Take Back Zionism
This is a powerful video about the humanitarian impulse of modern Zionism. It is produced by a new organization, Take Back Zionism, an advocacy group formed by alumni of Birthright Israel.
I remember years ago when Menahem Begin was Israel's prime minister. In 1977 an Israeli cargo ship came across a boat of Vietnamese drifting in the ocean. The Israeli captain offered the sixty some people food and water and then transported them to Israel. Begin granted these Vietnamese "boat people" Israeli citizenship, comparing them to Jewish refugees, many of whom had struggled in vain to escape Nazi occupied Europe. Begin was himself a Holocaust survivor. In the end approximately 300 Vietnamese were granted Israeli citizenship and found a home in the Jewish state.
Where human beings suffer a Jew must take action. I am proud of how frequently Israel has taken up this cause and sought to relieve the suffering of fellow human beings.
I remember years ago when Menahem Begin was Israel's prime minister. In 1977 an Israeli cargo ship came across a boat of Vietnamese drifting in the ocean. The Israeli captain offered the sixty some people food and water and then transported them to Israel. Begin granted these Vietnamese "boat people" Israeli citizenship, comparing them to Jewish refugees, many of whom had struggled in vain to escape Nazi occupied Europe. Begin was himself a Holocaust survivor. In the end approximately 300 Vietnamese were granted Israeli citizenship and found a home in the Jewish state.
Where human beings suffer a Jew must take action. I am proud of how frequently Israel has taken up this cause and sought to relieve the suffering of fellow human beings.