Luke Ford

A tiny number of radical but influential Jews have a hatred of the West so deep (a tribal addiction not limited to Jews) that they will stop at nothing to destroy it. These organized activist Jews want to flood the West with people incompatible with first world civilization and failing that, these Jews yearn to be sent to death camps and to drag all Jews with them.

I don’t know any Jews personally who want more Muslims in America. I suspect that the vast majority of American Jews do not want more Muslims in America. Yet all major Jewish organizations (save the ZOA) want more Muslims and more Mexicans and more non-whites in America.

Chaim Amalek: “A very cursory examination of this list shows many to have female names. Which does not mean that they were all born female, of course. I suspect that there are not many torah jews on this list of rabbis.”

Overheard:

Jew: בְּכִיָּה לְדוֹרוֹת is what they are doing here – Behiya LehDorot – a crying for generations.
It’s an expression taken out from the Talmud (תענית דף כט) that means – to that the effect of a specific action will be a tragedy for many generations to come and it will be impossible to fix.
Those that are welcoming with open arms today – might find themselves tomorrow in front of very armed people…
There are 57 Muslim countries on planet Earth – so Davka they need to go to Europe and the U.S ?
Jew1: Look at how everyone is praising each other about how wonderful they are for all thinking the same way on FB. I know a neo-hasidic mob scene when I hear it.
The Vilna Goan was too soft on these people.
To be fair, I would only count the Sunni countries. There’s only like what, 20 plus? And if we only include Sunni Arab, then how many?

No, no they have to come here so they can shoot and bomb and spray acid in faces. We need more antisemitism so that we can be victims and live in fear like we’re addicted to doing.

Washington Post:

1,000 American rabbis sign letter welcoming Syrian refugees

More than 1,000 rabbis in the United States signed onto a letter urging elected officials in the country to “exercise moral leadership for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.”

The letter was published on the website of HIAS, a venerable U.S. charity once known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society that was originally founded in the 19th century to help bring over emigrants from Czarist Russia.

It marks an important intervention in the American conversation at a time when conservative politicians have used the pretext of terrorism — security fears that followed the Paris terror attacks last month — as an excuse to pass legislation that would restrict the flow of Syrian refugees into the U.S. (Never mind that no Paris attacker has yet to be identified as a Syrian refugee or national.)

The rabbis’ letter denounces this brand of politics by invoking the historical experience of Jews in the U.S.

Since its founding, the United States has offered refuge and protection to the world’s most vulnerable. Time and time again, those refugees were Jews. Whether they were fleeing pogroms in Tzarist Russia, the horrors of the Holocaust or persecution in Soviet Russia or Iran, our relatives and friends found safety on these shores.

It goes on:

We are therefore alarmed to see so many politicians declaring their opposition to welcoming refugees.

Last month’s heartbreaking attacks in Paris and Beirut are being cited as reasons to deny entry to people who are themselves victims of terror. And in those comments, we, as Jewish leaders, see one of the darker moments of our history repeating itself.

In recent weeks, WorldViews has highlighted this very comparison — how blanket scapegoating of Syrian refugees by some leading political figures in Europe and the U.S. echoes the bigotry of an earlier moment. The letter elaborates, citing a WorldViews story from two weeks ago:

In 1939, the United States refused to let the S.S. St. Louis dock in our country, sending over 900 Jewish refugees back to Europe, where many died in concentration camps. That moment was a stain on the history of our country – a tragic decision made in a political climate of deep fear, suspicion and antisemitism. The Washington Post released public opinion polling from the early 1940’s, showing that the majority of U.S. citizens did not want to welcome Jewish refugees to this country in those years.

In 1939, our country could not tell the difference between an actual enemy and the victims of an enemy. In 2015, let us not make the same mistake.

A number of prominent Jewish organizations in the U.S. have already taken the lead in condemning some of the rhetoric surrounding Syrian refugees. Last month, the Anti-Defamation League criticized the dozens of U.S. governors who said they would block attempts to resettle Syrians in their states.

“This country must not give into fear or bias by turning its back on our nation’s fundamental commitment to refugee protection and human rights,” ADL chief Jonathan Greenblatt said. “Now is precisely the time to stand up for our core values, including that we are a proud nation of immigrants. To do otherwise signals to the terrorists that they are winning the battle against democracy and freedom.”

COMMENTS AT WP:

* Each of these Rabbis should agree to take several Syrian refugees into their own homes. They should take them I and take responsibility for housing and feeding them. They should agree to provide them with income and healthcare. All this should be done put out of the Rabbi’s own personal income.

To do otherwise, dear Rabbis, would be hypocritical.

* Comparing Muslims to Jewish refugees is like comparing apples to oranges. When have Jews, whether in the US or in Europe taken on mass shootings, let alone of civilians? We already see the impacts of Muslim refugees in Europe. You want to bring that here? Do you somehow think they will love you if you welcome them?

Remember the parable about the creature that hitches a ride across a river on top of the head of a crocodile? Despite its assurances it won’t harm it, as they swim into the deep part of the river, the crocodile indeed consumes the creature. As the crocodile then says, “hey, you knew I was a crocodile from the beginning”.