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Ask JTF for Sunday, August 22, 2010

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MasterWolf1:
Hello Brother Chaim,

With this issue of he Mosque at Ground Zero, and Doomberg hell bent on allowing this disgrace where people in this city were murdered in cold blood in that same area..Give me your best description on Doomberg.  The more he is around the more I miss Rudy as our mayor.  And this is the icing on the cake of disgust I have for that weasel.

Yaacov Ben Yehuda:
Shalom Chaim,

I just recently had a skype chat conversation with a friend of mine that lives in Israel.  He made aliyah from Canada about 12 years ago and lives in the center coastal area (gush dan).  I told him that i'm strongly considering moving back to Israel, and this is what he told me, heres the conversation:

him: i wont lie bro its very difficult
him:  im thinking of leaving
him: its not the same

me:  really, whats changed?

him: shady people
him: small market
him:  unemployment
him: lots of violence and drugs
him:  and of course the politics dont help
him:  its getting hard to live hear
him: a real struggle
him: its on another level of difficulty
him: i know what tough is in north america
him: but at least there is a system
him: feels like a 3rd world country here sometmes
him: but you should try it if its on your mind

I was hoping to hear your opinion about this commentary from my friend who was once a loyal zionist who left his comfortable home in Canada to make aliyah.  Combine all the things he mentioned with the things i'm reading in the news concerning the IDF expelling Jews from their homes, arresting and interogating Rabbi's, and the constant appeasment to the arab muslims, i'm getting mixed feelings about Aliyah and I find myself pretty confused as to what I should do.  Keep in mind I make pretty decent money in Canada right now and live in a luxury condo that I own.  It's taken me years to reach a certain status level here in my city, and I would hate to throw away all i've worked for up until now only to go to Israel and be miserable because of all those things my friend mentioned.
Also, I have actually found Hashem in this city, and have become more religious in the galut, i'd hate to go to Israel only to struggle and fight with my own people on a day to day, when at least over here I can pray for them in peace.  Do you know what i mean?

Toda and may Hashem bless!

The One and Only Mo:
Dear Chaim,

First I just want to say once again how awesome it was for me and my dad to meet you. We are still on cloud nine. It was truly an honor. May our next meeting be at the Beis Hamikdash b'mheira v'yameinu.

1) You said that R' Ovadya Yosef doesn't want you in Israel. Doesn't a talmid chacha of that caliber know that you are a hero and you risk(ed) your life for the sake of other Jews and that you play a key role in the fight against evil people? This makes no sense to me because if I were him, I would be looking to you to help save the world and not the current "leaders".

2) If you can go back in time and change 3 things (in order of importance), what would they be?

3) What do you think of Warren Buffet and Seymour Shulich?

4) If you never met Rav Kahane or never got involved with JDL, what do you think your life would be like now? What occupation would you have, would you  be religious etc?

5) How does one obtain the knowledge that you have? It's no secret that you know tremendous amounts of history, relevant issues, and even obscure facts etc. How do you know so much?

                                            Thanks and may Hashem help us.

Great Joe:
Dear Chaim,
                 Whats your opinion about The former Israeli Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir. It seems he has not surrendered any land to Arabs. Also he appears to be unwilling to do as American leaders tell him to do. Can he save Israel during these days..?? Whats your opinion on him..??

Herutnik:
Shalom brother Chaim, ma shlomcha?

1. After a long period of anti-Zionist incitement from the israeli academy (not all speakers of course), distribution of anti-Israeli articles in mail and signatures for a petition of amnesty for the spy Azmi Bishara, and while these Marksist professors are not busy constantly shutting up right wing proffesors (or other proffessor's that are slightly Zionist) and calling for a boycott on Israel they yell "freedom of acadamy". but Now the public finally woke up to save the Zionist Academy , from the hostile takeover of the lunatic left.
Indeed, the Marksist professors are right in their demand to "free the academy". The Academy must be saved - from the aggressive minority that occupies a big percantige of it. And just for this goal of saving the Academy, the 'Im Tirzu' and the 'IZS' movements are now working very hard to accomplish that goal.
Anyway I'd like to hear your comments on this and the israeli academy in general.

2. What do you think of General (or Cheif of Staff) Gabi Ashkenazi? I think he's a decent person and probably one of most decent generals weve had in recent years.
Iv'e heard that he spoke out countless times against the idea of the IDF becoming a political tool against Jews in Judea and Samaria (Not that it matters much, eventually he will have to follow orders of the political and Judicial leadership). and the fact that Our terrible Defense Minister Ehud Barak doesn't want to extend his term as general, implies that maybe he's even a better person than i thought.
I also meet him personally when i was in the army, and he even lives a few blocks away from me.
I'm just intereted in what you think of him personaly besides the fact he's part of the establishment.


3. Do you like israeli music? i assume you do, so What kind do you prefer? do you like the Mizrahit genre?
or do you prefer the more classic Ashkenazi type of music (like Naomi Shemer, Yoram Gaon and Shlomo Artzi), like i do?


Chaim hagibor, toda raba lecha,

Herutnik.

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