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Ask JTF for Sunday, July 4, 2010

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Zelhar:
Shalom Chaim,

What can you tell us and what do you think of Louis Brandeis, both as an American Lawyer/Judge who fought against monopolies and also, as a supposedly Zionist Jewish leader ?

Yaakov Mendel:
Dear Chaim,

Do you know approximately what amount of money you would grant an Arab family as a compensation for leaving Israel, as planned in your platform ? What do you think would be the minimum amount for your plan to be successful ? Would this compensation be negotiated family by family so that it may vary significantly from one family to another ?

Many thanks for your answer.

Yaakov

Aces High:
Dear Chaim,

I remember the Robert Manning incident, where you recalled he was knocking Nazis out with his bare  fists, one after the other. You explained he was U.S. army boxing champ.  ( I know that most people can't fight like this.)

My question is - besides Robert Manning, and Alex Sternberg (The Karate champ),  were there other occassions where you personally saw "regular" tough or large and physically imposing Jews intimidate or attack black Jew haters or Nazis, and force them to back down.

Can you recall a situation  besides JDL showing up in Skokie to force Nazi leader, Frank Collins to call off the Nazi march.

Sincerely,

Aces High

patches:
Shalom Chaim,

When I watch videos of Rabbi Kahane on youtube, I can't help noticing that whenever he speaks in front of a live crowd he always gets more alive and charismatic. He's great in front of a camera too, but when there's a live audience in front of him it's like he feeds off them and makes himself even more dynamic and interesting.

Did you find this to be true of yourself when you used to give public speeches? Or were you a little more nervous as a public speaker, and more comfortable in front of a microphone or camera? Also, when was the last public speaking engagement you had? Do you have any planned for the future?

Thanks,
Patches

Secularbeliever:
Shalom Chaim, I decided to toss you a softball this week.

When I was in JDL in the early 70s I always had the belief that if the Jews were successful in being allowed out of the Soviet Union it would be the end of the Soviet Union.  If the Jews could challenge the tyranny and succeed it would tell every other unhappy group there (and G-d knows there were more unhappy groups and people than anyone could count) that the Communists were not invincible.  A society that is ruled by fear and regimentation has to break down once it is understood that the rulers are not all powerful.  I believe that the release of Jews from the Soviet Union was the first domino falling and the others fell in line.  And there is no doubt in my mind (or in any other reasonable person's mind) that JDL in the late 60s and early 70s moved the Soviet Jewish issue into prominence.  Later on the Scoop Jacksons, Reagans, etc might have done important things but would they even have heard about the issue if not for JDL?

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