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“Israel-ism” vs. “Juda-ism”…Are they really one and the same thing?

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Israeli author A. B. Yehoshua made some interesting and controversial statements in a speech delivered last week in the U.S. He seriously questions the ability for some one to be a “complete” Jew while still living in the diaspora…A secular, but very Jewish point of view.

On today’s show…

An exploration of A. B. Yehoshua’s speech…What was he saying?…What did he mean?…Why?

Why should Jews live in Israel? (other than the fact that it’s a pretty good place to live, these days)…The Torah-Commandment, religiously observant point of view vs. the purely secular, zionist argument…And what did Ramban (Nachmanides) and other talmudic sages have to say about this issue?

Plus…A. B. Yehoshua and the Holocaust…Was it an unavoidable, tragic event in history, or was the Holocaust a “Jewish failure”?

Also…some comments about the murders of innocent Israeli children and their father in France, an ongoing story…

All this and more on The Marty Roberts Show

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Was Pius XII of Saintly Stuff?…There is plenty of historical evidence questioning the behavior of Pius XII during the Holocaust…What was the role of the Vatican while Hitler murdered millions in Europe?…John Paul II is another story entirely…Marty discusses the Catholic beatification process and investigates the history of Pope Pius XII…Plus…Who steals the sign from the Auschwitz death camp?…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

Jews, especially Israeli Jews, are often criticized for living in the past as “victims”..for not “moving on”.
Well, the past seems to have a way of repeating itself on into the present, and, most likely, the future, as well..
“Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it..”-Santana

Holocaust monument in Poland vandalized


WARSAW, Poland — Vandals sprayed anti-Semitic graffiti on Holocaust memorials at a former Nazi concentration camp in Poland, desecration that authorities discovered Saturday and are investigating.

Reprinted from The Courier of Montgomery County

Words including “Jude Raus” — German for “Jew Out” — and “Hitler Good!” in English, were found in red paint Saturday on a large monument at the former Plaszow camp near Krakow. A smaller memorial plaque was also painted with a swastika and “Jude Raus.”

The vandalism was discovered a day before a planned memorial march marking the 67th anniversary of the liquidation of Krakow’s ghetto.

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That’s what a Polish Catholic Bishop says…The Pope doesn’t even bother with damage control for this gaffe…Also…Benedict XVI visits a synagogue in Rome amidst outcries of protest…Plus…Oliver Stone walks in Hitler’s shoes…Empathizing with pure evil…And…The survey says, “British kids think that Hitler was a soccer coach…More…Muslims murdering Christians, Jewish festivals and vigilantes in London, Uri Geller sues CNN, Rod Stewart is Israel-bound…Special…An insight into the US Airways tefillin/phylacteries incident…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…

It’s Holocaust Remembrance Day today in Israel…The Durban II anti-israel conference is also underway…Plus…The death camps in Poland…To visit or not to visit?…What does Jewish law have to say?…Also…Tourism boom in Israel…Who’s coming, and where are they visiting?…Israel’s top tourist destinations for 2008…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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