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Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews Attend International Conference held in Tehran, Iran |
President Mahmoud Ahmadinegad greeting a delegation of six
Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews who travelled to Tehran, Iran to attend the
international conference on the Holocaust, called "The Holocaust -
Global Vision".
Photo here:
http://www.nkusa.org/activities/Conferences/2006Dec12Iran.cfm
Orthodox Jewish Attitude to the ’Holocaust’
Talk prepared by Rabbi Yisroel Feldman of Neturei Karta International
to be delivered at the International Conference to review the
Holocaust, December 11-12, in Tehran, Iran
With praise to the Almighty may my words find favor in His eyes.
I want to begin with gratitude and great respect to the Iranian
government in general and to the Honorable Supreme Leader, Ayatollah
Khamenei and to His Excellency, President Mahmoud Ahmadinegad.
Much has and will be said at this conference concerning the debate of
European Jewry during the Second World War. I am neither a scientist
nor a professional historian and am not capable of responding to many
of the questions discussed here.
What I propose to do though, is to speak about the morality of what
happened to European Jewry and the morality of using their fate as an
explanation for other political and cultural activities.
No matter how we may debate some of the details of what was done to
the Jews of Europe there is no doubt that they were treated brutally
and that this brutality included all men, women and children. The Jews
were physically attacked and murdered. Their possessions and homes
were taken. They were shipped across Europe like animals jammed into
cattle cars with little or no food and water. Millions died. And many
of these were defenseless women and children. These are facts. The
worldwide Jewish community is by and large descendents of those who
survived this horrible hell.
It would probably lend much credibility to those who wish to study the
destruction of European Jewry if they would clearly condemn these
actions committed during the holocaust. There is no moral
justification for what was done.
However, there is also no moral justification for using these events
to dispossess and occupy another people who have nothing whatsoever to
do with what was done in Europe. Let Europe make amends for what took
place if they so desire, not the Palestinians. Moreover, even Europe
has long since spent enormous sums on helping those who suffered. It
would seem that today the time has come to move beyond blaming whole
peoples of the present, none of whom can be described as in any way
complicit in things that occurred during the Second World War over
half a century ago.
Plus, it is our belief that it is not the appropriate role for Jews
when they live in exile amongst the nations to adopt any position of
antagonism towards any other peoples or nations. We believe that Jews
are called upon to lead by example by serving as a positive role model
for all of mankind, not as dictators of public policy.
Zionism violated many tenets of the Jewish faith. It sought to deny
the metaphysical reality of Jewish exile and the Divine command that
we live at peace with other peoples. Its cruelty towards the
Palestinian was and is notorious.
The founder of Zionism, Theodore Herzl, wrote in his diary that he
felt the existence of anti-Semitism was a healthy thing because this
would make Jews mistrust the other nations of the world and come
running to the state he wanted to create for them. He saw fit to even
cultivate this anti-Semitism and some of the Zionist leaders refused
to participate in attempts to rescue European Jews from the horrors of
the inferno of Europe because it suited their own purposes to do so.
The advent of Zionist ideology, even before the creation of the state,
met with tremendous opposition from great Jewish leaders who saw in
Zionism two major problems: One, that the Jewish people had been
commanded not to try and leave exile by force, but rather to live
peacefully as subservient loyal citizens wherever they would reside.
And secondly, that we had similarly been forbidden from assuming
ownership of the land. That these things have come to pass and that
they have been achieved through the wide scale oppression of another
nation is absolutely in dissonance with Jewish faith and law. The
great Rabbis who witnessed the birth of Zionism predicted that this
movement would bring terrible catastrophes upon the Holy Land and upon
the world, and many refer to this development as the foremost reason
for the holocaust itself. The Rabbis saw Zionism as a horribly
rebellious phenomenon and felt that by embracing Zionism the Jewish
people was invoking the Divine wrath, and in fact, in our time, it is
clear that Zionism has created untold tragedy. Throughout the
centuries Jew and Muslim lived side by side amicably, but those times
predated the Zionist era. The situation is such that we need a
miraculous salvation from what Zionism has wrought.
What is most important, though, is that when approaching the
all-important topics of Zionism and the holocaust that we keep our
balance and moral clarity. What was done to the Jews and to other
European peoples, such as the Poles and Gypsies, was a great evil. If
its parameters need to be explored, let them be freely explored, but
all the while realizing that we are exploring the reality of an evil
deed. This is the delicate clarity that is so needed when approaching
this sensitive issue.
Similarly, when studying Zionism we need to always distinguish between
Zionism and Judaism. Between those caught in its grasps and those
actively committing acts of Zionist aggression; Between Torah True
Jews and those who have strayed from our faith and traditions;
These are the distinctions that need go forth from this conference.
They will lend its deliberations credibility and add to the ultimate
goal of peace between peoples, the eradication of all cruelty, and the
overall moral and Divine agenda of all mankind.
May G-d be with you.
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14 Dec 2006 11:16:11 PM |
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14 Dec 2006 11:22:58 PM |
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now I know there is no Holowcost
Ron Baker, Pluralitas! wrote:
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May G-d be with you.
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