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Ask JTF for Sunday, September 27, 2009
Rubystars:
Greetings Chaim. Why do you think that God allowed Jewish people to be susceptible to certain ailments such as Tay-Sachs? Some genetic or other disorders follow ethnic lines (blacks are more prone to sickle cell anemia, whites are more prone to cystic fibrosis, etc.) Are these types of things punishment from God for certain nation's sins, or are they just part of the greater deliberate imperfection that God put into the world?
FreedomFighter08:
Dear Chaim
The Federal Government has no right to illegalize marijuana. On the other hand, the government of individual states can do that, according to the Constitution.
My question is this. Do you think that marijuana should be illegal but decriminalized, or that marijuana should be legal, taxed, and regulated like tobacco and alcohol, or do you just believe that we should keep marijuana illegal and criminalized. Do you think that individual states should decide on the legality on marijuana?
Thank you.
Yaacov Ben Yehuda:
shalom Chaim,
what's your understanding about the Golem of Prague?
in your opinion is it a true story or just a myth??
is it possible to make a Golem in these days we live in now?
G-d Bless!
dreidelhead:
Shalom Chaim,
Thanks so much for another illuminating week of Ask JTF.
Here is this week’s Eric Hoffer quote:
“Sadat’s assassination made many things clear. The almost unemotional reaction of the Egyptian masses, so unlike that at the death of Nasser, suggested that the Arabs are affected more deeply by the pride of Arabism cultivated by Nasser than by the Egyptian nationalism and idealism advanced by Sadat. Anti-Israeli policies will have a powerful appeal in the Middle East for the balance of the century. It will be suicidal for the Israelis to believe in the possibility of a deep popular change.”
—Notebooks (1981)
Here are my questions for this week.
1) Your stories about the early days of JDL, the great Rabbi Kahane, and your prison experiences are both fascinating and inspirational. Have you ever considered writing a memoir recounting all your amazing experiences?
2) I’ve talked to a few Jews and non-Jews who have expressed regret for having voted for Barack Hussein Obama, but the majority continue to support and defend him. The line I hear most often is, “He’s (Obama) just cleaning up Bush’s mess!” How long do you think that Obama can get away with this line of defense, and how would you respond to it?
3) On Shabbat, Jewish parents bless their children with the line “May you be like Ephraim and Menashe”. I was reading the book of Shoftim this week and thought it ironic that the first major civil war in Israel came after the Jephthah (Yiphtach) the Gileadite from the tribe of Menashe kicked Ammonite butt. The tribe of Ephraim was angry that they weren’t asked to participate and their argument turned to full blown war, with Ephraim losing 42,000 men (Shoftim 12:1-6). What do you make of this irony?
Thanks and Chazak v’emahtz!
Dreidlehead
davinci:
Shalom Chaim
About 2 years ago Mordechai Vanunu, who has a Sefaradi Jewish background, made it into the news and so his whole case was rolled up again by the media.
In 1986 Mordechai Vanunu revealed details of Israel's nuclear weapons program. He was lured to Italy by Israeli intelligence operatives. Then he was transported to Israel and convicted of treason and espionage.
Apparently he even converted to Christianity in 2004.
Some newspapers said that Vanunu is a useful idiot for the Israeli government. According to them Israel never made a public statement that she has nuclear weapons, but said it indirectly through Vanunu.
Since I don't trust the media at all and you are one of the best source about Israel, can you please explain to us who this Mordechai Vanunu is.
Regards
davinci
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