EBulletin for May 25, 2017
Shalom ZOA Members, Friends and Supporters of Israel,
Why not pick up a perfectly perforated gift for yourself or someone else?
The Israeli government has issued a postage stamp recognizing the important work that ZOA does on the occasion of ZOA’s 120th anniversary. You can get a copy of this special collectable as a keepsake for yourself or to give as a gift for a small donation. There is just a limited number of these items available, so act as soon as possible. Once our supply of these is gone, you won’t have a chance to get something like this for another 120 years!
See a copy of the flyer below.
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Greater Philadelphia ZOA is looking for volunteers to help with a special mailing that we are doing the morning and afternoon of Monday, June 12.
The mailing will take place near our office in Bala Cynwyd. If you are able to lend us a hand and a few hours of your time, we would greatly appreciate it.
Please email us or phone us at 610-660-9466 if you are able to help out.
Thank you in advance!
ZOA Washington Mission Update
Once again we have two buses from our area taking Greater Philadelphia ZOA members and supporters to Washington for ZOA’s National Pro-Israel Capitol Hill Mission. “Thank you” to those of you who will be coming with us to Washington to lobby Congress on June 6.
For those of you who are not able to join us in our nation’s capital, we are asking you to help make our effort a successful one by calling, emailing and faxing your lawmakers to promote the specific legislation we are speaking to Congress about. Just before the mission we will send out an email with bill/resolution numbers as well as contact information for our local lawmakers as well as for lawmakers throughout the country. We will ask you to share this with friends, family, colleagues and social-media contacts throughout America and ask you to encourage them to participate in this pro-Israel endeavor.
Look for the Greater Philadelphia ZOA table at:
Check Your Mailbox
In June many of you will be receiving a special mailing about our 2017 Gala. We know you are inundated with mail, but we ask that you please open our envelope and respond. Thank you!
Out & About
Greater Philadelphia ZOA Executive Director Steve Feldman will be speaking on Sunday, June 11 at 9:30 a.m., at Congregation Shivtei Yeshuron Ezras Israel, known as “The Little Shul,” at 2017 South 4th Street in Philadelphia. Feldman will discuss “The Six-Day War and its Ongoing Impact.”
Are Zionists Worse than Islamists?
Are Zionists worse than Islamists? According to how the mainstream media, the U.N., the E.U., NGOs, universities and academia, U.S. government officials, and Arab and Muslim propaganda tend to whitewash Islamism – including horrific acts of Islamic-inspired terrorism – and denigrate Zionism, the answer is yes. Here’s a handy guide.
Islamism: Can there be any serious argument about a religious-political system that seeks to enshrine and enact its laws (sharia) on lands it occupies, and attempts to conquer through jihad (holy war)? Sharia law essentially abuses women, endorses so-called honor killings and female genital mutilation, demands male supremacy, is biased against all “infidels,” glorifies those who chop off the heads of Jews and Christians or who otherwise murder infidels, stones adulterers, puts to death apostates, cuts off the hands of thieves, severely punishes those who criticize Mohammed or Islam, treats non-believers as second-class citizens (dhimmis), and is anti-American, anti-Semitic, and anti-democracy. Its ultimate goal is Islamic supremacy and triumphalism. What positive things have Islamists brought to the world at large?
Zionism: According to the Jewish Virtual Library, the term was coined in 1890 by Nathan Birnbaum and generally refers to “the national movement for the return of the Jewish people to their homeland and the resumption of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Zionism has come to include the movement for the development of the State of Israel and the protection of the Jewish nation in Israel through support for the Israel Defense Forces.” The Jewish people’s basic right to self-determination owing to its long history of being persecuted and living as a diaspora community is potent and self-evident. Israel is an open democracy that respects all civil rights and grants equal rights to women, minorities (25% are Arab and non-Jews), and gays. It has an independent judiciary, a robust free press, and excellent health care and educational systems. It upholds freedom of religion and worship with full and complete access to religious sites – in short, classic Western liberal values. This is all enshrined in its Declaration of the Establishment of the State of Israel.
Read the rest of the article at: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/05/are_zionists_worse_than_islamists.html#ixzz4iCA7Ktis
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What is the “120 Club”?
See details in a future email about how you can participate in this special
ZOA anniversary commemoration.
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This Memorial Day we honor the memories of the fallen heroes who gave their lives in defense of our nation. We wish those of you who have lost loved ones a meaningful Memorial Day.
