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Amish community asks forgiveness of Jєωs at Kotel
By JONAH MANDEL  
11/28/2010 17:36

Representatives take highly unusual step of using modern transportation to make journey to the Holy Land; commit to loudly supporting Jєωs.

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Representatives of the Amish community from the United States and Switzerland paid a visit to the Western Wall on Saturday night, where they asked the Jєωιѕн people’s forgiveness for their group’s silence during the nαzι extermination of Jєωs in the h0Ɩ0cαųst.

Part of what made the visit special was that the Amish, a sect of the Mennonite Church that largely rejects modern technology, do not normally use contemporary forms of transportation such as the aircraft on which they made the journey to the Holy Land.

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But according to an announcement issued by the office of Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, with whom the group met, the Amish delegates saw great importance in coming to Israel and expressing their contrition, as well as declaring their unreserved support of the Jєωιѕн people and the State of Israel.

The delegation members stressed that they were neither seeking any kind of gesture from the Jєωιѕн people nor looking to proselytize – only to support Israel for the simple reason that in the past they hadn’t.

Rabinovitch was presented with various tokens at a ceremony in the Hasmonean chamber, including a parchment with a request for forgiveness in the name of the entire Amish community, along with a commitment that from now on, it would loudly voice its support of the Jєωιѕн people, especially in the wake of the expressions of hatred by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his extensions.

The delegation left Israel on Sunday.

Tele, something about the article just isn't right.  First, as Belloc wrote, the Amish aren't known for getting involved in politics.  And second, they use modern transportation all the time.  In the bus stations in Detroit, Cleveland, Toledo and other major cities near Amish populations, they are seen all the time.  They do fly as well, when necessary.  They also travel by car, provided someone not Amish is driving.  This article reeks of Israeli propaganda.  Maybe the Amish were just simply visiting the Holy Land and the Jєωs just filled in the news article to suit the photos.  I regularly associate with the Amish in Brown City and Mio Michigan and this article does not depict the usual Amish behavior.  As my kids used to say, "something don't stink right."  

Yes, well, my reason in posting it is not to reflect on the Amish, who might have made some statement out of humility.

It shows us the mentality of Zionism.

And that it did!  But it also shows they're not to good at doing fact checks. :reporter:  If they were, they would have written propaganda that would have withstood scrutiny. :rolleyes: