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by: David Zephaniah The American Jew There is a real rift today between Israeli and American Jews. Many American Jews don’t agree with the Israeli policies and resent them. Just to enumerate a few policies; the issue of settlement in Judea and Samaria, lack of flexibility to make peace with the Palestinians, strict rules of conversion to Judaism, etc. Those are very serious issues. The American Jews “judge” Israel on daily basis, and while they are sitting comfortably in the USA, they want to dictate them about right or wrong. Lets examine the issue closely. Lets ask a major question; why are the American brethren so against the policies in Israel (at least large majority of them)? And, additionally, who are those American Jews? I am a Jew of (Soviet) Georgian descent. My whole  family lives in Israel. I have been living in the USA for over 20 years and encountered thousands upon thousands of American Jews. I want to give you my assessment of them. This essay will ex

by David Zephaniah Science and God Most religions originate from different pagan religions. Those “religions” worshipped pagan gods, such as, trees, sun, moon, animals, etc. Those “gods” were cruel. In their stories they impregnated humans and had children. Many pagans sacrificed their own children to them. They are not the topic of this post. Enter the Jewish religion.  Jewish religion is different. What other nation in the world received The Book from God Himself? What other nation gave most of the moral codes, legal codes, and family codes to the world? There is no such nation. What other ancient language aside Hebrew exists today? None. If you check the Noble Prize winners through the years since the Noble Prize was existed, and famous scientists,  you will find that great many of them are Jewish scientists. To name some of the greatest: Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Erwin Schrödinger, and hundreds more. We are talking about the nation, which through the ages, has been ar