Comments on: Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year): Will God forgive?

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Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:27:20 +0000

[…] As Alan Hart asks: Will God forgive? […]

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 01:16:13 +0000

I was just wondering why do you think that it is all the Jews are required to say sorry to the Palestinians? What do Jews that don’t live in Israel, never went there, nor plan to, have to feel sorry about? Sorry for simply existing? Isn’t it what some Palestinians say they were “guilty” of in Zionists’ eyes?
I think with your “all Jews” comment you maybe placing yourself in a dangerous territory, and I am not even talking about anti-Semitism. Wouldn’t it require all Britons to say the exact same word to the P. as well? I know that it is an entirely separate conversation and discussion, but wasn’t it the British, without having been asked by the most Jews of E. Europe, decided to appoint some early Z leaders as the mouthpieces of all E Jews and gave them power to speak on behalf of all Jews in saying that they want a Jewish homeland in Palestine? Isn’t it how this mess began in the first place, in all honesty?

By: Elandalussi

Elandalussi — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:34:01 +0000

Arthur Lloyd wrote:
“The Muslims have their “Imams” and the sword, according to history. ”

What about this other history, for sure not the same as yours:

- crusades, invasions & wars launched by the Roman Church and the barbaric european feudals against a peaceful & civilised countries where christians, jews & muslims lived in peace side by side in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon ?
- ethnic cleaning, launched by the christian Church in Andalussia where 75% of people where muslims ?
- christian inquisition and persecution of muslims & jews since the 15th century ordered by the christian Church ?
- may i mention the genocide of american indians till the 20th century and the erasing of their beautiful civilisation bye the WASP ?
- and the organised slavery in Africa ?
- the millions of european people were slaughtered in the WW1 & WW2 ?
- hundreds of thousands of japanese people killed in a second by he most horrific slaughter in history in Nagasaki & Hiroshima ?
- the invasion & ethnic cleansing in Palestine since 1948 ?
- number of wars wagged against muslim countries in Africa & Middle East to steal their own ressources as oil, gold, etc.
- western “civilisation” made the biggest industry of death ever on earth, the most advanced weaponery were built in Europe & USA, & the most powerful military & financial complex
- the biggest army & arsenal of weaponery are in USA
- and last but not least, since the end of WW2, the statistics figures shed light on this fact: the rate of death due to wars are the most high in muslims countries almost all are civilian people as we can see every day in Afghanistan, Irak, Palestine, etc. etc.

The history will keep one fact: western way of life was desastrous for humanity!

So Arthur, my advice to you never, never talk about this “sword” of Islam. Never! Because i can tell one thing i prefer the “sword” of Islam rather than the sophisticated classic & nuclear weaponery you used against civilians all over this plabet.

By: Massimo Mandolini-Pesaresi

Massimo Mandolini-Pesaresi — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:50:41 +0000

Thank you, Alan,
marvelous article.
I used to read Rabbi Sacks’ weekly comments on the Torah, but then he started mixing religion and politics, whitewashing Zionist history and depicting a fairy-tale land of Israel.
I am afraid his answer to your question would be something like
“But we repeatedly extended our hands to the Palestinians and they always responded with violence and deception”
(I guess that such word might be interpreted by a psychologist as an instance of projective identification).

By: David King

David King — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 07:34:20 +0000

Good work Arthur.

By: David King

David King — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 23:05:43 +0000

How many Jews are there? I am not talking about those who are zionists, or who consider themselves “ethnically” Jew; but real Jews? Those that have some sense of morality. I would suggest too little a number to raise their voice over the noise of the “fake” Jews.

In Australia, financial benefits are available to those who have some Aboriginal blood. You see people who are 1/16 or so they will tell you. They are Aboriginal only to be able to claim a welfare payment. Zionists are not Jews, but just those seeking financial benefit or a disguise for their wrong doing.

So how many Jews really exist in this world? I don’t think they can help clarify the situation for those who don’t understand what is going on.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:04:53 +0000

I don’t think the subject is whether or not there is a God. What a useless debate. Instead we should be looking at what the Jewish community should be doing to stem the noxious tide of Zionism, which is using Judaism as an excuse to plunder Palestine and violate international laws.

By: derick

derick — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:28:35 +0000

What I have lately noticed and what is particularly disturbing, is the hate speech uttered by some Rabbis. I have a great measure of sympathy with Jewish emotions. However, if the historical Jew (pre 1902) had been as troublesome in the countries where they lived as the modern day Zionist have been since 1902, then one begins to understand why they have not been welcome anywhere.

By: David King

David King — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:34:41 +0000

If there is a god or not is besides the point. What Alan has said to the Jews is: will you follow your own rules. Obviously they will not because they have not.

By: Joseph Lague

Joseph Lague — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:18:10 +0000

This is a silly setup. I was raised a christian. The answers to your questions are obvious to anyone who counts himself a sinner before God. God has already forgiven. To receive the forgiveness one must nhot only admit the sin before god and man, but also right the wrong. I am agnostic now, which, I think, allows me a pass on this silly subject placed in this setting. If I really had to explain this comment I would have to write a book — actually a history. But this has already been done.