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	<title>Comments on: Why aren&#8217;t we there for Israel?</title>
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		<title>By: Dana Meijler-Gross</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-76596</link>
		<dc:creator>Dana Meijler-Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps you are right that religious Zionists are more visible, although we secular Zionists are not invisible. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps you are right that religious Zionists are more visible, although we secular Zionists are not invisible. </p>
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		<title>By: Lori Silberman Brauner</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74448</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori Silberman Brauner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree that there are MANY non-religious Zionists, but they literally are not as physically visible as the Orthodox are at pro-Israel events, it goes beyond parades. And there is a big constituency of Conservative Jews who send kids to day schools that &quot;wear the flag&quot; as well. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that there are MANY non-religious Zionists, but they literally are not as physically visible as the Orthodox are at pro-Israel events, it goes beyond parades. And there is a big constituency of Conservative Jews who send kids to day schools that &quot;wear the flag&quot; as well. </p>
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		<title>By: Lori Silberman Brauner</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74450</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori Silberman Brauner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 17:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree that there are MANY non-religious Zionists, but they literally are not as physically visible as the Orthodox are at pro-Israel events, it goes beyond parades. And there is a big constituency of Conservative Jews who send kids to day schools that &quot;wear the flag&quot; as well. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree that there are MANY non-religious Zionists, but they literally are not as physically visible as the Orthodox are at pro-Israel events, it goes beyond parades. And there is a big constituency of Conservative Jews who send kids to day schools that &quot;wear the flag&quot; as well. </p>
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		<title>By: Dana Meijler-Gross</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74214</link>
		<dc:creator>Dana Meijler-Gross</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 08:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good post.  I think this feeling is quite common among American Jews, their only real view on Israel comes from CNN and honestly, if that is what you have to rely on, Israel does seem like an unsafe place. You have to spend time in Israel, and I mean the real Israel, not one of those canned camp-at-Masada, visit the Wailing Wall for 15 minutes tours.  I think the State also has a responsibility to try and display the real nature of Israeli society to help people look beyond the stereotypes.  

