Forget BDS; B.I.G.!

October 5th, 2010

Support the Chosen & Offend the Nutbars

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews invited me to Washington in May to participate in the National Day of Prayer. It was a great honor to be included.

They sent me a photo in the mail. It’s a signed 8 by 10, featuring me and Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein. The rabbi autographed it and wrote a short message.

I considered having it framed, but then I thought, “Do I really want to advertise my support for Israel in my home?”

A new wave of anti-Semitism is coming. It’s already very bad in Europe, and it’s starting to get worse here. Google “BDS” and “Israel” and see. Prominent leftist websites come up, admonishing us to boycott, divest, and sanction. Punish Israel for defending herself against over a billion enemies who intend to destroy the Jewish homeland.

We will probably see a day when American Jews have to hide. When that day comes, will you be able to help them if you’ve already identified yourself as a supporter of the chosen? When the feds start looking for “troublemakers,” I’ll be easy to find.

I guess the photo won’t make any difference. I’m already pretty obvious.

I had some thoughts about this today. What will the future be like for American Jews?

Religious Jews are city people. This is unfortunate. They have to have synagogues, they can’t hunt for food, and they can’t slaughter their own meat. America is full of rural land where they should be able to hide, but rural living would throw their lives into chaos. Christians can be extremely self-sufficient, but religious Jews can’t. What will they do?

I guess they’ll have to establish small religious cells where they can practice their faith below the radar. And they’ll probably be eating a lot of grain and vegetables.

One of my Jewish high school friends lost his dad in the Eighties. It turned out he had $900,000 of cash (unreported) hidden in the wall of his house. At the time, I thought it was just greed, but now I think there may have been more to it than that. Jews know they can’t trust the government or their neighbors. It’s strange that they consistently vote for big government, considering the way strong governments have treated them, but that’s how it is. Maybe this guy was saving for the day when America turned on him and his family.

We use cash less and less often now. What happens when the Nuremberg laws pop up and take effect, and you’re used to using credit and debit cards? If you use plastic, the government will always know exactly where you are, and the nature of the things and services you buy will tell them a lot about you. And the government will be able to turn your cards off. Not a good situation to be in.

I guess my friend’s dad was onto something.

I think Jews need to maintain reserves of cash and precious metals. The cash will work when the government turns on Jews. The metals will work if the currency goes bad. At the very least, a Jewish family will need enough wealth to get them to Israel.

The problem with cash and precious metals is that they attract thieves. Yet another reason for Jews to be armed, with guns Uncle Sam doesn’t know about.

I still believe silver will be the metal of choice. Gold is too hard to spend. You can buy bags of silver coins (90% pure) and hold them until you need them.

Because of Islam, the government’s surveillance capabilities are getting very strong. And the change is showing up in unexpected ways. You know those electronic toll things they have now? The government can use those to keep track of your whereabouts and your travels. Here in Miami, they scan license plates, and they send letters out to people who have problems with the toll system. I received such a letter. In order to make that work, they have to keep records, so obviously, they’re keeping records. This isn’t a big deal to me, but what if I were Jewish, and things were starting to heat up? How would I move my family around? I’d have to avoid every major traffic artery. Either that or borrow a vehicle.

Jews need to think about stuff like this. But 90% of them won’t.

It’s hard to believe anti-Semitism is getting this big. It’s mainstream in Europe now, disguised as support for “Palestinians,” and it’s considered very chic among American liberals. Today they attack Israel. Tomorrow they’ll be bold enough to attack the Jews themselves.

It’s strange that most Americans have never heard of “BDS.” Conservatives used to use this term to mean “Bush Derangement Syndrome,” but now it means “Boycott, Divest, Sanction.” Google it and watch the mainstream leftist blogs come up by the score. It’s the rallying cry of modern anti-Semitism.

How come there is no backlash? I think someone needs to start a “BIG” movement. “Buy, Invest, Go.” Maybe I’ll buy a domain.

Where are American Jews while all this is going on? Are they in a coma? Strange. They noticed Rick Sanchez, but they don’t say much about BDS. Which is the bigger threat?

It will be interesting to see how things play out. I’m glad I didn’t get caught on the wrong side, so I won’t face God’s wrath when the time comes.

