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The Fourth Thursday-Friday Seminar in Shdema – Summary
The fourth Thursday-Friday seminar in Shdema started on Thursday, Tisha B’Av. Despite the difficult fast, people came and together we said meaningful kinot (Lamentations) on the floor in the destroyed buildings of Shdema. Afterwards, Rabbi Yehuda Glick gave an uplifting lecturem, “From destruction to building the Temple,” which gave us all a shot of adrenaline, hope and strength to continue the struggle.
The next day, Friday, July 31st, Shdema was booming with life. Yes, Shdema was a real Land of Israel Cultural center. The morning started in the main hall where artist Anna Hodorkovsky had put up her most incredible paintings. The public received an explanation about the struggle for a Jewish Shdema. Then people went to the different rooms.
In one room, tens of English speakers were listening attentively to Yoram Ettinger’s fascinating lecture on the “demographic demon”- bursting all the lies spread by leftists as if we must give away parts of the land because of some so-called demographic Arab threat. With an impressive Powerpoint presentation, Ettinger proves exactly the opposite. The Arab demography is in decline and we must hold on to Judea and Samaria to continue the Arab decline and the Jewish aliya in demographics.
Parallel to his lecture, in another room, tens of people were listening to the moving lecture by Rabbi Zevik Harel on the Hassidic Rabbi of Piaseczne, followed by a movie on his life.
In another two additional rooms youth were learning basic training in self-defense. Girls with Shoshi Tropper and boys with Yisrael Melamed. Other youth stayed outside to paint the buildings.
The incredible morning ended with as dessert an hour of Russian music translated into Hebrew with Zeev Geisel and Alex Krupiski.
We can happily summarize that, over the past four weeks, over a thousand people came and participated in our activities in Shdema, loudly declaring: Shdema must stay in Jewish hands.
This was also decided by the Knesset Subcommittee of Defense, headed by MK Zeev Elkin, who visited Shdema at the beginning of last week and demanded from the Civil Administration explanations as to the illegal Arab construction at the slopes of the hill. On the same topic, on Friday July 31st, Tova Lazaroff had an article in the Jerusalem Post in which, for the first time, the US admitted having funded illegal Arab construction.
For more details: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1248277936923&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull
Our activities in Shdema will, please G-d, continue. For the month of August we will go to Shdema every Friday at 9;30 am for a lecture, some music and fixing up the buildings. This coming Friday Rabbi Tomer Karizi will give a shiur. Please come in work clothes. We plan on painting all the buildings inside out to have them clean and ready for a special program on Sukkot, please G-d.
In summary, it was amazing to see how hundreds of people showed up from the entire country to participate in all the fascinating events in Shdema:
From nearby Har Choma, Efrat, Gush Etzion, Kiryat Arba Hevron and from far away Bet Shemesh, Raanana, Bet Horon, and even Kinneret, Yavne and New Jersey. Everybody enjoyed the ambiance, the view and the special program. Despite the heat and the stay in destroyed buildings (destroyed by the Arabs when the IDF left the area three years ago), despite the very simple ecological bathrooms, people did not stop thanking us for being able to be a partner in the struggle for the land of Israel.
Here are two example of letters we received:
1) from Yitzhak and Yochi Shimon, Alon Shvut (translated from the Hebrew):
Dear Yehudit Katzover, Nadia Matar and all other members of the committee for a Jewish Shdema,
Kol Hakavod on the organization of the month long Thursday-Friday seminar in Shdema! You managed to combine so beautifully the Jewish presence at the site with an incredible cultural event. For a full month we enjoyed listening to the great lecturers and talks you organized as well as the other activities that were very interesting and on a very high level, that each cultural center would pride itself with.
The logistics were perfect, too. The flags and signs on the main road welcoming us coming to Shdema warmed our hearts.
The podium, the screen and the other advanced technological equipment (microphones) as well as the chairs, the tables and the ecological bathrooms.
The snacks and drinks were very special, too. You really took care and cared for each and every detail. You even made sure to have a Sefer Torah for Mincha on the fast of the 17th of Tammuz. We also were very impressed as to how you activated the youth. You related to them with great respect and gave them creative jobs. Thanks to this wonderful youth that worked hard despite the heat, and thanks to your blessed and continued efforts and activities, the Shdema army camp changed its face drastically and looks so much better now.
Lastly, we were also very impressed with the wide variety of people who showed up to participate in all the activities, grownups and youth from all over the country.
Yehudit, Nadia and other members of the committee – May Hashem strengthen your hands, chazak ve-ematz,
Thanks to you Shdema will, please G-d, return to Jewish hands.
2) from Zahava Englard, Efrat
Shdema, nestled between Jerusalem’s Har Homa neighborhood and Bet Lechem, is an abandoned Israeli military base, in the Area C zone(full Israeli jurisdiction as per Oslo). Since then, Jewish and Arab factions have battled over the former military encampment. Anarchists from Europe and the United States have likewise targeted this area in their crusade to wrestle Jewish sovereignty from the Land of Israel. Whoever controls Shdema, dominates the south eastern gate to Jerusalem.
The name Shdema evokes the tangible struggle for our land as well as the spiritual struggle to redeem our rightful God given inheritance. Each Thursday and Friday, Shdema comes alive with a nascent cultural center founded by the Committee for a Jewish Shdema. Lectures, art exhibits and films awaken the dust filled rooms as groups of Jews loyal to their land converge to immerse themselves in a spirited revival of this area. Whoever visits walks away with a special gift in his heart.
Shdema is a symbol of the iron will of our people. We must remain resolute. Shdema must not fall.
Zahava Englard, Efrat
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As you can imagine, the struggle for a Jewish Shdema and all the other Land of Israel struggles we are involved in, cost money. We know and believe that you want this activity to continue. Please send your contributions (all currencies accepted) to:
Women in Green, POB 7352, Jerusalem 91072, Israel and earmark your check “For a Jewish Shdema”.
Our strength comes from your moral and material support, which we need today more than ever.
With great love for Israel,
Nadia Matar, Women in Green
Yehudit Katzover, The committee for a Jewish Shdema
For pictures by Rivka Ryback: http://www.yeshabulletin.com/FIGHT%20BACK/FightBack.htm
For pictures by Abigail Browning: http://myromancewithisrael.blogspot.com/
The Committee for a Jewish Shdema www.womeningreen.org
Rabbi Yaron Durani (El David-Nokdim)- Tsuri Botosh (Jerusalem Shdema youth)-Igor Bialsky (Tekoa)-Elisheva Ginsburg (Alon Shvut)-Orly Glauber (Maaleh rehavam)-Ruti Wallfish (Tekoa)-Ina Vinyarski (Tekoa)-Yehudit tayar (Beit Horon)-Timna Katz (Neve Daniel)- Nadia Matar (Efrat) 050-5500834- Gedaliah Friedman (Neve daniel)-Yehudit Katzover (Kiryat Arba Hevron) 050-7161818 -Eli Rodan Elazar)
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