Righteous Gentiles - We Thank You

[Pray4Isrel]

In Yad Vashem (Holocaust Museum) in Jerusalem, there is a street that has trees planted in honor of "Righteous Gentiles" who have supported the Jews mostly during the Holocaust in heroic manners. It was really awesome to see the trees with little plaques underneath and I hope that people find inspiration in that as much as I did.
Taking that concept of "Righteous Gentiles", I thought I'd start a thread of similar thought (though on a much smaller magnitude, of course).
Maybe we can have a thread of those we honor as Righteous Gentiles. They can be members here at Christian Forums or they can be people we know personally... or even world-renowned individuals. These are people that have shown true support for the Jewish People and Israel. These are the ones who defend us.
For how shall we then combat anti-semitism, if we do not encourage those who are for the Jewish People and for Israel?

So please name your candidates for "Righteous Gentiles" here and state the reasons why they deserve major applause!

[ShirChadash]

I would like to mention our brother (brother, right?) Quaffer. Many times I have been so blessed to read posts from him on this forum. Thank you Quaffer.

[SpiritPsalmist]

I would like to mention our brother (brother, right?) Quaffer. Many times I have been so blessed to read posts from him on this forum. Thank you Quaffer.
Thankyou and you're welcome. I'm a sister http://anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/blinking1.gif

[workman]

To my Jewish brothers and sisters:

I find it interesting that Yeshua when pronounced in the English language sounds like "Yes you are". Its interesting considering that God says he is the "I am". And we then can reply "Yes you are!" (Yeshua!)

I don't think this is so coincidental considering that God is the author of human language and also the one who scrambled them all up at the tower of Babel. So being "all powerful" and "all knowing" isn't it just like him to create a word that would reveal itself in hidden ways as well as obvious ones?

Hallelujah! What a savior and creator and friend we have!

Peace to you in Christ Jesus!
~Workman of Aliyah :wave: :hug: ;)

[simchat_torah]

Well, I made the same mistake too... if only quaffer would fill out the 'male' or 'female' in the user profile ;)

[workman]

Passover is coming:

Can anyone give me a run down of the why, how, when, and what for's? I would like to explain the Jewish history to my kids or have someone who knows something share in this rich history. I am a gentile and have not the knowledge or experience to reach from. Please site biblical texts where used too. Thanks! :help:

~Workman

[ShirChadash]

Hi Workman :) I haven't looked through all of these, but here are some links:


http://www.holidays.net/passover/

http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default.asp



for children:

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/passover/

http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/pesach/pesach.htm


Pesach Haggadah (the story/telling for the Passover meal):

http://shema.com/haggadah.htm

http://www.godonthe.net/passover/
http://www.godonthe.net/passover/


Much can be found by googling for Passover Pesach Haggadah

etc.


HTH!

[workman]

Hi right back Zimirah,

Thanks for the quick feedback! I have a lot to learn, but I am very curious.

Bless you!

Bonnie

[ShirChadash]

Thankyou and you're welcome. I'm a sister http://anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/blinking1.gif
:blush: OOOPS! :D Sorry Quaffer! :holy:















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[Pray4Isrel]

Whoa, this thread got waaaaaaay off track! :D

Rats! Wht does it always happen to me? ;)

[Plan 9]

HA! At least you don't have to mod a Suggestions thread I have somehow unwittingly turned into a discussion of One-Eyed, One-Horned, Purple People Eaters, now do you?

[workman]

Oops, I'm sorry. I'm too much of a new comer to know what I'm doing. I was simply excited to get started and now realize more mistakes.

Forgive me please, I did not mean to offend.

I hope you find those "righteous gentiles." :-) Its sweet of you to pursue this.

[ShirChadash]

Whoa, this thread got waaaaaaay off track! :D

Rats! Wht does it always happen to me? ;)
cuz we wub you Erin :) :kiss:

[Dominus Fidelis]

Let's hear it for John Paul II, our current Pope, who saved many Jews by hiding them from the Nazis.

:)

[Dominus Fidelis]

Let's also hear it for Pope Pius XI and Pope Pius XII, who defended the Jews and spoke out against Hitler. (Slander and lies about these Popes non-withstanding)

:clap:

http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/history/world/wh0028.html

[SpiritPsalmist]

My ex-landlords from many years ago who's name's I do not remember but they were from Holland and they hid several Jewish families in the space above their store. . .even their children did not know. :clap:

[ShirChadash]

Awesome! :clap:

[ShirChadash]

I would like to add Seebs to this listing... I think he argued beautifully, and humbly, for his points yesterday.

