KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
MYSTERY STOMACH BUG
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SPANISH TRAIN DERAILMENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtcmpyeHwvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbb25PqjusI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeUuWOJNgqw
By Teresa Medrano and Miguel Vidal
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday night, on the eve of a major religious festival, killing at least 78 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters.In what one local official described as a scene from hell, bodies covered in blankets lay next to the overturned carriages as smoke billowed from the wreckage after the disaster.Firefighters clambered desperately over the twisted metal trying to get survivors out of the windows, while ambulances and fire engines surrounded the scene. Cranes were still pulling out mangled debris on Thursday morning, 12 hours after the crash.One official source said speeding was a likely cause of the derailment, which occurred as the train reached a curve in the track, but the public works minister said it was too early to draw conclusions on what had happened.El Pais newspaper cited sources close to the investigation as saying the train was travelling at over twice the speed limit on a sharp curve and Santiago's mayor said the train was probably going too fast."We heard a massive noise and we went down the tracks. I helped getting a few injured and bodies out of the train. I went into one of the cars but I'd rather not tell you what I saw there," Ricardo Martinez, a 47-year old baker from Santiago de Compostela, told Reuters.The Santiago de Compostela train operated by state rail company Renfe, which had 247 people on board, derailed as the city prepared for the renowned festival of Saint James, when thousands of Christian pilgrims from across the world pack the streets.The city's tourism board said all festivities, including the traditional High Mass at the centuries-old cathedral, had been cancelled as the city went into mourning following the crash.Passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station the train approached the curve at high speed, twisted and wagons piled up one on top of the other."A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. We tried to squeeze out of the bottom of the wagons to get out and we realized the train was burning. ... I was in the second wagon and there was fire. ... I saw corpses," he said.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was born in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia region, visited the site on Thursday morning. He was due to go to the main hospital later in the day and hold an emergency meeting with local authorities."In the face of a tragedy such as just happened in Santiago de Compostela on the eve of its big day, I can only express my deepest sympathy as a Spaniard and a Galician," he said in a written statement late on Wednesday.
INVESTIGATION
Both Renfe and state-owned Adif, which is in charge of the tracks, had opened an investigation into the cause of the derailment, Renfe said.The official source said no statement would be made regarding the cause until the black boxes of the train were examined, but said it was most likely an accident."We are moving away from the hypothesis of sabotage or attack," he said. "It's too early to be 100 percent sure but speeding is a likely cause for the accident."Santiago mayor Angel Curras told Cadena Ser radio: "It seems the speed of the train was likely not the right one."Clinics in Santiago de Compostela were overwhelmed with people flocking to give blood, while hotels organized free rooms for relatives. Madrid sent forensic scientists and hospital staff to the scene on special flights.The death toll was 78, a spokeswoman for Galicia's Supreme Court said, adding that the figures were still provisional. Judges in Spain are responsible for recording deaths.
Up to 131 people were injured, a Galicia-based spokeswoman for the office of the central government said earlier."The scene is shocking, it's Dante-esque," said the head of the surrounding Galicia region, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, in a radio interview. He said he had declared seven days of official mourning in the Galicia region.
NO BUDGET CUTS
The eight-carriage train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol on the Galician coast when it derailed, Renfe said in a statement.The disaster stirred memories of a train bombing in Madrid in 2004, carried out by Islamist militants, that killed 191 people, although officials do not appear to suspect an attack this time.
Spain is struggling to emerge from a long-running recession marked by government-driven austerity to bring its deeply indebted finances into order.But Adif, the state railways infrastructure company, told Reuters no budget cuts had been implemented on maintenance of the line, which connects La Coruna, Santiago de Compostela and Ourense and was inaugurated in 2011.It said more than 100 million euros a year were being spent on track maintenance in Spain.Firefighters called off a strike to help with the disaster, while hospital staff, many operating on reduced salaries because of spending cuts, worked overtime to tend the injured.
The city's festival focuses on St James, one of Jesus' 12 disciples, whose remains are said to rest there and who is patron saint of Galicia.The apostle's shrine is the destination of the famous El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across the Pyrenees, which has been followed by Christians since the Middle Ages.Wednesday's derailment was one of the worst rail accidents in Europe over the past 25 years.In November 2000, 155 people were killed when a fire in a tunnel engulfed a funicular train packed with skiers in Austria.
