Not in the Name of Judaism – A Last True Alarm for New York Jews
Don't pretend to be surprised. Don't play the "we didn't know" game.
You all knew very well who Zoharan of Madani was.
He didn't hide it. It did not soften. He didn't dress up.
He used blatant anti-Zionism, anti-Semitic rhetoric under the guise of "human rights," and open hatred for any Jew who dared to defend himself without apologizing.
When he talks about Netanyahu's arrest, he is not talking about sections of the law.
He's talking about a symbol.
Netanyahu, in the eyes of Israel-haters, is not an individual. He plays the new Jew: The sovereign Jew.The Fighting Jew. The Jew who refuses to be a professional victim.
The Jew who doesn't give the other cheek to the one who slaps him.
And that's exactly the reason for hate!
The Leadership Failure of New York Jewry
New York Jewry is suffering from a severe leadership crisis.
And in this vacuum, a distorted and dangerous connection was created:
Parts of anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Judaism, led by the Satmar Hasidism, along with radical progressive Jews within the Democratic Party, found themselves a political ally in the form of Mamadani.
Yes, we will write the names explicitly:
the two brothers, the Satmar Rebbis' joined together in a rare connection with liberal Jews from the extreme progressive left, because they both lead a consistent line of opposition to Zionism, each for their own reasons. And for this reason, they supported Mamadani together.
This may be their theological position, but it is not a defense of reality. Because this is where fatal confusion occurs: Anyone who thinks that Jewish anti-Zionism and anti-Semitic anti-Zionism are the same is not naïve. He is blind.
The Lesson Learned in Jerusalem — and Forgotten in New York
We will tell you a true, well-documented historical story;
This is not a parable, nor a fairy tale.
In the 1920s and 1930s, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, turned to Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld zt"l, one of the leaders of the Old Yishuv.
Husseini was not an "innocent Palestinian nationalist." He was an outspoken supporter of Nazi Germany, an ideological partner of Hitler, and an active supporter of preventing the rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, and his declared ambition was to eliminate the Jewish presence in the Land of Israel and the entire East, as part of a radical anti-Semitic worldview.
He offered Rabbi Sonnenfeld cooperation:
Ultra-Orthodox and Muslims together against a Jewish state.
Rabbi Sonnenfeld answered him with a sentence that should be engraved in stone:
"I oppose Zionism because I love the people of Israel. You oppose Zionism because you hate the people of Israel. We will never be able to stand on the same side."
This sharp distinction was understood by an eighty-year-old rabbi in Jerusalem.
That distinction has been erased today by Jewish leaders in New York.
The deterioration has already begun.The choice of Mamadani is not a theory. It's a reality.
Signing orders. "Technical" changes.Discrimination is wrapped up in legal language.
It won't come with a scream! It will come in a drip.
Like in Egypt. As with Pharaoh.
Step by step.
Because hatred has patience, and a hostile regime has time.
An unambiguous call
The Jews of New York!!! Don't fight for comfort.
fight for your very existence as free Jews.
Get organized. Take to the streets. A million Jews!!! No excuses, no fake banners.
Yes!! Your true place is in the Land of Israel.
But as long as you're there (USA), you can't abandon the house.
Hacham was also punished for his negligence.
And to Madani we say this simply:
If even one hair is touched of any Jew in New York, the moral and historical responsibility will be written in your name.
A final word to the Satmar Hasidim:
Don't count on miracles. Don't dream about last-minute rescue trains.
History doesn't repeat itself, it punishes.
Your position today is not "zeal for the sake of Heaven." It is a disgrace to Judaism. It is a shame for you and your leaders, who in the name of hatred of Zionism ignore hatred of Jews.
Don't wait for Kristallnacht.
It always comes after years of silence.
Now is the time to choose a side.
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Written by: @Yaacov Harrar
