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"Friendship: 'It is not hard to push a person away. The real work
is to draw him close and uplift him'." Netiv Tzaddik 31 - The Essential
Rabbi Nachman.
Taking
care of ourselves is good for the eyes of G-d and be careful "as much as
possible" other human beings is a challenge but we can not give up to find
and intensify the good in them. Shalom!
The
3500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land” exhibition
opens in Washington DC on Capital Hill.
Nov 18 - UNESCO’s
Director-General, Irina Bokova, today opened an exhibition on the history of
the Jewish people in the Middle East on Capital Hill, remarks by the Chairman
of House Committee on Foreign Affairs Hon Ed Royce , Hon Eliot Engel, Israeli
Am Ron Dermer and Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.
Entitled People, Book, Land:
The 3500 Year Relationship of the Jewish People with the Holy Land, the
exhibition presents an overview of Jewish life in the Middle East from Biblical
times to the present through some 30 illustrated panels and texts. It was co-organized
by UNESCO and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, and sponsored by the Permanent
Delegations to UNESCO of Canada, Israel, Montenegro and the United States of
America.
“UNESCO
is the first United Nations’ agency to host an exhibition on the links between
the Jewish people and the Holy Land. In doing so the Organization is confirming
its role as a universal platform for intellectual cooperation and intercultural
dialogue,” said UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova at the opening event.
And...
On the week of the worst terrorist attacks in
recent history in Europe, news that has shaken the international community to
its core, a group of men and women, diplomats, journalists and Rabbis, Imams,
and Reverends, met at the United Nations for the November 9th Summit
mobilizing Cultural and Religious Ethics for Agenda 2030.
It is notable that it was the Permanent Mission of Panama to the United Nations
that hosted this event, given that this small and prominent Latin American
country, decades earlier, had been one of the visionaries to promote the Jewish
lawyer, Raphael Lemkin and his 1948 Convention on Genocide, which was
ultimately, the cornerstone for the International Criminal Court now based in
The Hague.
Co-sponsored by the Institute of Noahide Code/IPCGE, the platform for
this event on 9th November, was the Universal Noahide Code
"UNC", setting forth to the international diplomatic and religious
community what philosopher Hugo Grotius cited as the basis for the 1945 United
Nations Charter and thus, the cornerstone of all international law.
Grotius further pointed out that the "UNC" is the practical means, by
which humanity may strive to live in unity and in peace and can thus fulfill
its potential to see all the families of the earth blessed. These laws of
peace and unity encompass respect for G-d, for human life, respect for the
family, for other people's property, for the creation, respect for judicial
systems plus respect for all creatures and the environment.
Among those participating, Her Excellency, the Ambassador Laura Flores of
Panama, who was the keynote speaker and opened the event welcoming
everyone. Ambassador Flores highlighted the efforts to be made now, so
that future generations inherit and can enjoy a culture of peace built on respect
and understanding. Peace which indeed in thought, and also in the Wall in
front of the United Nations Headquarters, is prominently displayed not far from
where Ambassador Flores spoke. There on the famed 1948 Isaiah Wall, we
read, "They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall
they learn war any more."
Another notable speaker among many prominent participants as The Honorable H.
Lincoln Douglas, Minister from Trinidad and Tobago, was Mr. Gianni Picco,
former Under Secretary General of the United Nations. On the 9th
November, Mr. Picco who was instrumental and actively involved in releasing
numerous Western hostages in the Middle East, notably Beirut, spoke about his
mediation among terrorists and then some regional tyrants, to save lives,
reunite families, spare the world of more bloodshed. Moderating the
events, was the Mayor of Lawrence, Long Island, Mr. Martin Oliner, where the
Druze leader, Coronel (Ret.) Munib Bader spoke about how the Druze have no
aspirations of becoming a country or converting anyone to their monotheistic
religion or tradition, and are loyal to the people where they reside.
Because 2,000,000 Druzim live in Syria, in Lebanon, and in Israel, the Druze
are uniquely positioned to bring peace among these people in the region,
according to Coronel Bader.
Among other prominent speakers at the United Nations, Rabbi Elie Abadie,
of Yale University Center for Faith and Culture, and Chief Rabbi of Safra
Synagogue in Manhattan, and Imam Shamsi Ali, spiritual leader of Jamaica Muslim
Center of New York. Whereas Rabbi Abadie spoke about how religious
leaders have to find a means to transmit religious values in a manner that is
both positive and conducive to non violence, Imam Ali said that he has been
actively pursuing the building of bridges between the different religions that
stem from Abraham.
Rabbi Yakov David Cohen, founder of the Institute of the
Noahide Code and accredited to the Economic and Social Council at the United
Nations, opened the panel of religious and cultural values. He first
thanked among others, Shoshana Bekerman, without whose expert involvement, the
event would have been very difficult to organize. Furthermore, Dr.
Leonard Grunstein spoke about finances and development as a means of empowering
people. Rabbi Cohen also mentioned, Mrs. Judy Schaffer, who moderated a
panel on development. But it was Rabbi Yakov Cohen, who reminded those
present in this first UNC Summit at the UN, that the basis of the gathering
were the 7 Laws of Noah, with the common thread of the memory of the
destruction and despair, upon which the UN was established. The Rav
reminded those present that the event was being held on the 77th anniversary of
Krystallnacht, a time of darkness and desperation, which memory placed on those
participants, and their constituents and congregants, the unique responsibility
which humankind carries to be messengers of goodness, kindness and global
change.
Great atheism
is coming to the world as a test from on high. The world’s many sins are causing
a terrible lack of faith. Happy is the person who stays firm in his faith in
these times.
The fact that
I am predicting this will not prevent the increase of Godlessness and
confusion. Long ago Daniel and others made it known that this would happen in
the days before the Mashiach. “Many will purify themselves and be refined, and
make themselves shining white. But the wicked will do evil… and only the wise
shall understand” (Daniel 12:10).
Knowing that
this has already been foreseen, it would seem that it should not be such a
great trial for people to remain strong and firm in their faith. But the truth
is that even though the prophets made this known long ago, it will still be a
great trial. Many will fall by the way, and that is why it is written: “the wicked
will do evil.”
I AM REVEALING
THIS FOR THE SAKE OF THE FEW PURE SOULS WHO WILL REMAIN FIRM IN THEIR FAITH.
THEY WILL CERTAINLY FACE GREAT BATTLES EVEN IN THEIR OWN MINDS. BUT WHEN THEY
SEE THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PREDICTED, IT WILL GIVE THEM GREATER STRENGTH
AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