In Montenegro, up to 46 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in 2006 when a packed train derailed and plunged into a ravine outside the capital, Podgorica.In Spain itself, 41 people were killed the same year when an underground train derailed and overturned in a tunnel just before entering the Jesus metro station in Valencia.(Additional reporting by Inmaculada Sanz, Sonya Dowsett, Sarah White, Andres Gonzalez, Blanca Rodriguez, Julien Toyer, Emma Pinedo and Raquel Castillo; Writing by Sonya Dowsett and Julien Toyer; editing by Mike Collett-White and Barry Moody)
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUGS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
POPE ON HIS WAY TO BRAZIL
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Pope Francis spoke out strongly on the problem of the spread and use of drugs, and the drug trade that lies behind it, when he visited a Catholic hospital in Rio de Janeiro and met drug addicts and medical staff that are helping them to overcome their problem. He rejected proposals being made in several Latin American countries that claim the way “to reduce the spread and influence of drug addiction” is to liberalize drugs.He addressed the subject, on his return from Aparaceida, amid extraordinary scenes of emotion, joy and excitement as he greeted patients and staff at St Francis of Assisi hospital which helps addicts overcome dependency on chemical substances.After opening a new wing of the hospital for drug addicts, financed by the Italian Bishops Conference, and listening to the moving testimonies of two young addicts, Pope Francis called for a radically different response to the drug problem.“It is necessary to confront the problems underlying the use of these drugs, by promoting greater justice, educating young people in the values that build up life in society, accompanying those in difficulty and giving them hope for the future”, he stated.The Argentinean Pope knows the drug problem well because as archbishop of Buenos Aires he became conversant with it during frequent visits to the ‘villas miserias’ (shanty towns) where priests are daily confronting this scourge with great courage.Speaking to the staff and patients at this hospital run by the Third Order of St Francis (which also works with alcohol addicts and provides medical care to the poor), Pope Francis said “there are so many situations in Brazil, and throughout the world, that require attention, care and love, like the fight against chemical (substance) dependency.”Often, he said, “it is selfishness that prevails in our society”, where “many ‘dealers of death’ follow the logic of power and money at any cost!”“The scourge of drug-trafficking, that favours violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death,requires an act of courage from society as a whole”, he stated. He recalled how St Francis of Assisi “abandoned the riches and comfort of the world in order to become a poor man among the poor” after understanding that “true joy and riches do not come from the idols of this world – material things and the possession of them – but are to be found only in following Christ and serving others”.St Francis came to this understanding after embracing a leper, he said. Then he understood that “in every suffering brother and sister that we embrace, we embrace the suffering Body of Christ.” Pope Francis told the drug addicts, “I wish to embrace each and every one of you, who are the flesh of Christ, and to ask God to renew your journey, and also mine, with purpose and steadfast hope.” Indeed “we all need to look upon one another with the loving eyes of Christ, and to learn to embrace those in need, in order to show our closeness, affection and love”, he said. “We must hold the hand of the one in need, of the one who has fallen into the darkness of dependency perhaps without even knowing how, and we must say to him or her: You can get up, you can stand up. It is difficult, but it is possible if you want to.”He thanked the hospital’s medical and other staff for their precious work, and encouraged them to “do it always with love, because it is a service given to Christ present in our brothers and sisters”.Then speaking directly to the addicts and their families, he told them, “You have to want to stand up; this is the indispensible”. While acknowledging that the journey “is long and difficult”, he encouraged them to “look ahead with confidence”, and not allow themselves “to be robbed of hope”. He assured them that the Church is on their side, ready to help. He concluded by telling them, “The Lord is near you and he takes you by the hand. Look to him in your most difficult moments and he will give you consolation and hope.” And he urged them also to look to Our Lady, and confided that earlier that day he had entrusted each one of them to Our Lady of Aparecida.
DISEASES
REVELATION 6:7-8
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).
