Sad and angry.....

[Talmidah]

A note to the children:

Dearest little ones: ....

And most of all tell mommy and daddy and your Rabbi that things will be ok and that a gentile man wrote you a letter and said: Isreal is protected this day by the righteous gentiles.

bless you

Pastor George

Oh PG, you have brought me to tears. Thank you. I have printed out your letter and will be giving it to my daughter this afternoon. What a blessing you are to all of us. Thank you!!!!!!

 

[Hix]

Hix,
I was thinking about your post this morning as I drove the children to school. My daughter (10) was asking about the press conference tomorrow and saying 'what is the point? people will always hate us when they don't even know us', etc. We briefly talked about anti-semitism through history and how its true that many people will hate us....BUT that we are following G-d and He will not abandon us. And that there are many, many people who, even if they don't agree with us theologically, will stand with us because they also love G-d and His people.

Thank you, Achi

lo, Thank you achoti!

Its so easy to give up at this point, our people have been oppressed from the beginning, always hated and afflicted and cast out. Regardless though men may do this, G-d is faithfull and just and will never forsake us, take a look at the picture in my sig "He will NOT forget the covenant of our fathers, ever" he loves us. And the Tanach says that one day the gentile nations will be stunned to see that all along G-ds arm was revealed to his covenant people, B'nei Yisrael, that 4000 years of hatred and countless attempts to wipe us from the face of the earth could never succeed, becuase He is our G-d and we are his people.

Read Proverbs 30:31 achoti, it should provide a lift for you
Shalom and G-d bless
~Hix~

 

[Talmidah]

Update...

The prayer service was nice, there were pastors there, as well as people from some area churches. Some people were teary eyed when our synagogue president spoke of when he was a little boy in Germany, he remembered kristalnacht...and said that when he drove up to the synagogue Saturday morning, the pieces of shattered glass were gleaming and shining in the sun and for a moment he felt as if he were that same little boy, he was transported back to Germany in November 1938 and the pain was so heavy.

Our cantor lead everyone in singing Oseh Shalom, the rabbi and one of the pastors prayed. After the service, people were hugging each other and some of the people were telling our members 'please know that we hurt with you when things like this happen.' After the service, the rabbi got a call from someone at the Islamic Center in Orange County, offering his support as well.

Here is part of what was written up in our local newspaper today:

Rev. Bruce Gray, pastor at St. Matthias Episcopal Church, said Beliak called him after Saturday's incident.

"We asked what we could do,' Gray said, adding that he immediately began e -mailing local church leaders and organizing Thursday's multidenominational gathering.

"We wanted to really make sure that people know that this is something God would not condone,' he added.

Representatives from a handful of other area Christian churches and many students from area colleges also attended the event. "It's a recognition that an offense against one is an offense against all,' said Bob Ihler, senior minister at First Christian Church.

 

[Sephania]

Talmidah, I pray that very much good will come from all this and all in your congregation will heal quickly from this.

 

[ShirChadash]

*tears*


Love you Tal We're praying for you and your loved ones here. How heartwarming to see the community of believers rally behind you folks -- how very true... an assault against one is an assault against all and Praise HaShem that they stand with you.

 

[Henaynei]

/me is saddened by the loud absence of either presence or voice of the local Jewish community.....

 

[Talmidah]

* Henaynei is saddened by the loud absence of either presence or voice of the local Jewish community.....

Henny (and anyone else),
I'm so sorry that I wasn't clear...this is a conservative Jewish synagogue. The reason I highlighted the part in the article about the Christian show of support (and didn't mention any other Jewish response) is because I was so touched by how they stood with us during this time. As I was there, I could just imagine Pastor George sitting right among them, and speaking up even stronger, condemning the actions of the vandals. So, I apologize for not making it clearer that this is a Jewish synagogue.

Thank you again to all of you!!!!


(((((All of my CF friends)))))