Friday, July 22, 2016

Help: Solar lamps+smart phone chargers

Needed: solar
lamps
It's been hitting home here in Israel that extremism isn't just limited to Islam but also in Judaism. The increasing instances of ultra-orthodox attacks on other jews and non-jews have been noted by Israeli society and occasional backlash from the latter have taken place.

Such was the case in yesterday's parade. over 25,000 people took to the streets ... not so much to support the LGBT community ... but to express their anger at ultra-orthodox judaism's stranglehold on Israeli society; its intolerant attitude to all other people which had led to the murder of the 16 yr old girl in last year's parade. Yesterday it was revealed that the ultra-orthodox murderer who is in jail actually planned another attack through his brother ... who was himself arrested a day earlier. In fact some 40 people were arrested during the march yesterday ... including 2 who carried knives. Apparently it is perfectly alright for a Torah-abiding jew to kill others (including jews) who do not interpret the Torah in a similar way. Well for the record, there was a precedent in history: the Maccabees. It strikes me as frightening that a religion actually endorses the right to kill others of the same belief only on the grounds of different interpretation. This is a totally different ball game from muslims killing christians and yezidis and mandaeans etc.... that is one religion against another. Over here it's all within one religion ... torn within itself. What did I say about an implosion?

Needed: solar
lamps
Can anyone help me get 10 of these solar lamps/smart phone charger? They're really helpful especially in reducing electric use. The poor students and families here will truly appreciate this. And I'll give 3 to the Chinese sisters as well as it will cut back on their electric bill. Of course if it's possible, it'll be better to get more, like 20 or so .... provided some group is willing to transport them over to us. Would really appreciate this. Am awaiting eagerly for some miracle to happen.