MYSTERY STOMACH BUG
http://abcnews.go.com/video
SPANISH TRAIN DERAILMENT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtcmpyeHwvk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bbb25PqjusI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeUuWOJNgqw
At least 78 killed, 131 injured, in Spain train disaster
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain (Reuters) - A train derailed outside the ancient northwestern Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela on Wednesday night, on the eve of a major religious festival, killing at least 78 people and injuring up to 131 in one of Europe's worst rail disasters.In what one local official described as a scene from hell, bodies covered in blankets lay next to the overturned carriages as smoke billowed from the wreckage after the disaster.Firefighters clambered desperately over the twisted metal trying to get survivors out of the windows, while ambulances and fire engines surrounded the scene. Cranes were still pulling out mangled debris on Thursday morning, 12 hours after the crash.One official source said speeding was a likely cause of the derailment, which occurred as the train reached a curve in the track, but the public works minister said it was too early to draw conclusions on what had happened.El Pais newspaper cited sources close to the investigation as saying the train was travelling at over twice the speed limit on a sharp curve and Santiago's mayor said the train was probably going too fast."We heard a massive noise and we went down the tracks. I helped getting a few injured and bodies out of the train. I went into one of the cars but I'd rather not tell you what I saw there," Ricardo Martinez, a 47-year old baker from Santiago de Compostela, told Reuters.The Santiago de Compostela train operated by state rail company Renfe, which had 247 people on board, derailed as the city prepared for the renowned festival of Saint James, when thousands of Christian pilgrims from across the world pack the streets.The city's tourism board said all festivities, including the traditional High Mass at the centuries-old cathedral, had been cancelled as the city went into mourning following the crash.Passenger Ricardo Montesco told Cadena Ser radio station the train approached the curve at high speed, twisted and wagons piled up one on top of the other."A lot of people were squashed on the bottom. We tried to squeeze out of the bottom of the wagons to get out and we realized the train was burning. ... I was in the second wagon and there was fire. ... I saw corpses," he said.Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who was born in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of Galicia region, visited the site on Thursday morning. He was due to go to the main hospital later in the day and hold an emergency meeting with local authorities."In the face of a tragedy such as just happened in Santiago de Compostela on the eve of its big day, I can only express my deepest sympathy as a Spaniard and a Galician," he said in a written statement late on Wednesday.
INVESTIGATION
Both Renfe and state-owned Adif, which is in charge of the tracks, had opened an investigation into the cause of the derailment, Renfe said.The official source said no statement would be made regarding the cause until the black boxes of the train were examined, but said it was most likely an accident."We are moving away from the hypothesis of sabotage or attack," he said. "It's too early to be 100 percent sure but speeding is a likely cause for the accident."Santiago mayor Angel Curras told Cadena Ser radio: "It seems the speed of the train was likely not the right one."Clinics in Santiago de Compostela were overwhelmed with people flocking to give blood, while hotels organized free rooms for relatives. Madrid sent forensic scientists and hospital staff to the scene on special flights.The death toll was 78, a spokeswoman for Galicia's Supreme Court said, adding that the figures were still provisional. Judges in Spain are responsible for recording deaths.
Up to 131 people were injured, a Galicia-based spokeswoman for the office of the central government said earlier."The scene is shocking, it's Dante-esque," said the head of the surrounding Galicia region, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, in a radio interview. He said he had declared seven days of official mourning in the Galicia region.
NO BUDGET CUTS
The eight-carriage train was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol on the Galician coast when it derailed, Renfe said in a statement.The disaster stirred memories of a train bombing in Madrid in 2004, carried out by Islamist militants, that killed 191 people, although officials do not appear to suspect an attack this time.
Spain is struggling to emerge from a long-running recession marked by government-driven austerity to bring its deeply indebted finances into order.But Adif, the state railways infrastructure company, told Reuters no budget cuts had been implemented on maintenance of the line, which connects La Coruna, Santiago de Compostela and Ourense and was inaugurated in 2011.It said more than 100 million euros a year were being spent on track maintenance in Spain.Firefighters called off a strike to help with the disaster, while hospital staff, many operating on reduced salaries because of spending cuts, worked overtime to tend the injured.
The city's festival focuses on St James, one of Jesus' 12 disciples, whose remains are said to rest there and who is patron saint of Galicia.The apostle's shrine is the destination of the famous El Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across the Pyrenees, which has been followed by Christians since the Middle Ages.Wednesday's derailment was one of the worst rail accidents in Europe over the past 25 years.In November 2000, 155 people were killed when a fire in a tunnel engulfed a funicular train packed with skiers in Austria.
In Montenegro, up to 46 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in 2006 when a packed train derailed and plunged into a ravine outside the capital, Podgorica.In Spain itself, 41 people were killed the same year when an underground train derailed and overturned in a tunnel just before entering the Jesus metro station in Valencia.(Additional reporting by Inmaculada Sanz, Sonya Dowsett, Sarah White, Andres Gonzalez, Blanca Rodriguez, Julien Toyer, Emma Pinedo and Raquel Castillo; Writing by Sonya Dowsett and Julien Toyer; editing by Mike Collett-White and Barry Moody)
DRUG PUSHERS AND ADDICTS
1 PET 5:8
8 Be sober,(NOT DRUGED UP OR ALCOHOLICED) be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
REVELATION 18:23
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries (DRUGS) were all nations deceived.
