Everybody wants to be a hero. Everybody wants to be that one guy in the picture who's not giving the nazi salute.
Most recently, we've seen this in the case of the literal nazi salute that was supposedly given by Elon Musk.
And that's the appeal of modern left-liberalism. It's an appeal to vanity. If you convince yourself that the other guy is a nazi, then you only have to be one percent better than a nazi to be the good guy. If the other guy is Hitler, then you can be Stalin.
The left only pretends to care about anti-Semitism when it wants to smear its enemies as anti-Semites. They will make great noises of outrage, and pose and posture and portray themselves as "fighting nazis", just so long as those "nazis" can be connected to the people they don't like anyway - conservative, largely Christian and European-descended people.
The enlightened intelligentsia, the laptop liberals and timid technocrats who form the governing class and who deem themselves our moral and intellectual superiors, fancy themselves akin to the men who stormed the beaches at Normandy; when in fact they are fighting imaginary nazis in a fantasy battle that is about as dangerous as playing Call Of Duty.
Ask these folks to stand up for Israel - or stand against the keffiyeh-clad nazis who stage rallies daily in Europe, Britain, and North America, extolling Hamas and Hezbollah and calling for the massacre of Jews and the conquest of the West - and they'll pee their panties and bleat about "islamophobia".
The same people who cheered the global lockdowns and the forced medical experimentation on billions of humans; who praised censorship of social media and called for mass surveillance and suppression of dissenters; who support the jackbooted black-shirts of antifa and the islamo-fascists of Hezbollah and Hamas; who look forward to the glorious day when the world will bend the knee to the dictatorship of the UN and the WEF - these are the people who want to tell me who I'm supposed to be scared of because they're a "nazi"? Yeah, no. [353]
2025-01-26
Genesis - Parashath VaYechi.
PARASHATH VAYECHI.
ALIYAH 1 [47:28 - 48:9] - JACOB NEARS DEATH.
After 17 years in Egypt, Jacob sees the end of his days approaching. He asks Joseph to swear to bury him in the Land of Israel, not in Egypt; and he grants Joseph's sons, Menasseh and Ephraim, equal status with his own sons. He summons Menasseh and Ephraim to bless them.
ALIYAH 2 [48:10-16]; ALIYAH 3 [48:17-22] - THE BLESSING OF MENASSEH AND EPHRAIM.
With his eyesight failing, Jacob blesses the two sons of Joseph, with a moment of seeming confusion that recalls the tangled tale of Jacob's own acquisition of blessing and birthright from his nearly blind father Isaac.
ALIYAH 4 [49:1-18] - BLESSINGS OF THE SONS OF LEAH, AND BILHAH'S SON DAN.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, and Dan are blessed.
ALIYAH 5 [49:19-26] - BLESSINGS OF THE SONS OF ZILPAH, BILHAH'S SON NAPHTHALI, AND JOSEPH.
ALIYAH 6 [49:27 - 50:20] - BLESSING OF BENJAMIN; JACOB'S DEATH.
ALIYAH 7 [50:21-26] - JOSEPH DIES AND IS BURIED IN EGYPT.
The Bible is not a story of perfect families; the Bible is one big long book of messed-up families. In Genesis, from the very beginning, we have seen troubled family relationships: Cain and Abel, Abraham and his household, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah, and now Joseph and his brothers. What kept them going was their faith that there was a place for them in G-d's plans. [243]
ALIYAH 1 [47:28 - 48:9] - JACOB NEARS DEATH.
After 17 years in Egypt, Jacob sees the end of his days approaching. He asks Joseph to swear to bury him in the Land of Israel, not in Egypt; and he grants Joseph's sons, Menasseh and Ephraim, equal status with his own sons. He summons Menasseh and Ephraim to bless them.
ALIYAH 2 [48:10-16]; ALIYAH 3 [48:17-22] - THE BLESSING OF MENASSEH AND EPHRAIM.
With his eyesight failing, Jacob blesses the two sons of Joseph, with a moment of seeming confusion that recalls the tangled tale of Jacob's own acquisition of blessing and birthright from his nearly blind father Isaac.
ALIYAH 4 [49:1-18] - BLESSINGS OF THE SONS OF LEAH, AND BILHAH'S SON DAN.
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, and Dan are blessed.
ALIYAH 5 [49:19-26] - BLESSINGS OF THE SONS OF ZILPAH, BILHAH'S SON NAPHTHALI, AND JOSEPH.
ALIYAH 6 [49:27 - 50:20] - BLESSING OF BENJAMIN; JACOB'S DEATH.
ALIYAH 7 [50:21-26] - JOSEPH DIES AND IS BURIED IN EGYPT.
The Bible is not a story of perfect families; the Bible is one big long book of messed-up families. In Genesis, from the very beginning, we have seen troubled family relationships: Cain and Abel, Abraham and his household, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau, Rachel and Leah, and now Joseph and his brothers. What kept them going was their faith that there was a place for them in G-d's plans. [243]
2025-01-26
USA: KRISTI NOEM CONFIRMED AS DHS SECRETARY.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-kristi-noem-confirmed-as-department-of-homeland-security-secretary
Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem was confirmed as President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security Secretary on Saturday morning with a vote of 59 to 34 in the Senate.
LOS ANGELES: PALISADES RESIDENTS VISIT HOMES AFTER TRUMP VISIT.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-effect-some-palisades-residents-visit-homes-for-first-time-since-fire-after-presidents-visit/
Residents of the Pacific Palisades flocked home on Saturday after President Donald Trump’s visit the day before, with many gaining access to their property for the first time since the Palisades Fire more than two weeks ago.
ISRAEL: LIRI, NAAMA, DANIELA, AND KARINA RETURN HOME.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402842
Four of the five IDF lookouts kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military post during the October 7 massacre are returned to Israel.
ISRAEL: HOSTAGES RETURN HOME (VIDEO).
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402843
Daniella Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy, and Karina Ariev are re-united with their parents.
TIM BLACK AT SPIKED: THE SINISTER RISE OF THE ISLAMO-LEFT.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/19/the-sinister-rise-of-the-islamo-left/
How the Western Left allied with the islamo-fascists.
Jeremy Corbyn's reluctance to denounce Hamas is only the latest manifestation of a process that has been in the works at least since the 1990s, when the collapse of Communism forced the Western Left to find new allies. While Tim Black's article deals mainly with events in Britain, the same dynamics were at work in Europe and North America.
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-kristi-noem-confirmed-as-department-of-homeland-security-secretary
Governor of South Dakota Kristi Noem was confirmed as President Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security Secretary on Saturday morning with a vote of 59 to 34 in the Senate.
LOS ANGELES: PALISADES RESIDENTS VISIT HOMES AFTER TRUMP VISIT.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/25/trump-effect-some-palisades-residents-visit-homes-for-first-time-since-fire-after-presidents-visit/
Residents of the Pacific Palisades flocked home on Saturday after President Donald Trump’s visit the day before, with many gaining access to their property for the first time since the Palisades Fire more than two weeks ago.
ISRAEL: LIRI, NAAMA, DANIELA, AND KARINA RETURN HOME.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402842
Four of the five IDF lookouts kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military post during the October 7 massacre are returned to Israel.
ISRAEL: HOSTAGES RETURN HOME (VIDEO).
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/402843
Daniella Gilboa, Liri Albag, Naama Levy, and Karina Ariev are re-united with their parents.
TIM BLACK AT SPIKED: THE SINISTER RISE OF THE ISLAMO-LEFT.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/19/the-sinister-rise-of-the-islamo-left/
How the Western Left allied with the islamo-fascists.
Jeremy Corbyn's reluctance to denounce Hamas is only the latest manifestation of a process that has been in the works at least since the 1990s, when the collapse of Communism forced the Western Left to find new allies. While Tim Black's article deals mainly with events in Britain, the same dynamics were at work in Europe and North America.