[Mordechai18]

I would like to second the nomination of Pope Pius XII, who seems to have gotten a bad reputation.
Here are quotes regarding his actions in WWII:

In 1942 London’s Jewish Chronicle remarked: “A word of sincere and earnest appreciation is due from Jews to the Vatican for its intervention in Berlin and Vichy on behalf of their tortured co-religionists in France.... It was a step urged, to their honor, by a number of Catholics, but for which we may be sure the Holy Father himself, with his intense humanity and his clear sighted understanding of the true and deadly implications of the assaults on the Jewish people, needed no prompting.”

Dr. Alexander Shafran, chief rabbi of Romania, wrote in 1944: “In these hard times our thoughts turn more than ever with respectful gratitude to the Sovereign Pontiff, who has done so much for Jews in general.... In our worst hours of trial, the generous aid and noble support of the Holy See ... has been decisive. It is not easy to find the proper words to express the relief and solace which the magnanimous gesture of the Supreme Pontiff has given us, in offering a large subsidy in order to alleviate the sufferings of the deported Jews. Roumanian Jewry will never forget these facts of historical importance.”

A committee of the American Jewish Welfare Board, wrote to Pius himself: “We have received reports from our military chaplains in Italy of the aid and protection to Italian Jews by the Vatican, priests, and church institutions during the Nazi occupation of the country. We are deeply moved by this extraordinary display of Christian love — the more so as we know the risk incurred by those who afforded shelter to Jews.... From the bottom of our hearts we send you the assurances of undying gratitude.”

One survivor, quoted in a Hebrew daily in Israel, said: “If we have been rescued, if Jews are still alive in Rome, come with us and thank the Pope in the Vatican.”

The elders of one liberated camp went to Rome and presented Pius with a letter: “Now that the victorious Allied troops have broken our chains and liberated us from captivity and danger, may we, the Jewish internees of Ferramonti, be permitted to express our deepest and devoted thanks for the comfort and help which Your Holiness deigned to grant us with fatherly concern and infinite kindness throughout our years of internment and persecution.... In doing so Your Holiness has as the first and highest authority on earth fearlessly raised his universally respected voice, in the face of our powerful enemies, in order to defend openly our rights to the dignity of man.... When we were threatened with deportation to Poland in 1942, Your Holiness extended his fatherly hand to protect us, and stopped the transfer of the Jews interned in Italy, thereby saving us from almost certain death. With deep confidence and hope that the work of Your Holiness may be crowned with further success, we beg to express our heartfelt thanks while we pray to the Almighty: May Your Holiness reign for many years on this Holy See and exert your beneficent influence over the destiny of the nations.”

A few months later the World Jewish Congress sent a telegram to the Holy See thanking it for its protection “under difficult conditions to the persecuted Jews in German dominated Hungary.”

The chief rabbi of Jerusalem, Isaac Herzog, said: “I thank the Pope and the Church from the bottom of my heart for all the help they have afforded.”

Moshe Sharett, a leading Zionist, summed up his personal interview with Pius: “I told him that my first duty was to thank him, and through him, the Catholic Church, on behalf of the Jewish public, for all they had done in the various countries to rescue Jews, to save children, and Jews in general. We are deeply grateful to the Catholic Church for what she did in those countries to help save our brothers.”

Dr. Leon Kubowitzky of the World Jewish Council offered a large monetary donation to the Vatican “in recognition of the work of the Holy See in rescuing Jews from Fascist and Nazi persecutions.”

Raffaele Cantoni of Italy’s Jewish Welfare Committee said: “The Catholic Church and the papacy have given proof that they have saved as many Jews as they could.”

[Mordechai18]

Also, Pope Gregory X's Bull of 1272 was quite noteworthy for its protection of the Jews.

G-d Bless all righteous gentiles everywhere!

[Christy4Christ]

There was a story of a Catholic Priest who jumped into a line in front of a Jewish father who had many children to say "Please leave him alome and take me, he has children to take care of" and then the Nazi's took the priest and killed him in place of the Jewish man. I am sorry that I do not remember the details but maybe someone here does? Anyway I think he was a pretty righteous gentile.. :)

[Sephania]

My ex-landlords from many years ago who's name's I do not remember but they were from Holland and they hid several Jewish families in the space above their store. . .even their children did not know. :clap:
Would this have been in Amsterdam?