by Zvi Koenigsberg
When a friend told me about CJUI, my immediate instinct (and action) was to join this group and do what I can to help.This, despite the fact that I generally tend to shy away from collective activities. What, then, was different in this case?
What drew me to CJUI is that, for the first time in my experience, there is an unequivocal voice which does not fear to speak the truth, unfettered by the chains of political correctness.This voice rings loud and clear about the cultural, religious, economic, and - last but not least - military struggle the Western world is waging today rather unsuccessfully against the forces of Islam.
The most vital part of solving a problem involves identifying it correctly. Twenty five years of living in Israel and being part and parcel of the struggle on an almost daily basis brought me to an understanding of this dilemma. But even in Israel, whose inhabitants are victim to countless acts of random Arab and Islamic violence and terror, not all understand the nature of what we are facing. This refusal to look reality in the face is magnified tenfold in the U.S., particularly in the mother of all red states, the People's Republic of Massachusetts.
The facts are spelled out very clearly in the blog www.solomonia.com: the city of Boston literally gave away valuable city property for the purpose of building the largest mosque in the Northeast. This, despite the fact that the bulk of the monies came from Saudi sources, the center of all Islamic extremism.... and despite the fact that the majority of the mosque's founders have been found to be either terrorists themselves, or closely linked to terror.
Joining CJUI is the least I could do to counteract the inexplicable complacency of my surroundings in the face of the greatest threat we have ever known to our way of life, a threat which uses our democratic principles and court systems against us much as it used our airplanes .
And this is a threat that fights us on many different levels. For almost three decades, I have been engaged in historical research which deals primarily with the centuries that preceded the Israelite kingdoms,(1300-1000 BCE). I was part of a team that found very strong evidence of the existence of the people of Israel in the land of Israel as early as 1250 BCE. Further we found that the Israelites had by that time developed their cult to a degree that made it recognizably distinct from other peoples of that period. More on this at my website www.thelosttemple.com.Through every step of that research, I encountered the strong resistance of the Moslem world to the fact that the Jews of today and their Bible are connected to the ancient Israelites. Ironically, the Israelites actually did exist in precisely those areas the Moslems claim as their own.
This resistance was recently highlighted by the tenure issue at Columbia University surrounding Nadia Abu El Haj. Again, Solomonia.com provides a valuable source of details on this. The bottom line is that a venerable institution is on the verge of granting tenure to a professor whose work is based not on science, but on the political rantings of an anti-Semitic cult-like movement emanating from two strange bedfellows: the extreme Left, who hate Israel with a passion, and the Moslem world, especially its Arab grouping, which shares this sentiment, and indeed acts upon it at every possible opportunity.
To counter this evil, our organization reaches out to those who share our Culture of Life, unlike our enemies, who revere a Culture of Death. The most outspoken support Israel has received is from Christians who are able to understand the struggles Israel faces. Our Christian and Jewish members share a sanctification of life and recognize the right of Israel, as a people, to prosper and flourish in Israel and elsewhere. This right was recognized by George Washington in an eloquent letter to the Jewish community of Rhode Island. Sadly, this understanding has been eroded in much of American academia, where Israel has been turned into a pariah by the lies and misrepresentations of the Left and the Arabs.
The Christians and Jews who belong to CJUI, however, are doing it not only for the sake of Israel. They are perceptive enough to realize that the difficulties that Israel faces are the difficulties that all good people around the world face, including those few brave Moslem souls who have been courageous enough to speak out against the extremes of Islam.
This is a war that must be fought on many fronts. My days as a reserve soldier in the Israeli army are over. But I can and wish to contribute on the front of ideas, especially those dealing with the recognition that the right of Israel to exist are based on a narrative that has much historical merit to it, a heritage that has laid the foundations for the Culture of Life common to Christians and Jews.
When a friend told me about CJUI, my immediate instinct (and action) was to join this group and do what I can to help.This, despite the fact that I generally tend to shy away from collective activities. What, then, was different in this case?
What drew me to CJUI is that, for the first time in my experience, there is an unequivocal voice which does not fear to speak the truth, unfettered by the chains of political correctness.This voice rings loud and clear about the cultural, religious, economic, and - last but not least - military struggle the Western world is waging today rather unsuccessfully against the forces of Islam.
The most vital part of solving a problem involves identifying it correctly. Twenty five years of living in Israel and being part and parcel of the struggle on an almost daily basis brought me to an understanding of this dilemma. But even in Israel, whose inhabitants are victim to countless acts of random Arab and Islamic violence and terror, not all understand the nature of what we are facing. This refusal to look reality in the face is magnified tenfold in the U.S., particularly in the mother of all red states, the People's Republic of Massachusetts.
The facts are spelled out very clearly in the blog www.solomonia.com: the city of Boston literally gave away valuable city property for the purpose of building the largest mosque in the Northeast. This, despite the fact that the bulk of the monies came from Saudi sources, the center of all Islamic extremism.... and despite the fact that the majority of the mosque's founders have been found to be either terrorists themselves, or closely linked to terror.
Joining CJUI is the least I could do to counteract the inexplicable complacency of my surroundings in the face of the greatest threat we have ever known to our way of life, a threat which uses our democratic principles and court systems against us much as it used our airplanes .
And this is a threat that fights us on many different levels. For almost three decades, I have been engaged in historical research which deals primarily with the centuries that preceded the Israelite kingdoms,(1300-1000 BCE). I was part of a team that found very strong evidence of the existence of the people of Israel in the land of Israel as early as 1250 BCE. Further we found that the Israelites had by that time developed their cult to a degree that made it recognizably distinct from other peoples of that period. More on this at my website www.thelosttemple.com.Through every step of that research, I encountered the strong resistance of the Moslem world to the fact that the Jews of today and their Bible are connected to the ancient Israelites. Ironically, the Israelites actually did exist in precisely those areas the Moslems claim as their own.
This resistance was recently highlighted by the tenure issue at Columbia University surrounding Nadia Abu El Haj. Again, Solomonia.com provides a valuable source of details on this. The bottom line is that a venerable institution is on the verge of granting tenure to a professor whose work is based not on science, but on the political rantings of an anti-Semitic cult-like movement emanating from two strange bedfellows: the extreme Left, who hate Israel with a passion, and the Moslem world, especially its Arab grouping, which shares this sentiment, and indeed acts upon it at every possible opportunity.
To counter this evil, our organization reaches out to those who share our Culture of Life, unlike our enemies, who revere a Culture of Death. The most outspoken support Israel has received is from Christians who are able to understand the struggles Israel faces. Our Christian and Jewish members share a sanctification of life and recognize the right of Israel, as a people, to prosper and flourish in Israel and elsewhere. This right was recognized by George Washington in an eloquent letter to the Jewish community of Rhode Island. Sadly, this understanding has been eroded in much of American academia, where Israel has been turned into a pariah by the lies and misrepresentations of the Left and the Arabs.
The Christians and Jews who belong to CJUI, however, are doing it not only for the sake of Israel. They are perceptive enough to realize that the difficulties that Israel faces are the difficulties that all good people around the world face, including those few brave Moslem souls who have been courageous enough to speak out against the extremes of Islam.
This is a war that must be fought on many fronts. My days as a reserve soldier in the Israeli army are over. But I can and wish to contribute on the front of ideas, especially those dealing with the recognition that the right of Israel to exist are based on a narrative that has much historical merit to it, a heritage that has laid the foundations for the Culture of Life common to Christians and Jews.
