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Courtroom Kiki Part 3 (Full Sketch) | A Black Lady Sketch Show | Max
NOW THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FUN!!!! I FOUND A THIRD ONE!!! WHO'DA "THUNK" IT???????
A Black Lady Sketch Show: Courtroom Kiki Part 2 (Full Sketch) | HBO
NOW THIS IS JUST TOO MUCH FUN!!!! PERHAPS SOME OF YOU OUT THERE WILL UNDERSTAND . . . . . .
A Black Lady Sketch Show: Courtroom Kiki (Full Sketch) | HBO
OH WELL, GOT TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN SOMETIMES!!!!!!!ha! HA! HA! HA! HA! HAAAAAA!!!!!
Monday, December 11, 2023
Dear God thank you for being our heavenly father, our creator, and our guide in life. We come to You praising You and thanking You for your love and grace. Please continue to teach us and show us your way. We want to do your will for our life, use us as you want in your plan for the world.
There is so much evil in this world, so much killing, so much sickness and dying so much greed and destruction. We are continually lied to and tricked sometimes we don't know what to do. If we turn right there is evil if we turn left there is evil if we look back there is evil behind us. We can only go forward with the hope that You are there.
Oh God help us to trust You! We must feel and know that your great love and
grace are all we need in this life! Your Love is all! We exist because of your Love
Amen, Amen, Amen
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Zionism is not the same as Judaism
Zionism is not the same as Judaism
Zionism has created 'rivers of blood ' in Palestine from 1920 to today.
Although Judaism and Zionism are two distinct terms often intertwined, in reality, they represent rather distinct concepts with different historical, cultural, and most importantly, political implications.
The main founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was an assimilated Austrian Jew. Jews in Western Europe had been emancipated and given the rights of other citizens, so that they no longer lived in ghettos, unlike those in Russia and Eastern Europe. But anti-Semitism spread to Western Europe because of the influx of refugees from Eastern Europe, just as in our times Islamophobia has been spreading as a result of the influx of desperate Muslim refugees. It was the same kind of reaction, and in both cases on fertile soil, where there were already traditions of anti-Semitism and now of Islamophobia.
Ethical precepts lie at the heart of Judaism: pursue justice, love the stranger, love your neighbor, and repair the world. Obviously, all of these ethical precepts are violated by Zionist policy toward Palestinians. And so, what happens when Judaism is married to (or hijacked by) Zionism is that the protection of the Jewish people, the physical survival of the Jewish people, takes precedence over the religion’s ethical teachings.
Israel has recently passed a new Basic Law, with the force of a constitutional building block, saying that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people and of the Jewish people alone and that Palestinians have no right to self-determination there. That’s really what Zionism is and does — i.e., elevate Jews over non-Jews. Zionism grew up in the late 19th century as a quest for safety. It was first a response to the pogroms — state-sanctioned anti-Jewish riots — that were happening in Russia and Eastern Europe.
From the beginning, Zionism was really another version of a settler colonial movement, as Herzl’s pamphlet clearly shows. Just like our pilgrim fathers came to the U.S. to escape persecution in Britain and to go to a place where they could practice their religion as they wished without ever giving a thought to having to displace, dispossess, and kill Native Americans in the process, the same is true of Zionism.
Initially, Herzl thought of Argentina and Uganda as places where a Jewish state could be founded — a fact that reveals the settler-colonial underpinnings of Zionism — but he realized that in order to interest the Jewish masses in the project, it would have to be Palestine. Until the rise of Nazism, however, Zionism remained very much a minority movement, and also very much tied to both colonialist ideology and the imperial powers, in particular Britain, to provide access to Palestine and to help the project along.
Two common religious grounds are typically given for anti-Zionism. One is that today’s Zionism is a secular Zionism, packed with non-Jewish influences, and lacking key features like Mashiach and the rebuilt Temple. Adherents to this position are more on the non-Zionist, rather than anti-Zionist, side. The other reason is that the Talmud (Meseches Kesuvos, 111a), as part of a discussion of certain Torah verses mentioning oaths, states that when Israel went into the second exile, there were three vows between Heaven and Earth:
Israel would not “go up like a wall” [conquer Eretz Yisrael by massive force].
God made Israel swear that they would not rebel against the nations of the world [would obey the governments in exile].
God made the non-Jews swear not to oppress Israel “too much” [translation of phrase your midai].
Groups accepting these positions are more on the anti-Zionist side.
Christians should not be supporting [Zionist Jews]. Justice, Peace, and love of mankind should reflect our actions in life. Our God of love and righteousness is our guide in the world for all things.
https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/08/israels-religiously-divided-society/
https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/anti-zionism-among-jews
https://www.tbsnews.net/features/panorama/exploring-difference-between-judaism-and-zionism-734718
https://truthout.org/articles/zionism-violates-the-principles-at-the-heart-of-judaism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA04arBhAkEiwAuNOsIj6Fr8O06cojAWqE7QI7yA9DqBN6eJxBn0w8R0KTw6zvvd9dae1RbRoC3DEQAvD_BwE
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/9780470758014.ch26
https://cfoic.com/what-is-zionism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA04arBhAkEiwAuNOsIjMrNjifT5u_yh231zxA2ZO5phgHkvxrFkva7grZZVme3aKmVebrUhoC5-AQAvD_BwE
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NAKOMITUNAKA Ancy Kiamuangana feat Verckys Kiamuangana (With English tr...
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How Many Palestinian Lives Will It Take
How Many Palestinian Lives Will It Take
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Ta-Nehisi Coates Speaks Out Against Israel's "Segregationist Apartheid R...
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Total Praise
Richard Smallwood's Total Praise played by FAMU, Morris Brown, TNSU, Clark Atlanta, Morehouse, JCSU, Morehouse and Tuskegee Marching Bands
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Roy Wood, Jr. COMPLETE REMARKS at 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinne...
Here is an opportunity to hear exactly what Roy Wood, Jr. presented at the 2023 White House Correspondents' Dinner. Take a moment to read the comment section of the succeeding post to get an idea of how Roy Wood Jr. excites the audience and what type of demeanor he uses in his presentation and delivery. Great show.
Roy Wood Jr.: Father Figure - Full Special
Roy Wood Jr. just had a spectacular one-night experience that will go down in history as anyone who is the front-runner for the annual Whitehouse Correspondent's Dinner would do -- because no one is invited to headline unless he or she is considered the pennultimate artist or commedian of the age. It is also unusual that last year Trevor Noah was the headliner from the Daily Show, and he "hit the ball out of the park"! Therefore, Roy Wood, Jr. has twice as much hanging over his shoulder because he was a writer and performer also for the Daily Show during Trevor Noah's tenure. Now Wood is in the running for the replacement seat for the Daily Show. Under these circumstances he is expected to have to soar in his comedic remarks on this occasion. My brother and I happened to watch this program recently and found Roy Wood, Jr. to be more than quite satisfactory in his performance. In fact he was terse and actually very good. It will be easy to hear the audience and pundits compare the two performers. However, I believe they both were great. One difference is that while Trevor is informal, cheerful, and witty, we look for Roy to utilize his "droll commentary" disposition skills to keep the audience entertained in a very thoughtful manner. They are not really to be compared, and we hereby look forward to Roy Wood, Jr. taking on the Daily Show hosting feat in the very near future.
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Alfred Street Baptist Church | Good Friday
WELL, it might behoove you to listen to the special and blessed wording and preaching of the Word of these Annointed Women of God for the Seven Last Words of Jesus as He hung on the cross of Calvary. It is interspersed with beautiful, haunting, and uplifting music from a special Men's Chorus of Alfred Street Baptist Church. Take this opportunity to praise God for the Victory!
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A Man Alone - (With Lyrics)
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August Greene (Common, Robert Glasper, Karriem Riggins): NPR Music Tiny ...
Common is with other musicians like August Greene, 2023 Grammy winner on piano, while performming at the Tiny Desk, the famous PBC recording and performing space for many artists over time.
Robert Glasper - So Beautiful (Live At Capitol Studios) (Official Video)
One of the 2023 Grammy winners for creative music abilities (or other specification -- that one is mine.)
Samara Joy - Pasquale Grasso Trio - Round Midnight - Side Door Jazz Clu...
Listen to how this young lady channels back into time and brings forth the music, singing, lilting melodies and lyrics of the past and easily renders the musical renditions of the jazz greats of yore updated to the present time. She does so effortlessly and with love of the older methods of dispatching music and memories. She is to be lauded for her magnificent efforts.
Ballad Medley - Samara Joy
Well worth listening to this fabulous young-old voice, which is a classic in the reminiscence of Sarah Vaughn or Ella Fitzgerald of this century. Where did she find this lilt and flavor -- this sweetness, soft, sensuous singing of years gone by. We shall love it forever and listen often. I guarantee you, if you are a certain age, you will love it! Congratulations to this 2023 Grammy Jazz winner.
'Stardust' from 'Samara Joy' by Samara Joy
This lovely song-bird young lady just won a Grammy for her lilting remditions of great classic Jazz music. Let's give her all the acolades she is really due. Hear that sweet, lyrical singing of old familiar words and strains of soft, serious, musical renditions such as the famous "Stardust". Take a listen and enjoy. I'll bring you more.'
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