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Ask JTF For Sunday January 18, 2009
chicagojew:
Black civil rights leaders(ie.Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King) = black racists.
Manch:
Shalom Chaim,
please forgive my ignorance on the subject, but, if Torah is a divinely inspired manuscript,how come it does not contain, in no uncertain term, a condemnation of the abominable practice of slavery? Why not make it one of the 10 commandments or add 11th?
IMO, "though shall not own another human being" is definitely seems to be more important, than "one shall not steal" or "commit adultery." Please explain this and further elaborate on Judaism's stance on slavery.
Thank you!
eb22:
Shalom Chaim,
Regarding the U.S. Constitution, there has been 17 amendments added since the original first 10 amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights.
My question is as follows: Which of the 17 additional amendments stand out to you as amendments that went AGAINST the vision/ intent of the Founding Fathers and Mothers of the United States?
Note, I'll provide a link to a list of the U.S. Constitution amendments in case you want a quick reference in order to help you answer the question:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Constitution
Thanks as always for your time and efforts, eb22.
MasterWolf1:
Hello Brother Chaim
MLK Day is here again.. Do you have any idea on how to celebrate it? (Comedy works)
Moodsformoderns:
HELLO DEAR CHAIM,
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. I HAVE WHAT MAKE SEEM LIKE A STRANGE QUESTION, BUT HERE GOES.
THROUGH THE INTERNET, I reconnected with a close childhood friend that I went to school with in Brooklyn - a yeshiva elementary school and the Yeshiva of Flatbush. Her parents were Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel and she was born in Israel and came here as a baby. In Yeshiva, we learned the love of Israel, probably more than anything else. While I am not observant, I have always been extremely pro Israel and of course pro America. Through the years, I have had probably more liberal friends and family. Anyway, after 25 years we touched base and she told me she is married with triplets (as a result of Israel socialist medicine, as she relayed). Her husband is Benny Dagan, an important writer and diplomat who apparently has been involved with the gov't for many years as a career diplomat of sorts.
Just as we reconnected, Benny and my friend, Irit were scheduled to be transfered to Stockholm, Sweden where he is the Israeli diplomat and Irit was given a job as a cultural attache. My question is - what do people in the Foreign Service do, have you specifically heard about Mr. Dagan?
By the way, I was horrified when Irit told me that the Six Day War was a "tragedy for the Jewish people," when I told her I was pro Israel and was worried about Israel. I did not reveal my pro Kahanist approach to Israel. What happened to her? I recently emailed her about the demonstration and crime in Sweden (of all places) and she seems to take in all in stride and seems strong but somewhat oblivious to the anti semitism around her.
Chaim, has our world become so overly feminized that no longer believe in fighting for our country and standing up for Western culture and our Judeo-Christian heritage. Why have we become cowards - and most men are not speaking up.
thank you,
Moodsformoderns
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