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June 2008 Edition
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Anchor for Survival By Mendel Waldman I am survivor of four concentration camp – Auschwitz, Saufenwasser, Dornhau and Shotterwerk. During those perilous years, the Torah kept me alive. For years, most of my concentration camp memories had been removed from my conscious thought, partly in denial that these horrors could have actually occurred, and in part due to the God-given gift of "forgetting" which enables us to let go of the past and move on in life unhindered.	Canada will continue to stand by Israel The Canadian government has consistently stood by Israel – even when it wasn't popular to do so – and will continue to support the Jewish community in the future, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said recently at an event to commemorate Israel's 60th anniversary. Any militant groups that threaten Israel and its right to exist also threaten Canada, Harper said to a standing ovation, one of several that he received from a crowd of about 7,000 at a hockey arena in Toronto.
Churchill and the Jews by Amy K. Rosenthal One of his finest hours. Sir Martin Gilbert is a renowned British historian, as well as Winston Churchill's official biographer. He is the author of 72 books, including many devoted to Israeli and Jewish history, among them The Holocaust: A History of the Jews of Europe During the Second World War, Israel	Elie Wiesel warns Iran's first nuke would hit Tel Aviv Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel warned on Tuesday night during a renewable energy summit at Tel Aviv University that Iran’s first bomb will hit Tel Aviv if Iran gets nuclear weapons. He added that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be stopped from obtaining nuclear capabilities.
Escape from Darkness A Former Radical Muslim Reveals Secrets All Christians Must Know by Dale Mason As a former radical Muslim, who was heavily involved in the Iranian fundamentalist revolution, Daniel Shayesteh was once committed to exterminating Jews, Christians and other “infidels.” That was before his Creator became his Redeemer.	Europe's Stark Options By Daniel Pipes Europe's long-term relations with its burgeoning Muslim minority, the continent's most critical issue, will follow one of three paths: harmonious integration, the expulsion of Muslims, or an Islamic takeover. Which of these scenarios will most likely play out? Europe's future has vast importance not just for its residents.
European Media Hostility to Israel Has Anti-Semitic Roots By Tom Gross A "pretty strong degree of anti-Semitism" in Europe is at the root of the hostile coverage Israel receives in parts of the European media, media mogul Rupert Murdoch said on Thursday. Murdoch, owner of broadcasting and print media throughout the world, was in Israel as part of the state's 60th birthday celebrations.	Israel: well done for surviving By Melanie Phillips What would Israel’s first Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion have said if, on the day that he declared the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, he had known that six decades thence Israel would be encircled by its enemies, hopelessly outnumbered and fighting for its existence? He would surely have said: so what’s new?
Happy birthday, Israel By David Horovitz Deliberate and grave, Leslie Hardman, the rabbi in our synagogue in Hendon, northwest London, spoke in rich, mellifluous tones and always seemed utterly unflappable. From my 11-year-old point of view, he looked and sounded about as close to God as a mere mortal could. So when, on the most solemn day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, a distraught Hardman told us from the pulpit that Israel was under attack by Arab armies and was in real danger, we sat silenced and horrified.	I am a Zionist By Reuven Koret I belong to a people who brought the Bible to the world, transmitting the tradition of the Torah, the Ten Commandments, and the idea of One God from generation to generation. I am part of an ancient nation that reclaimed its homeland two thousand years after being expelled from it, rising up like a phoenix from the ashes and impotence of the Holocaust. I am a citizen of a country that has gathered in her scattered people, taking in refugees from one hundred nations,
Israel: Diamond in the rough By David Dolan JERUSALEM – A 60-year-old orthodox Jewish Jerusalem resident was violently assaulted while carrying an Israeli flag recently during the country's annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers. The attack took place as commemorative sirens were sounding throughout the biblical Promised Land, prompting most citizens to stand at attention in remembrance of the over 22,000 soldiers who have fallen during the past six decades, most of them in one of Israel's many wars	Israel@60 - A nation born in a day By Henk Kamsteeg It was sixty years ago, that the modern statehood of Israel was formed. On May 14, 1948, David Ben Gurion called the independent state of Israel into being. We have seen the miraculous birth and survival of the Jewish people and nation with our own eyes. It was the fulfillment of the prophecy in Isaiah 66:8, “Can a country be born in a day or a nation be brought forth in a moment?” After Israel’s independence, the Jewish population doubled in just the first three years of statehood.
Nowhere To Run by Sara Yoheved Rigler One woman's experience of Israel's national nightmare. You've come to Passaic, New Jersey for a meeting in a community center. You sit down around the table with a dozen other people. Suddenly you hear an air raid siren. Terror grips everyone's face. They jump up and dart out of the room. They yell to you, "Run! We have 15 seconds!" You dash after them, towards a safe room at the end of the corridor.	On the 40th Anniversary of His Assassination: Robert Kennedy's 1948 Reports from Palestine By Lenny Ben-David In April 1948, one month before Israel declared independence, Robert Kennedy, then 22, traveled to Palestine to report on the conflict for the Boston Post. His four dispatches from the scene were published in June 1948. The newspaper closed in 1956, and for decades the reports were virtually forgotten.
Orly’s Victory By: Eitan Glickman For five days the doctors battled to save the life of Orly Virani, who sustained serious injuries in the suicide attack on the Matza Restaurant in March 2002.They were very pessimistic about her chances to survive. Today 27 year old Orly is happily married and expecting her first son. On 31 March 2002 Orly met her good friend, Daniel Menchel, for lunch.	Ruth’s Decision By Ulf Ekman Israel is the land of the future and the Jews are the people of the future, not because they are any better than other nations – all are equal before God – but because of the calling God has placed on them. This calling means blessing for every nation but it also provokes resistance, prejudice and evil. The Land – A Protection for the People. Mankind’s worst atrocities have been continually vented upon the Jewish people.