jewworldorder--2020-09-06--The Error Of Christian Dispensationalists: Did Israel Reject Jesus? (Part 2)

This is the second installment of our series The Error of Dispensationalists : Did Israel Reject Jesus ?
Part 1 can be read here .
In his series of lectures , Did Israel Reject Jesus ?
, Sheldon Emry exposes the fundamental flaw in dispensational Christian theology that falsely encourages the belief that because “ The Jews ” rejected their promised messiah — Jesus Christ — that God changed His mind , broke His eternal covenant with the Israelites , and transferred His promises of salvation to all other races and peoples merely on the sole condition that they “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ John 1:11 because this verse is used by so many to teach that the Israel people rejected Christ : But it ’ s immediately qualified by the next two verses : We have seen that most of the Judeans in John so far could claim Abraham as their father , but only part of them reacted in the manner that Israel was to react by coming to him , listening to him , and believing him , but another part of these people who claimed Abraham as their father rejected him , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him and attempted to kill him .
And Jesus said to these people , We have seen that the only people who could meet that qualification of being from Abraham but not God ’ s sheep would have to be the Canannite people descendant through Esau called the Edomites in Genesis 36 .
And yet they were living in Jerusalem and Judea at the time of Christ and naturally would be called by the same geographical name ‘ Judeans ’ .
And the King James translators translated this word Judean as “ Jew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 350 years ago .
So some of these people called “ Jews ” were obviously not Israelites , and some of them were .
And the only way we can tell the difference is their reaction to Jesus .
Some of them , because they hated Him , must have been what the scripture would call Edomite or Canaanite Jews .
And the word “ Edomite ” as we saw before means “ red ” so they would be Red Jews , just as they are today .
There are political and economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would call communism , and communism is red , and they still use the same that fits Edom way back in Genesis 36 .
[ Note also that the head of world Jewry today , The Rothschilds , whose eretz name means “ red shield ” : Ed . ]
I want to lay to rest once and for all this double lie — that ’ s what this is , a double lie that comes from the Jewish-dominated church — and when I say “ Jewish-dominated church ” I ’ m referring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50 years ago [ The International Jew , ed . ]
, which after his investigation , he said every Protestant seminary in America was controlled by the Jews .
So we have , in effect , a Jewish-dominated church in America today called the “ Christian Church ” and they preach a double lie : First part is that the Jews are Israelites , and then followed by the second part that therefore Israel rejected Jesus 1,900 years ago .
This is simply not so — the people who were rejecting Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israelites .
Today we have we have many Jews in positions of power in America today , and they are kept there and allowed there primarily because the American people think they are Israelites , and they are not .
And if that truth were known , they would be removed .
Now the high priest in John 11:47 is a Canaanite : Caiaphas apparently was an Edomite , but he was the high priest in Israel just as today we have many Jews in Christian pulpits .
But Caiaphas was given a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Now he did not say this on his own accord .
Apparently from the context here , God put these words in his mouth because he was the high priest and he said a prophecy .
Now what “ nation ” is Caiaphas referring to ?
Obviously not his nation but for that other nation .
What nation did Jesus die for but the Israelite people ?
John 6:58 Who is Jesus telling that he was the bread of life : He ’ s referring to their father , so they must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel or the Israel people .
John 10:7 .
We have seen in the Bible that the only people called “ sheep ” are the Israelite people : Matthew 2:6 .
All the prophecies are to the Israel people : If Christ came to do all of this , then it is obvious the high priest here in John 11 [ Caiaphas ] must have been speaking , when he said “ that people ” , of the Israelite people .
When he said , “ One man should die for the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christ came to die for Israel that Israel might not die .
Now this fits in with all the prophecies that we read about Jesus giving everlasting life to his Israel people .
In verse 52 , the high priest said , Now what was that prophecy ?
That prophecy followed the one that He would die that they might not die — that He would gather together in one people the children of God that were scattered abroad .
That must mean that He was going to gather together the Israelites in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And we know that dispersion was into the coast of the Mediterranean , into Europe , into the “ Isles of the Sea , ” up into Britain and as far as Scandinavia , already at the time of Christ .
That is why , in the New Testament , we read so often about the Israel people who were not in Judea .
This was ten tribe Israel gone into the dispersion .
And that reference to gathering them together into one by the high priest is the same as Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other words , there was a fold of Israelite people in Judea — there was another fold of Israelite sheep somewhere else .
That was Jesus ’ mission — to regather the scattered Israel people back to the Israel people still in Judea and make them one fold with one shepherd .
What did that mean ?
He would make the Israel people one people with one God .
Jesus Christ would be the shepherd over all of Israel , both scattered and in Judea .
If we teach today — as most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canaanite Jews are those Israel people , then we make that mission of Jesus a farce and a failure — and we say nothing ever happened — from all that Jesus did , the Jews are still rejecting him .
The first chapter of Ephesians is a letter by Paul about the predestination .
He ’ s talking about the Israel people being predestinated to come to God almighty .
But as you read it , you must remember the Northern House of Israel , ten tribed Israel was divorced , was taken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and were gone , and they had to be brought back , and they had to be brought back because they were predestinated to be brought back .
Now some people say , “ We chose Jesus.
” Paul writes to these people and said He chose us before the foundation of the world , “ …Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself.
” How would these predestined people become the children of God ?
Through Jesus Christ .
That ’ s what Jesus said , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I must bring and make one.
” So he tells these people at Ephesus that they were chosen before the foundation of the world and they were predestined to become one through Jesus Christ .
What was he saying ?
“ You Israel people , in Ephesis , are now joined back in the household of Israel and become one household , the children of God through Jesus Christ.
” Jesus told the Jewish Pharisees , on the other hand , they were predestinated not to come to Jesus Christ .
He said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word.
” Now it doesn ’ t make sense again that Jesus cold have been talking to Israel when he said , “ You can not hear my word ” because the whole scripture says that they would hear it .
The scripture tells us that where there is no law there is no trespass .
So this verse identifies the people at Ephesus as Israelites .
The only way they could be “ dead ” and “ trespassing in sin ” is if they had the law and disobeyed it .
Where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He does not count their trespass sin , and only Israel has the law .
Who was that ?
Israel .
Cast off , divorced Israel .
Strangers from the promise but now in Christ Jesus : They had become “ gentiles in the flesh ” but He said you are now brought back by Christ : The two sheep folds have now the partition broken down to make one fold : Both of who ?
Jews and Gentiles ?
The modern church today , in effect , teaches that Jesus Christ broke @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jews and Gentiles .
In fact , in the Living Bible translation that corruption of God ’ s word has been changed to say specifically that — that the Jews and Gentiles are now one people .
History proves that is false .
They are not .
The Jews have a religion which is antiChrist .
The Christian people of Israel have one God even though we do not follow the Bible too well , we still , as a race — history and current events prove it —and the Bible prophecy proves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Israel people — if they worship a god at all — is Jesus Christ .
The ‘ Gentiles in the flesh ” — divorced , cast off , ten tribed Israel — were reunited with the House of Israel through the body and the blood of Christ .
And to make this a uniting of the Canaanite Jews with some so-called non-Israelite “ Gentiles ” is nonsense .
It makes this word confusion .
Here we still have the division continuing — those Judeans called “ Jews ” by the translators @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judeans called “ Jews ” but actually Edomites are not believing — in fact , they want to kill Lazarus .
The Israelites rejecting Jesus ?
No , apparently so many of them were following Him and proclaiming him the King of Israel that the Pharisees — or the Edomite Jews — said the whole world is going after Him .
Now some do not believe , even among these : These people did come to Jesus — these Israelites — but as far as believing in the manner that we call conversion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holy Spirit had not yet been given .
We will see they followed , they came like sheep , but there was some rejection , of course , of the lack of the Spirit .
In Christendom today that , perhaps , is the main problem — perhaps a lot of men in the pulpit who are physically descendant of Jacob-Israel believe upon Jesus Christ but because of fear of the Edomite Jews , they do not say or speak out what they should .
Some people are confused as to how Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would turn out to be a traitor , one would turn away from him .
Modern theology which teaches that the Jews are Israel implies that Jesus didn ’ t know that the Israelite people were going to reject him , but what follows suggests that Jesus believed that the Israelites were going to follow him , but Jesus did know of his twelves disciples that the one would betray him .
He was God incarnate , he knew that , and he said this one was a devil .
Now we already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus Christ “ the children of the devil ” so it ’ s almost a certainty that Judas was not an Israelite but was among the Edomites .
