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A Jew With A View : Jews To Blame For Swine Flu? But Of Course!

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:36:26 +0000

LOL LOL LOL SULTAN KNISH Indeed :)

A Jew With A View : Watch And Share:

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:51:58 +0000

HEY DERHUNTER, It's terrible, isn't it? I get so frustrated when people say 'oh, Islam is just like other faiths'!!!!!!! How can a religion claim to be anything but barbaric when its official penalty to anyone leaving is death???!!! I would never visit any Muslim country - LOL LOL I wouldn't be allowed in anyway, as I have the Israeli stamp on my passport! LOL LOL LOL Thanks for posting :)

A Jew With A View : The War Of Words That Israel Must Start Winning

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:57:14 +0000

BOGGER: Thank you so much for your comments :) Denmark is a brave nation and ALWAYS has been - in WW2 it was one of the few countries that stood up for the Jews and helped them flee. And you are totally right, Muslims who follow the faith literally revere Mohammed, and he was a psychotic rapist and killer! Many thanks for visiting this blog - do come again! :)

A Jew With A View : UK: Labour To Reduce Funds For Fighting Al Queda - Because It Is 'Upsetting' Some Muslims

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 08:51:31 +0000

THANKS FILTHY KAFIR :) Alas, the British government clearly does care - they're terrified of losing all those Muslim votes... Thanks for your comment :)

A Jew With A View : The War Of Words That Israel Must Start Winning

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 08:44:13 +0000

THANKS FILTHY KAFIR - I will indeed post something on this in the next day or two :) Cheers :)

Israellycool : To The Anti-Semites

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 20:49:37 +0000

BOHEMOND: It is blatantly obvious that a set of scriptures that is sacred to the Roman Catholic Church, is not Jewish. That is just common sense. And frankly, you're missing the main point. It actually doesn't matter one bit *which* word the Septuagint uses - all that matters is what the original Hebrew says. And the Tanakh says 'almah'. In other words: young woman Hebrew has an entirely different word for 'virgin' and Isaiah knew it. 'Betulah'. When the authors of the Tanakh wanted to convey that a woman was a virgin, they used 'betulah'. And, just to remind you, the term 'old testament' has nothing to do with Judaism. The OT is a Christian text. Yes, some versions of it are very reliable indeed. But others are not. No Jews read the OT. We go by the Tanakh. We can debate this topic all day long, but the central point remains: the Tanakh is what counts for Jews, not the Septuagint. The notion of a 'virgin birth' has never been part of Judaism. You can try and back engineer it into the Hebrew scriptures all you like, but the fact remains. It isn't there. It never was.

A Jew With A View : The War Of Words That Israel Must Start Winning

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:43:36 +0000

MAIDROS, Lovely to hear from you :) Thank you for such a thoughtful post. I think you've summed up the problem extremely well! I guess those of us that have spent time in Israel, and know the reality, have to just keep stating the facts, over and over. Hopefully it will get through to some people. Please feel very welcome to visit again :) Shalom :)

A Jew With A View : The War Of Words That Israel Must Start Winning

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:02:40 +0000

MIRIAM - I agree that to do so goes against all we stand for and believe in. But if we don't start properly countering the Palestinian and Arab lies, then ultimately it's *us* that suffer. Firstly because in every country, people are so anti Israel that their elected representatives are under pressure to reflect it, and secondly because diaspora Jews are the targets of anti semites who are using anti Israel sentiment to justify their attacks. Israel is becoming increasingly isolated on the international stage. People need to KNOW that Israelis suffer ongoing terrorism. But I DO understand your point - thanks for posting, do visit again :)

A Jew With A View : Geert Wilders Banned - But Racist Saudi Sheikh Welcome

Fri, 7 Aug 2009 06:56:17 +0000

HELLOSNACKBAR :) Yep, he's certainly being very outspoken about the series of Islamic extremists that Britain keeps letting in - probably because said extremists hate Gay people as much as they do Jews. All I remember about Peter Tatchell is that - have I got this right? - didn't he used to very publicly 'out' Gay people, often against their wishes...? I seem to recall a lot of controversy about that. Good to hear from you :) p.s. DOUGLAS MURRAY is another very eloquent critic of what is going on in this country. If you've never seen him speak, then I really recommend you to click on the link to his site in my blogroll and watch some of the clips of him debating!

A Jew With A View : Geert Wilders Banned - But Racist Saudi Sheikh Welcome

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:39:06 +0000

HI RAMMER: Well said :) Sadly I think Britain is fast becoming a lost cause. We now have policewomen dressing up as Muslim females, in full burhkas etc, some restaurants are only now selling halal meat, and so on. Muslims should have *equal* rights - not special rights. Many thanks for commenting and making such good points :)

A Jew With A View : British Airline Removes Israel From Map - To Please Muslims

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 17:32:06 +0000

Thank you SDANEKTIR :)

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:14:33 +0000

HEY HELLOSNACKBAR :) They tend not to be former JWs in fact, but rather a distinct and bizarre Christian movement that is condemned by virtually all mainstream Christian leaders. Messianics have been around for decades so I’m not surprised you encountered one thirty years ago :) They used to call themselves ‘hebrew christians’ and of course, the most well known is the ‘jews4jesus’ group. Then they rebranded and now pose as ‘messianic jews’. They are Christians though – every single one of them. There’s a few EX Jews among them. And yes, you are totally right – Jews never, ever try and convert others :) Thanks for your comment :)

