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TFJ: The Birth of Israel Episode 13

Sir Moses Montefiore was the greatest Jewish philanthropist. For all of his benevolent deeds he was awarded phenomenal old age, and he utilized every day productively.   

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TJF Birth of Israel Episode 12 

For the first time in 2000 years Jews had gathered in one place to declare that they were no longer willing to be bystanders on the stage of world history.

Representing all social strata and every variety of Jewish thought, 200 delegates convened to proclaim that the time had come to return to the Land of Israel.  

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TFJ: The Birth of Israel - Episode 11

From the Bible it is clear that Israel is the natural soil that can nourish a Jewish soul. Assimilated Herzl was unaware of Jewish tradition and how inviolate the tradition that Jews must ultimately return to their ancient homeland. Herzl got nowhere with either the Sultan or the Kaiser; he therefore turned to the British for the keys to unlock Palestine.  

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Teller From Jerusalem – Series 1 Episode 10 – Character Workshop

Who is a hero and who is mighty? In order to be able to access our strengths we must be aware of our weaknesses.

TFJ takes a look at the failing of “envy” that need not even govern the lives of athletes.

Thanks: video, Eliezer Cohn; special thanks: William Goldstein, Julie Snyder, Diana Epstein. 

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Teller From Jerusalem – Series 1 Episode 9 – The Birth of Israel

For many Jewish leaders, the Kishinev Pogrom was transformative.

To Herzl, Kishinev was further evidence that Jews desperately needed a home – wherever they could create it.

Thus, when he spoke about Kishinev, he did not refer to it as an event or a place, but rather as a condition. 

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Teller From Jerusalem – Series 1 Episode 8 – The Birth of Israel

Suffering from government-sponsored violent and lethal anti-Semitism, Russian Jews had basically once choice: to stay and endure, or to leave. The majority who left departed to America; a small fraction ascended to Palestine. Young Jewish boys under Tsarist decree had to suffer the plight of becoming “cantonists.”  

Song courtesy of JEP, Rabbi Yosef Golding 

Film courtesy of video of Rabbi Yaacov Yisroel Zuber the Rav of Stockholm, Sweden. Photograph courtesy of Itanari 

Teller From Jerusalem will take a two week hiatus after this episode. We will be back with Episode 9 on April 7, 2021. 

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FDR’s State Department, and the visa division in particular, headed by Breckinridge Long, adopted a policy of overt anti-semitism and kept the doors of the United States sealed to refugees whose life depended upon escaping Europe. MacDonald beseeched FDR to condemn the Nazi treatment of Jews to no avail. 

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Character Workshop 

What is motivating your actions? Is it the Good or the Evil Inclination? TFJ takes a look at the Broken Window Theory and sees practical application in character improvement: Thanks: video, Eliezer Cohn; special thanks: William Goldstein, Julie Snyder, Diana Epstein.

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Bowing to pressure, in 1906 the French military cleared Dreyfuss and had him readmitted to the army. After centuries of discrimination and expulsions, Zionism becomes a revolution to afford Jews a land that they may call home. Story of the voyage of the damned: the SS St. Louis.  

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Generous Baron Maurice de Hirsch refused to contribute to Herzl’s plan which he considered a fantasy. Eventually, as Daniel Gordis points out, this turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Herzl. “Better luck next time” wasn’t an option, and the need to improve resulted in Der Judenstaat. When things look catastrophic there is often a silver lining, case in point: The Auschwitz Protocols. As Dreyfuss languishes on Devil’s island, Emil Zola comes to his rescue by publishing, J’accuse. The most important work on sparking antisemitism,  the fictitious Protocols of the Elders of Zion, finds an enthusiastic supporter and disseminator in America, car magnate, Henry Ford. 

Photo Credits: Vrba-Wetzler Memorial  Auschwitz Fence – Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem J’accuse headline – J’accuse by Gaumont Cover image Protocols Elders of Zion: Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Jerusalem 

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