When Judas had left , Jesus said to the remaining disciples : Jesus had the good sense to know that Judas was going to betray him , but according to common theology today , He didn ’ t know that these other disciples were all going to turn around and go back and follow Judaism and deny him .
That ’ s literally what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus is telling his disciples that He expects them to follow him and become Christians , not reject him .
John 14 directed toward his disciples , his sheep , not the one who would betray him : Jesus Christ intended the Holy Spirit was to come and dwell in these Israelite followers of Christ .
Does that sound like something the God of Creation would say to a people that He would have known would reject Him and turn around and go worship the religion of AntiChrist ?
You know what that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jesus a fool .
It makes it appear that everything He said here was stupid and foolish , and never came to pass .
Ninety percent at least of the so-called Protestant churches in America today actually teach that these people to whom Jesus came and preached and said , “ You believe in me , You know the Father , I am going to send the Spirit , ” they teach that these people all turned around and within one or two generations and went back and followed Judaism , which denied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the living God… Jesus told the disciples of His coming death and resurrection and going to heaven .
Now , they did not understand , and we read this in other gospels .
They did not understand what He meant , but here ’ s the purpose for which He told them .
He says “ I told you when it comes to pass ye might believe .
I told you , Israelites , of my death and resurrection and ascension to heaven so that after it happened , ye might become Christians.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , “ None of these people believed after the resurrection ” of course , we nullify all of Jesus ’ intentions here in the Gospel of John .
John chapter 15 , He continues to talk to His Israelite disciples : Jesus ordained His disciples , these Israelites , to be Christian disciples , but we are told they refused and became the followers of Judaism .
Now that would make Jesus appear to be a God without power , a God without prophecy , a God without knowledge because He said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But the ministers come along and say , “ It didn ’ t work.
” And yet Jesus Christ says all power was given unto Him in heaven and in earth .
This is a specific prophecy .
In effect , Jesus said , “ These Edomite-Canaanite Jews who have persecuted me , they will persecute you.
” In other words , they will be AntiChrist and anti-Christian .
He said further , “ If they — in other words , those who do believe — if they believe me , they will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean ?
It means that the Israelites who did believe upon Jesus would then — following Jesus ’ death and resurrection — believe the disciples and become Christians….what Jesus said they would do .
The God who knows the End from the Beginning , according to modern theology , was all wrong .
No , they became Christ followers , not AntiChrist .
Who did Jesus tell that they did not know Him ?
The Esau Edomites : And here is why Jesus did come and preach to the Edomite Jews .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ word , they had to hear His voice , because if He didn ’ t , then they would be able to say , “ We never heard Jesus .
We don ’ t know what he was talking about .
We didn ’ t know who he was.
” This way , they have no cloak , no excuse .
Yet today we are told , “ Oh , the Jews believe in the God of the Old Testament.
” Jesus Christ said no .
Those who hate me hate the Father @ @ @ @ @ @ @ churches today , if you will examine it , is literally 180 degrees from the truth .
It is the opposite of God ’ s truth .
It says the same people who hated Me then are going to be the ones who hate the Christians in the age to come .
And , of course , that is Jewry .
Who hated Jesus without a cause ?
He says , “ Mine enemies.
” Nowhere in God ’ s Bible will you find that Israel was said to hate God without a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ witness , Psalm 69 : In both cases , David identifies the people who hated Christ as the enemies of God .
Now Israel , as we ’ ve seen , are called “ the children of God , ” “ the sheep of God , ” and all other names that relate them to God , but they are NEVER called the “ enemies of God.
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This is the second installment of our series The Error of Dispensationalists: Did Israel Reject Jesus?
Part 1 can be read here.
In his series of lectures, Did Israel Reject Jesus?, Sheldon Emry exposes the fundamental flaw in dispensational Christian theology that falsely encourages the belief that because “The Jews” rejected their promised messiah — Jesus Christ — that God changed His mind, broke His eternal covenant with the Israelites, and transferred His promises of salvation to all other races and peoples merely on the sole condition that they “believe in Jesus.”
Audio:
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Sheldon Emry continues:
We started with John 1:11 because this verse is used by so many to teach that the Israel people rejected Christ:
He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
But it’s immediately qualified by the next two verses:
12But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: 13Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
We have seen that most of the Judeans in John so far could claim Abraham as their father, but only part of them reacted in the manner that Israel was to react by coming to him, listening to him, and believing him, but another part of these people who claimed Abraham as their father rejected him, but not only rejected him but they hated him and attempted to kill him.
And Jesus said to these people,
John 10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
We have seen that the only people who could meet that qualification of being from Abraham but not God’s sheep would have to be the Canannite people descendant through Esau called the Edomites in Genesis 36.
And yet they were living in Jerusalem and Judea at the time of Christ and naturally would be called by the same geographical name ‘Judeans’. And the King James translators translated this word Judean as “Jew” when they translated the Greek scriptures 350 years ago.
So some of these people called “Jews” were obviously not Israelites, and some of them were. And the only way we can tell the difference is their reaction to Jesus.
Some of them, because they hated Him, must have been what the scripture would call Edomite or Canaanite Jews. And the word “Edomite” as we saw before means “red” so they would be Red Jews, just as they are today. There are political and economic theories today that Jews follow what we would call communism, and communism is red, and they still use the same that fits Edom way back in Genesis 36.
[Note also that the head of world Jewry today, The Rothschilds, whose eretz name means “red shield”: Ed.]
I want to lay to rest once and for all this double lie — that’s what this is, a double lie that comes from the Jewish-dominated church — and when I say “Jewish-dominated church” I’m referring to Henry Ford who wrote a book 50 years ago [The International Jew, ed.], which after his investigation, he said every Protestant seminary in America was controlled by the Jews. So we have, in effect, a Jewish-dominated church in America today called the “Christian Church” and they preach a double lie:
First part is that the Jews are Israelites, and then followed by the second part that therefore Israel rejected Jesus 1,900 years ago. This is simply not so — the people who were rejecting Jesus 1,900 years ago were Canaanites, not Israelites.
Today we have we have many Jews in positions of power in America today, and they are kept there and allowed there primarily because the American people think they are Israelites, and they are not. And if that truth were known, they would be removed.
Now the high priest in John 11:47 is a Canaanite:
Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Caiaphas apparently was an Edomite, but he was the high priest in Israel just as today we have many Jews in Christian pulpits. But Caiaphas was given a prophecy that follows in the next verses:
49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not, 51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; 52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Now he did not say this on his own accord. Apparently from the context here, God put these words in his mouth because he was the high priest and he said a prophecy.
Now what “nation” is Caiaphas referring to? Obviously not his nation but for that other nation. What nation did Jesus die for but the Israelite people?
John 1:31 John the Baptist said,
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
John 1:47 Nathaniel knew Jesus came to Israel:
Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
John 6:58 Who is Jesus telling that he was the bread of life:
This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
He’s referring to their father, so they must be the descendants of the fathers of Israel or the Israel people.
John 10:7. We have seen in the Bible that the only people called “sheep” are the Israelite people:
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Matthew 2:6. All the prophecies are to the Israel people:
And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
Luke 1:67:
And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people.
If Christ came to do all of this, then it is obvious the high priest here in John 11 [Caiaphas] must have been speaking, when he said “that people”, of the Israelite people. When he said, “One man should die for the people that the whole nation perish not.”
Christ came to die for Israel that Israel might not die. Now this fits in with all the prophecies that we read about Jesus giving everlasting life to his Israel people.
In verse 52, the high priest said,
52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.
Now what was that prophecy? That prophecy followed the one that He would die that they might not die — that He would gather together in one people the children of God that were scattered abroad. That must mean that He was going to gather together the Israelites in Judea with the Israelites in the dispersion.
And we know that dispersion was into the coast of the Mediterranean, into Europe, into the “Isles of the Sea,” up into Britain and as far as Scandinavia, already at the time of Christ. That is why, in the New Testament, we read so often about the Israel people who were not in Judea. This was ten tribe Israel gone into the dispersion.
And that reference to gathering them together into one by the high priest is the same as Jesus’ own prophecy John 10:16:
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
In other words, there was a fold of Israelite people in Judea — there was another fold of Israelite sheep somewhere else. That was Jesus’ mission — to regather the scattered Israel people back to the Israel people still in Judea and make them one fold with one shepherd.
