Comments on: Hachnosas Sefer Torah aboard a US Aircraft Carrier

By: youdontknowme

youdontknowme — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:18:19 +0000

Sorry I didn’t respond earlier all I was trying to say is that you can find a better person than Truman for example Ronald Reagan. I’m not saying that Truman was a bad person but there is no denying that he was an anti-semite and in my opinion he was not as good for the jews as so many people think. But that’s just my opinion the bigger issue here is the chillul Hashem that the comments on this site cause. All I did is express my opinion there is no reason to assume that I’m anti-Israel or to be so rude, you could have just asked politely what I meant. To be completely honest if I were Truman and I saw some of the despicable comments posted from one jew to another on this website I probably would have though the same anti-semetic thoughts that he expressed. All I’m saying is think before you write and realize that anybody in the world can read what you post here. Thank You.

By: nameless

nameless — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:22:19 +0000

Harry Truman was President when he State of Israel was established and was considered anOhev Yisroel.

YOUDONTKNOWME…..
what is your prob exactly???

By: mark levin

mark levin — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 05:09:51 +0000

I happen to know someone who was on the Truman as recently as a year or so ago.

All you people need to realize there are more yidden out there than you and SOME of them are in the US military.

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By: drfeivel

drfeivel — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:38:37 +0000

Harry Truman was a member of the KKK as a young man but was the one who integrated the Army. My understanding of the vote for the establishment of the state was that he didn’t want to see Weitzman, knowing he would convince him to vote yes, but a Jewish friend whom he (Truman) had been in the Army with and run a haberdashery with called in a friendship debt to get Weitzman in. I’m sure you’ve all seen the picture of Truman and Weitzman with a Sefer Torah, more questionable is the naming of a US Navy ship after Truman when everybody in the know, knows that Truman didn’t get along with the Navy. What all this gibberish means is that life and people are infinitely more complicated than many people want to see. Good people make bad decisions, bad people make good decisions and Hashem runs the world without any help from any of us, B”H.

By: telegrok

telegrok — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:59:12 +0000

re: associating a sefer Torah w/Harry Truman (first comment posted):

Truman’s Secretary of State Marshall advised Truman against recognizing Israel in 1948; reasons included fear that doing so could endanger US access to Arab oil (ein chodosh tachas ha’shemesh, right?). Truman respected Marshall quite seriously, but, he disregarded Marshall’s recommendation on this point.

Some historians say that Truman was simply courting a Jewish vote. Others, however, say that Truman based his decision on personal humanitarian and moral values that were grounded in his religous childhood and knowledge of the Bible.

This is similar to Reagan’s support for Israel, which was often grounded in Reagan’s simple, yet strong, moral compass and his religious beliefs (in fact, it was afer Reagan’s death that the depth of his reliance on religion and faith was revealed).

By: oiberchuchum

oiberchuchum — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:37:28 +0000

Oh vays mir – I assume it’s another anti-Israel dig. Harry S Truman was the president of the USA when Israel declared independence in 1948. The USA voted in favor of the UN resolution recognizing the State of Israel as a sovereign nation. As you may know from reading the posts on this website, there are many people who consider the establishment of the State of Israel one of the great tragedies in the history of Am Yisrael.

By: YZCCJR

YZCCJR — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:20:25 +0000

esg78

could you find out for the aolm through your sources if there is more than a minyan of frum people in the US army .

By: noitallmr

noitallmr — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:23:18 +0000

Does anyone (inc. YW) have any larger photos of this?

By: Oh vays mir

Oh vays mir — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:22:18 +0000

What’s wrong with Harry Truman?

As to frum people in the military, I beleive there is a weekly column in Hamodia from a medic who is serving in Iraq. I assume you could have a similar situation for the navy.

By: noitallmr

noitallmr — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:18:02 +0000

Wow- Mi Keamcho Yisroel!