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  question for a parent
Posted by: carrot - 11-07-2023, 09:14 PM - Forum: Judaism General - Replies (10)

Hello, I'm hoping to get some advice. For the record I am not Jewish but I come here in hopes of gaining understanding and help in a matter of your faith.

I've recently had an issue with my son and his use of social media and communications in video games. He has made reference to the holocaust in ways that I think are not intentionally malicious, but are certainly careless and could undoubtedly cause harm or upset. I have spoken to him about this but I don't believe he quite "gets it". I was wondering if any users had any advice on how to address this, particularly on useful resources to point to. He is generally quite emotionally aware and I think he will be receptive. 

I just want to make this right and avoid any upset.

I apologise if this topic is upsetting for anyone or if I have mis-stepped on the rules.

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  Iran proclaims US Defeat in Gaza
Posted by: COmentator - 11-06-2023, 04:31 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

see story https://www.ynetnews.com/category/3089

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  Jordan allies itself with PLO
Posted by: COmentator - 11-06-2023, 04:26 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

Jordan Prime Minister proclaims that to Remove the Palestians from Gaza or West Bank will be considered a declocation of WAr
https://www.ynetnews.com/category/3089

Not suprising since so called Jordan is in fact "EASt Palestine"  90% Palestians...

And yet there those who feel Jordan should re occupy Judea and Samaria  the heartland of the Jewish People
as to their Jordan administration...The Mount of Olives Jewish graves descecrated....

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  A shoah Story
Posted by: COmentator - 11-06-2023, 01:55 AM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

Saw this story on PBS website of a Shoah survivor and his camera

https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetective...index.html

A Shoah Victium story
https://www.loc.gov/rr/european/orenshtain.html

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  LASt Jew in Khujand, Tajikistan, died 2021
Posted by: COmentator - 11-04-2023, 02:56 AM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

obituary at https://www.rferl.org/a/tajikistan-khuja...61149.html

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  questions concerning Exodus 4:24-26 (God tries to kill Moses)
Posted by: gib65 - 11-03-2023, 09:31 PM - Forum: Judaism General - Replies (10)

Hello everyone,

As I've said before, I'm reading through Exodus and trying to understand the text and asking questions. I've posted a few questions now and had some great responses! Here is my latest one.

Exodus 4:24-26 says this:

Exodus Wrote:24. Now he was on the way, in an inn, that the Lord met him and sought to put him to death. 25. So Zipporah took a sharp stone and severed her son's foreskin and cast it to his feet, and she said, "For you are a bridegroom of blood to me." 26. So He released him. Then she said, "A bridegroom of blood concerning the circumcision."

This is not my first time coming across this obscure text and I remember a university professor talking about it. He mentioned that this is one of the most cryptic passages in the Torah/Bible and it is very unclear what the proper interpretation should be. Indeed, when I read it, so many questions are raised. For example, why on Earth would the Lord want to put Moses to death just after sending him on a mission to free the slaves in Egypt (I assume that "he" and "him" in 24. refers to Moses)? And then Zipporah circumcises her son which prompts God to release Moses. Why is this the response to God trying to kill Moses? And who is "his" in 25. (she "cast it to his feet")? Moses or God? And of course, what does "For you are a bridegroom of blood to me" mean? Is she saying this to God or Moses? And why does she qualify that with "concerning the circumcision"? So many questions!

But even with these technical questions aside, this passage is obviously quite significant to Judaism since this seems to have established the well-known tradition of circumcision. Why is this? From the point of view of a neophyte like myself, it seems quite strange that such a short and obscure passage would have the power to establish such a deeply rooted and engrained tradition that survives even today.

In fact, it raises a few "meta" questions that stem from the combination of these two series of questions. For instance, concerning how circumcision started in Judaism, is it fair to say that the original Hebrews who were around when this passage was written and made available to adherents had a deeper understanding of its meaning than we do? Not only in terms of the text itself and what it meant at the time, but perhaps the traditions that were practiced at the time (maybe circumcision or something like it was already being practiced by some or all), perhaps other texts that elaborated on it or helped to understand its meaning (perhaps that are lost to history), perhaps certain explanations that were passed down orally, perhaps by Moses himself (I understand he is the author of Exodus) and are now forgotten? It just seems (to me) like this passage was meant to be couched in a certain context/understanding that only existed at the time as it seems like it's missing important information that would make it much more clear.

Anyway, that's my thoughts/questions on this passage for now. Your responses are of course very welcome.

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  Some thoughts
Posted by: Blue Bird - 11-02-2023, 07:13 PM - Forum: Hangout - Replies (2)

I have pondered for a while and would like to share some thoughts without drawing any conclusions. Many people feel encouraged, now when Israel is in need, to express their anti-Semitism and want that the Jews go away. I am in the third generation after this happened in an area where in many villages the Jewish population was 10% or more. It is as if this significant part of the population was stolen and these families that once lived here can still be clearly heard and felt.

In Neustadt an der Weinstrasse, where I think there were fewer Jews, there was a close connection between Christians and Jews, they helped each other with the music in their services and shared their social life with each other - like a body of people. Every now and then I walk through the cemetery. A gravestone belongs to a young man who fought and died in the First World War. There are actually two of them, facing each other. The cemetery remained untouched during the war and is still used from time to time by immigrants from eastern nations. Those who had to flee or worse won't come back; the survivers speak other languages now and are rooted elsewhere. The land here and many people I know miss them very much.

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Willy Poos, born 1894, died 1917.


More pictures (text in German)

https://www.alemannia-judaica.de/neustadt_friedhof.htm
https://www.neustadt.eu/media/custom/263...1660729238

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  China to dominate the Middle East?
Posted by: COmentator - 11-01-2023, 02:47 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-67237146

following in the footsteps of England; France, United States and Russia....will they succede Huh

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  Bolivia no friend of Israel
Posted by: COmentator - 11-01-2023, 02:40 PM - Forum: Israel - No Replies

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-67281584

How many more nations will jump on the Bolivian bandwaggon? Probably the same nations that voted Zionism is racism in 2016 Angry

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  Austrian-Jewish refugee fought in World War II
Posted by: COmentator - 10-31-2023, 09:48 PM - Forum: Judaism General - No Replies

His sad and Ironic life story see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2412...ldschlager

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