Tikkun Olam

This is a comment I saw on a video of Netzer Hazani commemorating one year since the hitnatkut (so-called 'disengagement'): "The poor child, caught with the stolen bag of candies, cried when the good father plucked out a single sweet and charitably handed it to the shop owner." Stolen? Really? From the "shop owner?" OK, let's forget about it belonging to the Jews (Jews = rightful 'shop owner') from the days of the Bible, shall we? Of course you really meant to say, "captured from the arab aggressors in 1967 ," didn't you? - which according to laws of engagement belong to the victor. So what did the victor do? He built it up into communities, beautified it, grew vegetables, greenhouses, creating a thriving economy and tried to live there in peace for thirty plus years, only requesting to be left alone in peace, by the so-called religion of peace . Now, we have returned [our] land to the enemy (who had invaded us) as a gesture of go...

(hat tip: my London connection, M---) Jewish Buddhist Haiku to be read with a straight face: If there is no self, whose arthritis is this? Be here now. Be someplace else later. I s that so complicated? Drink tea and nourish life. With the first sip ... joy. With the second ... satisfaction. With the third, peace. With the fourth, a danish. Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story. Accept misfortune as a blessing. Do not wish for perfect health, Or a life without problems. What would you talk about? The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single "oy." There is no escaping karma: In a previous life, you never called, you never wrote, you never visited. And whose fault was that? Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkes. The Tao does not speak. The Tao does not blame. The Tao does not take sides. The Tao has no expectations. The Tao demands nothing of others. The Tao is not Jewish. Breathe in. Breathe out...

IDF - צה Watch this. Does this video depict an evil people? Filled with hate? Power-hungry? Racist? Imperialist? To me (and any rational person out there) it shows a people who would prefer to live their lives in peace, and not have to fight for survival. Compare and contrast with certain other nations surrounding them...what do you see?