What did that mean? He would make the Israel people one people with one God. Jesus Christ would be the shepherd over all of Israel, both scattered and in Judea.
If we teach today — as most of the churches teach — that the Canaanite Jews are those Israel people, then we make that mission of Jesus a farce and a failure — and we say nothing ever happened — from all that Jesus did, the Jews are still rejecting him.
The first chapter of Ephesians is a letter by Paul about the predestination. He’s talking about the Israel people being predestinated to come to God almighty. But as you read it, you must remember the Northern House of Israel, ten tribed Israel was divorced, was taken away, scattered through the nations, and were gone, and they had to be brought back, and they had to be brought back because they were predestinated to be brought back.
Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.
Now some people say, “We chose Jesus.” Paul writes to these people and said He chose us before the foundation of the world, “…Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself.” How would these predestined people become the children of God? Through Jesus Christ. That’s what Jesus said, “I have another fold of sheep whom I must bring and make one.”
Ephesians 1:10
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will.
So he tells these people at Ephesus that they were chosen before the foundation of the world and they were predestined to become one through Jesus Christ. What was he saying? “You Israel people, in Ephesis, are now joined back in the household of Israel and become one household, the children of God through Jesus Christ.”
Jesus told the Jewish Pharisees, on the other hand, they were predestinated not to come to Jesus Christ. He said, “You cannot hear my word.”
Now it doesn’t make sense again that Jesus cold have been talking to Israel when he said, “You cannot hear my word” because the whole scripture says that they would hear it.
Ephesians 2:1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins.
The scripture tells us that where there is no law there is no trespass. So this verse identifies the people at Ephesus as Israelites. The only way they could be “dead” and “trespassing in sin” is if they had the law and disobeyed it. Where God has not given the law, He does not count their trespass sin, and only Israel has the law.
Ephesians 2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Who was that? Israel. Cast off, divorced Israel. Strangers from the promise but now in Christ Jesus:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
They had become “gentiles in the flesh” but He said you are now brought back by Christ:
14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us.
The two sheep folds have now the partition broken down to make one fold:
16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Both of who? Jews and Gentiles? The modern church today, in effect, teaches that Jesus Christ broke down the middle wall partitioned between the Jews and Gentiles. In fact, in the Living Bible translation that corruption of God’s word has been changed to say specifically that — that the Jews and Gentiles are now one people.
History proves that is false. They are not. The Jews have a religion which is antiChrist. The Christian people of Israel have one God even though we do not follow the Bible too well, we still, as a race — history and current events prove it —and the Bible prophecy proves it — that the only God worshiped by the Israel people — if they worship a god at all — is Jesus Christ.
The ‘Gentiles in the flesh” — divorced, cast off, ten tribed Israel — were reunited with the House of Israel through the body and the blood of Christ. And to make this a uniting of the Canaanite Jews with some so-called non-Israelite “Gentiles” is nonsense. It makes this word confusion.
John 12:10. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
Here we still have the division continuing — those Judeans called “Jews” by the translators who are Israelites are believing. Those Judeans called “Jews” but actually Edomites are not believing — in fact, they want to kill Lazarus.
12. On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord…19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.”
The Israelites rejecting Jesus? No, apparently so many of them were following Him and proclaiming him the King of Israel that the Pharisees — or the Edomite Jews — said the whole world is going after Him.
Now some do not believe, even among these:
37But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: 38That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 39Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 40He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
These people did come to Jesus — these Israelites — but as far as believing in the manner that we call conversion today, they could not because the Holy Spirit had not yet been given. We will see they followed, they came like sheep, but there was some rejection, of course, of the lack of the Spirit.
42Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: 43For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
In Christendom today that, perhaps, is the main problem — perhaps a lot of men in the pulpit who are physically descendant of Jacob-Israel believe upon Jesus Christ but because of fear of the Edomite Jews, they do not say or speak out what they should.
Some people are confused as to how Jesus could choose twelve men and then one would turn out to be a traitor, one would turn away from him.
John 6: 70
Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.
Modern theology which teaches that the Jews are Israel implies that Jesus didn’t know that the Israelite people were going to reject him, but what follows suggests that Jesus believed that the Israelites were going to follow him, but Jesus did know of his twelves disciples that the one would betray him. He was God incarnate, he knew that, and he said this one was a devil.
Now we already read about the Pharisees being called by Jesus Christ “the children of the devil” so it’s almost a certainty that Judas was not an Israelite but was among the Edomites.
When Judas had left, Jesus said to the remaining disciples:
31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Jesus had the good sense to know that Judas was going to betray him, but according to common theology today, He didn’t know that these other disciples were all going to turn around and go back and follow Judaism and deny him. That’s literally what is taught by the churches today. And Jesus is telling his disciples that He expects them to follow him and become Christians, not reject him.
John 14 directed toward his disciples, his sheep, not the one who would betray him:
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:15:
If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus Christ intended the Holy Spirit was to come and dwell in these Israelite followers of Christ.
26But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Does that sound like something the God of Creation would say to a people that He would have known would reject Him and turn around and go worship the religion of AntiChrist?
You know what that kind of teaching does? It makes Jesus a fool. It makes it appear that everything He said here was stupid and foolish, and never came to pass.
Ninety percent at least of the so-called Protestant churches in America today actually teach that these people to whom Jesus came and preached and said, “You believe in me, You know the Father, I am going to send the Spirit,” they teach that these people all turned around and within one or two generations and went back and followed Judaism, which denied that Jesus was even the Son of the living God…
Let’s read on in John 14:
29And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
Jesus told the disciples of His coming death and resurrection and going to heaven. Now, they did not understand, and we read this in other gospels. They did not understand what He meant, but here’s the purpose for which He told them. He says “I told you when it comes to pass ye might believe. I told you, Israelites, of my death and resurrection and ascension to heaven so that after it happened, ye might become Christians.”
Now if we turn around and say, “None of these people believed after the resurrection” of course, we nullify all of Jesus’ intentions here in the Gospel of John.
John chapter 15, He continues to talk to His Israelite disciples:
15Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. 16Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Jesus ordained His disciples, these Israelites, to be Christian disciples, but we are told they refused and became the followers of Judaism. Now that would make Jesus appear to be a God without power, a God without prophecy, a God without knowledge because He said, “I HAVE done this.”
But the ministers come along and say, “It didn’t work.” And yet Jesus Christ says all power was given unto Him in heaven and in earth.
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
This is a specific prophecy. In effect, Jesus said, “These Edomite-Canaanite Jews who have persecuted me, they will persecute you.” In other words, they will be AntiChrist and anti-Christian.
He said further, “If they — in other words, those who do believe — if they believe me, they will keep yours also.” What does that mean? It means that the Israelites who did believe upon Jesus would then — following Jesus’ death and resurrection — believe the disciples and become Christians….what Jesus said they would do.
The God who knows the End from the Beginning, according to modern theology, was all wrong. No, they became Christ followers, not AntiChrist.
Who did Jesus tell that they did not know Him? The Esau Edomites:
21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not Him that sent me.
And here is why Jesus did come and preach to the Edomite Jews. He came because they had to hear His word, they had to hear His voice, because if He didn’t, then they would be able to say, “We never heard Jesus. We don’t know what he was talking about. We didn’t know who he was.” This way, they have no cloak, no excuse.
23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
Yet today we are told, “Oh, the Jews believe in the God of the Old Testament.” Jesus Christ said no. Those who hate me hate the Father also. Modern theology taught by most churches today, if you will examine it, is literally 180 degrees from the truth. It is the opposite of God’s truth. It says the same people who hated Me then are going to be the ones who hate the Christians in the age to come. And, of course, that is Jewry.
24If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. 25But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
Jesus was quoting the Psalms 35:
19Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
Who hated Jesus without a cause? He says, “Mine enemies.” Nowhere in God’s Bible will you find that Israel was said to hate God without a cause. This is repeated, double witness, Psalm 69:
4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.
In both cases, David identifies the people who hated Christ as the enemies of God. Now Israel, as we’ve seen, are called “the children of God,” “the sheep of God,” and all other names that relate them to God, but they are NEVER called the “enemies of God.”