REVELATION 9:21
21 Neither repented they of their murders,(KILLING) nor of their sorceries (DRUGS AND DRUG PUSHERS), nor of their fornication,(SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE OR PROSTITUTION FOR MONEY) nor of their thefts.(STEALING)
POPE ON HIS WAY TO BRAZIL
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http://multimedia.lastampa.it/multimedia/vatican-insider/en/lstp/184780/
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07/25/2013 VATICAN INSIDER
Pope " It is necessary to confront the problems underlying the use of drugs"
Visiting a hospital in Rio that helps drug addicts, Pope Francis said society must confront the problems underlying the use of drugs, including the drug trade
Gerard O'Connell RIO DE JANEIROPope Francis spoke out strongly on the problem of the spread and use of drugs, and the drug trade that lies behind it, when he visited a Catholic hospital in Rio de Janeiro and met drug addicts and medical staff that are helping them to overcome their problem. He rejected proposals being made in several Latin American countries that claim the way “to reduce the spread and influence of drug addiction” is to liberalize drugs.He addressed the subject, on his return from Aparaceida, amid extraordinary scenes of emotion, joy and excitement as he greeted patients and staff at St Francis of Assisi hospital which helps addicts overcome dependency on chemical substances.After opening a new wing of the hospital for drug addicts, financed by the Italian Bishops Conference, and listening to the moving testimonies of two young addicts, Pope Francis called for a radically different response to the drug problem.“It is necessary to confront the problems underlying the use of these drugs, by promoting greater justice, educating young people in the values that build up life in society, accompanying those in difficulty and giving them hope for the future”, he stated.The Argentinean Pope knows the drug problem well because as archbishop of Buenos Aires he became conversant with it during frequent visits to the ‘villas miserias’ (shanty towns) where priests are daily confronting this scourge with great courage.Speaking to the staff and patients at this hospital run by the Third Order of St Francis (which also works with alcohol addicts and provides medical care to the poor), Pope Francis said “there are so many situations in Brazil, and throughout the world, that require attention, care and love, like the fight against chemical (substance) dependency.”Often, he said, “it is selfishness that prevails in our society”, where “many ‘dealers of death’ follow the logic of power and money at any cost!”“The scourge of drug-trafficking, that favours violence and sows the seeds of suffering and death,requires an act of courage from society as a whole”, he stated. He recalled how St Francis of Assisi “abandoned the riches and comfort of the world in order to become a poor man among the poor” after understanding that “true joy and riches do not come from the idols of this world – material things and the possession of them – but are to be found only in following Christ and serving others”.St Francis came to this understanding after embracing a leper, he said. Then he understood that “in every suffering brother and sister that we embrace, we embrace the suffering Body of Christ.” Pope Francis told the drug addicts, “I wish to embrace each and every one of you, who are the flesh of Christ, and to ask God to renew your journey, and also mine, with purpose and steadfast hope.” Indeed “we all need to look upon one another with the loving eyes of Christ, and to learn to embrace those in need, in order to show our closeness, affection and love”, he said. “We must hold the hand of the one in need, of the one who has fallen into the darkness of dependency perhaps without even knowing how, and we must say to him or her: You can get up, you can stand up. It is difficult, but it is possible if you want to.”He thanked the hospital’s medical and other staff for their precious work, and encouraged them to “do it always with love, because it is a service given to Christ present in our brothers and sisters”.Then speaking directly to the addicts and their families, he told them, “You have to want to stand up; this is the indispensible”. While acknowledging that the journey “is long and difficult”, he encouraged them to “look ahead with confidence”, and not allow themselves “to be robbed of hope”. He assured them that the Church is on their side, ready to help. He concluded by telling them, “The Lord is near you and he takes you by the hand. Look to him in your most difficult moments and he will give you consolation and hope.” And he urged them also to look to Our Lady, and confided that earlier that day he had entrusted each one of them to Our Lady of Aparecida.
Livni, Bennett call for one chief rabbi instead of two
Ministers vow to unite Sephardi, Ashkenazi chief rabbis into a single position, detach chief rabbinate from religious courts
July 25, 2013, 3:06 pm
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Besides, the official added, “the chief rabbi
job is a busy one. He has to travel, give rulings on different issues.”