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:11:09 +0000

NICK -Let’s clarify about the Septuagint. Only the Torah part of this – the five books of Moses – was translated by Jews into the Greek. The rest was translated by non Jews. That’s possibly why you find that in the Septuagint, it says ‘worship’ rather than ’serve’ :) In fact, later on, all of the Septuagint was revised and other books added to it that are not part of Jewish scriptures. In general, the Septuagint has never been regarded as a ‘Jewish’ text, in fact. Let me know if you research the ’son of man’ further, I’ll be interested to know your conclusions

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:10:00 +0000

REPLY TO NICK continued: I’ve just read up a bit more about that particular phrase ‘the son of man’ and apparently, even in several Christian versions of the OT it doesn’t appear. Rather: In other translations (NIV, NASB, AMP, ESV, CEV, ASV, RSV, YLT, and DARBY) it is interpreted as “A son of man” or even more simply (NLT) as “A man”. Thus, the phrase like others in the book refers not to a particular person but to someone in general. - source: www.progressiveu.org/132214-skeptical-bible-study... target="_blank">http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:a_N5id6njFcJ:..." target="_blank">www.progressiveu.org/132214-skeptical-bible-study...

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:09:42 +0000

REPLY TO NICK continued: As I suspected, it doesn’t read ‘worship’. The Hebrew translates to ’serve’ or ’served’. Nor is there a phrase ’son of man’ – rather it says ‘one like a man’. Hope that helps to answer; please feel most welcome to post any other thoughts or comments you may have.

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:08:33 +0000

Dear Nick, Many thanks for stopping by with such an interesting comment and question :) I enjoyed reading your interpretation of that particular comment of Paul’s – ‘I’ve become all things…’ – as it’s something I’ve always wondered about! I shall certainly bear in mind the point you have made. Before I address your query, I’d really like to clarify a point that I worry gets lost in Jewish-Christian dialogue at times. Namely: it’s not worship of Jesus per se that contradicts Judaism. It would be worship of *any* human who proclaimed himself ‘divine’. I just want to make it clear that it is not Christianity in and of itself that would contradict Torah, but rather any worship of anyone or anything other than G-d. Re Daniel – I’m going to doublecheck my own Tanakh on this before offering an answer, as I want to give you an accurate response. Watch this space! I’ll post an answer within the next few hours.

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:05:26 +0000

John: I’m afraid you have misunderstood. Allow me to clarify: Of course, Jews can and do believe that Jesus existed. But no Jew can *worshiip* Jesus as divine, without violating core Jewish beliefs. No Jew can affirm belief in a ‘virgin birth’, without violating core Jewish beliefs. No Jew can accept that a man ‘died for the sins of others’ without violating core Jewish beliefs. No Jew can affirm belief in Jesus as ‘maschiach’, without violating core Jewish beliefs. Does that make it clearer? To put it another way: just as nobody can declare ‘Jesus never existed’ and STILL claim to be a Christian, so too, nobody can worship Jesus and STILL claim to be a part of Judaism. Now to clarify about being a Jewish Atheist: Granted, Atheism is not the ideal path for any Jew. But – whether you like it or not – it IS entirely possible, according to JEWISH religious law, to be both Jewish AND an Atheist. A person who is born into the Jewish family *remains* part of it unless they adopt ANOTHER RELIGION. Now, I’m sure you would agree that Atheism is *not* a ‘religion’. Thus a Jewish Atheist is merely a non practising Jew.

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:04:37 +0000

Many thanks J:) ‘jews4jesus’ are becoming a bit more active in the UK, I believe. I don’t know where they tend to congregate, though I know they have a nasty habit of standing on street corners in central London and brandishing their deceitful literature, just as they do in Israel…! Messianics are also very busy in online forums, where they claim to represent ‘the true jews’. You’ll find conversations with them extremely frustrating, trust me! But all Jews and Christians do need to counter their lies. In America, ‘jews4jesus’ and other Messianics are spending millions every year on their conversion drives.

A Jew With A View : The Missionary Position

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 14:03:51 +0000

Hi Etan :) OK, just to clarify: it’s Reform Judaism, not ‘reformed’… :) Also: NO Jewish movement believes in the idea of ‘hell’. It simply does not exist in Judaism. The closest we get is a form of ‘purgatory’ where the soul resides for up to one year, in order to be ‘purified’. This is described as being highly unpleasant, but bears no relation to the Christian concept of ‘hell’. Thanks for stopping by, do visit again :)

A Jew With A View : The War Of Words That Israel Must Start Winning

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:14:49 +0000

*****PLEASE NOTE******: Some of you who kindly took the time and trouble to post comments on this piece, will notice they seem to have vanished. This is purely because I had to reinstall the IntenseDebate plugin - and not for any other reason! I'm so sorry that your posts have been lost for the moment; I'm working to rectify the glitch. It won't happen again so please do keep posting! Shalom, Tabatha