And by the way, in Pittsburgh where I grew up, most Jews, wore kippot and dressed traditionally for the Israel parades.  Perhaps you know the difference and can recognize Orthodox Jews on sight, but maybe that is what gives you the feeling that the majority of Jews that support Parades are Orthodox.  Many, many non-Orthodox Jews are Zionists.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good post.  I think this feeling is quite common among American Jews, their only real view on Israel comes from CNN and honestly, if that is what you have to rely on, Israel does seem like an unsafe place. You have to spend time in Israel, and I mean the real Israel, not one of those canned camp-at-Masada, visit the Wailing Wall for 15 minutes tours.  I think the State also has a responsibility to try and display the real nature of Israeli society to help people look beyond the stereotypes.  </p>
<p>And by the way, in Pittsburgh where I grew up, most Jews, wore kippot and dressed traditionally for the Israel parades.  Perhaps you know the difference and can recognize Orthodox Jews on sight, but maybe that is what gives you the feeling that the majority of Jews that support Parades are Orthodox.  Many, many non-Orthodox Jews are Zionists.</p>
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		<title>By: Lori Silberman Brauner</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74100</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori Silberman Brauner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree, and I am going, in February! And good for you for checking out Israel!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, and I am going, in February! And good for you for checking out Israel!</p>
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		<title>By: Lori Silberman Brauner</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74102</link>
		<dc:creator>Lori Silberman Brauner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree, and I am going, in February! And good for you for checking out Israel!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree, and I am going, in February! And good for you for checking out Israel!</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Krenn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74096</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Krenn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s weird. I just came back from Tel Aviv last Monday after spending four days there. I enjoyed the sun, the long walks along the beaches and through the city. I spent time in cafes and restaurants and absorbed the relaxed atmosphere that people create in this unique city, just by living their normal lives. What else should they do anyway? I never felt unsafe or uneasy at any time. Now I am back in the cold central European winter and wished my holiday could have been longer. By the way, I am a non-Jewish German, and if I can go to Israel in these days, so can you. Don&#039;t you think?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#039;s weird. I just came back from Tel Aviv last Monday after spending four days there. I enjoyed the sun, the long walks along the beaches and through the city. I spent time in cafes and restaurants and absorbed the relaxed atmosphere that people create in this unique city, just by living their normal lives. What else should they do anyway? I never felt unsafe or uneasy at any time. Now I am back in the cold central European winter and wished my holiday could have been longer. By the way, I am a non-Jewish German, and if I can go to Israel in these days, so can you. Don&#039;t you think?</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Krenn</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74098</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Krenn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:53:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#039;s weird. I just came back from Tel Aviv last Monday after spending four days there. I enjoyed the sun, the long walks along the beaches and through the city. I spent time in cafes and restaurants and absorbed the relaxed atmosphere that people create in this unique city, just by living their normal lives. What else should they do anyway? I never felt unsafe or uneasy at any time. Now I am back in the cold central European winter and wished my holiday could have been longer. By the way, I am a non-Jewish German, and if I can go to Israel in these days, so can you. Don&#039;t you think?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#039;s weird. I just came back from Tel Aviv last Monday after spending four days there. I enjoyed the sun, the long walks along the beaches and through the city. I spent time in cafes and restaurants and absorbed the relaxed atmosphere that people create in this unique city, just by living their normal lives. What else should they do anyway? I never felt unsafe or uneasy at any time. Now I am back in the cold central European winter and wished my holiday could have been longer. By the way, I am a non-Jewish German, and if I can go to Israel in these days, so can you. Don&#039;t you think?</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74000</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at the persians, even the most chilled out, regime-hating, non-islamic iranians (from the EU at least) visit Iran regularly even tho it&#039;s a lot more stressful than visiting Israel, also in terms of logistics. The question whether they should go or not does not even occur to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look at the persians, even the most chilled out, regime-hating, non-islamic iranians (from the EU at least) visit Iran regularly even tho it&#039;s a lot more stressful than visiting Israel, also in terms of logistics. The question whether they should go or not does not even occur to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-74002</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look at the persians, even the most chilled out, regime-hating, non-islamic iranians (from the EU at least) visit Iran regularly even tho it&#039;s a lot more stressful than visiting Israel, also in terms of logistics. The question whether they should go or not does not even occur to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Look at the persians, even the most chilled out, regime-hating, non-islamic iranians (from the EU at least) visit Iran regularly even tho it&#039;s a lot more stressful than visiting Israel, also in terms of logistics. The question whether they should go or not does not even occur to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-73996</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t been for a while but always go as soon as I have time and money, no matter what&#039;s happening. Arabs and their actions don&#039;t really figure when I make travel plans and never will.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#039;t been for a while but always go as soon as I have time and money, no matter what&#039;s happening. Arabs and their actions don&#039;t really figure when I make travel plans and never will.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-73998</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#039;t been for a while but always go as soon as I have time and money, no matter what&#039;s happening. Arabs and their actions don&#039;t really figure when I make travel plans and never will.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#039;t been for a while but always go as soon as I have time and money, no matter what&#039;s happening. Arabs and their actions don&#039;t really figure when I make travel plans and never will.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-73992</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The likes of hezbollah and hamas, etc, openly state that if they give us a bit of pressure, both in terms of rockets and bad press, support for Israel by jews worldwide will wane because we bruise so quickly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The likes of hezbollah and hamas, etc, openly state that if they give us a bit of pressure, both in terms of rockets and bad press, support for Israel by jews worldwide will wane because we bruise so quickly.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-73994</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:47:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The likes of hezbollah and hamas, etc, openly state that if they give us a bit of pressure, both in terms of rockets and bad press, support for Israel by jews worldwide will wane because we bruise so quickly.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The likes of hezbollah and hamas, etc, openly state that if they give us a bit of pressure, both in terms of rockets and bad press, support for Israel by jews worldwide will wane because we bruise so quickly.</p>
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		<title>By: Albert Fischer</title>
		<link>http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/even-when-the-rockets-cease-israel-needs-us/#comment-73986</link>
		<dc:creator>Albert Fischer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This type of cowardice - yes, cowardice -  has proved to be fatal in the past. It extends not only to not visiting Israel but also to giving in to anti-Israel discourse just to keep the peace in people&#039;s everyday surroundings. We should be more confrontational in relation to jews &quot;who get cold feet&quot; and call them what they are, it usually makes them pause for a second. 

The craziest example of a muppet jew is a friend of my father who tells me super happily how he managed to buy a last minute trip to jordan and he&#039;s never been to Israel. I did tell him he&#039;s a muppet and indeed he got bad conscience and went to see Israel on a day trip. He&#039;s still a muppet though. He&#039;s not even a coward, he just lacks a certain chip in his brain. Many european jews are like that and I would have loved to believe in the US it&#039;s different. But INDEED - why are all the jewish stars and celebs not visiting and standing up for Israel more publicly? COWARDICE is the answer, fear of not being able to be everybody&#039;s darling.

We are a nation of cowards it seems.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This type of cowardice &#8211; yes, cowardice &#8211;  has proved to be fatal in the past. It extends not only to not visiting Israel but also to giving in to anti-Israel discourse just to keep the peace in people&#039;s everyday surroundings. We should be more confrontational in relation to jews &quot;who get cold feet&quot; and call them what they are, it usually makes them pause for a second. </p>
<p>The craziest example of a muppet jew is a friend of my father who tells me super happily how he managed to buy a last minute trip to jordan and he&#039;s never been to Israel. I did tell him he&#039;s a muppet and indeed he got bad conscience and went to see Israel on a day trip. He&#039;s still a muppet though. He&#039;s not even a coward, he just lacks a certain chip in his brain. Many european jews are like that and I would have loved to believe in the US it&#039;s different. But INDEED &#8211; why are all the jewish stars and celebs not visiting and standing up for Israel more publicly? COWARDICE is the answer, fear of not being able to be everybody&#039;s darling.</p>
<p>We are a nation of cowards it seems.</p>
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