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jewworldorder--2020-09-06--800 migrants removed from overcrowded asylum centre on island of Lampedusa

800 migrants have been transferred away from a residence for asylum seekers on the small Italian island of Lampedusa by @ @ @ @ @ to try to relieve some of the severe overcrowding at the centre , although it @ @ @ @ @ follows a promise made by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during an emergency meeting with the @ @ @ @ @ ” Musumeci on Wednesday night .
Musecemi had ordered the evacuation of all migrant camps @ @ @ @ @ sparked a legal conflict with central government .
An administrative court suspended Musemeci ’ s @ @ @ @ @ emergency meeting between he and Conte .
Following that , the government evacuated the 800 @ @ @ @ @ a fiscal discount for the Lampedusa islanders .
After their transfer on Saturday , the @ @ @ @ @ in precautionary quarantine onboard the vessel that picked them up , the GNV Rhapsody .
@ @ @ @ @ none of the transferred migrants had tested positive for COVID-19 .
500 migrants remain in @ @ @ @ @ intended to host no more than 200 .

800 migrants have been transferred away from a residence for asylum seekers on the small Italian island of Lampedusa by ship. The move is to try to relieve some of the severe overcrowding at the centre, although it remains hugely oversubcribed.
It follows a promise made by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte during an emergency meeting with the Sicilian president Sebastiano “Nello” Musumeci on Wednesday night.
Musecemi had ordered the evacuation of all migrant camps in the region, which sparked a legal conflict with central government.
An administrative court suspended Musemeci’s decision, leading to the emergency meeting between he and Conte. Following that, the government evacuated the 800 and offered economic aid and a fiscal discount for the Lampedusa islanders.
After their transfer on Saturday, the migrants must spend 14 days in precautionary quarantine onboard the vessel that picked them up, the GNV Rhapsody.
Lampedusa’s mayor said none of the transferred migrants had tested positive for COVID-19.
500 migrants remain in the centre, which was intended to host no more than 200.


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jewworldorder--2020-09-06--Portland: Protester Set Alight With Fire Bomb Aimed at Police

A ‘ protester ’ was set ablaze in Portland on Saturday night when a firebomb , thrown at police , missed its target .
Police retweeted footage that was taken at the scene showing fire erupting in the middle of a street , as a man caught in the flames attempted to run out of the way .
The man then emerged with his legs ablaze , as rioters attempted to help him .
Breitbart reports : Reporter Andy Ngô of the Post Millenial tweeted that Antifa and Black Lives Matter staged the riot to mark more than 100 days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis , Minnesota .
Rioters used Molotov cocktails in confrontations with police : Earlier Saturday , the Oregonian remarked on the 100-day anniversary of violent demonstrations : “ In Portland , the whitest major city in the U.S. , demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality have stretched for 100 straight days , sparking unprecedented cuts to the city police bureau , night after night of violence by law enforcement officers and protesters , presidential condemnation and national attention.
” Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blaming him for the violence .
Democrats , including presidential nominee Joe Biden , have referred to the rioters as “ peaceful protesters , ” blaming President Donald Trump for the violence , saying that the presence of federal law enforcement officials had been a provocation .
The violence has continued since federal officials withdrew several weeks ago .

A ‘protester’ was set ablaze in Portland on Saturday night when a firebomb, thrown at police, missed its target.
Police retweeted footage that was taken at the scene showing fire erupting in the middle of a street, as a man caught in the flames attempted to run out of the way.
The man then emerged with his legs ablaze, as rioters attempted to help him.
Fire bombs were thrown at officers, injuring at least one community member. Police are trying to restore peace and order for the safety of this neighborhood. https://t.co/V3UOCR6Bc4 — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) September 6, 2020
Portland Antifa throws Molotov cocktail towards cops but it ends up hitting an agitator instead. Portland is in the middle of another peaceful protest. pic.twitter.com/OdZEp5PDeV — (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) September 6, 2020
Breitbart reports: Reporter Andy Ngô of the Post Millenial tweeted that Antifa and Black Lives Matter staged the riot to mark more than 100 days of violent protest in Portland since the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Rioters used Molotov cocktails in confrontations with police:
Police are making repeated announcements. This remains a riot. Members of the group have thrown Molotov cocktails injuring at least one community member. Failure to disperse may result in arrest citation crowd control agents including tear gas and/or impact weapons. — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) September 6, 2020
Earlier Saturday, the Oregonian remarked on the 100-day anniversary of violent demonstrations: “In Portland, the whitest major city in the U.S., demonstrations against systemic racism and police brutality have stretched for 100 straight days, sparking unprecedented cuts to the city police bureau, night after night of violence by law enforcement officers and protesters, presidential condemnation and national attention.”
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has refused support from President Donald Trump, blaming him for the violence.
Democrats, including presidential nominee Joe Biden, have referred to the rioters as “peaceful protesters,” blaming President Donald Trump for the violence, saying that the presence of federal law enforcement officials had been a provocation.
The violence has continued since federal officials withdrew several weeks ago.


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jewworldorder--2020-09-06--IDF: Assailant tries to stab soldiers outside Ariel in West Bank, is shot

An assailant approached a group of soldiers outside the settlement-city of Ariel and attempted to stab them before running away on Sunday afternoon , the Israel Defense Forces said .
No soldiers were wounded in the failed attack at the Ariel Junction in the northern West Bank , according to the military .
The suspect was shot in the leg and captured a short distance away from the attempted stabbing .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “ IDF troops chased after the assailant and performed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and detained him , ” the military said in a statement .
A boning knife was recovered at the scene .
The identity of the suspect was not immediately released .
The attack came following an uptick in Palestinian violence in recent weeks .
Last Wednesday , an Israeli soldier and police officer were lightly wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank , Israeli officials said .
The week before , a Palestinian worker stabbed an Israeli man to death in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva .

An assailant approached a group of soldiers outside the settlement-city of Ariel and attempted to stab them before running away on Sunday afternoon, the Israel Defense Forces said.
No soldiers were wounded in the failed attack at the Ariel Junction in the northern West Bank, according to the military.
The suspect was shot in the leg and captured a short distance away from the attempted stabbing.
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“IDF troops chased after the assailant and performed an arrest, which included gunfire, and detained him,” the military said in a statement.
A knife recovered at the scene of what the IDF says was an attempted stabbing attack outside the West Bank settlement of Ariel on September 6, 2020. (courtesy)
A boning knife was recovered at the scene. The identity of the suspect was not immediately released.
The attack came following an uptick in Palestinian violence in recent weeks.
Last Wednesday, an Israeli soldier and police officer were lightly wounded in a suspected car-ramming attack in the northern West Bank, Israeli officials said.
The week before, a Palestinian worker stabbed an Israeli man to death in the Tel Aviv suburb of Petah Tikva.


jewworldorder--2020-09-06--Trailblazing minister battles to get things done in a do-nothing government

Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata broke new ground with her appointment to the cabinet in May .
She is the first Ethiopian cabinet minister in Israel ’ s history .
Breaking new ground does not mean old inequities are ended , of course .
Tamano-Shata hails from a new elite in the community , one that has risen from a hardscrabble immigrant existence to break through entrenched glass ceilings across the spectrum of Israeli institutions and career paths , from academia to the military to politics and the corporate world .
But most Ethiopian Jews in Israel still struggle with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conceived absorption policy in the 1980s and 1990s .
The Ethiopian Jewish community ’ s move to Israel traversed the largest economic and cultural gap of any immigrant group since the 1950s .
Tamano-Shata ’ s very success , from a childhood in an absorption center to a career as an activist , journalist and politician , has instilled an intense sense of responsibility for that community , a sense evident throughout her recent interview with The Times of Israel , which was carried out last month over Zoom .
Israeli society , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrant communities succeed , but needs a lot of help making it happen .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up “ I believe if we want to absorb well , the first obstacle is the language .
The language .
Someone wants to find work , find a home , and there are ulpanim [ Hebrew-language study programs for new immigrants ] , ” notes Tamano-Shata , “ but it ’ s not enough.
” “ I love the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at age 3 , one of my first memories was falling in love with the Hebrew language .
Maybe it ’ s not such a coincidence that I later went on to study law and became a lawyer .
And in general , in my past , not for quoting , I ’ m a singer who ’ s in love with Hebrew.
” “ Why isn ’ t that for attribution ?
” she was asked .
Slightly embarrassed , Tamano-Shata answered : “ Okay , you can write that , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The main point : “ I can tell you that many immigrants who went through the basic ulpan program say they still don ’ t know Hebrew and that it makes everything more difficult.
” Interviews with ministers follow a pattern : the journalist raises social or political problems , the minister agrees that the problems are serious and insists they ’ re committed to solving them .
Then the conversation moves on to more piquant questions about the latest round of politicking .
Not so with Tamano-Shata .
Nothing came up in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t have specific policy solutions , budget sources and the names of officials and agencies that were already cooperating with her to implement the new program .
Tamano-Shata has a policymaker ’ s mind .
She slogs bored and unhappy through political talking points , then turns animated and begins to speak more quickly when the conversation turns to policy .
One soon finds that the only way to keep up is to interrupt with questions .
“ So I wrote a program ” to deal with the dearth of Hebrew education for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m moving ahead with the cooperation of the Association of Community Centers to open evening Hebrew lessons for everyone , even if you ’ re ten years in the country or 15 years .
If you want to learn Hebrew , that has to be available , offered by the state , and not limited just to your first year or the first six months [ in the country ] .
That ’ s very , very , very important.
” How do you pay for it ?
The above exchange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She went on : “ I ’ m going to embrace the immigrant lone soldiers more .
The first year after their discharge is a shock , they ’ re alone here .
I don ’ t want to see them leave the apartment they were given by the army [ during their service period ] and suddenly find themselves without any furniture and unable to rent an apartment .
They don ’ t have all the basic things that parents would help with .
I don ’ t come from the well-to-do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make do from a very young age .
I found myself after the army — even though my parents were there and were wonderful , they couldn ’ t help me — and I remember that anxiety of having to take a loan to rent an apartment with a friend .
That was very hard .
So we ’ re going to give an ‘ acclimation grant ’ each month to help them.
” There are at least half a dozen such programs , all prepared , mostly hammered out with the relevant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , The Times of Israel asked , did she plan to pay for them in the middle of an unprecedented economic slump and with the government facing a colossal budget deficit ?
That ’ s just the thing , she noted , channeling the old adage that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste : billions of shekels are being spent on propping up an economy devastated by the pandemic .
In some ways , if the cause is couched properly and negotiated well , there is more public money to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and projects than at any time in the past 15 years .
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to send all Israelis “ stimulus ” checks totaling some NIS 6 billion ( $ 1.8 billion ) — a move decried by some officials as a populist answer to the prime minister ’ s sagging poll numbers – the Blue and White party demanded that the spending favor the poor and newly unemployed .
The 750-shekel ( $ 223 ) one-time per-person grant given by the plan wasn ’ t nearly enough for someone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was too little to be noticed by middle class or wealthy households .
If the grants weren ’ t weighted toward those who needed them , went the argument , what was the point ?
That demand sparked a brief but ferocious debate in government about who should be included in the favored groups whose grants would be higher .
After Tamano-Shata entered the fray and raised the matter with her own Blue and White lawmakers as well as Likud ministers , including discussions with Finance Minister Israel Katz , new immigrants were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups who received larger checks than everyone else .
In the end , she says , “ it was a debate about numbers .
I showed them that immigrants in their first two years in the country face a 28 percent unemployment rate ” — a figure from before the pandemic .
There was another problem , she discovered .
New immigrants ’ welfare grants did not come from the main national welfare agency , the National Insurance Institute , until they ’ d been in the country for a year .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new arrivals , welfare benefits are delivered through the Absorption Ministry together with the regular immigration benefits .
The upshot : since the government was using the NII to deliver the coronavirus grants , immigrants were skipped over .
It took Tamano-Shata an intensive round of discussions with ministers and officials to ensure funds were directed correctly for new immigrants .
It was a full court press .
In all , 27 million previously unbudgeted shekels ( $ 8 million ) have gone to expanding financial aid to immigrants , NIS 42 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employment and job training programs , and NIS 11 million ( $ 3.3 million ) for vouchers for Hebrew studies — all drawn from the government ’ s various coronavirus rescue packages .
“ I ’ m very proud of that , ” she says .
“ My presence here is expressed in my ability to fight for the immigrants .
That ’ s my service .
I ’ m happy that that ’ s already borne some fruit.
” She ’ s right to be proud .
It ’ s hard to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ role has become in drawing the newly available coronavirus funds to their ministry .
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to refuse to legislate a state budget law , and refuses even to allow the Finance Ministry to prepare such a budget covering any period beyond the end of the year .
That means that no central planning staff is coordinating and prioritizing all the pandemic-induced spending .
Money is suddenly available in unprecedented amounts — the state ’ s roughly NIS 400 billion ( $ 119 billion ) annual budget is expected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 163 billion ) for 2020 due to the virus spending — but each minister must haggle and demand a share of the largesse for their particular fiefdom .
While the pandemic means more cash , it also brought a host of new problems for the ministry .
There are no moments of grace in the virus-induced storm , at least not for a ministry dealing with the welfare of often impoverished immigrants .
The pandemic has meant a massive institutional shakeup for the ministry and its NIS 1.7 billion ( $ 500 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I have 74 housing campuses with over 13,000 elderly living in them that are under the Absorption Ministry ’ s responsibility , ” notes Tamano-Shata .
“ We have staff taking temperatures and checking in on everyone constantly .
We ’ re running the quarantining of new immigrants who land in Israel .
All those things are a major operation .
The whole ministry has had to retool to provide services in a coronavirus [ -safe ] way.
” The granddaughter of a kais , or Ethiopian Jewish rabbi , Tamano-Shata comes from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its roots back to the legendary Abba Mahari , the famed Ethiopian Jewish spiritual leader whose failed 1862 attempt to reach the holy land is seen by Ethiopian Jews today as a prophetic harbinger of their move to Israel over a century later .
Her family came to Israel as part of Operation Moses in 1984 , when she was three years old .
But it arrived piecemeal .
“ I remember immigration as a dramatic moment , but also a traumatic one .
I was separated from my mother , who remained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night of the transfer in trucks to the Israeli plane , the truck my mother was on with two of my sisters got stuck .
The rest of my family , including myself at age 3 , got to the plane , and only there we found out , when the doors had closed , that mother and my two sisters were left behind .
“ I was incredibly lucky .
She made it to Israel about a year later , a critical year for my family .
The dream that came true @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dream of Jerusalem , the one that the Jews of Ethiopia prayed for for thousands of years , was a dream that also brought with it challenges of separation , of families torn apart .
But I was very lucky ; my family was reunited.
” She ’ s convinced to this day that “ anyone who ’ s experienced immigration in their life , even at a very early age , that ’ s something that stays with you and shapes your identity throughout your life.
” Tamano-Shata lived in an absorption @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moving to an apartment in the central town of Petah Tikva .
“ We were among the first families from Ethiopia to arrive in Petah Tikva .
We were an unusual part of the landscape .
The difference in color was hard to miss , and of course our language.
” She excelled at her studies , was part of a gifted program in her religious girls ’ high school , went on to serve as an operations sergeant in the IDF Homefront Command , got her law degree and then , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MK , a masters degree in public policy from Tel Aviv University , which she completed with distinction .
Her activism also began at an early age .
As a teenager she founded clubs for at-risk youth .
She was a student activist in college , campaigned against a much-criticized policy in the 2000s that saw Ethiopian blood donations destroyed over HIV fears , and led the public outcry when some religious schools refused to accept Ethiopian Jewish students .
She entered journalism in 2005 , becoming one of the anchors of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then called Channel 1 .
She would go on to serve as the channel ’ s legal correspondent from 2008 until she joined the Yesh Atid party in 2012 and was elected to the 19th Knesset in 2013 , becoming the first-ever Ethiopian Jewish woman to serve in the parliament .
She remained with Yesh Atid until March 29 of this year , when she joined the Benny Gantz-led half of the former Blue and White alliance that entered the unity coalition with Netanyahu ’ s Likud party , a jump that drew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That juxtaposition of a difficult start in life and her fast rise in Israeli journalism and politics informs much of her work .
She came into the Absorption Ministry with a long list of solutions to problems others have scarcely noticed — and with certain convictions she says “ keep me up at night.
” The Times of Israel asked about the remnants of Ethiopian Jewry that still remain in Ethiopia , the so-called Falash Mura who descend from Jews who converted to Christianity and have sought to return to Judaism and move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arrival of the “ Beta Israel ” Jews was completed in the 1990s , the government has been split over accepting into Israel a community claiming descent from Jews but which , unlike Tamano-Shata ’ s family and community , does not qualify for citizenship under the Law of Return .
“ There ’ s no question today that they ’ re anusim , ” or Jews forced to convert in previous generations but who kept alive the knowledge that they were Jews .
“ Even for me , a scion to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is , someone rooted deep within the Beta Israel camp – “ it ’ s clear that there ’ s a consensus among the kaisim and among everyone else that they need to be brought on aliya .
They have returned to Judaism.
” And there ’ s a more basic issue at stake than their identity , she adds .
“ Let ’ s be honest .
Families were ripped apart ” by the slow , piecemeal — some might say grudging — pace of immigration permitted to the Falash Mura @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were handed down to slivers of families — two children here , the rest of the children there , parents who had to choose between children who came here and children who were left there .
It ’ s not Jewish .
We have to finish this issue .
I live within my community .
I see the suffering .
And there ’ s no argument anymore within the community about whether they ’ re part of our community .
We ’ re talking about just a handful of thousands , between 7,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and close the [ transit ] camps [ in Ethiopia ] .
” “ This is a human issue , an apolitical question .
Everyone is served by a framework that expedites the immigration while closing the camps .
I won ’ t accept dragging this out with 400 [ immigrants a month ] .
Give me a fast pace , a year or two to finish the job , and we close the camps.
” Here , too , she already has a plan .
She has held meetings with officials in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Interior Ministry , spoken with the Ethiopian ambassador , and produced a draft cabinet decision that has already made the rounds of the relevant ministries .
She presented her plan ( Hebrew video link ) in the Knesset on August 19 .
The plan estimates some 8,000 Falash Mura remain in Ethiopia and would see the immediate absorption of 4,500 of them in Israel by the end of the year , and bring the remaining 3,500 by 2022 , shuttering the camps .
The plan is slated to come up for a cabinet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than four months on the job , Tamano-Shata has managed a breakneck pace in driving new policies and expanding her ministry ’ s funding , despite a deadlocked government and a frozen budget .
Her secret : ignoring the political noise .
Or as she puts it when asked about the ministry ’ s sometimes touchy relationships with aliya organizations , “ I don ’ t like complicated systems , I don ’ t like bureaucracy .
I like solutions .
”

Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata broke new ground with her appointment to the cabinet in May. She is the first Ethiopian cabinet minister in Israel’s history.
Breaking new ground does not mean old inequities are ended, of course. Tamano-Shata hails from a new elite in the community, one that has risen from a hardscrabble immigrant existence to break through entrenched glass ceilings across the spectrum of Israeli institutions and career paths, from academia to the military to politics and the corporate world. But most Ethiopian Jews in Israel still struggle with the aftershocks of their aliya and a poorly conceived absorption policy in the 1980s and 1990s. The Ethiopian Jewish community’s move to Israel traversed the largest economic and cultural gap of any immigrant group since the 1950s.
Tamano-Shata’s very success, from a childhood in an absorption center to a career as an activist, journalist and politician, has instilled an intense sense of responsibility for that community, a sense evident throughout her recent interview with The Times of Israel, which was carried out last month over Zoom. Israeli society, she clarified, wants to see its immigrant communities succeed, but needs a lot of help making it happen.
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“I believe if we want to absorb well, the first obstacle is the language. The language. Someone wants to find work, find a home, and there are ulpanim [Hebrew-language study programs for new immigrants],” notes Tamano-Shata, “but it’s not enough.”
MK Pnina Tamano-Shata (left) with supporters of Avera Mengistu protest as they call for his release from Hamas captivity five years after he was kidnapped, in Tel Aviv on September 8, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
“I love the Hebrew language. When I made aliya at age 3, one of my first memories was falling in love with the Hebrew language. Maybe it’s not such a coincidence that I later went on to study law and became a lawyer. And in general, in my past, not for quoting, I’m a singer who’s in love with Hebrew.”
“Why isn’t that for attribution?” she was asked.
Slightly embarrassed, Tamano-Shata answered: “Okay, you can write that, but it’s a side point.”
The main point: “I can tell you that many immigrants who went through the basic ulpan program say they still don’t know Hebrew and that it makes everything more difficult.”
We were among the first families from Ethiopia to arrive in Petah Tikva. We were an unusual part of the landscape. The difference in color was hard to miss.
Interviews with ministers follow a pattern: the journalist raises social or political problems, the minister agrees that the problems are serious and insists they’re committed to solving them. Then the conversation moves on to more piquant questions about the latest round of politicking.
Not so with Tamano-Shata. Nothing came up in the conversation for which she didn’t have specific policy solutions, budget sources and the names of officials and agencies that were already cooperating with her to implement the new program.
Tamano-Shata has a policymaker’s mind. She slogs bored and unhappy through political talking points, then turns animated and begins to speak more quickly when the conversation turns to policy. One soon finds that the only way to keep up is to interrupt with questions.
Classes in Judaism at the Hanita Absorption Center in Haifa. (Bernard Dichek/Times of Israel)
“So I wrote a program” to deal with the dearth of Hebrew education for immigrants, she begins. “and I’m moving ahead with the cooperation of the Association of Community Centers to open evening Hebrew lessons for everyone, even if you’re ten years in the country or 15 years. If you want to learn Hebrew, that has to be available, offered by the state, and not limited just to your first year or the first six months [in the country]. That’s very, very, very important.”
How do you pay for it?
The above exchange was characteristic of the whole interview.
She went on: “I’m going to embrace the immigrant lone soldiers more. The first year after their discharge is a shock, they’re alone here. I don’t want to see them leave the apartment they were given by the army [during their service period] and suddenly find themselves without any furniture and unable to rent an apartment. They don’t have all the basic things that parents would help with. I don’t come from the well-to-do layers of society. I had to make do from a very young age. I found myself after the army — even though my parents were there and were wonderful, they couldn’t help me — and I remember that anxiety of having to take a loan to rent an apartment with a friend. That was very hard. So we’re going to give an ‘acclimation grant’ each month to help them.”
Girls dressed in traditional white dresses hold a basket of fruits and vegetables as they stand in a field, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Shavuot. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
There are at least half a dozen such programs, all prepared, mostly hammered out with the relevant agencies, and all expensive. How, The Times of Israel asked, did she plan to pay for them in the middle of an unprecedented economic slump and with the government facing a colossal budget deficit?
That’s just the thing, she noted, channeling the old adage that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste: billions of shekels are being spent on propping up an economy devastated by the pandemic. In some ways, if the cause is couched properly and negotiated well, there is more public money to be had at the moment for new programs and projects than at any time in the past 15 years.
When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to send all Israelis “stimulus” checks totaling some NIS 6 billion ($1.8 billion) — a move decried by some officials as a populist answer to the prime minister’s sagging poll numbers – the Blue and White party demanded that the spending favor the poor and newly unemployed. The 750-shekel ($223) one-time per-person grant given by the plan wasn’t nearly enough for someone who had lost their job, and was too little to be noticed by middle class or wealthy households. If the grants weren’t weighted toward those who needed them, went the argument, what was the point?
Lone soldiers get help dealing with government bureaucracy at an event sponsored by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Friends of the IDF and Israeli government ministries in 2015. (Courtesy Yonit Schiller/Nefesh B’Nefesh)
That demand sparked a brief but ferocious debate in government about who should be included in the favored groups whose grants would be higher. After Tamano-Shata entered the fray and raised the matter with her own Blue and White lawmakers as well as Likud ministers, including discussions with Finance Minister Israel Katz, new immigrants were included as one of the five favored groups who received larger checks than everyone else.
In the end, she says, “it was a debate about numbers. I showed them that immigrants in their first two years in the country face a 28 percent unemployment rate” — a figure from before the pandemic.
There was another problem, she discovered. New immigrants’ welfare grants did not come from the main national welfare agency, the National Insurance Institute, until they’d been in the country for a year. In a bid to streamline the bureaucracy for new arrivals, welfare benefits are delivered through the Absorption Ministry together with the regular immigration benefits. The upshot: since the government was using the NII to deliver the coronavirus grants, immigrants were skipped over. It took Tamano-Shata an intensive round of discussions with ministers and officials to ensure funds were directed correctly for new immigrants.
Brazilian immigrants to Israel in May 2020. (Olim do Brasil NGO via JTA)
It was a full court press. In all, 27 million previously unbudgeted shekels ($8 million) have gone to expanding financial aid to immigrants, NIS 42 million ($12.5 million) to new employment and job training programs, and NIS 11 million ($3.3 million) for vouchers for Hebrew studies — all drawn from the government’s various coronavirus rescue packages.
“I’m very proud of that,” she says. “My presence here is expressed in my ability to fight for the immigrants. That’s my service. I’m happy that that’s already borne some fruit.”
