Organization strong and vibrant. B’nai Elim is being recognized in a profound and far-reaching positive manner. We are being tasked with missions of great responsibility, in which many of you will have the opportunity to participate.
I want to take this opportunity to personally thank each and every member of B’nai Elim for your steadfast support, your unyielding confidence in our organization and our mission, and for your resolve, and unfaltering determination in support of Israel and the Jewish people.
There is one significant task which needs your immediate attention in the coming year. I would like each member of B’nai Elim to promote our organization to your friends, associates, and in your Synagogues with the goal of recruiting more quality members such as yourselves.
Toda ve Shalom,
Robert Turk International Chairman B’nai Elim
New Officers
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and International Chairman: Robert Turk
Chief Operations Officer (COO), Director, and Chief, Intelligence & Security: Bill Maniaci
Deputy Chairman, and Director - Western Operations: Jim Nutting
Secretary and Director - Eastern Operations: George Haas
Treasurer and Director: Ian Sigel
Director of NY Operations: – Gennaidy Faybyshenko
Director of Israeli Affairs Mike Guzofsky (Yekutiel ben Ya’akov)
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Dear Chaim,
I recently attended a Lubavitcher Yeshiva in Jerusalem and the way that they look at the Lubavitcher Rebbe looked a lot like Idol Worship. I was wondering what you view on Labavitcher is.
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Hello Chaim,
In your opinion, why do you think that nowadays so many successful self-hating Jews and gentiles are having so few children if any...
Is this trend going to spell the end of their generation and make third world-ers the majority in the near future?
What is your remedy?
Thanks as always,
Dan
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Shalom Chaim
In regards to my comment last week with grudges against other nations: Thank you for you spirited answer. I'm glad Jews like you exist.
My question: What is your impression of Albert Einstein? (Would you give him the title of an immortal saint or the title of yishmakh vi zikhro and why?)
Dr. Dan
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Shalom Chaim,
A couple weeks ago, you made a comment that you don't care about "freedom of speech" in the typical sense (unless right-wingers are being silenced). I wanted to say I agree with you 1000%. I do not believe in democracy--even the idealistic, constitutional kind practiced by our founding fathers. Ideally, I believe in no government at all and in order and function being provided by private police forces, a private military, private schools, etc., BUT...
I concede that this is unworkable. Thus, I REALLY desire a malchut for America as well as Israel. America's government must be based on New Testament values at least loosely, just like Israel must have a Torah government. We must never again have government by popularity contest (when Kahanism prevails). Would you support an American malchut?
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Shalom Chaim,
If got forbid McCain wins the Republican Nomination, and Bloomberg runs as an independent, will you support Bloomberg? Is there anything that Bloomberg is good for? Perhaps the economy?
Thanks alot,
Yisrael
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If you were elected Prime Minister of Israel. would you not let Israel have relations with America until they recognize Judea and Samaria, and also give back Jonathan Pollard? Also is there any indication of Israel letting you make aliyah anytime soon?
Thank You For Your Time,
Shimon.
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Dear Chairman:
1) How is your situation ir regarding Israeli citizenship. Any movement?
2) What would be the effect on Israel's economy is there were no Arabs inside Israel? I'm sure you could put togther an entire video on this topic. Just some brief thoughts for now.
Sincerely yours,
The Shadow
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Dear Chaim,
What do you think of Yiddish and do you speak any?
G-d bless,
-JTFFan
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Dear Chaim,
I had just enacted a policy in my forum to remove nestled quotes (quotes within quotes), in order to make threads easier to read. Is this policy acceptable? And if so, can this policy be enacted for the entire board?
http://jtf.org/forum_english/index.php?topic=15952.0
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Dear Hayim,
I noticed that a few posters are now doing weekly shows based on posters questions. Dr Dan and Zvulun Ben Moshe. I would love to do a show as well but only with questions about the Torah and Judaism and Eretz Yisrael. I could also answer questions about difficult to understand verses in Tanakh because I have learned quite a bit of the Tanakh in depth. What do you think of this idea and would you ask a question to get me started?
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Thanks for answering all my questions so far Chaim :)
I was curious if any Christians can be considered by Jews to be righteous Gentiles, because most Jews I've spoken to have told me that Christians are idol worshippers and because of this they can not be considered to be "righteous Gentiles" even if they do righteous things or help Jews. I was wondering how you believed about this topic.
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Dear Chaim,
First, thank you for the book recommendations. It is noteworthy that I was not able to find any in a major bookstore chain but had to go to the internet.
On a lighter note, is it possible that you could make your "affirmative action" stories a regular feature on "Ask JTF"? Although my views on this matter are not as tough as yours [probably because I don't live in NYC anymore], the stories are very entertaining.
Kind regards.
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Hello mr.Chaim and thank you for all of your work for Serbs and everyone else!It occur to me that in section like save Israel,Serbia,Africa and so on,we have one moderator.I think it would be better if we had actually 2.One in US and the other one in country of origin because if we become mass movement it will be useful to have someone in US to represent that country here in case of protest and the other one over there for same reason and having someone over there could give us better information on the ground and those two can communicate between each other for better informations.One more thing please tell JTF-ers not to post in general forum topics making fun of fat girls,about UFOs,how long is your hair and so on,general forum is for useful information's about current news and politics not to insult other people.Thank you.
