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Money Talks & American Jewry Has Spoken...
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Bob Miller
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While I have given to Jewish relief funds for both causes, I don't see any shame in the decisions some others made to attend to the needs of nearby Jews first. Are you assuming that the OU Katrina funds are not for displaced Gulf Coast Jews?
Posted by: Bob Miller on October 11, 2005 09:07 AM
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BobW
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One of the clearest posts to enter IsraPundit is above.
The Isreali relocated Jews have nil. America's Gulf coast was partly insured with the USG funding the rest - even if some private citizens refused to buy insurance and knew the consequences, currently being corrected with public funds.
Since money is fungable, some amount of the OU collection will flow to Metairie, New Orleans, the home of David Duke and his neonazis. Don't ask ADL if this is true. They are on a fact finding mission to Pluket, Thailand to see how typhoon funds are being managed.
Kol Hakoved, Ze'ev for transmitting the truth.
And I will tell you wonderous things. Secrets you have not known.
Jeremiah 33:3
Kol tuv,
BobW
Posted by: BobW on October 11, 2005 09:57 AM
Money Talks & American Jewry Has Spoken...
A little over a month ago, the OU (Orthodox Union) launched two fundraising campaigns, one was to assist those who were expelled from their homes as part of the "Disengagement" plan, and the 2nd was to help those who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Well, the results are in. Here is how much money American Jewry contributed to each fund:
Drum roll please...
Gush Katif Fund: $170,000
Hurricane Katrina Fund: $600,000+
In a post of mine shortly after both of these fundraising drives were launched, I expressed my belief that most American Jews would not give to both funds, and as such, would be forced to choose one cause over the other and in doing so, express where their priorities and allegiance truly lie.
Well, American Jewry has spoken, and that American accent of theirs (getting stronger everyday) can be heard loud and clear, 6,000 miles away.
Cross Posted at Israel Perspectives
Posted by Ze'ev Orenstein at October 11, 2005 01:11 AM