She’s right to be proud. It’s hard to exaggerate how central each minister’s role has become in drawing the newly available coronavirus funds to their ministry. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to refuse to legislate a state budget law, and refuses even to allow the Finance Ministry to prepare such a budget covering any period beyond the end of the year. That means that no central planning staff is coordinating and prioritizing all the pandemic-induced spending. Money is suddenly available in unprecedented amounts — the state’s roughly NIS 400 billion ($119 billion) annual budget is expected to swell to some NIS 550 billion ($163 billion) for 2020 due to the virus spending — but each minister must haggle and demand a share of the largesse for their particular fiefdom.
Absorption Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata welcomes new immigrants to Israel on August 3, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem)
While the pandemic means more cash, it also brought a host of new problems for the ministry. There are no moments of grace in the virus-induced storm, at least not for a ministry dealing with the welfare of often impoverished immigrants.
The pandemic has meant a massive institutional shakeup for the ministry and its NIS 1.7 billion ($500 million) pre-pandemic annual budget. “I have 74 housing campuses with over 13,000 elderly living in them that are under the Absorption Ministry’s responsibility,” notes Tamano-Shata. “We have staff taking temperatures and checking in on everyone constantly. We’re running the quarantining of new immigrants who land in Israel. All those things are a major operation. The whole ministry has had to retool to provide services in a coronavirus[-safe] way.”
Anusim
The granddaughter of a kais, or Ethiopian Jewish rabbi, Tamano-Shata comes from a prominent Ethiopian Jewish family that traces its roots back to the legendary Abba Mahari, the famed Ethiopian Jewish spiritual leader whose failed 1862 attempt to reach the holy land is seen by Ethiopian Jews today as a prophetic harbinger of their move to Israel over a century later.
Her family came to Israel as part of Operation Moses in 1984, when she was three years old. But it arrived piecemeal.
New Ethiopian immigrants boarding an aircraft en route from Addis Ababa to Israel during Operation Solomon, 1991. (Natan Alpert/GPO)
“I remember immigration as a dramatic moment, but also a traumatic one. I was separated from my mother, who remained in the refugee camp. On the night of the transfer in trucks to the Israeli plane, the truck my mother was on with two of my sisters got stuck. The rest of my family, including myself at age 3, got to the plane, and only there we found out, when the doors had closed, that mother and my two sisters were left behind.
“I was incredibly lucky. She made it to Israel about a year later, a critical year for my family. The dream that came true, the dream of Zion, the dream of Jerusalem, the one that the Jews of Ethiopia prayed for for thousands of years, was a dream that also brought with it challenges of separation, of families torn apart. But I was very lucky; my family was reunited.”
She’s convinced to this day that “anyone who’s experienced immigration in their life, even at a very early age, that’s something that stays with you and shapes your identity throughout your life.”
Tamano-Shata lived in an absorption center till the age of seven before moving to an apartment in the central town of Petah Tikva.
“We were among the first families from Ethiopia to arrive in Petah Tikva. We were an unusual part of the landscape. The difference in color was hard to miss, and of course our language.”
MK Pnina Tamano-Shata attends a Knesset committee meeting on July 12, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
She excelled at her studies, was part of a gifted program in her religious girls’ high school, went on to serve as an operations sergeant in the IDF Homefront Command, got her law degree and then, in 2018, when she was already an MK, a masters degree in public policy from Tel Aviv University, which she completed with distinction.
Her activism also began at an early age. As a teenager she founded clubs for at-risk youth. She was a student activist in college, campaigned against a much-criticized policy in the 2000s that saw Ethiopian blood donations destroyed over HIV fears, and led the public outcry when some religious schools refused to accept Ethiopian Jewish students.
She entered journalism in 2005, becoming one of the anchors of a Friday news broadcast on the public broadcaster then called Channel 1. She would go on to serve as the channel’s legal correspondent from 2008 until she joined the Yesh Atid party in 2012 and was elected to the 19th Knesset in 2013, becoming the first-ever Ethiopian Jewish woman to serve in the parliament.
She remained with Yesh Atid until March 29 of this year, when she joined the Benny Gantz-led half of the former Blue and White alliance that entered the unity coalition with Netanyahu’s Likud party, a jump that drew no small measure of public criticism.
That juxtaposition of a difficult start in life and her fast rise in Israeli journalism and politics informs much of her work. She came into the Absorption Ministry with a long list of solutions to problems others have scarcely noticed — and with certain convictions she says “keep me up at night.”
Illustrative: An absorption center in the northern Israeli city of Safed. (courtesy)
The Times of Israel asked about the remnants of Ethiopian Jewry that still remain in Ethiopia, the so-called Falash Mura who descend from Jews who converted to Christianity and have sought to return to Judaism and move to Israel in recent years. After the arrival of the “Beta Israel” Jews was completed in the 1990s, the government has been split over accepting into Israel a community claiming descent from Jews but which, unlike Tamano-Shata’s family and community, does not qualify for citizenship under the Law of Return.
Tamano-Shata rejects such qualms outright.
“There’s no question today that they’re anusim,” or Jews forced to convert in previous generations but who kept alive the knowledge that they were Jews. “Even for me, a scion to a long line of kaisim” – that is, someone rooted deep within the Beta Israel camp – “it’s clear that there’s a consensus among the kaisim and among everyone else that they need to be brought on aliya. They have returned to Judaism.”
And there’s a more basic issue at stake than their identity, she adds.
“Let’s be honest. Families were ripped apart” by the slow, piecemeal — some might say grudging — pace of immigration permitted to the Falash Mura by Israeli governments. “Immigration permits were handed down to slivers of families — two children here, the rest of the children there, parents who had to choose between children who came here and children who were left there. It’s not Jewish. We have to finish this issue. I live within my community. I see the suffering. And there’s no argument anymore within the community about whether they’re part of our community. We’re talking about just a handful of thousands, between 7,000 and 10,000. We can absorb them and close the [transit] camps [in Ethiopia].”
Members of the Falashmura community arrive at the Immigration offices at the Ben Gurion Airport on February 4, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
“This is a human issue, an apolitical question. Everyone is served by a framework that expedites the immigration while closing the camps. I won’t accept dragging this out with 400 [immigrants a month]. Give me a fast pace, a year or two to finish the job, and we close the camps.”
Here, too, she already has a plan. She has held meetings with officials in the Prime Minister’s Office and Interior Ministry, spoken with the Ethiopian ambassador, and produced a draft cabinet decision that has already made the rounds of the relevant ministries. She presented her plan (Hebrew video link) in the Knesset on August 19. The plan estimates some 8,000 Falash Mura remain in Ethiopia and would see the immediate absorption of 4,500 of them in Israel by the end of the year, and bring the remaining 3,500 by 2022, shuttering the camps. The plan is slated to come up for a cabinet vote in the coming weeks.
Less than four months on the job, Tamano-Shata has managed a breakneck pace in driving new policies and expanding her ministry’s funding, despite a deadlocked government and a frozen budget. Her secret: ignoring the political noise.
Or as she puts it when asked about the ministry’s sometimes touchy relationships with aliya organizations, “I don’t like complicated systems, I don’t like bureaucracy. I like solutions.”


