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Report on Beth Israel vigil 02-21-26

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:29:00 +0000

Vigils continue, non-stop

Just because we don’t get Vigil Reports out at the same rate as years' past, we remind readers that we show up every Saturday without exception to protest Jewish Power in Palestine and here in the United States. Check the Scorecard below. Minus 12 degrees Fahrenheit on January 24, the coldest day on that date in Ann Arbor history.

Road Trip to New Hampshire

We were called upon to testify at the New Hampshire House Executive Departments and Administration meeting on January 14 in Concord, New Hampshire. This committee was to hear comments on House Bill 1162, extending the commission on Holocaust and genocide studies for an additional three years. NH legislator Matthew Sabourin Dit Choiniere presented the committee with an amendment to the bill that would require a representative from the CODOH (the Committee for Open Discussion on the Holocaust) be added to the commission which determines curricula for New Hampshire students. Speakers in support of this amendment included this writer, Prof. David Skrbina and Dr. Germar Rudolf, in addition to an introduction by Rep. Sabourin Dit Choiniere.

Readers can view our presentations via the Legislative website at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijeipsfxf7Q (advance to 00:04:50) or watch our Go-Pro camera’s recording here.

Sadly, and quite tellingly for those of us aware of the hidden hand of Jewish Power, Committee Chair Erica Layon claimed an “error in leadership” the very next day, informing her audience that only committee members, and not Rep Sabourin Dit Choiniere, could bring amendments to their attention. So Matt’s amendment was flushed from the annals of New Hampshire legislative history. Other committee members warned that “the other side is still out there”, “two speakers came from Michigan” and ‘the committee needs to remain in place to ensure that what happened here won’t happen again.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGy4kZ4j0J8 (advance to 05:17:25).

Holocaust Education presentation at Ann Arbor City Council

We examine one of the most famous – and fully discredited – personal stories from WWII. The made-up story by Herman Rosenblatt was turned into a book and was promoted by Oprah Winfrey. Herman told a whopper of an imaginary girl who used to slip him food through the fence at Schlieben concentration camp, and Oprah fell for it. See presentation here, text of talk follow signature.

Same Old Victor Lieberman

They say leopards never change their spots and our antagonist-in-residence doesn’t seem to have changed his. Professor Victor Lieberman of the University of Michigan History Department showed up on January 6. We try some friendly banter, but that doesn't work on the good professor. Watch his reaction here

Other Video Recordings

A woman claims her barking dog “hates Nazis” (Jan. 3)

https://rumble.com/v73ub7c-a-dog-that-barks-a-nazis-amazing.html

Man tearfully questions our Holocaust[TM] signs (Nov. 29)

Part 1: https://rumble.com/v72fzqc-truth-denier-visits-our-vigil-2025-11-29.html

Part 2: https://rumble.com/v72fzva-second-conversation-with-truth-denier-2025-11-29.html

I am called “disgusting” (Dec. 7)

https://rumble.com/v72pxve-im-disgusting.html

Blacks Under the Jewish Thumb

Black Jewess Shahanna McKinney-Baldon spoke politically from Beth Israel’s religious pulpit on January 24 (Jews have political speakers all the time, putting the lie to their claim that we protesters invade their religious space for our political messaging)

Her topic was the word salad: “a residency with multifaceted and immersive programming”. She read Torah scriptures and sang for her audience. Was she aware of the 3-volume publications “The Secret History Between Blacks and Jews” written by the Nation of Islam? We didn’t know, so made sure one of our signs addressed this issue

Someone also should tell Ms. McKinney-Baldon how Israel treats its Ethiopian Jews: Watch “"Why Ethiopian Jews are building a movement against racism in Israel" here

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

4-Oct 44-13

11-Oct 39-4

18-Oct 51-6

25-Oct 45-8

1-Nov 27-7

8-Nov 66-12

15-Nov 68-8

22-Nov 36-10

29-Nov 55-7

6-Dec 41-10

13-Dec 20-6

20-Dec 25-9

27-Dec 26-1

3-Jan 18-4

10-Jan 37-5

17-Jan 22-5

24-Jan 27-4

31-Jan 17-8

7-Feb 22-4

14-Feb 41-10

21-Feb 47-7

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine – Free Palestine!

Jews Out of Washington – Free America!

Comments? - please contact writer directly via email

# Ann Arbor City Council meeting January 5, 2026

Good evening,

Many people – including some Councilmembers here tonight – recoil at Holocaust revisionism. “The eyewitness testimonies are just too overwhelming for anyone to doubt their claims” people tell me. Tonight, I’d like to look at one such testimony by a Jewish man named Herman Rosenblat.

Rosenblat wrote a book called “Angel at the Fence: The True Story of a love that survived”. Here’s what Amazon has to say about it:

“During World War II, Herman was forced into labor camps with his brothers. It was at Schlieben Labor Camp in Germany that Herman met his angel. Night after night, a young Jewish girl who lived outside of the camp met Herman at the fence, bringing him food and, more importantly, hope. After…the war, when Herman was forging a new life for himself in New York, the most astounding miracle occurred. On a double date, he met a girl from Poland … a girl with an angelic face and the memory of helping a young boy in a concentration camp survive”

Oprah Winfrey, at the time owning the highest-rated daytime TV show, had Herman on twice to tell his story. Oprah described his book as “the single greatest love story, in 22 years of doing this show”

Unfortunately for Oprah, Herman’s story was a complete fraud from beginning to end, exposed by revisionists and even by Holocaust scholars like Deborah Lipstadt. They determined that the girl had never been anywhere near the Schlieben Labor Camp, and that the additional claim by Herman that he was scheduled to be gassed at Theresienstadt was likewise false because even Deborah knows that Theresienstadt was never considered a so-called death camp.

Paraphrasing famed Holocaust revisionist Robert Faurisson “Eyewitness testimony, without cross examination, is not evidence”

Am I singling out only one storyteller? Far from it. Dr. Rudolf Vrba and Arnold Friedman told equally unbelievable tales, but unfortunately for them, they were forced to undergo cross examination at the Ernst Zundel trial in Toronto in 1985. This cross examination shredded their stories so badly, that both refused to return for the retrial three years later. Hopefully, our high school students will be provided with honest sources so that they can distinguish truth from fantasy.

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 09-27-25

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 19:43:00 +0000

Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day October 2

Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day coincides with the Chosen’s holiday called Yom Kippur. For those ignorant about the meaning behind this annual holiday, please click on the following link, prepared by our friend and ally, PeaceMonger:

https://zionistsout.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-16th-annual-bill-henry.html

If interested in attending the Ann Arbor event with us, please contact this writer

Interviewed by Monika Schaefer

Canadian citizen Monika Schaffer was attending the trial of Sylvia Stolz in Germany, where she was abruptly arrested (during a courtroom recess!) for thought crimes and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment in 2018. She hosts a weekly radio address supported by Republic Radio, and we shared our stories on August 23.

https://www.republicbroadcastingarchives.org/the-flipside-with-monika-august-23-2025/

Witness for Peace Celebrates 22 years of pro-Palestine Protests

September 13 marked the anniversary of our first peaceful vigil. Twenty-two years ago we were refused entry to Beth Israel Congregation to present our findings from a recently completed tour of Palestine. We agreed Rabbi Rob Dobrusin had the right to exclude us from access to his people, as we had the right to take to the public sphere to deliver our message. The rest is the longest-running weekly street protest in Ann Arbor history.

Attacked by Joan Lowenstein’s son

Noah Trobe, son of two powerful members of Ann Arbor’s Jewish community (Joan Lowenstein and Jonathan Trobe) attacked our property on June 28. When we confronted him, he then began to attack us. Cops were called, police report made (#25-31423), detective identified, and the case has been turned over to the Prosecutors Office, where it has sat to date. Noah returned to taunt us on August 16 and informed Chris that the case has been dropped. Did Mommy step in to save her boy from Jewish prosecutor Eli Savit? We don’t know.

Video of June 28 attack here:

https://rumble.com/v6vhfo1-attempted-property-theft-and-assault-and-battery.html

Video of August 16 taunting here:

https://rumble.com/v6xog68-jewish-victim-or-jewish-bully.html

A Better Way to read reports

This author has proven himself somewhat lax at keeping readers abreast of the actions of Witness for Peace; it’s been three month since the last one :>( To receive weekly reports, get a FaceBook account, then toss a friend request to Chris Mark of Livonia. Chris writes detailed weekly reports with fine commentary.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

7-Jun 23-8

14-Jun 29-9

21-Jun 21-15

28-Jun 20-6

5-Jul 23-7

12-Jul 26-11

19-Jul 30-9

26-Jul 29-10

2-Aug 35-9

9-Aug 25-11

16-Aug 22-5

23-Aug 43-9

30-Aug 41-11

6-Sep 23-12

13-Sep 31-15

20-Sep 33-9

27-Sep 28-7

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine – the Peaceful Solution

Jews Out of Washington – Free America!

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The 16th Annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day

noreply@blogger.com (PeaceMonger) — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 03:14:00 +0000

Bill Henry, Z"L, circa 1940

The 16th annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day begins at sunset on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, and ends at dusk on the 2nd. This day honors the memory of Bill Henry (né Herskovitz), Z"L, for a decision that quite possibly saved an eight-year-old boy from a life of "Jewish chauvinism and exclusivism". For the full story behind Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day please see the 2011 post about this momentous day.

Report on Beth Israel vigil 05-31-25

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Sat, 31 May 2025 21:01:00 +0000

It’s the Jews, Stupid!

Week after week, Witness for Peace appears to be the only group protesting at the site of Jewish supremacism, Jewish claims to eternal victimhood and Jewish Power – and that’s the Zionist synagogue in Ann Arbor. Are there any other kind? We think not.

The Jewish state is on a biblically diagrammed program of extermination of the Palestinian people and most folk just cluck their tongues and try not to bring up the subject for fear of alienating their Jewish “friends”. The power their Jewish friends have is palpable and the result is that more and more Palestinians lose family, legs, arms, property and lives. Where are the so-called Jewish peace groups? They are extremely busy controlling the opposition and naming every culprit for this genocide under the sun except the Jews themselves. After all, blood is thicker than water, yes?

Code Pink Protects Jews

Look at Code Pink’s website and ask yourself where is the demand to end the state of Israel? Where is their identification of Jewish racism – supported throughout their Torah – that drives the Jewish supremacist state? You won’t find it.

Jewish Voice for Peace Protects Jews

On its website is the bold headline: Fight Anti-Semitism; Reject the ADL. The ADL of course is a Jewish-controlled group and thanks to JVP we are treated to a Jew v. Jew discussion, and the hell with Palestine. Controlling the opposition is way more important than actually making demands to end Israel.

Friends and information

Friends keep sending videos, podcasts and news articles claiming them to be informative. We ask: How much information will you need before you take action to hold the Jewish community accountable for their obvious financial, spiritual and political support for their Jewish state? How many more Palestinian children must be sacrificed so that Jews can have a fictitious “homeland”? What’s is gonna take to motivate you? Afraid to lose false friends? Afraid to be called an “anti-Semite”? Afraid to read even the smallest Revisionist article for fear it make you a “Holocaust Denier”? When will you say “so what?” to these charges?

Day after day, week after week, month after month, year after year and decade after decade Jews have been committing genocide against the Palestinians and the world bites its collective tongue. Which side are you on? We can’t hear you …

Free Speech at the University of Michigan

Three times Witness for Peace has taken to the central campus of the University of Michigan holding our “Jews out of Palestine!” sign. Recognizing that the University cleared this area of Palestine protests in 2024, we thought the Regents might have issued orders to toss ne’er-do-wells like us off campus. Happily, we report that, outside a “swatting” attempt by local Jews, we were permitted by the Liberty Security Service and the University’s own Department of Public Safety to stay as long as we liked. Good for the U of M, so far. Video here

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

5-Apr 12-13

12-Apr 26-12

19-Apr 22-11

26-Apr 24-9

3-May 33-16

10-May 20-15

17-May 24-9

24-May 16-12

31-May 33-11

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine – the Peaceful Solution

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Report on Beth Israel vigil 03-29-25

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:11:00 +0000

Germar Rudolf stands with Witness for Peace

Germar is one of the few, true Holocaust[TM] revisionists remaining today. He and his small crew have published The Holocaust Encyclopedia, a valuable source of information available in hardcopy and online, which counters the orthodoxy of mainstream historians. Witness for Peace is honored by his presence at our vigil on March 8. His good friend and videographer Jorge Besada attended as well.

