Jewish Family, Jewish Pride

By Michael Fuah

The Jewish Nation has brought many important values to the world. One of those is the value of family. The nuclear family that Jewish tradition and culture have nurtured throughout the ages has been a source of strength and love for those who are blessed to experience it. Family harmony, mutual respect between husband and wife and respect for elders have created fertile ground for the Jewish creativity with which the Jewish Nation has been blessed throughout the ages. The State of Israel is the only Western state in which the family is growing instead of contracting. This good news is true for observant and non-observant families, alike. It is part of the traditional Jewish values system and has been accomplished without dazzling media campaigns.

Currently, the State of Israel, under pressure from a small, marginal yet vocal minority is working through the offices of the Tourism Ministry and the Tel Aviv Municipality to market Tel Aviv as the homosexual capital of the world.

Nobody asked the many families in Tel Aviv if this marketing is in harmony with their values. Nobody asked the citizens of Israel if the encouragement of debauchery in our Holy Land is consistent with the morals in which we believe. Nobody asked us if we are willing to be advertised world-wide as the standard-bearers of the "homosexual awakening."

Nobody in the State of Israel invades his neighbor's privacy. The homosexuals are the only group that is actively working to externalize their sexual preference in the most public way. Essentially, they are coercing their way of life on the majority that is opposed to public displays of lewdness.

Homosexual activism has a purpose. It dovetails with many other struggles in Israeli society. Some of the activism is carried out by naive people with good intentions. But the ultimate goal of all these struggles is to strip Israel of its values and legitimacy as a Jewish state.

It is fascinating to see how (secular) journalist Ben-Dror Yemini has begun to go public with what we have been feeling for a long time. His series of articles on the New Israel Fund is a ray of welcome sobriety in a society being driven over the brink. Those of you who read Hebrew can see his articles here, here and here.

The drive to detach Israel from its Jewish values has become a mighty weapon in the war against our country. To triumph, we must "market" - and make - the State of Israel a Jewish State firmly planted in its Jewish values.