jewworldorder--2020-09-06--1 dead, 7 hurt in stabbings in UK’s Birmingham; police: no sign of terror link

LONDON — A man was killed and seven people injured in late-night stabbings in a busy nightlife area of the central England city of Birmingham , police said Sunday .
Police said they were searching for a lone suspect in what appeared to be random attacks .
Chief Superintendent Steve Graham of West Midlands Police said detectives were still investigating the motive but “ there is absolutely no suggestion at all that this is terror-related.
” Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up West Midlands Police said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stabbing shortly after midnight on Sunday .
That was soon followed by reports of other stabbings across the city center over a period of about two hours .
Police said they believed the stabbings were linked and had launched a murder investigation .
Graham said two of the seven injured people , a man and a woman , were in critical condition in hospitals .
Five others received “ relatively minor ” injuries .
The site of one attack is in the city ’ s Gay Village , but Graham said there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by hate.
” Police cordoned off an area in the center of the city full of bars and nightclubs .
Witnesses said they were busy on Saturday night , with many people eating and drinking at outdoor tables .
More cordons and blue forensic tents were set up about half a mile away , near the city ’ s Snow Hill train station .
Cara Curran , a club promoter , said she saw multiple people fighting in the street .
“ It was one group of boys against another group of boys @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adding that “ racial slurs ” were being thrown .
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was “ a very serious incident .
Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.
” West Midlands Mayor Andy Street urged people “ to not speculate about the incident ” and to “ remain calm but vigilant.
” Official statistics show knife crime is on the rise in the UK , where most guns are outlawed , though the number of homicides with blades fell in 2019 from the year before .
Britain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including a stabbing rampage in a city park in Reading , near London , in June that killed three people .
A Libyan man has been charged .

LONDON — A man was killed and seven people injured in late-night stabbings in a busy nightlife area of the central England city of Birmingham, police said Sunday.
Police said they were searching for a lone suspect in what appeared to be random attacks.
Chief Superintendent Steve Graham of West Midlands Police said detectives were still investigating the motive but “there is absolutely no suggestion at all that this is terror-related.”
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West Midlands Police said officers were called to reports of a stabbing shortly after midnight on Sunday. That was soon followed by reports of other stabbings across the city center over a period of about two hours.
A police forensics officer gathers evidence inside a cordon on Irving Street, following a major stabbing incident in the center of Birmingham, central England, on September 6, 2020. (Oli SCARFF/AFP)
Police said they believed the stabbings were linked and had launched a murder investigation.
Graham said two of the seven injured people, a man and a woman, were in critical condition in hospitals. Five others received “relatively minor” injuries.
The site of one attack is in the city’s Gay Village, but Graham said there was no suggestion the crime was “motivated by hate.”
Police cordoned off an area in the center of the city full of bars and nightclubs. Witnesses said they were busy on Saturday night, with many people eating and drinking at outdoor tables. More cordons and blue forensic tents were set up about half a mile away, near the city’s Snow Hill train station.
Cara Curran, a club promoter, said she saw multiple people fighting in the street.
“It was one group of boys against another group of boys,” she told the BBC, adding that “racial slurs” were being thrown.
Police guard a cordon on Edmund Street following a major stabbing incident in the center of Birmingham, central England, on September 6, 2020. (Oli SCARFF/AFP)
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was “a very serious incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and their families.”
West Midlands Mayor Andy Street urged people “to not speculate about the incident” and to “remain calm but vigilant.”
Official statistics show knife crime is on the rise in the UK, where most guns are outlawed, though the number of homicides with blades fell in 2019 from the year before.
Britain has seen several recent knife attacks, including a stabbing rampage in a city park in Reading, near London, in June that killed three people. A Libyan man has been charged.


jewworldorder--2020-09-06--Tel Aviv to hold 24-hour online hackathon in bid to create 100 new startups

In a bid to get recently unemployed tech professionals to set up startups , the Tel Aviv Municipality along with Google and Microsoft and other industry players will be holding what they say is Israel ’ s “ biggest 24-hour online bootcamp ” in which mentors will work with fledgling entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to fruition .
The aim is to generate over 100 startups in one day , the organizers of the bootcamp said .
The overnight event , # 100StartupsChallenge , is set to take place on September 15-16 , starting at 6 p.m .
The event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Municipality and Google for StartUps , will be headquartered at the WeWork Hazerem premises in Tel Aviv .
The initiative was conceived when it became clear that many talented professionals found themselves unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic , the statement said .
Get The Start-Up Israel ’ s Daily Start-Up by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up Israel ’ s tech industry has been “ significantly afflicted ” by the pandemic and is expected to see a drop of some 25 % in private capital investments and a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel Innovation Authority said in April .
A poll in early July by the Israel Innovation Authority and the Israel Advanced Technologies Industries ( IATI ) , based on a survey of 825 companies , showed that 29 percent of the tech firms polled said they have fired workers .
Spearheaded by Yossi Dan , who heads an innovation lab that sets up startup accelerator programs and bootcamps , the event aims to see a 500-entrepreneur audience that will be addressed by parliament member and tech entrepreneur MK Nir Barkat , Jon Medved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund , and Aharon Aharon , the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority .
Ofira Yochanan Wolk , on behalf of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai , will also participate in addition to other experts , investors and founders , the statement said The 24-hour push will include presentations , talks , and teamwork sessions guided by mentors .
Participants will be matched to other professionals , and topics covered will include fintech , cyber , blockchain , agritech and education tech ( edtech ) .
“ In total , hundreds of hours @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided at no cost to Israel ’ s aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals , ” the statement said .
The event will conclude with the top 10 selected teams being given the opportunity to pitch at a “ Shark Tank ” type session in front of a panel of early-stage investors and business angels , the organizers said in a statement .
Deadline for applications is midnight Tuesday , September 8 .
The event , held in English , will be open 500 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals , including unemployed , self-employed , new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ creating or joining startups , the statement said .
All the mentors , investors and speakers will provide their support to the initiative pro bono , the statement added .
Partners in the event include the Tel Aviv municipality , Google For Startups , the Gvahim NGO , WeWork , Microsoft for Startups , OurCrowd , Israel Innovation Authority , 8200 startups , Techstars , Shibolet & Co law firm , and the Israel Smart City Institute .

In a bid to get recently unemployed tech professionals to set up startups, the Tel Aviv Municipality along with Google and Microsoft and other industry players will be holding what they say is Israel’s “biggest 24-hour online bootcamp” in which mentors will work with fledgling entrepreneurs to bring their ideas to fruition.
The aim is to generate over 100 startups in one day, the organizers of the bootcamp said. The overnight event, #100StartupsChallenge, is set to take place on September 15-16, starting at 6 p.m.
The event, jointly held by the Tel Aviv Municipality and Google for StartUps, will be headquartered at the WeWork Hazerem premises in Tel Aviv. The initiative was conceived when it became clear that many talented professionals found themselves unemployed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the statement said.
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Israel’s tech industry has been “significantly afflicted” by the pandemic and is expected to see a drop of some 25% in private capital investments and a similar amount in total revenues, the Israel Innovation Authority said in April. A poll in early July by the Israel Innovation Authority and the Israel Advanced Technologies Industries (IATI), based on a survey of 825 companies, showed that 29 percent of the tech firms polled said they have fired workers.
Spearheaded by Yossi Dan, who heads an innovation lab that sets up startup accelerator programs and bootcamps, the event aims to see a 500-entrepreneur audience that will be addressed by parliament member and tech entrepreneur MK Nir Barkat, Jon Medved, the CEO of OurCrowd venture capital fund, and Aharon Aharon, the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority. Ofira Yochanan Wolk, on behalf of Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai, will also participate in addition to other experts, investors and founders, the statement said
The 24-hour push will include presentations, talks, and teamwork sessions guided by mentors. Participants will be matched to other professionals, and topics covered will include fintech, cyber, blockchain, agritech and education tech (edtech).
“In total, hundreds of hours of content and personal mentoring will be provided at no cost to Israel’s aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals,” the statement said.
The event will conclude with the top 10 selected teams being given the opportunity to pitch at a “Shark Tank” type session in front of a panel of early-stage investors and business angels, the organizers said in a statement.
Deadline for applications is midnight Tuesday, September 8. The event, held in English, will be open 500 aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals, including unemployed, self-employed, new immigrants and students who are interested in creating or joining startups, the statement said.
All the mentors, investors and speakers will provide their support to the initiative pro bono, the statement added.
Partners in the event include the Tel Aviv municipality, Google For Startups, the Gvahim NGO, WeWork, Microsoft for Startups, OurCrowd, Israel Innovation Authority, 8200 startups, Techstars, Shibolet & Co law firm, and the Israel Smart City Institute.