{"id":65007,"date":"2015-03-05T10:05:09","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T18:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=65007"},"modified":"2023-09-14T03:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T11:26:58","slug":"should-jewish-citizens-in-a-gentile-land-be-voicing-their-displeasure-at-gentile-representatives-who-do-not-show-up-to-a-speech-by-the-leader-of-the-jewish-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=65007","title":{"rendered":"Should Jewish citizens in a Gentile land be voicing their displeasure at Gentile representatives who do not show up to a speech by the leader of the Jewish state?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m noticing shuls in 90035 and my friends in 90035 are annoyed that their black Congresswoman Karen Bass did not show up to the Israeli prime minister’s speech yesterday.<\/p>\n

Rabbi Mayer Schiller said in 1999<\/a>: \u201cThe State of Israel poses a problem for Jews living in the diaspora. A Jew living in America, France or England but yet somehow says I am an Israeli or a Zionist, that creates a tremendous amount of tension. Herzl envisioned Zionism as Jews leaving Gentile nations and going to live in Israel, not staying in France and England and saying I am a Zionist. Jews living in America, England, France, etc, have three moral possibilities: They can be loyal citizens, they can be Zionists which means to leave [for Israel] or they can adopt the Neterui Karta position of non-involvement in the affairs of the nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

I wonder if American Jews rallying Gentile American politicians for Bibi Netanyahu and the Jewish state consider that their actions might have consequences that are negative for Jews.<\/p>\n

I notice among some people an attitude towards America of let’s take all we can get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m noticing shuls in 90035 and my friends in 90035 are annoyed that their black Congresswoman Karen Bass did not show up to the Israeli prime minister’s speech yesterday. Rabbi Mayer Schiller said in 1999: \u201cThe State of Israel poses … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-israel","category-jews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t