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Studing WWII - I could not understand the kapos. Yes many did that just to try to get better food, or thinking it woulfd save their close ones and family. What I couldn not understand - is how they willfully participated in attorities or worse did their own kind of inflction of pain on their very own people. Ex: towards the enf of the war, in the concentration camps many rapes on Jewish girls wer done by kapos. Things we don't talk about.

Watching these people I now can understand them. Even amoung us Jews some are so rotton, as to step on their own brothers.

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Yes I am new. In fact I’m new to commenting on any social media platforms in general. I’m sorry if I came off that way, it was not my intention.

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I hope you continue to comment.

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If so, why be against any other form of messianism? Unless there are good versions and bad versions.

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You are new here, and you come in with an aggressive argument made of one-liners. Not a good look for you.

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All messianism is bad.

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And this is somehow different than the “social change” Messianism of the progressives?

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I am partial to Zionism since it Jewishly oriented. But no, no different from other Messianism.

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How does “we already here” temper Zionism in any way?

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For people in Israel, the building of the country is the expression of Zionism.

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Would you say that Zionism is a form of Messianism as well?

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Of course, but it is tempered by “we already here”.

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It's time for Jews to come out of closer,and concede that many of the anti Israel crowd are fellow Jews.

This is the result of :

Tikkun Olam ideology

Intermarriage

Jewish love affair with Communism ,Anarchism

All our Holocaust programs, museums,lectures, trips ,Academic programs are essentially failures

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Tikin Olam is Change. All the left is a Messianic movement. It is time to admit that the idea of Messiah has been destructive for Jews and the World.

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The current crisis is a result of the Medina's leadership having no backbone.

Cash on the barrel -All hostages released before cease fire,no Arabs released no fuel no food.

I fear this rampage will happen again.

So far it's Hamas who has come out winner all around.

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There are no winners. But the way word hates Jews is palpable.

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Zalman! Here you are. I miss reading your gloss on Tzemach.

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Good to hear from you hope you are well

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