A brief encounter with an odd pedestrian

The only peaceful solution to the 80-year-old genocide of the Palestinian people is contained in our sign “Jews Out of Palestine”. This would be a recognition of the wrongs committed against Palestine by European Jews. The Jews stole the land and inhabited it; justice demands they leave, return the land, ask for forgiveness and pay reparations to Palestinians.

A young man responds to our sign by saying “That’s like saying Novi [a Detroit suburb] to stay out of Detroit”. We didn’t understand his point but our request for clarification incites his violent temper. Watch how this “conversation” runs out of control here.

Judaizing America: “Jeopardy” falls in line

On March 26, viewers of the game show Jeopardy were shown a category called “FAMOUS PRO-SEMITES”. The questions were not about famous Palestinians, however. Nor were they about Syrians, Lebanese or any Arab from the Levant. They were about Jews, particularly Ashkenazi Jews whose lineage never originated in Palestine.

The gaslighting continues. Don’t fall for it

Huntington Billboards falls to Jewish Power

As is our wont, we phone billboard companies advertising their services, so when we see a billboard asking for business, we place a call. Near Defiance, Ohio, Huntington Billboards post their 800 number. Salesman Josiah Bowen was eager for our business and did not flinch when we requested our message read “America First, Not Israel”

Contract signed and money electronically delivered [$2,143.50]. Then…The Pause … no response from designer Skyler Duncan. We call Josiah, who explained the ad was an attack ad, Huntington couldn’t produce it, and he thought the message was “America stands with Israel” (right, Josiah!). A subsequent call from Sales Vice President Joe White asked if our message could be changed to conform to company policy. I offered “Jews Bomb Hospitals” as an alternative, but apparently that factual statement failed their standards as well. Joe knew what was going on: he feared that (((big))) advertisers would pull their business, and Huntington couldn’t take the risk. We discussed the sad state of affairs of living in a country that purportedly supports free speech, but see that political speech is suppressed by a powerful minority.

The Jewish community of Ann Arbor Responds on March 16

Not to the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank. Not to the killings in Lebanon, nor the bombings of Syria and Yemen. Not to the bombing of women and children. Not to the biblical assault on an innocent, powerless population …

But to “ANTI-SEMITISM”, a misnomer if we’ve ever heard one: Ashkenazi Jews are not Semites, hello? Jewish professor Suzannah Heschel of Dartmouth College refused to see the elephant in the room: it’s Jewish *behavior* that drives anti-Jewish sentiment. No, Suzannah wasn’t going to open her eyes to the obvious; her job was to comfort the Jews in her audience and repeat the lies that they came to hear, e.g:

"Antisemitism is a reservoir of possibilities...there is a perverse 'pleasure' to Antisemitism...Where does that sadism come from? I think, at times, Antisemites imagine themselves as humiliated victims of Jews, and that sense of being humiliated by Jews gives rise to rage, and it's a rage that has a sexual connotation, a sadistic sexual connotation...I think we need to assign our students some Marquis de Sade."

Jews will reap what they sow …

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

1-Feb 20-10

8-Feb 26-6

15-Feb 16-7

22-Feb 20-6

1-Mar 14-9

8-Mar 23-6

15-Mar 17-9

22-Mar 18-5

29-Mar 22-10

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine – the Peaceful Solution

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Report on Beth Israel vigil 01-25-25

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:02:00 +0000

Losing our most beloved vigiler

Sad to report that our dear friend and early-on vigiler Elaine Rumman passed away on December 11. She was one of those people who, upon meeting her, you couldn’t help but love. There are just a handful of people in this writer’s life that I could say: If you didn’t like Elaine, there’s something wrong with you. She saw that good in everybody, and unfortunately, imho, prevented her from identifying her oppressors. We miss you, Elaine.

Photo taken Oct. 4, 2024, Perrysburg, Ohio

City Council Learns about the Holocaust … or do they?

Ann Arbor City Councilmen turn their backs … again, but we address them because we believe it is in the City’s interest that our students are being taught truthful history lessons. And also, because the Liberation of Palestine is dependent on exposing the mendacity of the Holocaust narrative.

On November 18, we discussed an article by Walt King, which agreed with our conclusion that challenging the Holocaust narrative is essential in liberating Palestine (video here, ffwd to 19:23 and text below signature)

On January 6, 2025, we introduce Council to the “Father of Revisionism”, the French high school teacher turned WWII activist, Paul Rassinier (video here ffwd to 16:09 and text below signature)

And on January 21, responding to comments by Councilwoman Jen Eyer at the Jan 6 meeting, we talk about how so-called “anti-Semitism” was manufactured out of thin air in 1913 at the trial of rapist/murderer Leo Frank in Atlanta (video here ffwd to 44:52 and text below signature)

Synagogue protests continue in Evanston, Illinois

Vigiler Clif continues his “one-man show” to Free Palestine at the Beth Emet synagogue near the campus of Northwestern University, which has banned him from protesting on campus. Where are the JVP activists from Chicago? Clif used to be a regular attendee at their events at Water Tower Place. He has created a blog from which readers here may view his progress:

Daylight between America and Israel

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

7-Dec 10-5

14-Dec 15-5

21-Dec 12-6

28-Dec 17-3

4-Jan 13-2

11-Jan 20-9

18-Jan 9-11 (loss!)

25-Jan 10-8

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine – the Peaceful Solution

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November 18, 2024 [367 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

I’d like to thank the few of you who have commented on previous discussions and have engaged with me in short email exchanges. In the past, some of you have turned your backs towards me as I speak, and I ask you to think of any other topic that would cause you to do so. I have witnessed speakers from this platform yell and scream at you. Call you names, single you out, accuse you of all sorts of things; yet you don’t turn your backs on them

What is so odious about this topic that causes you to do so?

Although I’m clearly in the minority with those critical of standard narrative World War II history, I’m not alone. Though not part of mainstream media, there are quite a few journalists, podcasters, bloggers and authors who are advancing revisionist positions.

Walt King is one such writer. His recent article is Auschwitz: Six Facts, and Seven Questions, written about a month ago. It’s somewhat of a technical article, written from his chemistry background and highlights the infeasibility of using unheated Zyklon-B to kill humans en masse

in Poland, where the average temperature is far below the gas’s boiling point.

But for me, what his article does is explain the *reason* to challenge the Holocaust Narrative. Not because he’s a vicious person, not because he’s a quote, anti-Semite, not because he wants anybody to die. But because … well, let me quote him:

Concluding thought, then. I think it is important to realize that Israel, with its long history of appalling conduct, now clearly having emerged as the world’s most abominable, barbaric, terrorist nation, feels wholly unconstrained by any humanitarian norms because of its supposed history of persecution; and that exposing the centerpiece of that history as a demonstrable fraud is an important step in an overdue act of reining it in and bringing its war criminals to justice.

I’ve asked Council before: what other ethnic, or religious, group could get away with the genocide taking place in Gaza on our watch, other than the Jewish people. Personally, I conclude none; you may have other opinions. Certainly, I would respect them; one gains respect only by giving respect.

Thank you

January 6, 2025 [364 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

Our high school students learn about Holocaust historians like Raul Hilberg and Deborah Lipstadt. We hope that they learn about Holocaust revisionists as well.

They need to know a French high school history teacher named Paul Rassinier, commonly referred to as the Father of Holocaust Revisionism. He was the first writer to question the initial atrocity reports coming from inmates who were interned in the same concentration camps as he was.

A former communist and lifelong pacifist, Rassinier resisted the National Socialists after they occupied parts of France. In particular, he began to provide false documentation to Jews who wanted to travel to Switzerland to avoid the anti-Jewish measures initiated by the occupiers. As a result of his activism, he was arrested and deported to the Buchenwald Camp until liberation in April 1945.

The contrast between what he himself had experienced in Buchenwald, and what other former inmates published about this camp, made him a critic of their literature. The stories he heard did not comport with what he witnessed in the camps. As an example, he claimed that camp prisoners, who collaborated with the SS, were responsible for many of the atrocities committed there.

He dismissed reports of homicidal gas chambers in Buchenwald and said so in his book “The Lies of Ulysses”. It is now admitted by all mainstream Holocaust historians that there were no such chambers at that camp.

One of the former inmates at Buchenwald was a man named Eugen Kogon, whose book – The Theory and Practice of Hell – was critiqued by Rassinier. Paul documented Kogon’s distortions, exaggerations and lies, and for that, Kogon sued Rassinier in a Munich court … and lost. The Court wrote: “Pure science does not inquire as to whether the result makes this person or that person uncomfortable.”

Paul Rassinier was not the typical quote “Holocaust Denier”. He was not a fascist; in fact, he fought against the National Socialists. He suffered horrific conditions as a slave laborer in the Buchenwald and Dora camps and barely survived. After the war, he received the highest decoration that the French government bestowed for service in the wartime resistance movement.

Our students need to know about Paul Rassinier … Thank you

January 21, 2025 [339 words]

Topic: A-1 Remarks on Council Minutes from Jan 6 Meeting

Good evening,

On January 6, a councilmember read a defaming piece about me written by the Anti-Defamation League. Wikipedia says the ADL is a … Jewish organization ... founded to combat anti-Semitism, which is a false term, because European Jews are not Semites

How the ADL originated is an interesting and instructive story and shares commonality with the Holocaust. The ADL was created in 1913 because wealthy New York and Chicago Jews saw an opportunity to manufacture what they call anti-Semitism out of thin air.

A Jewish factory manager named Leo Frank was lynched by a white mob in 1915, and the ADL was created based on that fact. But what did Frank do to deserve such a fate? Well, two years prior, he brutally raped and murdered a 13-year-old white girl named Mary Phagan and tried to blame his heinous crime on a black man, the janitor at Frank's factory, Jim Conley.

Conley was the perfect patsy in this case: he had only a first-grade education and a long history of public drunkenness and petty crime. Yet the racist South in those years believed the word of a black man over that of a wealthy Jewish businessman. How could that be?

The answer is supplied by authors at the Nation of Islam, who wrote "The Leo Frank Case: The Lynching of a Guilty Man"

Was Frank lynched because he was a Jew? The book easily disproves that claim, noting that five members of the Grand Jury who investigated the case were Jews, and that these Jews never recanted nor regretted their decision. Anti-Jewish sentiment was virtually non-existent in Atlanta at that time.

Frank was found guilty and the verdict stood, despite expert defense lawyers, copious sums spent and numerous appeals. When word got out that Georgia governor John Slaton was going to pardon him, outraged citizens who fondly remembered Little Mary Phagan, kidnapped Frank from his prison cell and hanged him, carrying out the court order with vigilantism.

The ADL and the Holocaust: two cash industries riddled with falsehoods Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 11-30-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:38:00 +0000

The Only Game in Town? Really!??

Witness for Peace has long claimed to be the only synagogue protest on the planet. “Not So Fast!” says the quiet Vigiler C from the Chicago (Illinois) burbs. Like other activists interested in convincing their City Councils to pass a cease-fire resolution, he attended meetings in Evanston in hopes that they, too, would join other Councils in passing such resolutions.

But he was dismayed by the response of speakers identifying as members of Temple Beth Emet, aka “the Free [speech] Synagogue”, who unified in opposition to a cease-fire. His first step in response was to write a letter to the Evanston Round Table, which to his surprise, they published. Read it here.

His second response was to take to the streets:

He asks, pertinently: “Are all lives equally valuable or are some superior to others? Israel is a state devoted to some being superior and entitled to kill the natives who resist. “

Vigiler C participated in our Ann Arbor Vigils many years ago, so it was a natural step for C to also address Beth Emet. He wrote a letter to its Rabbi to join him in his protest, understanding that Rabbi London supports justice. From the synagogue’s website: “Social justice activism is integral to Rabbi London’s work, and she has received widespread recognition for her leadership on issues ranging from Jewish-Muslim and Black-Jewish relations to peace and justice in Israel/Palestine. “

Andrea London, Rabbi, Temple Beth Emet

We’ve reprinted his invitation to her below signature, and hope she joins him soon. We wish Vigiler C success on his new adventure.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

16-Nov 29-15

23-Nov 36-16

30-Nov 4-4

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine

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Rabbi London,

I wish you and your congregation a happy Thanksgiving.

As I have stood on the corner by the Beth Emet sign, I have thought of how there is no reason that you and your congregation could not come out and stand with me. My two signs are in no way offensive, saying that Palestinian lives matter and that Zionism is not Judaism. Your prominent Black Lives Matter banner expresses the same thing. The Palestinian flag I have stands for a people being exterminated just as the Star of David stood for the Jews who perished in the holocaust.

