Jordan Kavana’s Post

An opinion on importance of the values of life as the core and essence of humanity. What is the one aspect of life and humanity that is demostrated and shown throughout the history of humanity, a history of many conflicts, wars, battles, with one another for survival, conquest, in search of greener pastures, political, social, religious, cultural, and possibly in the future, technological, yet, out of the above arose civilizations, ie Greek, Roman, Persian, Egyptian, though one has outlasted the above, Jewish Civilizations, over five thousands years, of becoming a civilization from the twelve tribes of Isreal, yet, dispersed, now in modern time, the fullfillment of an Promise, Israel, the birth of Israel, 1948, that even from the time of Israel's birth, 1948, embarked wars, conflicts, even the latest, Israel vs Hamas, 10/07/23, among the worst assault in history since the Holocaust, 1940s, then the darkness of Europe, is waging a war on the future civilization of the Jewish Communities, as well the future of humanity, in a complex globe of characters, the sectarian groups, terrorists, source is Iran, who exports terrorism and is involved in many mid east conflicts. This is an example to the question above, the essence and core of life, that our Creator, has bestowed on humanity, and the gift of His Son, Jesus Christ, as the globe celebrate Easter, and Feast of the Passover, two meaningful events that define both the core and essence of life of Humanity.

𝟰 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗠𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘁 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸’𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 The Diary of Anne Frank is one of the most tragically beloved books in history. Her story is not just a story of the Holocaust. It's a story of humanity. 𝟭. 𝗗𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀: The United States is often seen as a hero in the fight against the Nazis, yet Anne's father, Otto, made multiple desperate attempts to secure U.S. visas for his family, but they were all denied. 𝟮. 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: The Diary of Anne Frank is not just a significant historical document; it's also one of the top 50 best-selling books in the world. With over 30 million copies sold and translations into more than 70 languages, Anne’s voice continues to resonate globally, underscoring the universal relevance of her story. 𝟯. 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗜𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳: Anne’s story isn’t just a piece of history; it’s a cautionary tale that resonates today. As we witness children in places like Gaza suffering similar fates, it’s a stark reminder that the world still struggles to protect the innocent. 𝟰. 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: The faces, the names, the places may change, but the core of the story remains the same. When fear, hatred, or indifference dictate our actions, we are complicit in the suffering of the innocent. Anne Frank is often seen as a symbol of the Jewish experience during the Nazi occupation, but the reason her story touches millions around the world is not solely because of her identity or the specific historical circumstances. 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙞𝙧𝙡—𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨, 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. Her story resonates with all of us because, at its core, it is a story of innocence lost, of the cruel and unnatural suffering imposed on a child who should have been thinking about school, friends, and her future—not hiding from an inhuman regime. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻? (picture: Anne Frank (left) with her mother, Edith, and sister Margo. None of them survived.)

Klal Yisrael (the Jewish people) faces an epoch of profound challenge as Israel confronts imminent threats and Jews worldwide endure escalating antisemitism. Uncertainty grips us as we contemplate the future. The saga of our people—particularly since 1945—emboldens our faith in the enduring vitality of the Jewish nation, in God’s unwavering covenant with the Torah, and in our unbreakable bond with Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel). Yet, the pre-1945 years serve as a stark reminder of the immense suffering inflicted on our people, often met with global indifference. This ongoing historical lesson weighs heavily on Jews everywhere, underscoring the world's unsettling disregard for our collective memory. Beyond assimilating the lessons of global history, we Jews must confront our internal narrative. Despite the miraculous return of our people to our ancestral homeland, we still bear the scars of the second churban (destruction) wrought not just by the Romans but by the corrosive Sinas Chinam (baseless hatred) festering among us. I may not reside in Israel, and my children are not hostages to the conflicts, nor are they conscripted into the army, unaffected by the cancellation of the Charedi (ultra-Orthodox) draft deferment. Yet, this does not justify my silence, nor anyone else's, in the face of these critical issues. Amidst encirclement by enemies on all fronts, our imperative is clear: we must stand united and refrain from internal strife........

Tisha B'Av, which begins on Monday evening, is considered the saddest day in the Jewish calendar. The date coincides with numerous calamities in Jewish history. This is a time to reflect on our collective identity and history, and turn it into a force that will create lasting peace and unity, says WJC's Rabbi Isaac Choua: "Today (at sundown), we mourn all Jewish catastrophes, from the events of October 7 to the Farhud, the Damascus Affair, the Inquisition, Crusades, pogroms, the Shoah, and every attack on our people. Each tragedy traces back to 70 CE, when the Second Temple's destruction marked a pivotal moment in our history. 'Never Again' is a phrase we often repeat. But today, it invites us to reflect more deeply on the origins of these tragedies. What led us to this point? As we fast, I urge all Jews to reflect on our collective identity and history. May our fast not be easy, but meaningful—uniting us and inspiring ideas for progress to move forward together. For if the Temple had not been destroyed, perhaps our suffering would not be so profound. Let us remember and learn, striving for a future where such reflections are no longer of loss but of lasting peace and unity amongst ʿAm Yisraʾel and through that the World. We must do more than mourn; we must act towards unity. Let's strive to understand each other and work together toward a common goal."

My latest thoughts on our deepening divisions and how Americans and Israelis must take the best from each other to create a more effective path forward. Shabbat Shalom.

