Light One Candle: Bibi on the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Challenge
By Nathan Guttman
Benjamin Netanyahu has a message to the American Jewish community: It’s time to get out and fight against the lies people are spreading about Israel.
Netanyahu himself, as he told a crowd of 1,000 hand-picked Jewish activists at an invitation-only event Thursday evening at New York’s 92nd Street Y, has already embarked on the mission of making the world know the truth about Israel.
And this mission was handed to Netanyahu by none other than the late Lubavitcher Rebbe.
It was a lengthy tale, and Netanyahu was at his best: entertaining the audience with anecdotes, giving a personal touch and throwing in the unavoidable references to his military past. The tale begins with a friend of Netanyahu (from his army years) knocking on his door in New York when Netanyahu was Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, and it ends with the Lubavitcher rabbi dancing with a Torah scroll under a glowing circle of light.
The message the rabbi had for Netanyahu was that he is entering a “house of lies,” and that his mission would be to “light a candle of truth for the Jewish people.”
The lies being spread about Israel, according to Netanyahu, are three: Holocaust denial, accusations that Israel is the aggressor in the region, and claims that Jews are foreign colonialists in the Land of Israel.
Elie Wiesel Interviewed by a Fiery Evangelical
By Nathan Guttman
During the 2008 presidential campaign fiery evangelical leader John Hagee got into trouble after a sermon had surfaced in which he suggested that the Holocaust was a divine act meant to drive the Jews to the land of Israel.
This sermon led Republican presidential candidate John McCain to reject Hagee’s endorsement and distance himself from the controversial pastor.
Hagee, the leader of Christians United for Israel, has since worked to explain his views and prove his credentials to the Jewish community.
This week, Hagee invited Nobel laureate Ellie Wiesel to be his guest for an hour-long interview on his TV show.
The highlight of the interview: Hagee repeatedly attempts to make a tie between the Holocaust era and the current threats facing Israel from Iran. Wiesel stresses there is no comparison you can make to the Holocaust, although he is also alarmed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
And more on Hagee and the Holocaust remembrance: Last month his group sponsored a two week trip for Christian students to Poland and Israel, similar to the March of the Living trips taken by many Jewish teens.
June 14, 2007, 1:00pm
One of These People Is Not Like the Others
By The Bintel Blogger Who Shall Not Be Named
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, Djimon Hounsou, Eva Mendes, Julianne Moore, Rihanna, Usher, Rachel Weisz and Elie Wiesel have been named Cartier “Bracelet Ambassadors.”
According to the press release, “the new bracelet features an 18K white gold miniature bracelet graced with the word and accented with two signature screw motifs. It is set into a knotted silk cord available in various colors, with each cord designating support of a unique cause.”
Note the color designations:
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw for the Neighbor’s Keeper Foundation - chocolate brown bracelet
Djimon Hounsou for SOS Children’s Villages - deep copper bracelet
Eva Mendes for The Art of Elysium - navy bracelet
Julianne Moore for the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance - lavender bracelet
Rihanna for Believe - sea foam green bracelet
Usher for the New Look Foundation - gold bracelet
Rachel Weisz for The Constant Gardener Trust - lilac bracelet
Elie Wiesel for The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity - yellow bracelet
But what if they start rounding up everyone with $475 yellow bracelets?
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