Cornel West has said that one has a choice. One can believe that all human lives are equally valuable or one can refuse to believe that. Thus, one can be moral or not. There is no in between, no elevation of one group or another. The great majority of Israelis don’t believe all lives are equally valuable, evidence of it daily in the articles published in Ha’aretz.

Judaism and Christianity, as you know, profess loving one another and, as you also know, both have had adherents who have not followed that. Christianity has a long and terrible history of such and Judaism shows it with Zionism.

You and your congregation are testimony that the US is the promised land for Jews as it is for all of us who are not Jews but share in liberty and justice for all. The same is shown by the Arab population of Michigan, the many Jews in Congress and the sole Palestinian there, Rashida Tlaib.

As I stand on the corner I am rewarded every day I am there with heartfelt appreciation shown by thank you being said from open windows and even people parking their cars and coming up to thank me in person. That is very gratifying, to think that I am doing something to represent, as so few are allowed to

do here in the US where campus protests have been shut down, a people being slaughtered with no end in sight, suffering from might making right since 1948.

As I observe the attractive outside of Beth Emet, I cannot believe the congregation would stand with ethnic supremacy and the horror it has demonstrated for so many decades to those whose crime has been living on their native land of Palestine. Ethnic cleansing was wrong when the US did it to the

Indians, wrong when the Nazis did it to the Jews and wrong when the Israelis/US are doing it to the Palestinians. There is no free pass o any group for atrocity.

If anyone would like to come out and join me as Americans who believe in liberty and justice for all as I do, I would welcome them and that includes you. Warm clothing is advised!

Sincerely,

Report on Beth Israel vigil 11-09-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 17:21:00 +0000

15th Annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day: A Success

Here’s the group celebrating the Jewish holiday commonly referred to as The Day of Atonement, but as the Holocaust in Gaza continues, it’s hard to believe any atonement was taking place at Beth Israel Congregation on Oct. 12. For an explanation of this annual meal, please visit https://zionistsout.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-15th-annual-bill-henry.html

How to Single-handedly end an “ant-war” protest?

Just show up with a sign containing the word “Jew”. Witness for Peace is a member group of the larger Ann Arbor Coalition Against War. Every Friday in downtown Ann Arbor they hold anti-war protests at the Federal Building, and last Friday their new 12-foot banner was unfurled. When we show up with a sign reading “No More Wars for Jewish Interests”, we are told the protest isn’t religious. When we agree, we are asked to leave and are told our message is incorrect. Trying to explain that we all are anti-war gets us nowhere, and when it becomes evident that we’re not going away, the group’s banner is folded up and all but two members leave the site. Click here for the 7-minute video of this non-event.

Is Our Conclusion Correct?

As our Scorecard indicates, supporters outnumber those passersby who disagree with our messages. And our messages have been more focused on calling out Jews (not Zionists) for the Jewish state’s behavior towards Palestinians. Our latest five signs are:

Jews out of Palestine
Jews Bomb Schools
Jews Bomb Innocent Civilians
No Jewish State
No more wars for Jewish interests

We conclude that in spite of our signs becoming more “anti-Semitic” (as presumably viewed by Debbie Lipstadt) and our approval rating is about the same, that the passing public is seeing legitimacy in our holding Jews accountable for their participation in the Jewish state’s ongoing Holocaust against Palestine.

What do you conclude?

New Billboard near Ann Arbor

Maybe the people of JewBelong agree with us in concluding that Average Joe is becoming more comfortable with legitimate criticism of Jews. Maybe they fear their dual loyalty is in danger of exposure. In any case, their nervousness seems palpable in their new sign, just 10 miles down the road.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

12-Oct 30-15

19-Oct 23-11

26-Oct 18-17

2-Nov 19-8

9-Nov 19-8

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Jews Out of Palestine

Comments?

Report on Beth Israel vigil 10-05-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 23:33:00 +0000

15th Annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day Looms

This Saturday, October 12, after our weekly protest at the source of Jewish Power (i.e. Beth Israel Congregation) has taken place, we will celebrate the day by consuming a cheeseburger or some other type of non-kosher food. Click here for the full explanation of the history of this event.

Why Won’t the World Stop Israel?

A: Because the World feels more sympathy towards Jews than it does Palestinians

Q: Why does the World feel this sympathy?

A: It’s the Holocaust, Stupid!

Good news: Academic Research Media Review Education Group (ARMREG)has just released its Holocaust Encyclopedia; uncensored and unconstrained. We just received our hardcopy color 2nd edition, and plan to use it and recommend to all Ann Arbor High Schools whose education on this topic has been mandated by the Michigan Legislature. Order yours here.

When Will Quakers Finally Take Sides?

A Quaker minister stops by and asks questions about our Vigil. She seems dissatisfied with our answer that the source of the racism that drives Israel is born and nurtured in the synagogues. She claims some Jews are protesting but has no answer to our question of “Where are they?”

After our brief conversation she enters Beth Israel to “worship” (or was it “warship”?) with the Jews. Watch video here

New Vigil Signs

Vigiler G returns from retirement to hold her new sign: Israel is Guilty of Genocide, and joins the trio of Palestinian activists on August 31, when this writer was out of town. . .

And we suggest the final solution for the Palestinian Holocaust (debuted September 28):

Omerta

Friendly relations with the armed guard at Beth Israel were terminated last week by (presumably) the synagogue’s Board of Directors, when Charles (not his real name) was ordered “no comment” in his relations with this writer. A sad note, because both he and I were, and are, committed to the physical safety of congregants, vigilers and passersby.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

31-Aug 18-22

7-Sep 25-13

14-Sep 18-7

21-Sep 16-8

28-Sep 23-16

5-Oct 18-8

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

The price for Liberty is Eternal VIGIL-ance

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The 15th Annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day

noreply@blogger.com (PeaceMonger) — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 05:46:00 +0000

Bill Henry, Z"L, circa 1940

The 15th annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day begins at sunset on Friday, October 11, 2024, and ends at dusk on the 12th. This day honors the memory of Bill Henry (né Herskovitz), Z"L, for a decision that quite possibly saved an eight-year-old boy from a life of "Jewish chauvinism and exclusivism". For the full story behind Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day please see the 2011 post about this momentous day.

Report on Beth Israel vigil 08-24-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:08:00 +0000

Video history of recent vigils

This man’s family was “impacted” during WWII (June 22 vigil, time 0:42):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/20RwO7iXWK2D

A kind-looking, but potty-mouthed lady (July 6 vigil, time 0:20):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/b1jKSnUQgAqh

Jewish woman upset by conversation, turns to thievery (July 27 vigil, time 2:42):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ccagCWdLZgGX

Photographer doesn’t seem interested in a discussion (July 27 vigil, time 1:54):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/TGOO6uP9vInr

Woman steals our “Lets Go Brandon” sign, gets apprehended (August 3 vigil, time 0:54):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ti99O7AmeC2r

Another silent photographer (what’s with these guys?), (August 3 vigil, time: 1:58):

https://www.bitchute.com/video/ep5tcz0m9RBQ

Supremacist young Jew (August 17 vigil, time: 30:05):

This video exposes the supremacist mindset, in our opinion. Nothing we say, no fact presented, changes this fellow’s world. To him, Jews are intelligent and eternal victims. Lots of swallowed kool-aid here

https://www.bitchute.com/video/GAsxuFSND8RG

Holocaust Education at Ann Arbor City Council meeting

Referencing Nick Kollerstrom’s Breaking the Spell; The Holocaust: Myth and Reality, we describe for Council the technical differences between the existing fumigation chambers and the alleged homicidal gas chambers. Click here to view. Please advance to 13:12 for our presentation, and to 26:00 for Councilmember Lisa Disch’s response. See text of presentation after signature

Councilmembers Do Respond

We wrote in our last report that we didn’t think Councilmember Erica Briggs would respond to our email reaching out to her. Technically, we were wrong, but her response was not substantive.

That’s our opinion. We have included the email exchanges below with her, and also Councilmember Disch, so that our readers can reach their own conclusions. See these emails also after signature:

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

22-Jun 21-9

29-Jun 19-6

6-Jul 18-12

13-Jul 16-8

20-Jul 21-12

27-Jul 17-8

3-Aug 16-6

10-Aug 26-9

17-Aug 17-7

24-Aug 29-13

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Liberate Palestine. End Israel!

Comments?

Ann Arbor City Council – Public Commentary

August 19, 2024 [380 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

I’d like to continue our discussion on the differences between fumigation gas chambers and the alleged mass homicidal gas chambers our students are being forced to learn about

My source again is Nicholas Kollerstrom’s Breaking the Spell; The Holocaust: Myth and Reality and I offer to purchase a copy of this book to each City Councilman here, although I won’t purchase it through Amazon, as it’s been figuratively burned

Council’s reactions to my talks are not unique. A friend claimed she stood in a homicidal gas chamber and when I informed her she stood in a post-war reconstruction of a gas chamber, she said: “This conversation is over”. They say you can’t argue someone out of a position they didn’t argue themselves into, and this is a prime example of that phenomenon

The company that built the fumigation gas chambers was called Degesch, and they were very proud of their product because it efficiently saved lives, as was its purpose

The chambers featured a remotely controlled can opener that opened the cans of Zyklon-B, so that the operator wouldn’t have to wear a gas mask. The gas pellets were then dumped down a short chute into a waiting basket. Then the heaters were turned on, because hydrogen cyanide pellets are inert below its boiling point, which is about 78 degrees Fahrenheit. Then the fans came on to evenly distribute the gas so that it would reach the lice hiding in the clothing and bedding, which were hung in the room.

After one to two hours the lethal gas was force-vented up a pipe and into the atmosphere. Then the chamber was ventilated with fresh air for 15 minutes after which it was safe to open. The clothing and bedding were hung outdoors to aerate, then returned to the camp inmates, bug free.

The rooms of the alleged homicidal gas chambers have no such devices present: no induction chutes, no heaters, fans nor exhaust piping. Casual observation supports revisionist claims that rooms offered to the public in Germany and Poland are not and could not be the homicidal gas chambers they claim to be. My hope is that our students are being presented with facts like the ones I bring to Council tonight, so that they can draw their own conclusions.

Thank you

Remarks made by Councilmember Briggs:

I would just like to acknowledge how ghastly the last public comments were from the last speaker. And it was disturbing to listen to. So I hope we don't hear a repeat of that.

Dear Erica,

I don't doubt that you felt my comments were ghastly and disturbing on Tuesday

I was speaking on a matter of municipal interest: possible misinformation being supplied to our high school students on state-mandated Holocaust education

Since I spoke only on a short review of Nick Kollerstrom's book that countered the standard narrative of the Holocaust, I wonder why my comments provoked such reactions from yourself

Could you please take a minute to explain? Why do you find my comments so disturbing?

If you'd prefer an in-person discussion, please just let me know where and when

Thank you,

Henry Herskovitz

Ward 5 Constituent

Briggs, Erica

Sun, Jun 23, 6:00 PM (18 hours ago)

to me, alan, John

I don't want to revisit your comments, so I can't directly quote what you said.

You consistently come to City Council to provide anti-Semitic public comment and engage in Holocaust denialism. This is not a matter of municipal interest, even if I subscribed to your beliefs, the City has no control over AAPS. So I can only assume you like the platform of elevating your hate speech and enjoy prompting a reaction.

Last week, your public comment focused on denying the horrors of what happened in the Nazi-run gas chambers. That is unconscionable.

Dear Erica,

Thank you for responding to my email. The fact that you replied indicates some respect, a commodity in short supply these days. I've always been a fan of the motto: "To get respect one has to give respect". So thank you.

I hope you've differentiated my addresses to Council with those of others, who verbally castigate and abuse Council members. I've addressed Council over 100 times, and have never employed such disrespectful tactics. If you find that statement to be in error, I stand ready to apologize.

I believe it would be of Public Interest from Council's point of view if the Ann Arbor Public Schools were to teach our children that the earth is flat, or the two World Wars never happened. Council would definitely speak up (my opinion)

Every day I marvel when I watch the sun's trajectory overhead from East to West, and think of those brave souls Copernicus and Galileao who "denied" that the sun revolved around the earth and postulated the opposite. Today we know what we didn't "know" then

You are correct that I utilize Public Commentary as a platform to deliver what I feel is important information. I'm grateful that our City supports our First Amendment right to "... petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Finally, I'd like to mention that I love my sister and cousin, their children and grandchildren, who are Jewish. I also love many friends, like Alan Haber, who identify as Jews.