The new structure would enable the chief rabbi to focus on the job,
while giving the religious courts a more expert hand at the helm, the
ministry believes.The bill will likely fail to satisfy the demands of the rabbinate’s many critics, one of the most vocal of whom is Finance Minister Yair Lapid.“An institution that was irrelevant beforehand
to the lives and worldviews of many Israelis, will continue to be so
for the next 10 years,” Lapid charged in a statement on Facebook on
Thursday.“Those who wish to use the services of the
rabbinate are, of course, welcome to do so, but it’s inconceivable that
there is no alternative. The time has come for civil unions that will
offer a solution also for the LGBT community, for those who are not
Jews, and for all the beautiful Israelis who simply want to marry
without interference from the religious establishment,” Lapid said.“This will be a dirty and probably prolonged political battle, but we will carry on the fight,” he promised.Rabbi Uri Regev, director of Hiddush, an
organization that advocates the separation of religious institutions and
the state, said on Thursday that “there are few government bodies
that muster as much disdain toward Judaism and distances Jewish Israelis
from their religion as the Chief Rabbinate.”“Israel must return to the authentic Jewish
tradition of supporting rabbis who operate by the virtue of voluntary
acceptance of their authority and leadership by their communities, not
by riding on coercive civil laws and political manipulation,” Regev
insisted.Earlier this month, Transparency International’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer revealed that a large majority of Israelis believe their state religious institutions to be profoundly corrupt.Seventy-three percent of Israelis said the
country’s religious institutions were either “corrupt” or “extremely
corrupt,” putting Israel in 3rd place among 107 countries surveyed in
terms of the public perception of corruption in religious institutions.
Only Sudan (79%) and Japan (74%) had higher figures.The survey also asked respondents how
corrupt they believed the institutions to be on a scale from 1 to 5,
where 1 is “not at all corrupt” and 5 is “extremely corrupt.” Israel’s
religious institutions scored 4.1, tied with Sudan and Japan for first
place.
LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY.THE REDICULAS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT BABY GEORGE-ALEXANDER-LOUIS HAVE STARTED. OF COURSE THE WORST CONSPIRACY THEORY IS THAT LITTLE GEORGE IS A ZIONIST JEW AS THE ISRAEL HATERS CALL ZIONISM.WHEN THE TRUE MEANING OF A ZIONIST IS.THAT GOD PROMISED THE JEWS THEIR LAND FOREVER AND WILL KEEP HIS PROMISE TO ISRAEL.SO I AM A TRUE ZIONIST FOR ISRAEL.NOT LIKE THE FRAUD ISRAEL HATERS.THE ISRAEL HATERS BLAME EVERYTHING ON ISRAEL.FROM CONTROLLING THE BANKS TO CONTROLLING QUEEN ELIZABETH AND HER THRONE.SO THIS STORY SHOULD BE NO SURPRISE.
His Royal Highness. Future Birthright Israel participant, 2031'? No.
Middleton, Shmiddleton. Britain’s new royal heir is not a Jew
Despite the claims of dubious experts, unnamed Sephardi rabbis, and an Iranian news agency, Prince George will not be England’s very first Yiddishe monarch
July 25, 2013, 11:22 am
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LONDON – In the classic Monty
Python movie “Life of Brian,” the hapless title character is accosted by
a crowd that believes he is the Jewish Messiah. None of his denials
makes the slightest bit of difference — quite the opposite: “Only the
true Messiah denies His divinity,” says one girl.A
similar situation seems to be unfolding in Britain where, no matter how
many experts issue denials, the crowds online seem ever more insistent
that Kate Middleton is descended from Jews — and that therefore, the new
royal baby, Prince George Alexander Louis, will not be the latest in a
long line of Protestant kings, but England’s very first Yiddishe
monarch.Just three days old, the young prince has
already managed to unite two usually opposite camps, the anti-Semites
and the Jews. It’s hard to tell who’s keener on the idea.Even Birthright has got in on the
act, creating an infant garment which says on the front, ‘His Royal
Highness. Future Birthright Israel participant, 2031′-On the anti-Semitic side, there are endless forums discussing whether Kate is “tainted” by Jewish blood, while Iran’s Mehr News Agency warns, in mangled English, that her marriage ceremony in Westminster Cathedral was a sham.“This lady’s family roots show that she is
considered a Sephardic Jew from her mother’s side. Moreover the timing
of the wedding and the way it was held which was based on Jewish culture
verify the evidences…. William’s marriage as the inheritor of the crown
to a Jewish girl will leave the future of Britain to the hands of the
couple’s Jewish children.”Most of the Jewish sources quote an “Orthodox
Sephardi rabbi in Israel” — unnamed, unsurprisingly – saying that Kate’s
mother’s parents were both Jewish, but on the whole tend to accept that
it’s probably not true. Not that anyone lets the facts get in the way
of a good story: “I say we send some Chabadniks after her,” suggests thecooljew.net. “Get her to start lighting candles and going to the Royal Mikveh. Maybe William will eventually convert.”
