Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Jewish control of the media

If the Jews controlled the media, we would never see the word "Jewish control of the media" in print, would we? The real issue that bothers those who talk about "Jewish control of the media" is the fact that Jewish donors make up an overwhelming proportion of those who donate to Democratic candidates and the Democratic party, and that when a Democrat, as is their right, decides to not support Israel, some of that financial support disappears.

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The Jews Achilles Heal

Ben Manevitz shared a dvar torah with me. When Hashem offered the Torah to the nations of the world, each nation asked what was in it and He responded. When he offered it to the Jews, we said "we will do and we will listen and attempt to understand". But if we had asked what was in it, what would Hashem have responded? What is our national trait that we have to overcome to receive the Torah?

The answer is what the Torah brings just before giving us the Torah at Mt. Sinai. He commanded Moshe to command the bnai Yisroel "not to touch the mountain, not to approach the mountain, lest they will die".

Jews long for closeness with Hashem, just like others love murder and sexual perversion. We want to climb the mountain, but Hashem is warning us to follow his directions, to relate to Him His way, following His commands. When we do what we want to do, what we think is best, that is when we get into trouble.