Again, thank you for your decency. I'd be happy to respond to your continuing thoughts on this matter

Best wishes

Henry Herskovitz

[end]

Email Exchange with Councilmember Lisa Disch:

Dear Councilmember Disch,

I would first like to thank you for actually listening to my Public Commentary address on Monday, August 19. I've transcribed your words (below signature) and with your permission, would like to ask you to identify any unfactual information I was trying to convey to Council

I take the opportunity to address Council seriously and if the information I bring is not correct, I'd like to be corrected and offer appropriate apologies. So, please tell me what exactly I said that was historically incorrect. I stand ready to be corrected

Secondly, you offered that my comments are not doing any good for anyone, and I respectfully disagree. It is of utmost municipal interest if we are teaching our children false information under our (Michigan) state-mandated teaching of the Holocaust. If they are to learn, they need to be provided with the most accurate information. I hope on that point we can both agree

Best wishes,

Henry Herskovitz

Ann Arbor

"Thank you, Mayor. I would like to - first of all - express my displeasure at having been treated to a detailed description full of some unfactual information but also full of really - you know - nauseating details when you imagine what was really happening in those chambers. And I really wish that that public commenting would stop. It's not doing any good for anyone."

Mr. Herskovitz,

I will do you the courtesy of not turning my back to you when you speak.

I do not have time to satisfy your request for a "pro and con" dialogue on this topic.

Lisa

[end]

Report on Beth Israel vigil 06-15-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 20:09:00 +0000

Special Guest Visits our Vigil

Ms. Diane King, of Hoaxbusters fame traveled from Texas to join Witness for Peace on June 1. Ms. King, along with her husband Jim Rizzoli hold their weekly Hoaxbusters show on SpeakFreeRadio every Saturday evening at 8pm. They often feature reports on our weekly vigils

A Less Welcome Visitor from the Black Gangster Disciples

On May 18, a black man walked among us and took pictures of our signs (perfectly legal). I asked if he had any questions and he replied he was gathering information for “the boss”. See the video of our interaction with him and determine for yourself whether this was a threatening encounter

An Angry motorist stops his car

Furious at the sign that reads “Israel attacked America 6/8/1967” this man flips off a WfP participant on June 8, then gets out of his car, ready for fisticuffs (?). See this video and make your own determination

Zyklon-B at Ann Arbor City Council meeting

Not the pellet form of the fumigant Zyklon-B, just the verbal kind. As Mayor Christopher Taylor reminds his audience, Public Commentary Reserve Time is for the public to address Council on “matters of municipal interest”. And we feel that the state of Michigan’s mandate that our high school students learn about the “Holocaust” is being used to mis-inform, rather than inform our students about this historical event. Click here to view the address from Council side of the camera (please fast forward to 23:13) and here to view it from our side, and observe paid civil servants either turn their backs or leave the room

Upsetting our own Councilman

Councilman Erica Briggs (Ward 5) is supposed to represent this writer. After hearing our presentation (text following signature), she commented:

I would just like to acknowledge how ghastly the last public comments were from the last speaker. And it was disturbing to listen to. So I hope we don't hear a repeat of that.

We have reached out to Councilman Briggs to acknowledge her feelings (which of course are hers alone) but ask WHY she feels the way she does. We do not anticipate a response, but one never knows …

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

27-Apr 22-8

4-May 37-8

11-May 20-10

18-May 27-7

25-May 31-7

1-Jun 15-9

8-Jun 20-10

15-Jun 16-7

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Liberate Palestine. End Israel!

Comments?

June 17, 2024 [350 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

From the text supplied to Ann Arbor’s High School students, we read: “Jews who were selected for death were told to undress for a shower and then led into a chamber with fake showerheads. After the doors were closed cyanide gas poured from the showerheads”

The teacher may suggest that the student check out the trademark name for hydrogen cyanide – then Zyklon B - and the student might turn to Wikipedia for information. He will read: “The product is notorious for its use by Nazi Germany during the Holocaust to murder approximately 1.1 million people in gas chambers installed at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, and other extermination camps.”

The British author and former professor at University College, London - Nicholas Kollerstrom - disagrees. In this book, Breaking the Spell, he clearly admits the presence of gas chambers in these camps, but also clearly differentiates between the real fumigation gas chambers and the claimed homicidal gas chambers.

Typhus was the real killer of Jews, and the National Socialists were determined to minimize this disease, which is carried by lice. Zyklon B was the fumigant used in this process of disinfecting clothing and bedding for inmates in the camps.

To distinguish between the real and claimed gas chambers, Kollerstrom quotes from studies done Engineer Fred Leuchter, followed by Chemist Germar Rudolf, and finally by the Polish government themselves. These studies examined the blue staining in the walls of the fumigation gas chambers and compared them with the walls of the alleged homicidal gas chambers

The results in all three cases were clear: the blue staining left by applications of Zyklon B was clearly notable in the fumigation chambers; in fact, the staining even penetrated through the walls, but was evident in only trace amounts in the alleged homicidal gas chambers.

Kollerstrom additionally provides graphs which show inmate deaths *decreased* with increased shipments of Zyklon B to the camps, not increased as the Holocaust narrative would have us believe.

If Holocaust education is to mean anything, it is to separate truth from fiction. It is hoped our students get the opportunity to question both sides

Thank you,

Report on Beth Israel vigil 04-20-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:38:00 +0000

Speaking at the Institute for Historical Review

Two members of Witness for Peace traveled to San Diego last month and addressed an audience of about thirty people at the monthly meeting of the Institute for Historical review (ihr.org). One of those in attendance provided two additional venues whose participants welcomed our point of view and in fact, expanded upon it. It was nice to know there are pockets of interested, intelligent and vocal people out there, and that WfP is not the only group addressing Jewish Power, the Holocaust, and other forbidden topics. See our presentation here.

Dumped by YouTube

Two days after our presentation at the IHR gathering I was informed that my YouTube channel was removed for violating unspecified “community standards”. We now move our videos to other platforms, which may be better suited to withstand Jewish pressure.

Holocaust Education in the Ann Arbor Public Schools

We again addressed Ann Arbor City Council April 15 on the discrepancies between what is being taught to Ann Arbor high-schoolers and what the revised history of World War II teaches us. See text of presentation after signature, and click here to view the presentation (advance to 58:35). Again, please note the “peace activists” who flee Council chambers, and the number of Councilmen who either leave the room or turn their backs during the talk.

Has Tucker Carlson crossed the line?

We have often thought of Tucker Carlson as “close, but no cigar”. For instance, were extremely disappointed when he interviewed and agreed with then presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who advocated assassinating the top 100 Hamas leaders and putting their “heads on stakes” at Gaza’s southern border.

But Tucker appears to have raised his credibility since interviewing Dr. Munther Isaac on April 9th and allowing the Pastor to freely speak the “J” word. Dr Isaac clearly implicated Jewish groups in his discussion with Tucker:

Now, the biggest problem Christians are facing is in East Jerusalem, where they are constantly targeted by radical groups, radical Jewish groups. Let’s be clear. Sometimes some churches, they tried, there was an attempt to burn them. Often times. And this is you can look at it on social media, all over the place. Palestine, Christian clergy being spit at by, these groups. They write very offensive slogans on the walls. Strong incitement against Christians, especially in the old City, all of Jerusalem.

Spitting on Christians and bombing of churches appears to have gotten Tucker’s ire up, as it has ours. Hopefully, he will continue to expose the anti-Christian nature of Judaism and the worldwide Jewish community.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

16-Mar 26-7

23-Mar 20-7

30-Mar 25-5

6-Apr 29-7

13-Apr 28-9

20-Apr 25-13

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Liberate Palestine. End Israel!

Comments?

April 15, 2024 [354 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

In fifth grade we were taught that there were five basic questions newspaper articles had to answer: Who what where why and when. “Why” is often omitted in historical events, and the Holocaust as presented to Ann Arbor students, either omits or distorts this basic question.

From the text supplied by the Ann Arbor Board of Education, we read: “The Nazis claimed that all non-Aryan peoples, especially Jewish people, were inferior.” This is a dishonest claim.

In his book Unfinished Victory, British author Sir Arthur Bryans writes that “although Jews represented less than 1% of the German population, they controlled 57% of the metal trade, 22% of grain and 39%of textile trade. More than 50% of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce was Jewish, as were an amazing 1,200 of the 1,474 members of the German stock exchange… During the Weimar Republic, the average income of Jews was three times that of non-Jews.”

These facts, and many more, fly directly into the face of the charge that Jews were somehow inferior. They clearly weren’t, but it fits into the false narrative that National Socialists targeted Jews because of who they were, rather than what they did. We see that today in Gaza: Hamas is similarly blamed for targeting Jews – AS JEWS – rather than resisting the 75-year genocide of Palestine by the Jewish state.

So what’s the real answer to “Why Jewish people were targeted by National Socialists”?

Peter Winter supplies us with clues in his book The Six Million; Fact or Fiction? He states that Jews in Weimar Germany were associated with extreme capitalist exploitation. Benton Bradberry enlightens us further in his book The Myth of German Villainy. In it he explains how Jews were the architects of the Versailles Treaty which brought financial ruin to post war Germany, and reminded readers that it was Jewish Zionists who brought the US into the Great War, and sealed Germany’s fate.

It makes more sense to understand these reasons explaining German fear and distrust of the Jews living within its borders, than it does to merely claim that Jews were hated simply because of who they were.

Thank you,

Report on Beth Israel vigil 03-09-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:11:00 +0000

Jews as Controlled Opposition

Please consider: Jews control the Jewish state. There should be no argument against that statement. But what’s telling is how Jews also control the *opposition* to the Jewish state. Witness for Peace has recognized this “playing both sides of the fence” game for quite some time, but it’s instructive to watch it in action.

On Sunday, February 25, WfP revved up the taxi squad and traveled to Dearborn, Michigan to protest a “unity” call for “cease-fire” in Gaza. From their flyer: “Join us in bringing together Arab and Muslim, Latino and Jewish communities … to demand a ‘Ceasefire in Palestine.’”. WfP sees a call for “cease fire” as deceptive; it will not solve the problem of a Jewish supremacist state wreaking culturicide in Palestine. Our presentation to Ann Arbor City Council of January 11 expands on this topic.

Jewish Voice for Peace is Challenged

The signs we held to protest this tepid call for unity and ceasefire were “Jews Bomb Hospitals” and “Six Million, Really?”, a truthful statement and a pertinent question. Marching up to confront us was a young member of Jewish Voice for Peace. She was certainly not a follower of Malcolm X. Malcolm realized that anti-Black racism began in the White community, and white activists bore the burden of holding their white community accountable.

But not JVP members. Rather than hold their Jewish community accountable for anti-Palestinian racism, these Jews serve only to protect the Jewish community from criticism. Watch this young woman’s reaction to the charge that JVP is a Zionist organization here. Like all good students of Jewish Hasbara, she fled the scene when it became obvious she didn’t know enough to win the argument.

Jesse Owens and Ann Arbor City Council

At every Council meeting, Mayor Chris Taylor explains that Public Commentary is time set aside for citizens to speak about matters of municipal interest. WfP feels that, since the Michigan Legislature has mandated the teaching of the Holocaust at high schools, Ann Arbor students need to be able to separate truth from mis- or dis-information. Towards that goal, we addressed Council on February 20 to inform them that Black sprinter Jesse Owens was respected by Adolf Hitler and the German people at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, contrary to the notion that the Chancellor “snubbed” this fine athlete. View the presentation here [adjust to 34:30] and the text of speech follows signature.

Foul-mouthed Hater of Free Speech

On March 2, we were verbally accosted by an angry young man, who attempts to remove one of our signs. Fortunately, an Ann Arbor policeman was driving by and turned his vehicle around to lend assistance. Another tip o’ the hat to Ann Arbor’s finest. See video here.

Another Day at the Office

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

27-Jan 35-5

3-Feb 24-8

10-Feb 23-3

17-Feb 31-2

24-Feb 27-9

2-Mar 21-6

9-Mar 27-6

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Victory to Hamas!

Comments?

February 20, 2024 [359 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in Ann Arbor Public Schools

Good evening,

Since February has been designated Black History Month, Ann Arbor students might be taught about Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens. Jesse competed in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, despite efforts by the American Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee to change the location to some other venue.