Even Birthright has got in on the act,
creating an infant garment which says on the front, “His Royal Highness.
Future Birthright Israel participant, 2031.”
So what are the chances that the young Prince
George will qualify for the free trip to Israel? Slim to none, and slim
just left town.The Times of Israel approached no less an
(ostensible) authority than Michael Cole, the BBC’s former royal
correspondent, who had a letter published in the Times of London last
month (and cited by the New York Post last week), asserting
that Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, “is the daughter of Ronald
Goldsmith and Dorothy Harrison, both Jews. The parents of Dorothy were
Robert Harrison and Elizabeth Temple, both Jews. Elizabeth was descended
from the Myers, a distinguished 19th century Jewish family.”
Cole added in the letter: “The Duchess of Cambridge is a Jew on her
matriarchal side and therefore her baby will be a Jew, according to
Jewish law and tradition.” And he suggested that “a wise choice” of name
might be Solomon.‘Mrs Middleton, born Goldsmith, is
a talented businesswoman… You don’t have to live in a monastery to know
that Jewish people are good in business’ — Michael Cole
Unfortunately for the royal Jew-hopers, Cole
sounded a little more circumspect over the phone, admitting that “it is
only circumstantial evidence.”Like everyone else, he relied entirely on the
fact that the names in Kate’s family tree – Goldsmith, Harrison, Myers
and Temple – sound Jewish, and surmises that they were originally
members of the tribe. “There used to be a very strong impetus on Jewish
people in Britain and elsewhere to marry out and hide their Jewish
antecedents,” he told The Times of Israel.Asked whether he has any positive evidence
that this is actually the case for Kate’s family, Cole explained that
“Mrs Middleton, born Goldsmith, is a talented businesswoman… You don’t
have to live in a monastery to know that Jewish people are good in
business” – and referred us to his original source, a Jewish solicitor
friend, who claimed he was “really not qualified to advise [you]
properly.”According to Laurence Harris, former chairman
of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain and a regular
adviser to the genealogical television program “Who Do You Think You
Are,” there is no evidence of Jewish branches in Kate’s family tree–
“yet,” he added cautiously.The “Jewish” surnames were also used by
non-Jews, and “there is no evidence of synagogue marriages or Jewish
burials,” Harris noted. On the contrary, there are solid records of
church weddings among Carole’s ancestors going back at least five
generations.The office of the British Chief Rabbi, which
keeps records of marriages in the Orthodox United Synagogue, says that
previous publications debunking the Middletons’ Jewish heritage “make
the issue completely clear.”While Harris accepts that this is not
definitive proof either way, he noted that the ancestors largely lived
in areas and pursued occupations that were not typical of Jews in that
era. Carole’s great-grandfather John Goldsmith, for example, born in
1851, was a laborer in Middlesex near London. Joseph Temple, another of
Carole’s great-great-grandparents, was an iron miner in Yorkshire, as
was his son Thomas. Both were married in their local parish churches.
Thomas’s wife, Elizabeth Myers, came from county Durham in north East
England, which was not a Jewish area. Her father, Joseph, was an
agricultural laborer.The rumors of Kate’s Jewish ancestry, which
Harris began to research as soon as her engagement became likely,
“started as soon as there was an indication of her potential involvement
in the royal family,” he said.Quite why they flourish — despite all evidence
to the contrary — is unclear. Perhaps it’s just too much fun to
speculate about the Jewish royals, rather than admit for once and for
all — with apologies again to Monty Python — that the new Prince George
is “not a Jewish king. He’s a very naughty goy!” It takes three to peace tango, Netanyahu quips
Regional Cooperation Minister Silvan Shalom, meanwhile, hopes renewed talks with Palestinians could start Tuesday in Washington
July 25, 2013, 2:23 pm
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