The New Age Zionist

Around about 2004 I lived in Ramat Aviv in Northern Tel Aviv, the last residence of Yitshak Rabin. As one can imagine, there were plenty of secular “peace-nikim” there. One curious character was Tuvia Goldman. Wearing a knitted kippa off and on, Tuvia was a “Zionist” from Sweden. However, after having talked to him on more than one occasion, he was not a religious Zionist but rather a New Age Zionist.

What is a New Age Zionist? He is someone who loves Jabotinsky, Hertzl, Ben-Gurion, and all of the pioneers of secular Zionism and the “forefathers” of the State Of Israel. A New Age Zionist (NAZ) loves the I.D.F. and makes sure to serve. He believes in the State of Israel-the secular State of Israel and needs to make sure that it remains secular and European-run. He must make sure that he serves so that when he drags Jews screaming from their houses he can say how “noble” and “Israeli” he is. A NAZ is a secular Israeli, or even a hutznik (non-Israeli Jew), like Silverstein. He will, in the same breath, tell you how “Jewish” he is. His Jewishness has nothing to do with the Torah-it is a contrived Jewishness. He is Jewish because he is free in the Land of Israel. Free to eat milk and meat. Free to not observe Shabbat or other holidays. Free to have tattoos and curse in Arabic.
In reality the NAZ is really the Israeli whose secular grandfather left Europe to be free from Nazi and free from Judaism. That is his “hope.” To remain a Jew without Judaism. He has influenced some of his Mizrachi (Jews from Arab countries) friends to follow suit-he now has more followers.
Here is a a letter I received from Mr. Goldman:

A sign of power and hope. (May 16, 2004)
I just want to tell you all that I was one of the more than 150 000 people yesterday at Kikar Rabin yesterday that demonstrated for sanity and reason, to end the unneccesary bloodshed and to save our soldier’s lives. This stalemate is crippling this country and has to be stopped.

The settlements are the cause of so many problems and is the worst and most irrational thing this country has ever done. The settlements in Gaza, which the Likud convention decided not to leave, is the quintessential example of this problem.
The majority of the country’s citizens are for a withdrawal and Sharon is too chicken to act upon that support but continues to hide behind the right-wing extremists which “prevent” him from acting upon his dis-engagement plan. He probably does not want to disengage but I could be wrong.

Leave Gaza and all the other settlements is our call !!!

Am Yisrael chai/Tobias

Well, Tuvia was wrong in saying “He probably does not want to disengage but I could be wrong.” Unfortunately, he was wrong. Notice that the NAZ has to make an apparently positive statement to hide his dark intentions. Like Silverstein’s “Tikun Olam,” he needs to mask his nefarious intentions with a cover-lie. His closing lie is “Am Yisrael chai.” Chai? Lives? Where? Some of those people who were evacuated are still looking for places to live. How about those in Sderot and Ashkelon who were missled (and misled) for years? They were living in bomb shelters. How about the folks in comfy-cosy Ramat Aviv Gimel? Perhaps in their case, עם ישראל חי בסרט? (Israel lives in a dream world)!