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'People turn to me, broken: What's happening to our Israel?’
Carrie Rubinstein
Published: 11.08.18, 10:32
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31. I am "American Jewry" and I support you, Israel.
leo ,   usa   (08.17.18)
No worries - when "liberal" friends of liberal US Jewry will become openly anti-semitic (as it is happening in Europe today) their love for Israel will re-emerge.
32. Who cares what reform thinks?
(08.18.18)
American/Israeli Jew here. Has it occurred to you that the conservative reform movement is a dying movement? Young Jews don’t connect to Judaism or Israel by extension. Those that are carrying on the traditions of both believe in conservative,religious values. The people of Israel do what THEY choose and shouldn’t beinfluenced the least by irrelevant Jewish organizations clinging for life.
33. God is bringing "true Israel" back to her land
Rich ,   USA   (08.18.18)
The others know not G_d, nor place him first.
34. JESUS
Bert.   (08.19.18)
I'm a goy and what was done to this rabbi sounds like what was done to JESUS!
35. Liberal American Jews.....
DSM ,   USA   (08.19.18)
are liberal,progressives first and Jews second. In their zeal to show each other how liberal they did not even protest when a Muslim woman, elected by Democrats to run for the House of Representatives, attacked a Jewish woman reporter. So you can understand why they are upset that Israel is reaffirming that it is a Jewish state. Their only attachment to Israel was when they were young and their Temple collected money each week to grow a tree in Israel.
36. Jesus "was done" by Romans ...who became Christain Church!
Moshe Israel ,   Tivon, Israel   (08.19.18)
Jesus "was done" by Romans ...the same guys who became the Christian Church !
37. What is happening in Israel
steve ,   beersheva   (08.20.18)
Once upon a time Israel was filled with secular Zionists happy that they had their own state away from the prejudices of the Arabs or Christians.

Today Zionism has been taken over by the religious that believe that planting an Israeli flag on the hills of the West Bank is more important than anything else; whist the ultra religious Haredim that say that they are NOT Zionists, are included in every government .

No wonder Israel has an identity problem.
38. Israel doesn't need TRAITORS !
Chris Rettenmoser ,   Bayerisch Gmain Germ   (08.20.18)
39. simple remedy
Dov ,   Poleg   (08.25.18)
Come live here.
Take up citizenship and vote.
It's called democracy.
If you care and want your opinion to matter it can be done.
Otherwise stay in the US and concentrate on your own problems
40. Whats happened to Israel
edwin grusd ,   tarzana   (08.26.18)
Israel is thriving, and succeeding beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Been there lately. Seen the hustle and the bustle, the intergration of society.
The Left are opposed to anything that does not give Israel to the Palestinians. The young Jewish left of the US know nothing of Israel's history, or Israeli society today. Its a shame, but thats the reality. Israel will continue to grow, with or without their support.
41. American Jews live in an informational bubble
MrReason ,   Berlin   (09.08.18)
American jews live in the same informational bubble as all Americans do. They think that USA is a real democracy, though for 320 million citizens only two parties exist. They don't know that Israel has a visa free travel with Russia. They don't know that ISIS is a product of USA. They don't know why they can afford bigger cars, expensive education suposedelly financed by commercial banks, they don't know why the health system is more costly than in other developed countries, they don't y know that only five people control their media, they don't know and don't care that 10 times more people are jailed than in all other countries, they don't know why they lead the stats on traffic deads, they don't know why they are involved in wars all the time, they don't know why Iran is supposedly bad, but Saudi Arabia is good, they don't know that in Ukraine is a fascistic junta in power protected by USA, they drink sugar water with hormone meet and wonder that they get ill and fett, they think that Putin is bad because he is not following American interests, ... Shall I continue? Short, they are the greatest and know every thing better, that's why the American Jews know better what for Israel good is and thy are very upset that Jews want to live in a Jewish state, because 22 Arab counties are not enough. But they think this way not because they are stupid, or else.. They think this way because they live in the same bubble as all other Americans do. Israel can handle it, since it will continue to do what is best for Israel's interests, even if some don't know or don't care...
42. evidence that Jesus was the Messiah
Goshen   (09.10.18)
The Why are the Bible prophecies of Jesus Christ's death so important? The Old Testament contains well over 100 distinct prophecies about Jesus (a conservative estimate). Many of these Messianic prophecies deal with His death. It is a powerful evidence of the accuracy of the Bible and its divine inspiration. Even though these prophecies were written by several different men over many years, they were divinely fulfilled! Here are a handful of the Messianic prophecies and fulfillments. More comprehensive lists are also available.
Bible Prophecy: Isaiah 53:3 says, "He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not."
Fulfillment: John 1:10-11 says, "He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him." 
Bible Prophecy: Psalm 41:9 says, "Even my close friend, whom I trusted, he who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me."
Fulfillment: Mark 14:10 says, "Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them." 
Bible Prophecy: Zechariah 11:12 says, "I told them, 'If you think it best, give me my pay; but if not, keep it.' So they paid me thirty pieces of silver."
Fulfillment: Matthew 26:14-16 says, "Then one of the Twelve - the one called Judas Iscariot - went to the chief priests and asked, 'What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?' So they counted out for him thirty silver coins." 
Bible Prophecy: Isaiah 53:7 says, "He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth."
Fulfillment: Mark 15:5 says, "But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed." 
Bible Prophecy: Psalm 22:1-2 says, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, and am not silent."
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:46 says, "About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, 'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?' - which means, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?'" 
Bible Prophecy: Psalm 22:7-8 says, "All who see me mock me; they hurl insults, shaking their heads: 'He trusts in the LORD; let the LORD rescue him. Let him deliver him, since he delights in him.'"
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:41-44 says, "In the same way the chief priests, the teachers of the law and the elders mocked him. 'He saved others,' they said, 'but he can't save himself! He's the King of Israel! Let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. He trusts in God. Let God rescue him now if he wants him, for he said, I am the Son of God.' In the same way the robbers who were crucified with him also heaped insults on him." 
Bible Prophecy: Psalm 22:15 says, "My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; you lay me in the dust of death."
Fulfillment: Matthew 27:48 says, "Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink." 
Bible Prophecy: Psalm 22:17-18 says, "I can count all my bones; people stare and gloat over me. They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing."
Fulfillment: John 19:23 says, "When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom."

https://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/prophecies-fulfilled-by-the-crucifixion-of-jesus-christ-faq.htm
43. Jews in the U.S. are having the German sindrome
Jorge Dickerman   (09.17.18)
Until reality came back at them and hit them with gas chambers, the reality that Israelis face, is not the same facing Jews in Americas suburbs, Israel lives surrounded by millions of Muslim savages bent on destroying them and murdering all Jews living in Israel, Israel was the dream of its forefathers to be a Jewish State, and it is a Jewish State and always will be, with the growing antisemitism in America, mostly in the democratic party and the academic world, American Jews should pray and support Israel, soon you might need a safe heaven that German Jews did not have
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