Category Archives: Zionism

What happened to my home town

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Now a few words about my home town, Fresno California, butt of countless jokes and YouTubes full of mostly derogatory references to it from films and TV shows made in sophisticated Los Angeles. With a population of about 525,000, it … Continue reading →

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Europeans, Jews and the Holocaust

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

The story of Jews, Poles and the Holocaust is not simple. Of course some Poles cooperated with the Nazis in murdering Jews. Some even murdered Jews by themselves, sometimes even after the Germans were gone. On the other hand, the … Continue reading →

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Where may a Jew live?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

In my previous post I said that Rabbi Raziel Shevach, z”l, was murdered only because he was a Jew. A reader of my blog took issue, and because I think this question is important, I’ve decided to write a special … Continue reading →

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Zionism and ‘Lennonism’

Posted on November 9, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Who among us wouldn’t – doesn’t – prioritize the well-being of members of one’s own immediate family above others? Other things being equal, if one has a chance to help a family member or a non-member (but not both), then … Continue reading →

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Keeping the Jewish State

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Uri Avnery, the grand old man of the Israeli Left, recently wrote that with the establishment of the State of Israel, Zionism had lost its utility and even its meaning. Zionism, as is commonly known, was born as a term … Continue reading →

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Zapata was a Zionist

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

72 years after Hitler’s suicide, the story of the Holocaust has lost its power to deter public expressions of Jew-hatred. In Europe and America, the extreme Right is not embarrassed to say, for example, that massive immigration from the Third … Continue reading →

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Why American Jews should make aliyah

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Advocating aliyah creates friction. Sometimes people think you are trying to display your moral superiority (“nyah, nyah, I moved to the Jewish state and you didn’t”). Sometimes they think you are trying to steal their children – my wife was … Continue reading →

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Why you should make aliyah

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

There about 6.5 million Jews living in each of Israel and the USA, and another two million in the rest of the world. As everyone knows, the great Jewish communities of Eastern Europe, the Muslim world and Russia have declined … Continue reading →

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