The most often repeated story from that competition is that Adolf Hitler refused to shake the hand of Owens after he had run a race. The headline in the New York Times read “Hitler ignores Negro medalists”. The black-owned Cleveland newspaper Call and Post ran their own headline: “Hitler snubs Jesse”. The Baltimore Afro-American wrote: “Adolf snubs U.S. lads”

In his book The Myth of German Villainy, author Benton Bradberry sets the record straight for us, writing about these headlines: “These were deliberate lies. Nothing of the kind had happened”

The real story was that Hitler was told by the chairman of the International Olympic Committee that he had violated Olympic protocols by shaking hands with German athlete Hans Wollke and receiving other athletes – both German and non-German – in his VIP booth the day before. So that day, in compliance with the protocols, he shook nobody’s hand, including Jesse Owens

From the book The Jesse Owens Story, Jesse is quoted as saying “When I passed the Chancellor, he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad taste in criticizing the man of the hour in Germany” end quote.

And far from being snubbed by Germany’s white population, author Richard Mandell also helps set the record straight. He writes in his book The Nazi Olympics: “Once at the stadium, the mere appearance of Jesse Owens’ head from some pit below the stands would cause sections of the crowd to break out in chants of ‘Yes-sa Ov-enss! Yes-sa Ovenss!’”

The real snubbing of Jesse Owens came at the hands of Franklin Roosevelt, who was running for re-election and refused to receive Jesse at the White House, because Roosevelt thought the reaction from southern states would harm his chances of victory.

The job of the historical revisionist is to set the record straight

Thank you,

Report on Beth Israel vigil 01-20-24

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:29:00 +0000

We Pitch a Shutout!

January 13 loomed as a cold and extremely windy day. Fearful that our signs, which we attach to chairs, might be blown into the street and cause traffic dangers, we offered only the signs we could carry, and held a new flag presented to us by a passing Palestinian man. The result was a smashing 21-0 score (see Scoreboard, below), but reflected the omission of what we feel drives Israeli terror – Jewish Power, Jewish identity politics, and Jewish supremacist ideology. When our signs of “Jewish Power corrupts” or “Jews Bomb Hospitals” are displayed, our message is more clearly honed, but approval suffers. And we accept that.

Begging for Crumbs

On Thursday, January 11, the Ann Arbor City Council passed a “cease-fire” resolution. That’s the good news. The reality is that the resolution had to be word-smithed to a point where it became meaningless, but even that didn’t prevent some local Jews speaking in opposition. Speaker after speaker lined up (there were 90!) to prattle on about Israeli crimes, without a whit of blame placed on the Ann Abor Jewish community for its support of those crimes. Even the Arab voice, like leadoff speaker Omar Abdala, was obedient to the Power. He said:

We are a coalition that stands against anti-Semitism. Our members have said that protests at synagogues are wrong, full stop. When a known holocaust denier spoke last meeting we refused to listen to him and walked out. Do not conflate our calls for a cease fire with anti-Semitism. That is wrong; it is beneath you and it is racist. This is a simple resolution that takes no sides...

A resolution that “takes no sides” needs a response, and we provided that response (text follows signature). It’s instructive to view (a) the City Council members turning their backs to us and (b) the so-called “Palestinian activists” fleeing the room as we rose to speak. Please click here and adjust timeline to 04:15:43 to observe

We had an opportunity to speak to a Lebanese student after the meeting and asked her why she left as I spoke, and she explained that her Jewish co-workers were upset with our weekly vigils and she wanted to show solidarity with them. See how Jewish Power works? This young woman knew that if she questioned forbidden topics – like why are Jews leading local Palestinian activists? - she would be ostracized and couldn’t tolerate that outcome. So 10,000 Palestinian children and infants get bombed to smithereens, but she maintains friendships.

Another Day at the Office

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

30-Dec 17-3

6-Jan 14-3

13-Jan 21-0

20-Jan 18-7

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Victory to Hamas!

January 11, 2024 [262 words]

Topic: Agenda Item CD-1, Resolution Denouncing Rising Hate and Discrimination in Ann Arbor and Calling for a Lasting Bilateral Ceasefire in Gaza and Israel

Good evening,

The Jewish state has been committing genocide against the Palestinian people for over 75 years. Now, in The Hague, these crimes are being identified and exposed by South Africa.

Much will be made of a “proportional response”: Are the Jews of Israel responding proportionally to the Al-Aqsa Storm of October 7?

So, it’s reasonable to ask if this Resolution is proportional to the atrocities committed by the Jewish state since that date

Reading from the Resolution: “The Ann Arbor City Council calls for an immediate lasting bilateral ceasefire”

Bilateral: meaning both sides stop using their weapons against the other

Does this resolution demand Palestinians stop using their Merkava battle tanks? Their Apache Helicopters? Their F-35 fighter jets? Should they be required to stop dropping 2,000 pound bombs?

Of course not. It’s not the Palestinians that have these Weapons of Mass Destruction

It’s only Israel. And the Jewish state is using them mercilessly, driven by a religious ideology that tolerates no sympathy for the defenseless Palestinians

Calling for a bilateral cease fire with this imbalance in strength is not a proportional response to genocide

Calling out the perpetrators is

Taking sides is what’s required of Council, even if it means standing up to the Chosen, be they friend or family. A milquetoast request for a cease fire is totally inadequate and not only ignores the enormous disparity in weaponry, but fails to address even the minimum of human rights violations being committed by the Jewish state

Personally, I don’t believe your vote, whether yea or nay, will count for much. I cannot imagine a more meaningless document.

Thank you,

Report on Beth Israel vigil 12-23-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Tue, 26 Dec 2023 22:56:00 +0000

Hostility increases but our support remains constant

(see “Scorecard”)

Retired Ann Arbor Doctor Dave Chernin has taken to counter-protesting our weekly vigils, and exposes his Jewish supremacism by the threatening words and gestures he uses. On December 9, three men emerged from the synagogue to harass us. After a few minutes of heated exchange, Dave – the one holding the flag and now bolstered by these racists – joins in and threatens us. One of the three has been identified as Richard Cascarelli, a Partner Associate at Tim Singer South Florida - Coldwell Banker in Fort Lauderdale. Watch the six-minute video here.

The defeated Jewish attorney Marc Susselman lowers himself by bringing a couple thugs from West Bloomfield, Michigan, to taunt us throughout our entire vigil on November 18. We submitted the video to the Ann Arbor Police Department for their opinion as to whether a threat was made. Please make up your own mind as you view this video here.

On December 23, a potty-mouthed woman approaches us and threatens to take one of our signs which she found upsetting (Gas Chambers? Really?!!). When we inform her that we will call the cops and put her on film stealing our property, she experiences a change of mind. And goes curiously silent when her world-view gets challenged. Watch this video here.

Challenging Ann Arbor City Council

On December 18, we asked Council members to imagine the world reaction to any other ethnic group – other than the Jews – who could get away with a 75-year-old ethnic cleansing operation. At this particular meeting almost all the 58 speakers asked Council to pass a resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. Fast forward to 4:10 to watch our presentation from this video, and view text of the presentation following signature.

Beware the Controlled Opposition

Many Jews spoke at this Council meeting, some declaring themselves “a proud Jew”, some identified as members of Jewish Voice for Peace.

Regular readers of these reports know that we recognize the efforts of JVP as those of a controlled opposition. The racism that motivates the Jewish state is born and nurtured in the Jewish community. For activist Jews to be effective in liberating Palestine, they need to confront the racism that exists in their own, home communities.

But they never do. Instead, they wear keffiyehs, control Palestinian activists (think: Rashida Tlaib) and assuage their own guilt by palling around with the oppressed. Please read “The Role of Jews in the Palestine Solidarity Movement” for expanding this argument.

Not only do these closet Zionists (we define “Zionist” as anyone who does NOT call for an end to the Israeli state) control the opposition, but watch here as they flee before we rise and challenge their Jewish supremacism.

Which member of JVP is willing to carry our sign? After 100 Jewish Israeli doctors signed a document that supported the IDF strategy of bombing hospitals [link 6], we couldn’t resist:

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

18-Nov 9-6

25-Nov 36-8

2-Dec 30-8

9-Dec 29-6

16-Dec 22-9

23-Dec 15-6

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Victory to the Palestinian Resistance!

Comments?

December 18, 2023 [271 words]

Topic: Holocaust Education in AAPS

Good evening,

20 years ago my friend Paul Eisen made the following observation. It’s as true today as it was then:

The crime against the Palestinian people is being committed by a Jewish state with Jewish soldiers using weapons displaying Jewish religious symbols, and with the full support and complicity of the overwhelming mass of organized Jews worldwide. But to name Jews as responsible for this crime seems impossible to do.

Israel itself claims, in its 2018 Nation-State Law:

The LAND OF ISRAEL is the historical homeland of the JEWISH people, in which the STATE OF ISRAEL was established.

The racism in this statement is made clear by the changing a few words:

AMERICA is the historical homeland of the WHITE people, in which the UNITED STATES was established.

Who here would be happy with that definition of OUR country? I wouldn’t

Imagine any other ethnic group committing this ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people

Imagine if American Blacks, unhappy with Jim Crow in 1948, decided to ethnically cleanse Palestine to create a Black nation

The world wouldn’t tolerate it for a minute

The world does tolerate this ongoing genocide because it’s being committed by Jews

And the world – believing the Holocaust Narrative as presented by Hollywood – turns its eyes away from the Palestinian victims in their struggle for liberation, because their perpetrators are Jews. And Jews are the ultimate victims.

But are they? Holocaust revisionists believe a full vetting of the events of World War Two will strip Jews of this ultimate victim status. The truth must be known, because Palestinians today are paying the penalty for the world’s ignorance.

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 11-11-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 20:19:00 +0000

Has the Mighty Wurlitzer dropped a note?

Witness for Peace recognizes the slave revolt that occurred in Gaza on Oct. 7. Nat Turner’s violent resistance to US slavery in 1831 parallels Hamas’ resistance we witnessed last month. Turner’s revolt crystalized the horrors of slavery, as Hamas’ resistance has focused the world’s attention to the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Truth is, however, we were uncertain how the passing traffic would view our ongoing protests at Beth Israel on October 14. Would the Mighty Wurlitzer (aka Jewish domination of our media) turn our almost-always positive favorability against us? Could the screaming pundits on Fox News sway the public to continue its pro-Israel bias, and vote us down? Perhaps even decisively down?

But check out our Scorecard (below): our tiny survey didn’t reflect this overwhelming support for Jewish supremacy in Palestine (state of Israel). In fact, we haven’t experienced any such effect; the signs of support have consistently been greater than those of disagreement. What can we conclude? The Mighty Wurlitzer has always been able to deliver the standard narrative – to support the Jewish state no matter its behavior – but perhaps we’re witnessing the dawn of a true Intifada with the American people. Just maybe they’re getting tired of being on the wrong side of history. Time will tell . . .

Twenty Year Breakfast Celebration

Yes, we’ve been at this “great day to protest”* activity for twenty full years now, and Dan McGowan, former Executive Director of Deir Yassin Remembered, bought breakfast for the whole group (14 in attendance) after our November 11 vigil. Vigiler Y brought her two children, Vigilers M and D showed up, as did a new face who, hopefully, will become a regular. Thanks, Dan!

What Happened at the Wannsee Conference?

Michigan students are mandated to receive Holocaust education. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s website is used often to provide information to our students. From the USHMM the student “learns” that, at this conference in 1942, National Socialists planned the physical extermination of Europe’s Jews. But is this correct?

We attempted to answer that question at the Ann Arbor City Council meeting on November 13; our address is found below signature, as well as the anticipated knee-jerk reaction from a few councilmen. Readers are invited to view this presentation here (advance to 49:50) and to witness council responses immediately following.

*-- Credit to former vigiler P

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

14-Oct 17-13

21-Oct 22-11

28-Oct 20-13

4-Nov 21-10

11-Nov 39-5

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

Victory to the Palestinian Resistance!

November 6, 2023 (348 words)

Good evening,

The Ann Arbor Public Schools curriculum on the Holocaust often refers our students to information provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. This source provides a section on what is known as the Wannsee Conference, where our students learn about The Final Solution. The student is told “The "Final Solution" was the code name for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews.”, but with no corroborating evidence; it’s merely supposition on the part of the Museum, and has been challenged by revisionist historians.