Britain Hunted by Nemesis for the Crusades that Dismantled the Ottoman Empire? As a book: "COVID-19 Global War and Culpability" predicted both the ranging cultural war and looming civil war in Britain thus: "Britain is already at the threshold of the fate that could befall Germany. In a cultural balancing effort that is appearing forlorn by the day, crusaders of a dominant faith in the Middle East have been admitted into the ranks of her parliamentarians and city mayors. Yet, harbingers of a full-blown cultural war are so disturbing that in October 2017, the U.K. Spy Chief - Andrew Parker could not but lament: 'That threat is multi-dimensional, evolving rapidly and operating at a scale and pace we’ve not seen before....It’s at the highest tempo I have seen in my 34-year career. Today there is more terrorist activity, coming at us more quickly, and it can be harder to detect.The threat is more diverse than I’ve ever known. Plots developed here in the UK, but plots directed from overseas as well. Plots online. Complex scheming and also crude stabbings; lengthy planning but also spontaneous attacks.'      Britain never foresaw that quagmire with men of substance from the Middle East on regular spending spree – buying off her landed property including cathedrals that are now used for religious worship other than Christian. Ultimately, she could lose every semblance of her rich Christian heritage like Turkey where every trace of the seven churches cited in the Book of Revelation has been wiped off, ostensibly, to discredit biblical as well as historical accounts. Ironically, Britain is part of the military coalitions whose sustained crusades were eventually capped by victory in the First World War that scaled back Turkey’s opposing religious empire for the rebirth of Israel as a pivot of global divine importance. If Britain has forgotten all of that history so soon, it is highly doubtful if her pained victims have. And the growing influence of a Middle Eastern religion in the U.K. is only ominous of nemesis that could see London becoming capital of a revived and expanded Ottoman Empire." - https://lnkd.in/ddexQYzB.

If I have one follower, one, who doesn’t side with Israel, but has an open heart and mind, someone who isn’t consumed with hatred of Jews, this is for you. For years, I thought there is no one worse than holocaust deniers. I’ve since reconsidered my stance. The Nazis hid what they did. Deniers can say they never saw hard evidence that it happened. Sick, but not as sick as Hamas live streaming the murder, rape, and abduction of babies and you still denying October 7th. So again, if you have an open mind and heart, don’t you see what Hamas is? How could you even think to side with people who do what they did? Even if their cause is just, even if they can use occupation (there was not one Jew in Gaza on October 6th), would you do what they did? Is there any scenario that would bring you to rape and decapitate a baby? So please, open your heart and look at the facts. Israel didn’t want war. Israel wanted to continue to dance with its Torah scrolls that morning. Hamas had other plans and those plans were grotesque and barbaric. This war is a historic one. It’ll change much of the region and the world as a whole. You really don’t want to side with the organization that was an ally of Hitler’s or an organization that carried out the worst atrocities in history. You can be critical of Israel all you want. Bring it on. We celebrate criticism. What you cannot do, morally speaking, is side with a murderous organization that dreams of erasing a nation. Don’t. You’ll regret it morally, ethically, personally, and professionally. Choose wisely. Choose morally. Choose Israel! 🇮🇱💪🙏✡️

'The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza' by Naomi Klein. So powerful and eloquent. "Glazer was accepting the award for best international film for The Zone of Interest, which is inspired by the real life of Rudolf Höss, commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp. The film follows Höss’s idyllic domestic life with his wife and children, which unfolds in a stately home and garden immediately adjacent to the concentration camp. Glazer has described his characters not as monsters but as “non-thinking, bourgeois, aspirational-careerist horrors”, people who manage to turn profound evil into white noise..... “Genocide becomes ambient to their lives”: that is how Glazer has described the atmosphere he attempted to capture in his film, in which his characters attend to their daily dramas – sleepless kids, a hard-to-please mother, casual infidelities – in the shadow of smokestacks belching out human remains. It’s not that these people don’t know that an industrial-scale killing machine whirs just beyond their garden wall. They have simply learned to lead contented lives with ambient genocide. It is this that feels most contemporary, most of this terrible moment, about Glazer’s staggering film. More than five months into the daily slaughter in Gaza, and with Israel brazenly ignoring the orders of the international court of justice, and western governments gently scolding Israel while shipping it more arms, genocide is becoming ambient once more – at least for those of us fortunate enough to live on the safe sides of the many walls that carve up our world. We face the risk of it grinding on, becoming the soundtrack of modern life. Not even the main event." https://lnkd.in/dbn-Wi3b

𝐀 𝐕𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭: 𝐈𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐒𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦 Alongside this post, I'm sharing a deeply moving video - a personal testimony from Ike, my grandfather's cousin and a Holocaust survivor. His words, spoken with the weight of lived experience, echo through time as a stark reminder of the horrors of anti-Semitism and the resilience of the human spirit. In the video, Ike recounts his harrowing journey from the ghettos of Austro in Poland to the terrifying realities of Nazi concentration and death camps, including Auschwitz and Bergen. His story doesn't end with the liberation; it continues with his life in Manchester, where he found sanctuary as one of the Windermere boys. But what strikes the most is Ike's reflection on the present. Nearly eight decades after the downfall of the Nazis, he expresses his profound concern over the resurgence of anti-Semitism in the UK, a sentiment that has left many in the Jewish community feeling vulnerable and uncertain about their future. Ike's message is a powerful one. It's not just a recount of history; it's a call to stand against the tide of hate that threatens to engulf our society once again. His words are a poignant reminder that the lessons of the past are crucial for our present and our future. As you watch this video, I encourage you to listen not just with your ears, but with your heart. Reflect on the impact of Ike's words and join us in the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of hate. Together, we can honor the legacy of survivors like Ike and ensure a safer, more inclusive world for future generations. #NeverForget #StandAgainstHate #HolocaustSurvivor