‘LET US SEARCH OUR WAYS”

‘LET US SEARCH OUR WAYS”

“Everyone must ask: Why were the Jews so blind as not to see the evil coming? Why were they so complacent when the sword was being brandished before their faces? But the fact is that for many years our "prophets" so lulled us that we no longer saw reality and failed to anticipate the evil...

Every change made by the Jew-haters has thus been repeated without change by some of our own brethren. Is it any surprise, therefore, that these uncircumcised of heart did not attempt to prevent the disaster and were not aroused to come to the rescue of their people in its time of trouble? On the contrary, we can be sure that their ilk have been, and always we can be sure that their ilk have been, and always will be, a stumbling block and plague to the whole House of Israel...

It is useless to try to convince those Jews who hate Zion and Jerusalem, and whose sole wish is to make us forget the memory of our ancestors, our beliefs, and our sense of kinship. Having destroyed our traditions and mocked and derided the whole heritage of Israel, why should they spare the Land from their venom?”

The above is from an 1881 essay by Peretz Smoleskin… and is as appropriate today as the day it was written some 126 years ago. Why can’t we learn our lessons? Are we destined to remain victims of inept leaders or is it time for a change! Without a strong, determined, and conservative leadership who recognize that Israel stands alone and only we may determine our destiny, Israel is doomed as a Jewish Homeland and Jewish State. For futher opinion, please read an article by Arlene Peck: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/7366

Bill Maniaci
B’nai Elim Blogmaster