One such historian is Francis Dupont, who has authored this booklet: Tall Tales from the German Woods; The Myth of the Wannsee Conference. In it, we have the complete photostatic transcripts of the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. Yes, they are in German and yes, the translation of these minutes might not be correct, but if any German language expert would like to take a look at these minutes, they are readily available. According to Dupont, the minutes actually exist under glass at the Wannsee Villa Museum, but “very few take the time to read them.”

He writes: “Nowhere in the Wannsee Meeting or its minutes is the murder of Jews discussed; only their emigration and [forced] evacuation . . . to the eastern territories opened up after the German invasion of the Soviet Union”

He continues: “Instead of plotting the mass murder of all Jews, the Wannsee conference minutes actually talk about keeping large numbers of Jews in Germany.”

Perhaps we think this Francis Dupont is merely an anti-Semitic Holocaust Denier and will say anything. So we turn to Yehuda Bauer, whom Wikipedia describes as a Czech-born Israeli historian and scholar of the Holocaust.

Here’s what Professor Bauer said, quoted by The Canadian Jewish News, Jan. 30, 1992: “The public still repeats, time after time, the silly story that at Wannsee the extermination of the Jews was arrived at.”

There are many other sources that our students could access that would allow them to comply with their mandated education on the Holocaust. Responsible leaders should encourage this access.

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 10-07-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:26:00 +0000

Pussycats

Back when Witness for Peace (WfP) boycotted Hiller’s Market in Ann Arbor (we were successful) owner James Hiller was to receive honors in Birmingham, Michigan. We decided to travel the 45 miles to protest his pro-Israel policies. When the Birmingham Police caught wind of our plan, they contacted the Ann Arbor Police Department (AAPD) to inquire about us. “They are pussycats!”, declared Ann Arbor Police Detective Lt. Mark St. Amour. Detective St. Amour knew even then that our group was lawful and peaceful. The City of Birmingham sent two unarmed officers in shirt sleeves to observe us. After an hour, they grew bored and told us they were going home for dinner.

Advance a few decades, and our reputation continues. On July 21, according to the August edition of the Washtenaw Jewish News (p. 4), a man called the suicide hotline and claimed he was holding a hostage in the men’s room at Beth Israel Congregation during evening services. The Ann Arbor police “fill[ed] the BIC parking lot with cruisers and police vans”, and sent out a SWAT truck. Beth Dwoskin, author of the article, fingered WfP as a likely suspect, writing: “For almost 20 years, a hate group has been standing outside of Beth Israel every single Shabbat. The first impulse is to attribute any threat to them.”

This first impulse was most certainly conveyed to the police, but did any member of WfP receive a call from the AAPD? Were our lawyers contacted? Did police show up at anyone’s home? No, No, and No. The most scrutinized peace group in Ann Arbor was not even considered to have perpetrated such a hoax.

Advance also to this past Saturday, when a black woman feigned interest in our activity, only as a ruse to steal one of our signs. When we had explained to this lady that the entire Beth Israel Congregation supports the state of Israel and only racists do that, she indignantly replies “You’re going to tell a black woman about racism?” She then proceeds to dismantle our sign and when we remove it from her, the crocodile tears start. She calls the police, who dutifully come out and spend about 15 minutes with her. The cops didn't even bother to approach us "two white men" with her complaint that she felt "unsafe". They recognized her false accusations, and left the scene. Good policing, in our humble opinion. Video here.

Like Elvis, Jewish Power is everywhere

Vigil Supporter A stopped by on August 26 to provide vigilers with some sage advice: challenging the Holocaust narrative is the most effective way of disarming Jewish Power. See our new sign below. But at the same time, he yielded to that same power by requesting that he not be identified via text or photo. He knows what Jewish Power can do to a business, and, obviously respects (fears!) that power. A is a successful businessman and former Ann Arborite, and it was quite the joy to see him again.

New Sign

Taking A up on his word, we unveiled a new sign on September 2. It questions the claim made by Holocaust orthodoxy that six million Jews died at the hands of National Socialists in WWII. WfP notes that World Almanac figures indicate a slight uptick in world Jewish population between the years 1933 and 1948, and also that – according to German records – only 4.5 million Jews were under direct NS control, yet 4.3 individual claims of “Holocaust victims” were made against the German government after the war.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

19-Aug 25-11
26-Aug 14-7
2-Sep 28-17
9-Sep 28-19
16-Sep 15-9
23-Sep 18-2
30-Sep 9-7
7-Oct 5-7

Henry Herskovitz
Witness for Peace
Victory to the Palestinian Resistance!
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The 14th Annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day

noreply@blogger.com (PeaceMonger) — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 02:32:00 +0000

Bill Henry, Z"L, circa 1940

The 14th annual Bill Henry International Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day begins at sunset on Monday, September 25, 2023, and ends at dusk on the 26th. This day honors the memory of Bill Henry (né Herskovitz), Z"L, for a decision that quite possibly saved an eight-year-old boy from a life of "Jewish chauvinism and exclusivism". For the full story behind Eat-a-Cheeseburger Day please see the 2011 post about this momentous day.

Report on Beth Israel vigil 08-12-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 15:43:00 +0000

Does the First Amendment include a duty to listen?

Part of our First Amendment reads “Congress shall make no law … prohibiting … the right … to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”. But what if the Government refuses to listen? On August 7 this writer addressed the Government, specifically the Ann Arbor City Council, to shed some light on the mandated Holocaust education our students receive. But as the screenshot below shows, fully six members of this ten-member body left the room, rather than hear the words of Elie Wiesel. One member – Councilwoman Linh Song - turned her back during the presentation. Text of our presentation follows signature.

Please view this entire exodus from Council chambers on the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdWTqtEnrds (Fast forward to 31:09)

Just because we think we have something to say doesn’t mean that Mr. Average Citizen needs to listen, but when people who are paid to represent “the Government”, maybe they should be required to listen when their citizenry is petitioning them for a redress of grievances. Especially considering they are being paid in part by our own tax dollars. Fortunately for these government workers, Witness for Peace does not have the funds of a Marvin Gerber or Henry Brysk to take these slackers to court.

Comments from Council

Councilwoman Lisa Disch seems to scold this writer in her comments following Public Commentary, but the sound quality appears insufficient for us to transcribe her words correctly. Fast forward to 52:55 to hear what she has to say. And Linh Song, speaking right after Ms. Disch, vows to contribute $1,000 of her own money to Jewish Family Services every time a Holocaust revisionist dares address City Council with remarks that, as yet , remain unchallenged. Her words: “And I just want to, I will continue with my pledge every time a Holocaust Denier comes and gives public comments here, to give a thousand dollars. I'm happy to give that donation to an organization I love and to a community that still struggles with hate here.”

Note to Ms. Song: if the Jewish community struggles with hate, maybe they should challenge their own leaders when they advocate hatred. Again, here’s Elie Wiesel: “Every Jew, somewhere in his being, should set apart a zone of hate — healthy, virile hate — for what the German personifies and for what persists in the German.”

Coffee with Rabbi Caine

As described in our last report, this writer sat down for coffee with Rabbi Caine of Beth Israel Congregation. We had hoped for a second meeting by the end of July, but that date has passed, and a reminder email sent to the Rabbi on July 24 has gone unanswered as of today. Holding the Rabbi in the highest possible regard, we assume his schedule has been very busy, and that he will contact us when he gets a breather. Please stay tuned …

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

1-Jul 15-15
8-Jul 15-9
15-Jul 10-7
22-Jul 21-14
29-Jul 14-4
5-Aug 14-12
12-Aug 13-4

Henry Herskovitz
Witness for Peace
216 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”
ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”
#

Address to City Council August 7, 2023

Good evening,

Sometimes it doesn’t take a revisionist to enlighten us about the exaggerations we find in the Holocaust narrative. Often the enlightenment comes at the hands of the Holocaust traditionalists themselves. Recommended reading from the Ann Arbor Public Schools Holocaust curriculum is the well-known novel Night, written by the famous Elie Wiesel. On page 32, he writes:

"Not far from us, flames, huge flames, were rising from a ditch. Something was being burned there. A truck drew close and unloaded its hold: small children. Babies! Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes ... children thrown into the flames. (Is it any wonder that ever since then, sleep tends to elude me?)"

And in another book from the same author – “The Jews of Silence”, he writes about the alleged massacre of 33,000 Jews at Babi Yar in the Ukraine. From p. 48 we read: “Eyewitnesses say that for months after the killings, the ground continued to spurt geysers of blood.”

Without supporting evidence, Wiesel wants us to believe that blood spurted out of the ground in geyser-like fashion for months, when no one has ever seen such an occurrence.

Yet in a third book, Legends of our time, Wiesel comes clean. In the introduction he writes about a conversation with the local rabbi:

"'What are you writing?' the Rebbe asked. "Stories", I said. He wanted to know what kind of stories: true stories. "About people you knew?" Yes, about people I might have known. "About things that happened?" Yes, about things that happened or could have happened. "But they did not?" No, not all of them did. In fact, some were invented from almost the beginning to almost the end. The Rebbe leaned forward as if to measure me up and said with more sorrow than anger: "That means you are writing lies!" I did not answer immediately. The scolded child within me had nothing to say in his defense. Yet, I had to justify myself: "Things are not that simple, Rebbe. Some events do take place but are not true; others are - although they never occurred."

What will the reaction of Ann Arbor students be, when they read of such an admission?

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 06-24-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Tue, 27 Jun 2023 01:57:00 +0000

Coffee with Rabbi Caine

Rabbi Nadav Caine of Beth Israel Congregation broke 4+ years of relative silence with an email invitation to this writer for some coffee. Naturally, the invitation was accepted, and we shared a respectful hour discussing our similarities and differences on June 14. Nadav wanted to see what kind of document it would take to convince us to end our 19+ year vigil, and I presented him with some guidelines, specifically the Letter to the Editor by vigiler Sol Metz [deceased …hh] of July 7, 2009. Sol had outlined under what circumstances Witness for Peace would be willing to end the vigils.

Nadav indicated he would like a second meeting where he could present his document, and a date prior to July 31 was agreed upon. In the meantime, we have generated our own document, which embodies more clearly the points raised in Sol’s letter.

Addressing City Council

We received an email from revisionist Diane King after our address to Council on April 17. She gently advised us against using the word “Nazi”, as it was pejorative, and never used by National Socialists to describe themselves. Since we were unaware of this newly acquired information, we addressed Council again on June 5. Watch here (fast forward to 43:25) to observe seven Councilmen walk out on my talk, as well as two former supporters. Truth sometimes is a terrible thing to face. Text of this talk follows signature.

Getting the Attention of Jonathan Greenblatt

The Anti-Defamation League (aka the Defamation League) has seen fit to publish its list of “Who’s Who of Holocaust Denial”, and this writer finds himself listed alongside friends Alison Chabloz and Michael Hoffmann, as well as heavyweights Ernst Zundel, Arthur Butz, David Erving, David Duke and Robert Faurisson. Have our signs made a difference?

A Child’s Reaction to our vigil

Readers may remember the comments of Roger Cone, an Ann Arbor resident living close to the vigils. In helping Beth Israel Congregation convince City Council to pass a resolution condemning our 1A-supported expressions of free speech, he employed hearsay when he stated: “One of the neighbors heard a mother walking her child past the protesters, who asked ‘Mom, is that man going to hurt me?’”

Readers are asked to contrast Roger’s hearsay with the 10-second clip of an actual child reacting to our presence, and judge for themselves.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

20-May 12-11

27-May 9-5

3-Jun 19-14

10-Jun 14-6

17-Jun 25-12

24-Jun 9-4

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

176 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”

ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”

Address to City Council June 5, 2023 (367 words)

Good Evening,

It appears that historical revisionism never rests. After distributing my address to Council on April 17 to a wider audience via email and Facebook, I received a reply from Diane King of Texas. She was going to disseminate my address to her email list, and cautioned me against using the word “Nazi”, claiming it a derogatory term. She wrote “We abhor this term. The Germans never referred to themselves that way. It’s equivalent to the other ethnic slurs that are verboten, but it’s ok to disparage Germans?”

I already knew that the term “Nazi” originated from a country-bumpkin reference to Germans, a slur based on the common farm-boy, or simpleton name “Ignatz”, and the shortening of that name to “Nazi”. This knowledge was supplied by Benton Bradberry’s book The Myth of German Villainy. But I did not know that National Socialists never referred to themselves by that name. In my ignorance, I thought everyone used the term.