2025-01-05
Genesis - Parashath VaYigash.
PARASHATH VAYIGASH.
ALIYAH 1 [44:18-30] - JUDAH APPROACHES JOSEPH.
Protesting the Egyptian official's demand that the brothers bring back their remaining youngest brother, Benjamin, from Canaan (the Land of Israel), Judah declares that being forced to part with Benjamin will "bring [Jacob's] white head down to the grave in grief" [44:29].
ALIYAH 2 [44:31 - 45:7] - JOSEPH'S BIG REVEAL.
Continuing his plea, Judah begs, "let me not see the evil that will befall my father" [45:35]. As Robert Alter observes, "This of course stands in stark contrast to [Judah's] willingness years before to watch his father writhe in anguish over Joseph's supposed death" (p. 176).
This moment marks the fulfillment of Judah's penitence and the turning point of the narrative. Unable to restrain himself any longer, the Egyptian official orders all of his attendants to leave the room. He announces to his brothers: "I am Joseph your brother. Does my father still live?" [45:3]. Joseph urges his brothers not to be angry with themselves, because "it was for the sake of preserving life that G-d sent me before you" [45:5].
The question "Does my father still live?" [הַע֥וֹד אָבִ֖י חָ֑י] was transfomred into the declaration "Our father still lives!" [ עוד אבינו חי | 'od avinu chai ] by singer Shlomo Carlebach in 1965 as an anthem of solidarity with Soviet Jewry, expressing kinship with those who are captive in foreign lands. It remains a popular melody in the Jewish world to this day.
ALIYAH 3 [45:8-27] - THE BROTHERS RETURN TO JACOB.
Joseph sends his brothers back to Jacob, with the news that he, Joseph, is alive and has been made master of Egypt, and that Jacob is to migrate with his family to Egypt at once to avoid the coming famine.
ALIYAH 4 [45:28 - 46:7] - FROM BEERSHEVA TO EGYPT.
Jacob's family depart for Egypt, making a stop at Be'er-Sheva to offer sacrifices. In a night vision, G-d appears to Jacob and promises to make his household into a mighty and prosperous nation in Egypt.
ALIYAH 5 [46:8-27] - SEVENTY NAMES.
Seventy members of Jacob's family who went into Egypt are named.
ALIYAH 6 [46:28 - 47:10] - SETTLING IN GOSHEN.
Goshen was the region of Egypt nearest the border with the Land of Israel.
ALIYAH 7 [47:11 - 27] - JOSEPH'S REDISTRIBUTION PLAN FOR EGYPT.
Joseph implements his redistribution plan - consolidating the power of the Pharaoh, with ominous implications for future generations of Israelites. Dennis Prager on 47:21: "Why did he move whole populations? Perhaps it was to more effectively distribute seed; alternatively (and more darkly), it could have been done to ensure they understood the land no longer belonged to them" (p. 526). Robert Alter: "The purpose would have been to sever them from their hereditary lands and locate them on other lands that they knew were theirs only to till by the grace of Pharaoh, to whom the land now belonged" (pp. 187 - 188). Adin Steinsaltz: "Joseph thereby granted Pharaoh far greater power and authority than he ever had before" (pp. 258 - 259).
Yoram Hazony sees Joseph (like other principal characters in the first half of the Hebrew Scriptures) as representing a particular type of leader and leadership. "... Joseph's burning desire to excel in the service of his superiors is not directed only at Jacob. He excels equally in his service of Potifar, the Egyptian captain who buys him as a slave; then of the master of the Egyptian prison into which he has been cast; and finally of Pharaoh. Joseph's capacity to adapt himself to the needs of his master, which is unmistakably depicted as a great virtue, is thus shown to be a two-edged sword. For it is Joseph's seemingly boundless ability to advance Pharaoh's interests that is blamed, in no small part, for the fact that the Israelites, whom Joseph brings down to Egypt to save them from famine, never leave Egypt again" (p. 71). [656]
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