Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "Haazinu
Deuteronomy 32:1–52
The bulk of this Parsha is a Song, sung by Moses to the people marking the final day of his life. 1)
The core of his lesson, is to tell the people to remember, to never forget the history that has made them, that has prepared them for the future, but, again, only if they continue to remember.
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The Parshah ends, with the order from Hashem that Moses should climb to the top of Mt Nebo to look in the distance, across the river, at the land his people have been promised and to which they will go and settle. Then Moses dies.
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There are two things, maybe a bit less than conventional, that I see in this Parsha.
The first points to us, Am Yisrael, not just remembering history in general, not even our particular people’s history, but how we remember it.
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It points to the need to remember it & its cultural context, not through the cultural beliefs & norms & ideologies of others, & though the lens of our own language, Hebrew,...
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and not through the translations to other language systems that lose 25-35% of meaning that the Hebrew carries within it.
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Finally, I identify with this Parsha in a another way. I look at my life, the good & bad decisions I’ve made, &, frankly, I feel like Moses, seeing what could be, what should be in the future of our people, & knowing that I won’t be a part of it by the time it happens."
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "AN OPEN LETTER TO REAL JEWS AND REAL CHRISTIANS
Yes, we are seeing a resurgence of antisemitism in the USA and worldwide but we need to focus. This is not the 1930’s.
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This is not that period of time when antisemitism was virtually the norm of the majority of Cristians in the US and Europe. No, this is 2024, and there are a lot of differences from what was the reality of the 1930’s.
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In 2024, the problem of antisemitism is not coming from the Churches.and their members. It is coming from the most secular, the least committed to moral values and standards, and from those who have a political interest for which antisemitism is an easy tool.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "REGARDING THE NEWS OF PRO-TERRORIST AND ANTISEMITIC ACTIVITY ON US UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES, WHAT DISTURBS ME MOST ARE THE REACTIONS OF THE JEWISH STUDENTS AND OF OTHER STUDENTS THAT ARE NEITHER JEWISH NOR PRO-TERRORIST.
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First of all, where are the responses of the General Student body at Harvard or Yale or Columbia. They are silent. Not a word from Student Governments. Not a word from other student organizations.
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Are they condoning the pro-terrorists or is it they just don’t want to look and don’t want to think about how this may affect how the reputation of their school and of their own degrees may suffer.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "THERE HAS BEEN A NUMBER OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT THOSE THAT LEFT EGYPT WITH MOSES, WERE A MINORITY OF THE SLAVES.
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There is a bit of confusion on this issue, because the Rabbis claimed that a minority of those who were slaves followed Moshe out of Egypt.
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The fact is that there was, what our Sages called, a "mixed multitude", made up not only of the descendants of Ya'acov, but also the descendants of other groups from Hyksos Sea Peoples who settled in Egypt, multiplied and became non-Egyptian slaves as well.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "US Secretary of State BLINKEN IS IN CHINA TO BEG FOR HELP.
Yes, my comment may sound harsh, but it is realistic.
Blinken is there to ask the Chinese State to:
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1. Try to help calm things in the Middle East by using its influence on Iran. 2. To try to limit exit visas to Chinese citizens who then head to the USA as illegal migrants 3. To moderate their naval activities in the Western Pacific.
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All to help Biden and the Democrats with votes in November.
He will warn them that if Trump gets elected, China may not have the kind of cooperation for the USA that it does under Biden, that Trump might demand an end to China taking advantage of the USA.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "WHAT POLITICAL CANDIDATE DOES NOT TRY TO INFLUENCE HIS (OR HER). ELECTION TO OFFICE?
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This probably sounds like a silly question — but in the Trump New York Case, this was the core of the prosecution’s case, that somehow Trump colluded to give him advantage in an election.
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In short, they claim he did something criminal - that every politician does, that all the Democrats have done.
So far, by the way, no matter what happens in this case, there are already lots of causes for appeal.
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Roger Froikin @rlefraim wrote, "HOW THE MEDIA LIES TO THE PUBLIC IN THE USA.
Yahoo news yesterday published this:
The headline implied that David Pecker's testimony was damaging to Trump
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'Trump trial updates: Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker details efforts to help Trump's 2016 campaign'
What was unsaid is that every TV Network in the USA & the NYT & the Washington Post, in the same way, colluded with the Democrats to slant news against Trump.
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