Madeline, you write that you are "amazed at the intensity of my reaction."
Perhaps you are right. Why should I react so intensely?
Just because Irv Rubin went on the Merv Griffin Show and told 30 million Americans that Jonathan Pollard should be killed? Just because Rubin made this statement in the name of the JDL? Is it really such a big deal that Rubin backstabbed Pollard who has spent the past 23 years in prison because of his love for Israel and the Jewish people? Or that Meir Weinstein wrote on the splinter forum that he is not that concerned about Pollard's release? So what? Who cares about Pollard? We need unity!
And you're right that I reacted too intensely to Shelly Rubin supporting the expulsion of 10,000 Jews from Gush Katif and northern Samaria. We can't let a little thing like that get in the way of unity.
You're right that we have to transcend personalities. I shouldn't take it personally that Meir Weinstein calls JTFers "Shabak agents." I shouldn't take it personally that David HaIvri's forum compares me to Hitler. I shouldn't take it personally that Irv Rubin called for putting me in prison and throwing the key away when I was fighting to save Soviet Jewry. I shouldn't take it personally that Irv Rubin stole $87,000 that was intended to go to the JDL that I headed that fought for Russian Jews. What's $87,000 among friends? And I shouldn't take it personally that Irv Rubin formed a "legal defense fund" in my name while I was in prison, raised tens of thousands of dollars and kept every single penny. And now all of the money which Irv stole is in the hands of Shelly Rubin who inherited the fortune when her husband committed suicide. None of this should be allowed to prevent unity.
You write that Weinstein has contributed a lot to the Jewish people. I am not aware of a single meaningful thing that he has ever done for the Jewish people, but what do I know? You're right, I should look to reliable sources like Wikipedia to find out about Weinstein. On Wikipedia, I can read what Weinstein wrote about himself. Very reliable. Or I can read articles written by Fern Sidman, who also happens to write for Shelly Rubin's "JDL" and who was involved with Irv Rubin for years. After all, Fern is an "investigative journalist".
If only I had adopted this ideology of unity when I was running the JDL in the 1980s. I would not have done the bombings and teargassing on behalf of Soviet Jewry because the Rubins and their friend Weinstein consider such activity to be "terrorism". Soviet Jewry would not have become a front page story, and over 1 million Russian Jews who are now in Israel would still be in Russia. But at least I would not have gone to prison, I could have gone to Israel and life would have been so much easier. Not for Russian Jews, but for me.
Oh yes, a few more things would have to be done for unity:
*No Kahanist movement in Israel with Hebrew videos that reach hundreds of thousands of Israeli Jewish youth. Weinstein says that the way I speak gives us a bad image, and Mike Guzofsky says that I just rant and that that hurts the cause - too bad that Israeli Jewish youth on flix disagree with them and keep voting our videos among the Top 10 every week. And we now have a large and vibrant Hebrew forum, but we should shut that down because Weinstein and Guzofsky disapprove of my speaking style.
*No JTF and no Jews Against Obama.com campaign. Instead we should all join the splinter forums which have 5 members, and where most of the threads and posts are about Chaim Ben Pesach and JTF. That's where you'll find Meir Weinstein praising the Muslims in Turkey, and writing that Israel has to learn to do business with her Arab Muslim Nazi neighbors. In fact, Weinstein's philosophy on Muslims and trade relations sounds a lot like that of Shimon Peres. That's a great idea - the Shimon Peres JDL!
*We must hate the goyim. That's one of my big problems, I believe in working with righteous Gentiles. On the splinter forums, righteous Gentiles are detested. We must throw all of the goyim out of our movement if we want unity with the splinters.
You see how pragmatic I have become!