I asked myself whether Diane could be correct, and asked the Facebook public for evidence to counter her claim. I wanted to be shown a reference by a German National Socialist who used the term “Nazi” in a correspondence or speech. I ask anyone here if they have corroborative evidence of National Socialists self-describing as “Nazi”.

No one on Facebook supplied such information. One respondent, though, alerted me to an article that explained exactly what Diane was claiming. The article reports that a powerful Jewish journalist named Konrad Heiden popularized this term in the 1920’s as an epithet meant to degrade members of the National Socialist Workers Party of Germany.

Apparently, this name calling stuck: we are left with the impression that everyone used the term, because we –mistakenly - are continuing to use it.

Two takeaways: one, people and groups should be referred to as they deem fit. How would our Black community react to being referred to by the N-word? How would our Jewish community appreciate being called the K-word? I doubt either group would appreciate it. It wouldn’t be right.

Second takeaway: perhaps this successful name calling technique was yet another reason why German Jews were found in disfavor by their countrymen.

I think our students deserve to be presented with this information

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 05-13-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Sun, 14 May 2023 14:53:00 +0000

From Palestine to the Holocaust

Witness for Peace explains why getting the “Holocaust” right (i.e. historically correct) is inextricably linked to Palestine Liberation. Please consider each step of the following. We believe the point at which one disagrees indicates how committed he is to justice for Palestinians.

1. We recognize Palestinian suffering

2. We want to do something about it

3. We identify the parties

A. Palestinians are the oppressed

B. The Jewish state is the oppressor

4. We identify the power imbalance

A. Palestinians are extremely weak

B. The Jewish state is extremely powerful

5. We identify the support networks

A. Israel is Jewish by definition

B. The membership in this state is based on race, matriarchal lineage required

C. The Jewish state employs Jewish religious symbols on many of its weapons and soldiers

D. The Jewish state is supported by virtually all major Jewish organizations in the world

6. We identify disinformation in the media

A. We recognize Jewish over-representation and manipulation in the media

B. We recognize the Jewish source of cancel-culture in social media platforms

C. Most Americans know little of the oppression by Palestinians at the hands of the Jewish state

7. We recognize that there is no "cycle of violence" in Palestine

A. Zionist Jews invaded and initiated an intentional ethnic cleansing of Palestinian Christians and Muslims

B. This ethnic cleansing is ongoing

C. This ethnic cleansing project is not cyclical; it’s linear. Aggressor Jews invaded Palestine; Palestinian resistance opposes this invasion

8. The ethnic cleansing of Palestine is wholly unjustified and illegitimate

A. The United Nations Partition Plan was never authorized by the Executive Council; it has no force of law

B. God would not approve any group to be ethnically cleansed; at least no kind, loving God could approve

C. England’s Balfour Declaration is null and void; no country can give away land that did not belong to them

D. Only the Holocaust myth remains to give the Jewish state any emotional support

9. Justice demands the return of ill-gotten land

A. Every village lost to Jewish terrorism prior to May 1948 was gained illegally

B. Justice requires the return of these lands to the people inhabiting them prior to 1948

C. Every village lost to Jewish terrorism represents a negative number for Palestinians

D. Every village gained by Jewish Zionists represents a positive number

E. The sum of these numbers is Zero

F. The extrapolation of this Zero Sum Game is the complete elimination of Christians and Muslims from Palestine

10. We conclude from this Zero Sum "game":

A. There can be only a Palestine, or

B. There can be only a Jewish state

C. There cannot be both [Palestine “wins” only if Israel “loses”]

11. We side with the oppressed:

A. Palestine must live

B. A Jewish state must be (peacefully) dismantled, in accordance with 10-C above

12. We identify the oppressors/aggressors

A. The oppressors/aggressors are Jews

B. The Jews are supported by a vast network of organizations

C. Jewish Power has been amassed over decades of careful planning

D. Jewish Power works against the interests of host countries

13. We recognize

A. That if any other ethnic/religious group was implementing the forced displacement of Palestinians, the world would intervene

B. That the world is silent in the face of this ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians

14. We conclude

A. That the world feels more sympathy for Jews than it does Palestinians

15. We ask

A. Why does the world feel so much more sympathy for Jews than it does Palestinians?

16. We note

A. That the Holocaust is the single most relevant "event" that grants Jews this imbalance in sympathy

B. That the world has only a Hollywood-driven “knowledge” of this event

C. Historians who critically examine this event risk prison, physical violence, opprobrium, loss of job, etc.

17. We conclude

A. That only because of the Holocaust narrative does the world feel more sympathy for Jews than Palestinians

B. Palestinian suffering is not shown in its true context

C. The Holocaust narrative must be explored in an honest, impartial manner to show this true context

D. We therefore challenge the traditional Holocaust historians to provide:

1. Forensic proof of the existence of homicidal gas chambers

2. An exact accounting of the alleged six million Jewish deaths

3. Concrete proof of an extermination plan

Responding to City Council’s caustic remarks

In =last week’s report=, we detailed the reaction from some Ann Arbor City Council members and the Mayor to the required high school curriculum concerning the Holocaust. We remember Mayor Christopher Taylor calling our remarks “beneath contempt”. At the May 1 meeting, we responded; the full text follows signature. In addition, you can view the short presentation at 16:30 from the YouTube video of the proceedings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9bIVLZFyyM

Anti-Semitism and Zionism Defined

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

22-Apr 14-18 – first loss!

29-Apr 19-15

6-May 13-12

13-May 20-11

Henry Herskovitz

Witness for Peace

135 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”

ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”

Address to City Council

May 1, 2023 [ 313 words]

TOPIC: CC – COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCIL FROM LAST COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 17

Good evening,

I’d like to respond to the rather personal comments I received from Councilmembers when I spoke here on April 17

I do not wish to respond in kind

Rather, I come before you tonight with understanding. I have spoken about the Holocaust at least a dozen times prior to this evening. No Councilmember – past or present - has corrected any of the claims made during those 12 appearances.

How do most people – myself included - come to understand this historical event? I offer “Casablanca”, “Sophie’s Choice” and “Schindler’s List”. I also offer the Holocaust Museums we have locally and nationally. And the constant reminders the press reiterates again and again. My friend refers to this as the “Mighty Wurlitzer”, spinning the same songs over and over.

In other words, we have been coaxed – not logically convinced – into our “knowledge”, in quotes. And as they say, “you cannot argue a person out of a position they haven’t argued themselves into”

When people are presented with facts that run counter to what they assume they know, a great cognitive dissonance sets in.

They then have two choices: either consider what is being said to have possibilities of being true, or assault the character of the person saying them. It’s human nature, not necessarily mean-spiritedness

Consider the first choice; I’m sure you all have. What happens if one of you says publicly that there might be some merit in Henry’s words? Words that to date have not been challenged. Do you really think you’ll win re-election?

Look what happened to Ali Ramlawi after he accepted a small donation from me. He’s no longer here.

What if one of you vote to suspend military aid to Israel?

I think we all know the answer.

Reasonable people can disagree, using reason and not emotions. And I hope that as I continue to address this vital topic, reason and logic will prevail.

Thank you,

https://zionistsout.blogspot.com/2023/04/report-on-beth-israel-vigil-04-15-23.html

Report on Beth Israel vigil 04-15-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 17:06:00 +0000

Taking a second bite at the apple?

Following our smackdown victory in the Federal Courts, two Jewish legislators from Michigan seem to have targeted our weekly vigils by issuing a resolution for consideration by the State House and Senate [HB 4327]. Noah Arbit (D-West Bloomfield) and Samantha Steckloff (D-Farmington Hills) are attempting to silence our voices by codifying specific claims we have made in regards to Jewish Power. Below are the highlighted changes these Jews would like to see implemented in Michigan’s 1976 Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act.

(k) Subject to subparagraphs (ix) and (x), discrimination
because of ethnicity includes, but is not limited to,
discriminatory conduct or communication motivated in whole or in
part by antisemitism, which means a perception of Jewish
individuals that may be expressed in any of the ways described in
subparagraphs (i) to (viii), as follows:
(i) Hatred of Jewish individuals.
(ii) Severe disparagement of Jewish individuals or their
culture.
(iii) Rhetorical, violent, or physical anti-Jewish
manifestations directed against Jewish individuals or their
property or Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.
(iv) Aiding, encouraging, supporting, or justifying the
killing, harming, or defaming of anyone simply for practicing
Judaism or exhibiting a Jewish heritage.
(v) Making false and mendacious, dehumanizing, demonizing,
demeaning, or stereotypical allegations about Jewish individuals as
such or the power of Jewish individuals as a collective, including
allegations such as the myth about a world Jewish conspiracy or of
Jewish individuals controlling the media, economy, government, or
other societal institutions.
(vi) Accusing those practicing Judaism, or exhibiting a Jewish
heritage, whether singularly or collectively, as being wholly
responsible for any real or imagined wrongdoing committed by a
single Jewish individual or group.
(vii) Accusing those practicing Judaism, or exhibiting a Jewish
heritage, whether singularly or collectively, as being wholly
responsible for any real or imagined wrongdoing committed by the
State of Israel.
(viii) Accusing those practicing Judaism, or exhibiting a Jewish
heritage, whether singularly or collectively, as being more loyal
to Israel, or the alleged priorities of Jewish persons worldwide,
than to the interests of the people of this state, or to the
interests of the people of the United States.
(ix) Discrimination because of ethnicity in the form of
antisemitism does not include criticism of Israel similar to that
leveled against any other country.
(x) A finding of discrimination because of ethnicity in the
form of antisemitism does not preclude a finding of discrimination
on another basis such as religion, race, color, or national origin.

Witness for Peace responds

Revving up the taxi squad, Witness for Peace sent two envoys to state capitol Lansing, Michigan on April 11 to ask the same question we asked during our legal battles with Beth Israel synagogue Jews Marvin Gerber and Miriam Brysk (RIP): Jewish Power vs. First Amendment – Who will Win? We see that the Arbit-Steckloff bill is headed to the Judiciary Committee and we hope that the adults in that chamber will reject this obvious attempt at squelching our 1A rights.

Addressing the Ann Arbor School Board

Readers will remember that this writer took notice that the state of Michigan mandates the teaching of the Holocaust to all high school students. We were supplied with select pages from the text World History – Patterns of Interaction provided by the Ann Arbor School Board, and addressed that Board on April 12. We feel that the instruction given to our students fails in the ability to mold them into independent thinkers. Our remarks to the Board follow signature.

City Council responds with name-calling

On April 17, we echoed our School Board remarks at the City Council meeting [ff to 1:20:05]. Note the presentation is shortened, since the Board allows 4 minutes to address them, while Council allows only 3 minutes. Our presentation also follows signature.

After Public Commentary, the Council members are allowed to give their remarks on any issue. Three CM’s took issue with my remarks* and resorted to name-calling, but the best was reserved for last. The Mayor took to the microphone and said:

Speaking of violence, we have not had physical violence here at the table, but we have had rhetorical violence in our chambers yet again with anti-Semitism and Holocaust denialism. Although it does not affect an immediate and proximate physical harm, it does create harm in the community and of course leads to physical harm over the course of time, time and time again. It is entirely and without reservation beneath contempt.

We look forward to addressing these comments at the next Council meeting on May 1. Please stay tuned.

Scorecard
Date/For-Against

8-Apr 14-10
15-Apr 20-9
Henry Herskovitz
Witness for Peace
95 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”
ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”

* Councilwoman Linh Song: “I was just thinking that whenever we have someone who tries to present - basically deny the holocaust, I am re-doubling my commitment as board member of Jewish Family Services and making sure I donate a thousand dollars for every comment, and I encourage folks to take a look at our Jewish community and think of the good work they're doing"

Councilwoman Erica Briggs: "Finally I guess I would also like to just note that it's pretty horrifying to hear a holocaust denier here in the council chambers"

Councilwoman Ayesha Ghazi Edwin: "I also want to express my disgust about the holocaust denialism that's happened here tonight. I think it's abhorrent and I just want you to know, again, that I stand by the Jewish community ..."
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Public Commentary Remarks at April 12 Ann Arbor School Board meeting:

I once again want to thank the Board for allowing me to address you tonight. As you know I’ve been interested in what Ann Arbor students are being taught about the Holocaust, and how we are molding them to become independent thinkers. The information that the Board has provided me will be the basis of my remarks.

