What it means to be a Jew?
This is from an Israeli woman.
I am not the least afraid to go any place, By bus
or to a mall.
I didn't change or stop doing anything I used
to do before this mess began!
People tend to forget that twice the casualties From
terror get killed on the roads!
More people still die From
heart attack, cancer, And other things, They just don't show them on TV.
Don't misunderstand me, There is a war going
on, It's not pleasant, But, lets face it:
WE HAVE NEVER BEEN BETTER OFF!!!!
It's only TV
and the media that
make people think That the end of the world is coming.
Only 60 years ago, they were leading Jews to
their death Like sheep to the slaughter!
No Country, No Army. 55 years ago!!
Seven Arab countries declared war On the small Jewish
State,
Only a few hours
old!!
We were then 650,000 Jews! Against the rest of
the Arab world!
No IDF [
Just tough people
With nowhere to go.
The country the UN "gave us" Was 65%
desert.
The country started from scratch!
35 years ago!! We fought The three
strongest armies
in the
We fought against Different coalitions of Arab
countries, With modern armies, And masses of Soviet
Russian weapons, And we still won!!!
We have today A
country, An army, A strong Air Force, A Hi-Tech Economy, exporting millions.
Intel - Microsoft - IBM develop
their stuff here.
Our doctors
win world prizes For medical developments.
We made the desert flourish, Selling oranges
and vegetables to the world.
We sit proudly, With the US, with 250 million
people, With Russia, with 200 million people, With China, with 1.1 billion
people, With the Europeans -- France,
To think that only 60 years ago, We were led, Shameful, With no hope, To our death!!
We crawled out of the burning ashes of
Who the hell is Mr. Arafat
To
make me Scared? To make me be Terrified?
You make me laugh!
Passover
was celebrated; Let's not forget what the story is all about. We overcame
Pharaoh, We overcame the Greeks, We overcame the Romans, We overcame the
Inquisition in Spain, We overcame the Pogroms in Russia, We overcame Hitler, We
overcame the Germans, We overcame the Holocaust, We overcame the armies of the
seven Arab countries, We overcame Saddam.[Unable to
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Take it easy, folks, We will overcome The
present enemies too.
No matter Which part
of human history you try!
Think of it, For us, The Jewish people,[Unable to
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So, Let's Lift our Heads High, Let's Remember:
Any nation or culture That tried to mess
around with us Was destroyed - while we kept going!!!
Anyone know where their empire disappeared to?
The Greeks?
Alexander of
The Romans?
Does anyone today speak Latin?
The Third Reich?
Anyone heard any news about it lately?
And look at us, The Nation from the Bible,
From Slavery in
The Arabs
don't know it
yet, But, they will learn that there is one God.
As long as we keep our identity, We are eternal.
So, sorry for not worrying,
Not bitching, Not crying, Not being scared.
Things are O.K. here.
They surely can be better,
But still:
Don't fall for the media junk, They won't tell
you That there are Festivals going on, That people keep on living, That people
are going out, That people are seeing friends.
Yes, our morale is low, So
what?
It's only because we weep for our dead While they enjoy
the blood.
This is the same reason why, We will win, after all.
You can forward this e-mail
If
you choose. To the whole Jewish community, And to people
throughout the world.
They are part of our strength. It might help
some of them To keep their heads up high.
Tell them That there
is nothing to worry about.
Tell them to think BIG, and To
see the whole picture.
"See You Next Year in