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Ask JTF for Sunday, November 7, 2010

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Herutnik:
Shalom brother Chaim, ma shlomcha?

My questions for this week:

1. If Mike Huckabee is elected president, can you imagine a situation where Israel wants to commit suicide and Huckabee pressures us not to do so? and if so, would you support pressuring of this kind, even though in the long term it could possibly keep Israel farther from being indepent?
One thing I like about Huckabee though is his awareness of the fact that supporting Israel, doesn't necessarily mean supporting the actions of the Israeli goverment, which is very rare even among foreign politicians who claim to be supporters of Israel.

2. I've recently heard that a Russian scientist discovered some kind of antidote for aging (no less) that he was working on for 40 years, and it finally passed the experiments on animals with promising results. So it will possibly be marketed for humans in just a few short years  if it manages to pass the final experiments.
Of course, all of this sounds like a dream come true, but how much of a negative effect will this have towards humanity in your opinion (in case you don't think that this kind of progress in medicine is 100 percent positive)?

Chaim hayakar, toda raba lecha veshavua tov,
Herutnik.

✡ Hindu Zionist ॐ:
Shalom Chaim,

Obama made a speech at the Mumbai 26/11 attack site, and made no references to Pakistan terrorism. The Hindu Nationalist Party BJP issued the following statement on this. "There is evidence with the U.S. that this terror attack had originated from Pakistan, and its spy agency and terrorist organisations were involved in it. But there was no mention of Pakistan in the statement. Obama has talked about the need to punish the perpetrators of 26/11 attack, determination to fight terrorism and solidarity with India, but despite knowing fully well about Pakistan's involvement in it, has not acknowledged it. He missed the first opportunity of striking a chord with the 1 billion people of India,” remarked BJP spokesperson. The BJP, he said, expected a “sharp, categorical statement against Pakistan.” Also the BJP wondered if Indian Congress government had extended “political bailout package” to Obama, after the Democrats suffered an electoral setback in the US polls.

Please give your views.

Kahane-Was-Right BT:
Dear Chaim,

1.  Please share your thoughts about the recent occurrence of islamic terrorists targeting chicago synagogues with bombs through the mail, made from computer printers and explosives.   Why did the media jump, a few days later, to portray gays affiliated with one of the places as the victims?  Is it because the media is afraid to expose the reality of Islamic and Arab hatred for Jews with or without zionism?

2.  You often cite the fact that Jews should not become leaders in foreign countries and for this reason you usually do not vote for a Jew for public/political office in America.  Please explain why it is wrong for Jews to run for office in galut.

However, what would you say about examples in Tanakh, such as Yosef?  (Not the best example since it's pre-Matan Torah!)    What about Esther and Mordecai, Daniel, and others who assumed leadership roles in foreign nations and tried to help the Jewish people from these positions of power?   Do you think this is a foolhardy approach?    Do you think examples from Tanakh in general cannot necessarily be cited as the correct mode of action?   We know specifically that halakha usually does *not go by Tanakh, but only by Torah and Mishna.   So in what cases do we use the examples of Tanakh for guidance and in what situations do we not do so?    Thank you and G-d bless you Chaim.

christians4jews:
hey chaim

1) Do you think the show huckabee had in the phooney right wing channel fox helped his cause if he runs for president or damaged it?

2) How do you see the current state of judaism in israeli and american jews, and how do you see it in the future?

3) Who do you prefer muscially, pink floyd or led zepplin.

4) I know black people have never been the most advanced culture, but from 1960's to 2010, do you feel they have improved, declined, or stagnated, and why?

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