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Israel Alert Newsletter
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14 Cheshvan 5774
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October 18, 2013
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Now: Help Save the Iraqi Jewish Archive
The U.S. National
Archives and Records Administration recently opened an exhibit entitled
"Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage," which
features the Iraqi Jewish Archive that American troops discovered in the
basement of Saddam Hussein's secret police headquarters, otherwise known as the
Mukhabarat. The Iraqi Jewish Archive documents this community's history, which
spans some 2,500 years and predates the existence of Islam.
The archive's
historical items include a Hebrew Bible with commentaries from 1568, a
Babylonian Talmud from 1793, Judeo-Arabic manuscripts, family photographs,
Iraqi Jewish communal documents, and other significant items illegally seized
following the expulsion of most Jews from Iraq in the wake of Israel's
establishment as a state. The Iraqi Jewish Archive was badly damaged in a flood
during the 2003 Iraq War, yet was restored thanks to the efforts of prominent
members of the Jewish community in cooperation with the U.S. government.
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 Massive Gaza Terror Tunnel Discovered in Southern Israel
The recent discovery of a 1.7-kilometer terror tunnel extending from Gaza to
the western Negev kibbutz of Ein Hashlosha in the Eshkol region, near the Gaza
border, demonstrates the serious security threat faced by Israel and its need
to remain on high alert. The tunnel was capable of transferring several
hostages quickly to Gaza and was clearly meant for kidnappings and terror
attacks, according to IDF and defense ministry spokesmen.
The IDF destroyed the tunnel. "The determination deep in the hearts and
minds of resistance fighters is more important than tunnels dug in the
mud," a Hamas spokesman commented on Twitter. According to media reports,
residents of Ein Hashlosha heard the digging near a kindergarten and alerted
the IDF.
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Czech President Supports Moving Embassy to Jerusalem
The friendship expressed by Czech President Milos Zeman during his recent visit
to Israel - organized with the purpose of upgrading bilateral trade and
investment - was preceded by his proposal, made while still in Europe, to move
the Czech embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
As reported in the European Jewish Press, Zeman, in advance of elections in
Czechoslovakia scheduled for October 25-26, stated that "I've appointed a
cabinet of which I can say for sure that if it stayed in office, it could
support this idea [of moving the Czech embassy to Jerusalem].
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Living
Torah: The Kindness of Abraham
As the Torah tells us, Abraham was sitting by his tent as he saw three desert
wanderers in the distance coming towards his tent. He begs them to stay and
rest a little bit and to have something to eat. He then rushes to tell Sarah
that guests have arrived and that she should start baking bread and cake.
Not resting just yet, Abraham then rushes to the animals to prepare some meat
for his guests to eat. (Yes, this is the same 99 year old that just circumcised
himself.). We see that Abraham spared no expense or difficulty in order to
provide a quick and abundant meal for his guests.
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