gilliam:
What Arab nation? There is no Arab nation and never was one, as far as I know. What are you talking about?
There are a lot of orthodox Jews in Israel, so I don’t understand this paragraph either. It doesn’t make sense.
gilliam, these are not articles that I wrote, I certainly hope you realize that.
There are not a lot of Orthodox Jews is Israel.
The Land of Israel
Level: Basic
The Promised Land
The history of the Jewish people begins with Abraham, and the story of Abraham begins when G-d tells him to leave his homeland, promising Abraham and his descendants a new home in the land of Canaan. (Gen. 12). This is the land now known as Israel, named after Abraham’s grandson, whose descendants are the Jewish people. The land is often referred to as the Promised Land because of G-d’s repeated promise (Gen. 12:7, 13:15, 15:18, 17:8) to give the land to the descendants of Abraham.
The land is described repeatedly in the Torah as a good land and “a land flowing with milk and honey” (e.g., Ex. 3:8). This description may not seem to fit well with the desert images we see on the nightly news, but let’s keep in mind that the land was repeatedly abused by conquerors who were determined to make the land uninhabitable for the Jews. In the few decades since the Jewish people regained control of the land, we have seen a tremendous improvement in its agriculture. Israeli agriculture today has a very high yield.
Jews have lived in this land continuously from the time of its original conquest by Joshua more than 3200 years ago until the present day, though Jews were not always in political control of the land, and Jews were not always the majority of the land’s population.
The land of Israel is central to Judaism. A substantial portion of Jewish law is tied to the land of Israel, and can only be performed there. Some rabbis have declared that it is a mitzvah (commandment) to take possession of Israel and to live in it (relying on Num. 33:53). The Talmud indicates that the land itself is so holy that merely walking in it can gain you a place in the World to Come. Prayers for a return to Israel and Jerusalem are included in daily prayers as well as many holiday observances and special events.
Living outside of Israel is viewed as an unnatural state for a Jew. The world outside of Israel is often referred to as “galut,” which is usually translated as “diaspora” (dispersion), but a more literal translation would be “exile” or “captivity.” When we live outside of Israel, we are living in exile from our land.
Jews were exiled from the land of Israel by the Romans in 135 C.E., after they defeated the Jews in a three-year war, and Jews did not have any control over the land again until 1948 C.E.
Zionism and the Formation of the State of Israel
The Jewish people never gave up hope that we would someday return to our home in Israel. That hope is expressed in the song Ha-Tikvah (The Hope), the anthem of the Zionist movement and the state of Israel.
Kol od baleivav p’nima
Nefesh Y’hudi homiya Ul’fa-atey mizrach kadima Ayin L’Tziyon tzofiya Od lo avda tikvateynu
Hatikva bat sh’not alpayim
Lih’yot am chofshi b’artzenu
Eretz Tziyon v’yirushalayim.
Lih’yot am chofshi b’artzenu
Eretz Tziyon v’yirushalayim.
As long as deep within the heart
The Jewish soul is warm And toward the edges of the east An eye to Zion looks Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of two thousand years To be a free people in our own land In the land of Zion and Jerusalem.
To be a free people in our own land In the land of Zion and Jerusalem.
But for a long time, this desire for our homeland was merely a vague hope without any concrete plans to achieve it. In the late 1800s, Theodor Herzl and Chaim Weizmann founded the Zionism, a political movement dedicated to the creation of a Jewish state in Israel. They saw the state of Israel as a necessary refuge for Jewish victims of oppression, especially in Russia, where pogroms were decimating the Jewish population.
The name “Zionism” comes from the word “Zion,” which was the name of a stronghold in Jerusalem. Over time, the term “Zion” came to be applied to Jerusalem in general, and later to the Jewish idea of utopia.
I understand more and more why you were so determined with St. James and it is not humorous at all:nope:
I at least know what the ranting and name calling is about
If you find a more comprehensive link PM it to me.God Bless
exterminated!My uncle is over 50 now he hoards and saves money in case he has to run again!Shame on them for printing this nonsense and I pray that one day they never have to suffer the same fate!