From page 936 of World History – Patterns of Interaction, our students read “The Nazis proclaimed that the Germanic peoples were a -quote – master race – end quote”. I think we’re all accustomed to that claim. But I note that there’s no attribution to that quote, no reference. Which Nazi leader said those words? There’s no way for the student to know. If the student were equipped with books that challenge that claim – such as Benton Bradberry’s The Myth of German Villainy – he could read that no Nazi ever said those words. And if the student were encouraged to do so, he could download a copy of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and could scan for “master race”. He won’t find it, and he may be puzzled by the claim. He may even conclude that “master race” was merely wartime propaganda, in which all sides took part.

On the same page, students read that the beginning of the Holocaust targeted Jews due to German failures. “Some Germans even blamed Jews for their country’s defeat in World War I”. As if nothing could be further from the truth.

But Alison Weir’s book “Against Our Better Judgment” documents clearly that during that war, when Germany was about to defeat Britain and had actually offered a negotiated peace, Zionist Jews engaged in the process of getting the US into the war on Britain’s side. Prominent American Jews like Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter worked behind the scenes to accomplish this task, and were in fact successful at getting the Americans into the war, which ensured Germany’s defeat. So, what is ridiculed in the text our students read, is actually the true historic accounting of events.

And again, on the same page, the student is introduced to Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass. He reads “Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues across Germany and murdered close to 100 Jews”. But our student will not be introduced to authors David Irving and Ingrid Weckert, who dispute this claim. They take pains to point out that Nazi officials, up to and including Hitler, were at odds with the gangs who committed these crimes against German Jews. In fact, Weckert writes “Hitler was furious and immediately ordered the chief of police of Munich to come see him.” He ordered the chief to stop the fire and ensure that no other violence took place. The work of these authors and others depict the violence against Jews on Kristallnacht as being locally inspired and not the result of Nazi policy. For our students to decide critically what actually happened, he must be informed from an array of sources, not just one.

I hope the Board takes notice of these corrections of history and implements a more comprehensive sourcing of information for Ann Arbor Students.

Thank you

Public Commentary Remarks at City Council meeting April 17, 2023

Good evening,

Last October I addressed Council about the Ann Arbor School’s compliance with Public Act 170, which mandates teaching of the Holocaust. Since then, the School Board was kind enough to provide me with the requested information. I addressed the Board last week and hoped that we were molding Ann Arbor students to become independent thinkers. I address Council tonight with the same concern.

The textbook used in our schools is World History – Patterns of Interaction. In the section on the Holocaust, our student first reads, “The Nazis proclaimed that the Germanic peoples were a -quote – master race – end quote”. I think we’re all accustomed to that claim. But I note that there’s no attribution to that quote, no reference. Which Nazi leader said those words? There’s no way for the student to know. If the student were equipped with books that challenge that claim – such as Benton Bradberry’s The Myth of German Villainy – he could read that no Nazi ever said those words. And if the student were encouraged to do so, he could download a copy of Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and could scan for “master race”. He won’t find it, and he may be puzzled by the claim. He may even conclude that “master race” was merely wartime propaganda, in which all sides took part.

On the same page, our student reads that the beginning of the Holocaust targeted Jews due to German failures. “Some Germans even blamed Jews for their country’s defeat in World War I”. As if nothing could be further from the truth.

But Alison Weir’s book “Against Our Better Judgment” documents clearly that during that war, when Germany was about to defeat Britain and had actually offered a negotiated peace, Zionist Jews engaged in the process of getting the US into the war on Britain’s side. Prominent American Jews like Louis Brandeis and Felix Frankfurter worked behind the scenes to accomplish this task, and were in fact successful at getting the Americans into the war, which ensured Germany’s defeat. So, what is ridiculed in the text our student reads, is actually the true historic accounting of events.

I encouraged the Board, as I do Council tonight, to provide our student enough information to make up his mind independently, and critically, about historical events, and that he be provided with an array of viewpoints, not just one.

Thank you

Report on Beth Israel vigil 04-01-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 03 Apr 2023 22:31:00 +0000

A Learning Moment

A friendly discussion grew heated last month when a Jewish Marxist friend said some of my comments about Jewish domination of media and banking were “anti-Semitic”. He remarked that “America First” was problematic, but that the rest of my sign, “Not Israel”, was something he could support because “[he’s] never been a Zionist”. It seemed like he was admitting to “anti-Zionism”, but held strongly to protecting the tribe. He authored a middle school reference book, Understanding the Holocaust, a fact that speaks volumes about his tribal allegiance. So our takeaway from this heated argument gave birth to our latest sign, below:

Getting Close to the Target?

There were two unsuccessful attempts to steal/destroy our signs this Saturday, and both sets of vandals chose the “Gas Chambers? Really?” sign to go after. See two women in an Audi stop and get caught in the act here. The other group was two young men one of which asked me where I worked. Is this how (((they))) operate? Rather than debate the issue, or produce a single wartime photograph of a homicidal gas chamber, these 20-year-olds (they told us their age) went straight for the jugular: silence our voices by eliminating our source of income. Unbelievable? Not really …

Witness for Peace feels even more strongly now that deconstructing the “Holocaust” and challenging its propaganda is key to Palestine Liberation. It remains the sole remnant of the Jewish “faith”, and readers are once again reminded of Paul Eisen’s observations twenty years ago:

“The Holocaust resolves the great dilemma of modern Jewish life - how to be a Jew when you no longer believe in the Jewish God. Secular Jews have found many gods to replace the one they reject – Marx and Trotsky, atheism, psychoanalysis, multiculturalism, human rights, money and success, and of course, Zionism – there’s lots to choose from but only one that serves as a catch-all for everyone. And if you don’t believe it, try this - go find the most educated, secular, progressive, enlightened, perceptive, sensitive Jew you know - deny the Holocaust and then stand back.”

Abortion appears to be a Jewish Value

See the photo below, taken in the Jewish area of Pittsburgh (Squirrel Hill) on March 31. Whatever one thinks of abortion, it appears certain that it terminates the human life process. “Reproductive Freedom” is the “right” to choose to terminate this life process, and Jews themselves are claiming it’s a Jewish “value”. We thought only God possessed this right, but since Jews feel their souls are part God, maybe that’s the claim behind this banner. From chabad.org we read, “We have learned that Jews are functionally different from non-Jews in that they have a neshomah, a part of God himself”. We could be wrong about claiming that only Jews posses this religious “value” and ask our readers to provide a similar banner proclaiming that reproductive “rights” are a Christian or Muslim value.

Apologies to the Ann Arbor School Board

A few days after our last report hit the stands, Dr. Jeanice Swift, Superintendent of the Ann Arbor School Board did indeed respond to our February 8 request to supply course information on the Holocaust. As readers may remember, the State of Michigan Public Act 170 mandates the teaching of the Holocaust to secondary students in all public schools. True to her word, Dr. Swift connected me to Dr. Jared Aumen, District Chair for Secondary Social Studies, who provided me with much of the requested material. We plan to evaluate the information provided at the Board’s April 12 meeting.

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

25-Feb 9-2
4-Mar 12-6
11-Mar 24-7
18-Mar 8-4
25-Mar 22-3
1-Apr 19-12

Henry Herskovitz
Witness for Peace
87 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”
ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”
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Report on Beth Israel vigil 02-18-23

noreply@blogger.com (Henry Herskovitz) — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 02:28:00 +0000

Bringing the Holocaust to City Council

This writer addressed Ann Arbor City Council on February 6 in an attempt to pique some interest in facts that we assume are not taught in Michigan Public Schools (more on this later). In particular, we felt Council would be interested in the very beginnings of the rise of National Socialism in Germany, beginning with declaration of war BY Jews on Germany itself. Guided by the article “The Jewish Declaration of War on Germany” by Larry Romanoff in the Unz Review, we explained how organized Jewry declared a worldwide economic boycott on Germany, led by staunch Jewish Zionists like Samuel Untermeyer. Review full presentation below signature.

Silence from the Ann Arbor School Board?

On February 8, this writer addressed the Ann Arbor School Board for some information. Noting that the state of Michigan passed legislation in 2016 (Public Act 170) mandating the teaching of the “Holocaust” to high school students, we asked to be supplied with course curriculum, textbooks, assigned readings, guest speakers, etc. in the Board’s fulfillment of the state’s directive. We were informed by Superintendent Jeanice Swift at that meeting: “… I will make sure that you receive a contact from our social studies coordinator who's a very fine professional who will walk you through the information you've requested.”

An email was sent to Ms. Swift the very next day, and a reminder sent four days later, but no return email. A phone call to her direct line also netted no callback. Granting her the benefit of the doubt, we conclude nothing from this silence, but plan to speak again at the next Board meeting.

Exposing yet another Jew-led peace group

After receiving another “ask” letter from Rebecca Levin of the “Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine”, we write back noting that the word “Jewish” does not appear in the letter in spite of the fact that the Jewish state is committing the crimes against the Palestinian people. Also, we asked what the purpose of bringing “anti-Semitism” into the discussion, since the term is mentioned five times in the letter. We offered a $50 contribution if CJPIP would merely answer the question: Does Israel have a right to exist as Jewish state?

To her credit, Rebecca did respond, but didn’t answer any of our questions. She wrote “I believe we are working towards the same ends”. A second letter asked if in fact we were working towards the same goals:

We are working for the peaceful dismantlement of the state of Israel. I don’t believe that goal is shared with CJPIP. We are working to expose Jewish Power, and I again don’t believe that is one of CJPIP’s goals. We are working towards identifying the Jewish-Israeli community as the aggressors in Palestine, and work to hold their American counterparts accountable for their support of Israel. We believe Israel has no right to exist, and make this claim every Saturday. CJPIP – from what I can gather – has “no opinion” on this vital question. We work to end Jewish supremacism in Palestine and expose the corrosive effect Jewish Power has on America. CJPIP – no comment.

Takeaways

1. Placing the word “Israel” in a peace group’s name legitimizes the racist state. Another agenda is afoot.

2. “Just peace” is a second tell: why – after 75 years of unbridled IN-justice does justice NOW play a role? We assume it’s there to protect – not hold accountable – the ethnic/religious group responsible for their crimes.

3. Any group purporting to work for Palestinians that brings up the subject of “anti-Semitism” should be questioned. Imagine a peace group in 1942 working for the liberation of Jews in concentration camps. Would anyone seriously caution against “anti-German” language? Puh-lease!

Scorecard

Date/For-Against

7-Jan 29-11
14-Jan 5-3
21-Jan 13-7
28-Jan 14-7
4-Feb 8-4
11-Feb 9-7
18-Feb 9-4

Henry Herskovitz
Witness for Peace
47 Palestinians killed this year by “Israel”
ALL SO THAT JEWS CAN HAVE A “HOMELAND”
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February 6, 2023 [376 words]

Good evening,

On January 27, parts of the world celebrated International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Actually, that was just the official day of remembrance. The real remembrance day is every day of the year, and if you don’t believe that, merely create for yourself a Google Alert on the word “holocaust”.

The reason for this daily reminding is to fix forever in peoples’ minds the eternal suffering and innocence of the Jewish people.

Tonight, I’d like to focus on this alleged Jewish innocence. The innocence that is programmed into our minds by Hollywood, the media, campus statues and museums throughout America. We are taught that the National Socialists of Germany wished to exterminate the Jews for no other reason than that they were Jews. We are taught that Jews did nothing to deserve this extermination and were like innocent lambs being led to slaughter.

But maybe Jews in 1933 were not as innocent as we were led to believe. The headline of the March 24th edition of London’s Daily Express read “Judea declares war on Germany, Jews in all the world unite in action”

From the body of the article: “The Jewish wholesaler will quit his house, the banker his stock exchange, the merchant his business, and the beggar his humble hut, in order to join the holy war against Hitler’s people.” And this international call to boycott really was against the German people; Jewish elites knew that the boycott would cause the starvation – the deaths – of 30% of Germany’s population.

A Jewish newspaper called Natscha Retsch wrote: “The war against Germany will be waged by all Jewish communities, conferences, congresses... by every individual Jew. Thereby the war against Germany will ideologically enliven and promote our interests, which require that Germany be wholly destroyed.”

Samuel Untermeyer, President of the World Jewish Economic Federation, spewed falsehoods in his hate-driven speeches, designed to whip up support for this Jewish-led boycott. He said “Germany [has] been converted from a nation of culture into a veritable hell of cruel and savage beasts”

But in fact, this economic war by Jews against Germany in 1933 occurred long before there was any such thing as sanctions or reprisals of any kind against European Jews.

Innocent or aggressive? As the Ann Arbor News said today: “the past rediscovered”

Thank you,