7 Responses to “Forget BDS; B.I.G.!”

  1. Heather Says:

    Sent you a prayer request. Baby girl just now went back for surgery.

  2. Andrea Harris Says:

    A lot of American Jews are leftists, or at least Democrats, and they’re still hanging their fate on the wonderful reign of Barack H. Obama, who will be a boon to the Jewish community Real Soon Now. When he stops shmoozing with his Muslim pals. Any day now he’ll make nice with Israel and bring them and the Arabs together in peace and love.

    I read the comments of a lot of this type of Jew on rightwing and libertarian websites, where they are busy admonishing the other commenters on how it’s important to be Diverse and Multicultural, and the superiority of the European outlook over the “parochial and narrowminded” American one. They are proud of being “openminded.” I wouldn’t wait for these people to get some sense. They’re just like the ones who waited until the very last minute to think about maybe leaving Germany, and by then it was too late and the only trains left were heading for the camps, but you can’t say that or you’ll get them shrieking “Godwin!” at you.

  3. Aaron's cc: Says:

    Down the street from me this weekend, Eckstein and Pat Boone are speaking at an Orthodox synagogue:

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    As the event will be on Shabbos, neither my voice recorder nor my video camera will be rolling.
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    Bar mitzvah of a friend’s son in my shul, so I’ll miss the morning speech, but I may try to get to the afternoon and evening events.

  4. Steve B Says:

    It’s troubling how so many Christians tend to forget the intimate bond we have with Jews. We ARE Jews! We have been grafted into the True Vine. We are adopted sons and daughters, whereras the Jews are the first born.

    Our faith takes on such a richness the more we understand the “Messianic” nature of so many of the Jewish traditions.

    Christians should be the refuge to which the Jews can flee.

    And I agree with you 100% on the tracking stuff. Just look at what they are doing with RFID chips now.

  5. Jim Says:

    If anyone here hasn’t heard Nonie Darwish speak, or read her book, it’s a vital insight into the mind of the Arab. She’s not the first Arab to yank the scab off of the festering sore of Islamic anti-Semitism, but she’s probably one of the most effective.

    And make no mistake, the Arabic lies, denial, delusions and slanders form the basis and fuel of this modern, post Nazi version of the oldest cancer in humanity.

    Steve, one thing I’ll point out though, is WWII history is replete with accounts that even observant Jews did what they had to do, including the slaughter of livestock, in their hides in the forests of Poland and Russia. No, not all of them did, but enough so that the groups would carry on.

    They gathered arms and resisite, also. Heroically. Just a shame that they waited till it was way too late to make much of a difference for thier peoples….by time the did, the great cities were rubble, the killing camps were at full throughput, and the small remnants that carried on and fought and resisted were too small to have made any marked difference for their bretheren.

    I’m trying to reach my Jewish brothers the same way I win over liberals and centrists to the benefits of conservative thought. One at a time.

    Seems to work that way, too.

    Jim
    Sunk New Dawn
    Galveston, TX

  6. Steve H. Says:

    “WWII history is replete with accounts that even observant Jews did what they had to do, including the slaughter of livestock, in their hides in the forests of Poland and Russia.” This is a good point. I remember reading about Meyer, a Jew Corrie ten Boom hid, reluctantly enjoying his first bite of pork sausage. I know Jews are allowed to violate most of the law in order to survive. But by the time they get around to it, they’ll already be in deep trouble.

  7. Elisson Says:

    You may have heard about the sermon Barry Rubin references in this post – the electrifying Rosh Hashanah sermon delivered by Rabbi Shalom Lewis of Marietta, Georgia a few weeks ago.

    Lewis, who identifies himself as a registered Democrat, says:

    “I was no great fan of George Bush – didn’t vote for him. (By the way, I’m still a registered Democrat.) I disagreed with many of his policies but one thing he had right. His moral clarity was flawless when it came to the War on Terror, the War on Radical Islamist Terror. There was no middle ground – either you were friend or foe. There was no place in Bush’s world for a Switzerland. He knew that this competition was… a deadly serious war, winner take all. Blink and you lose. Underestimate, and you get crushed.”

    Read the whole thing.

    I was there to hear it live. Lewis is my rabbi, and I see him several times a week – not just on the High Holidays.