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Dear Chaim, I heard from Yekutiel that when Noam Federman was in Kach he was working as a double agent against the Shabak feeding them false information, but eventually the Shabak figured out what he was doing. Do you think such actions are worthwhile or too dangerous and likely to fail to be worthwhile.
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What did you think of former NY senator Alfonse D'amato? I know alot of Jews supported him. In your opinion was he a real conservative?
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Are there some circumstances under which suicide could be justified? For example, if one is captured by the enemies and wants to escape torture. Or if one is mortally ill and wants to evade final weeks of suffering. What about kamikaze-style suicide attacks in a war (for a righteous cause)?
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Shalom Chaim
Is it ever ok to be angry with God?
Todah
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Shalom Chaim,
Was there such a period that you did not have access to radio? It is interesting to see many Jewish activists with a radio voice – Jewish Israel/Rab Moshe Feglin and Shlomo Wollins/’Israel Reporter’…--Zev.
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Hello Chaim
I waited a day after Florida election to type this. 2 quick things..
Is it safe to say fully that these Huckabee votes not are complete wastes and those critical Huckabee 13% I feel as wasted votes helps McCain?
What if it is between McCain and Hillary, I don't want to sit this out but I don't want to give Hillary the cake walk to the White House, she will be as bad if not worst then her perverted husband. More Clinton will also mean more pressure into the Holy Land?
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Shalom Chaim,
I have mentioned a number of times how you turned down opportunities to have your own radio show in exchange for denouncing Rabbi Kahane.
What would your chances be today, 20 years later? Would any AM, FM or Satellite radio company take you on board?
Thank you.
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Hello Chaim,
Recently I've seen a few things about Alan Dershowitz.
As far as I know he is the author of books supporting Israel and exposes guys like Finkelstein.
Whats your view on him?
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Chaim,
Now that JTF is back on QPTV, will the TV shows be on the website again?
Kalman Ben Menachem
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Dear Chaim,
I noticed in the last show it was mentioned that you don't have a full-time job. I was just wondering if you have a part-time job at all. And if so what do you do? And if not, how do you pay your bills/rent etc? Hopefully my questions are not too personal.
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Hello Chaim,
Are any musical instruments, except for the singing voice, allowed in the Third Temple to come?
Is it acceptable to use rap/r&b/hip-hop/rock/pop/techno/metal for spreading a Jewish religious message on the internet?
Thanks,
Ambiorix
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What did you think of former NY senator Alfonse D'amato? I know alot of Jews supported him. In your opinion was he a real conservative?
It's clear that he is not, because he endorsed John McCain for President. To my disgust, even Tom Coburn did the same! Both are traitors for endorsing this monster.
Chaim, are there any good movies out there? Any movies from the past perhaps?
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Dear Chaim: Do you ever drink beer and if so, which is your favorite? Shalom
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Hello Dear Chaim,
Hope all is going well with you and your family. This week I would like to ask you about why athletes and other entertainment figures in general are worshipped in our culture. As you probably know, this is Super Bowl week. While I must admit I was born a sports fan and enjoyed watching and playing sports growing up, in fact I still do to some degree, I have become disgusted with the way society portrays sports figures as conquering heroes when their off the field behavior is often dispicable. It has truly reached epic proportions now. Sports is a multi-billion dollar industry as is Hollywood, etc. Figures in these industries are portrayed as geniuses and heroic role models. The adoring public practically bows at their feet and many people live their lives around sports. This past week it seemed like all anyone wanted to talk to me about was the Giants. What does this say about society, Chaim. How have we become so misguided? Is there any hope for the general public to focus, even for a little bit, on the more important things in life? Be well.
Ari
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You say that JTF's Israeli wing does not advocate law breaking except when blocking disengagement with one's body. How then will JTF force the Knesset and the Supreme Court to allow it to run for elections once you have tens or hundreds of thousands of supporters? Remember the current parties that receive right-wing votes would be your biggest rivals while the most leftist parties would appease their base by demonizing you!
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Is it true that a black man, Daniel Williams Performed First Open Heart Surgery and Garret Morgan invented the Gas Mask ? And all these other inventions:
C.B. Brook Street Sweeper 1896
Granville Woods-- Third Rail
Edmond Berger Spark Plug
Elbert R. Robinson Electric Railway Trolley
Henry Sampson Cellular Phone July 6th, 1971
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Dear Chaim,
Do you think Jews have a responsibility to gentiles to correct their path, then clearly they make choices against the righteous way of god?
Thank you
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Hello Chaim,
You have frequently told stories about how frustrating it is living in New York. I recently watched a program about the 1977 blackout and all the mayhem that followed. Do you think the city is better or worse than it was back in the 70's and 80's?
Also, do you have any personal stories of the 1977 blackout?
Thank you,
Alexander
[sorry that I do not get to the forums very often but I do still listen to every show and appreciate all of your efforts to make this a better world]
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Hi Chaim, I know everyone has been busy with the presidential elections but I was wondering what you thought of the current situation in the Israeli govt. You have Ehud Barach breaking his promise as usual by staying in the govt with shas of course hanging in there as well. It doesn't look like the govt will fall and smolmert is managing to corruptly stay in power. This doesn't help your chances of getting into Israel. What is your overall assessment of the whole situation? Thanks as always.
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I'm a registered democrat and really don't know what I should do this Tuesday. I'm thinking I should just vote for one of the non-contending candidates just to make it closer between Obama and Hillary. I'm also thinking of just sitting this out and not bother showing up to vote at all. What do you think I should do?
Dan