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Time for Israel to enter Mecca and Medina co-ordinates on some of their nuclear tipped missles.

A Man of Honor Shimon Erem has spent more than 60 years supporting and fighting for Israel. By Wendy J. Madnick Shimon Erem, pictured above in a 1987 photo, will be honored at the Israeli Festival on April 21.

To say that Shimon Erem deserves to receive the Distinguished Community Service Award from the Council of Israeli Community (CIC) for his work on behalf of Israel seems, upon meeting him, like an understatement. This man has not just worked for but literally fought for, lobbied on behalf of and financially supported Israel for more than six decades. One would be hard-pressed to find such a devoted American-born Zionist. The CIC will present the award at this year’s Israeli Festival on Sunday, April 21, in Encino. Also being honored are entertainer Pini Cohen and festival volunteers Alon Kaspi, Yehuda Hagoel and Gadi Efrat. Erem was born in Lithuania in 1922, the son of a government official. When he was 1, the family left Lithuania and settled in Germany before moving to then-Palestine in 1925, where Erem later served in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army during World War II. Toward the end of the war, the brigade was stationed in Northern Italy as peacekeepers. It was then that Erem found out about the Shoah — an incident that would mark his destiny. "One day I was in an Austrian city called Klagenfurd," he recalled. "It was on a lake, a beautiful place. There were a group of us [from the brigade] there with our Star of David on our sleeves, and suddenly, people approached us and said, ‘We were slave workers in Poland and we are having a party tonight — would you come?’ And we said sure." At the party, they were approached by a blonde who told them about the gas chambers and death camps; she herself had been saved because she looked gentile. Erem immediately left, and then made a trip to Germany to see the camps for himself. "I said, after that, it is time to start our war." Erem spent many years as a clandestine Nazi hunter. His undercover work eventually made him a key activist in Israel’s War of Independence, during which he smuggled both arms and refugees into the country. He has continued to fight for Israel in various capacities ever since. Several people who know him mentioned an incident that they say characterizes this sweet but sharp man. "I remember he stood up at this one meeting we were attending and said, ‘The first thought I have when I wake up is: How can I help Israel today?’" recalled Dr. Yehuda Handelsman, president of the CIC’s steering committee. "It just made such an impression on all of us." Since moving to the United States in 1970 with his second wife, Danielle, Erem has spent much of his time acting as a bridge between the Israeli community and what one might call the Los Angeles Jewish establishment. In the 1980s, he was head of the Shalom chapter of B’nai B’rith, a primarily Israeli group. He went on to become president of the West Coast Region of B’nai B’rith. Currently, he serves on the national board of the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and he is actively involved with the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, a nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization addressing the security requirements of the U.S. and Israel and the cooperative-strategic relationship between the two countries. During the last 10 years, he extended his work to create understanding between American Jews and the U.S. Christian community. Erem said when he first became involved in AIPAC, he was disturbed by the fact that, while the organization was very effective in certain respects in Washington, D.C., he kept hearing from members of Congress that their constituents did not understand why Israel requires American funding. So Erem became an unofficial ambassador of Israel to the Christian community. His experiences with pastors led him to a rather disconcerting observation: that it is often easier to draw support for Israel from Christians than from Jews. Erem said one of his primary concerns is that the Israeli community has not yet found its place within the Jewish establishment. "Leaders in the Israeli community need to become leaders in the Jewish community," he said. If Israelis do not become involved, they will not be able to fulfill the obligation of broadening activities as far as Israel is concerned." Similarly, Erem would like to see more support from the greater Los Angeles community for Israeli events and activities like the Israeli Festival. He said he is particularly disappointed in the lay leadership of Jewish organizations, who send staffers to support the festival or to rallies like the one held April 7 in front of the Federal Building but who do not show up themselves. "I remember that in every demonstration against the British administration in Palestine, you would see [David] Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir, the heads of the Haganah," he said. "I haven’t seen at any demonstration here that kind of leadership from the Jewish community. I know their heart is in the right place and they care, but still I want to see them there." To see 100 lay leaders of The Jewish Federation and the Valley Alliance show up at the Israeli Festival — that, for a man like Erem, would be reward enough.

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What fun is a bloody Jihad without countless threats and warnings?

I am talking about Mecca, Medina and Q'um being utterly vaporized. No more Haj. No more Kaba.

Proof that the all powerful allah ain't.

Your thinking is same as my thinking. Including Q'um is a great idea since this the hometown of Shi'ite Islam. If Q'um is not nuked then the Muslim world will turn to Shi'ite brand of Islam. Will 3 one megaton bombs do to off these three cities?
Go read V. Naipaul's book for a good account of the "holy men" in Q'um

The King he told his boogie men.......
Rock the Casbah!
Rock the Casbah!

 

There have also been suggestions to wipe the holy city from the map using advanced weapons.

Meaning nukes Achmed. I too hope the message gets through. You idiot Jehadis keep messing with the free world and your stinking Mecca will be obliterated. Medina too. You can be reached. Your terrorism does indeed have a return address at Mecca and Medina

Mohammed married his child bride Aisha at 6 and boinked her at 9. Mad Mo' was 50 years old at the time. Mad Mo' had 13 wives in all.

Horse racing is big in the Arab world. If I had my way there would be no gambling except on horses. What beautiful creatures to place a bet on! Almost like women. Kind of moody. Oh well!

It's obvious by now that the left is the enemy of Israel and to a lesser extent, the enemy of all Jews. Jewish people must wake up and learn who their friends are. It sure ain't the left and the liberals.

God and prayer are kicked out of our schools and fraudulent "world anthems" are brought in.

You know better than I since you graduated from OU. Do they teach about oil refineries too? How to engineer and build one? Even so I believe most Arab refineries are built by US and European firms. Thanks.

Good one liners there especially the Heineken one. All you're missing are a few rim shots! 

You get this thread's Henny Youngman award.

Get yer s**t together and sue sue sue. Your lawyer can make these university rats testify in a court of law about their dirty deads. They will be tripped up on their lies. You start making noises...Start having a lawyer write letters and they just might cave without much fuss.

What a hideous photo. What an unattractive mellon head smile she has. I almost feel sorry for her. I suppose that's Ian empty head next to her. Mellon head and empty head.

She seems to have a rack.

Well you have something there. Maybe they wanted to treat her more respectfully since she was a nurse. And the story is she was kidnapped to provide the Jihadist brigands with medical assistance. Would you want medical help from a battered whore/sex slave? So they made the whole deal as legit as possible by forcing her to marry one of the Jihadi leaders.

Just my guess of course.

I remember a rust bucket steamer that was boarded in Florida a few years back. It was headed for Haiti or some other 3rd world destination. Heaved onto the deck for all to see were hundreds of bicycles. How many of these were stolen?

Why would the terrorist waste the time to "marry" her? Makes no sense to me, as she was a hostage or maybe a sex slave.

I would say the Jihadist honcho married her so he could have exclusive alpha dog rights.

Let's salute the Filipino soldier who now has a shattered ankle.