Archaeologists Find Treblinka Gas Chambers
by Gil Ronen, IsraelNationalNews.com

The first-ever archaeological excavations at the Nazi death camp Treblinka in Poland have revealed new mass graves, as well as the first physical evidence that this camp held gas chambers. The camp had been bulldozed in 1943. To cover their tracks, the Nazis went so far as to plant crops and build a farmhouse on the leveled ground.

     Presented in a new documentary, "Treblinka: Hitler's Killing Machine," which aired Saturday on the Smithsonian Channel, the excavations revealed brick walls and foundations from the gas chambers, as well as mass graves and massive amounts of human bone, some of which was close to the ground's surface or exposed to the elements.

     Historians estimate that about 900,000 Jews were murdered at the camp over just 16 months. The Nazis began deporting Jews to Treblinka in July 1942, mostly from the ghettos of Warsaw and Radom. There were two camps: Treblinka I was a forced-labor camp where prisoners were made to manufacture gravel for the Nazi war effort. A little more than a mile (2 kilometers) away was Treblinka II, the death camp, where Jews were sent on trains.

     The victims were told that they were going to a transit camp before being sent on to a new life in eastern Europe. The deception was elaborate: Nazis erected a fake train station in the remote spot, complete with false ticket-counter and clock.

     "There was an orchestra set up near the reception area of the camp to play," archaeologist Caroline Sturdy Colls told Live Science. "It was run by a famous composer at the time, Artur Gold."

     The gas chamber was the subject of the teams' second dig. The excavations revealed a brick wall and foundation. There were two sets of gas chambers built at Treblinka, the first with a capacity of about 600 people, the second able to hold about 5,000. The gas chambers were the only brick buildings in the camp, Colls said. The digs also revealed orange tiles that matched eyewitness descriptions of the floor of the gas chambers. Each tile was stamped with a Star of David, apparently in order to fool the victims into believing that the building was “a Jewish-style bathhouse.”

     The Jewish deportees were split into two groups, one of men and the other of women and children, and ordered to undress for "delousing." After handing over their valuables and documents, the victims were sent to the gas chambers, which were pumped full of exhaust fumes from tank engines. “Within about 20 minutes, some 5,000 people inside would be killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Corpses were initially buried in mass graves, but later in 1942 and 1943, Jewish slave laborers were forced to reopen the graves and cremate the bodies on enormous pyres,” adds Live Science.

     After the war, Treblinka was turned into a memorial. Out of respect for the victims, no excavation was allowed there, until Colls and her colleagues won approval from Polish authorities as well as Jewish religious leaders to conduct a limited dig.

 

When Lies Become Truth

Aviel Schneider, IsraelToday.co.il

The conflict over the Promised Land ultimately revolves around the right of succession or inheritance. Against this background, Jordanian tribal leader Sheikh Ahmad Adwan caused a stir when he declared that the Holy Land rightfully belongs to the Jews.

     At the same time, several Israeli media outlets reported on the escalating religious struggle for the Holy Land. In his new book To Whom Does This Land Belong?, Israeli Professor Nissim Dana examines the numerous Islamic passages according to which Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) was and still is promised to the Children of Israel.

     The religious aspect of the conflict is beginning to rival the political in the hearts and minds of many Israelis. Here is the word of Allah:

     "And We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed (all) that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building."

     The rest of this important article appears in the April 2014 issue of Israel Today Magazine. Annual subscriptions to this full-color monthly publication are $49. PO Box 7555, Jerusalem 91074, ISRAEL.

Jesus is a Muslim?

by Dave Daubenmire April 2, 2014

I almost wrecked my car when I first saw the billboard. One of my friends had sent me a picture of it, but I had to go and see it for myself. There it was bigger than life! JESUS IS MUSLIM!

     "What the heck?" I said under my breath as I watched the electronic billboard switch messages. I don't know if I have ever read a more ridiculous statement.      (Yeshua is a Jew! RAC)

     A little more investigation revealed that this was a marketing campaign of the followers of the "Religion of Peace" designed to make the throat-cutters a more palatable to the tolerance-mesmerized American citizen. "Jesus IS (present tense) Muslim." Where do they come up with this crap? We live in an age of universal deceit. This sign was flashing across the landscape in Columbus, Ohio in an attempt to soften the underbelly of American Christians into the acceptance of Chrislam ... the merging of Christianity and Islam based on the idea that "we all serve the same God."

     There is a link to their campaign at www.Ask-A-Muslim.com which is designed to "educate non-Muslims." Spend some time on that website. You can see how there are marketing their lies.

     But that wasn't the only message they were putting on the billboards educating we Christian Infidels about the great features of Islam. Their messages rotated on the billboard...

     MUSLIMS LOVE JESUS TOO.

A Muslim is Someone Who Submits to God's Will.

     MOHAMMED IS IN THE BIBLE.

Gee. If I didn't know better, I would think that Muslims and Christians were just one big happy family sitting under the authority of their Daddy Jehovah/Allah. Nice of the Muslims to "educate" us, isn't it? By the way... according to our research that is about $2100 per message... 4 messages per sign... $8400 per month per billboard... three different billboards in Columbus... about $25,000 per month to "educate" us on the fact that we are actual brothers. Our oil money is paying for the "education."

     I guess I don't understand why, if we all serve the same God, that our Islamic brethren are sharpening their swords on the necks of our Christian friends around the world. Must just be a miss understanding. After all... we all serve the same God... them and all of Jesus' followers.

     I have noticed one unusual aspect of our relationship, however. It seems like the more closely one follows the life of their prophet Mohammed, the more violent one behaves, while true followers of Jesus become more peaceful. Jesus must not be a very good Muslim.

     Here is where it gets gritty. It seems as if some of those who are in Jesus' half of the family are starting to realize that Allah is just another name for Abba Father. This is dangerous stuff folks. Islam did not begin until Mohammed received a "visitation by an angel" 600 years after the death of Jesus the Christ. How could Jesus be a Muslim? Rick Warren, at Obama's inauguration in 2009, openly prayed to Isa, the Muslim word for Jesus.

     Muslims "believe in" Jesus. But they believe Jesus was merely a prophet...not the Son of God. Muslims teach "Allah had no children." Jesus isn't Muslim. Jesus is the Son of God. They are lying to us folks. (Editor: It's "another Jesus," who Rav Sha'ul warned us about in 2 Cor. 11:4.)

     How scandalous to use Our Savior to draw people into murderous Islam. Muslims don't believe that Jesus was the Son of God. They don't believe He was crucified on the cross. They deny the resurrection. Other than that, they think Jesus is a pretty good camel-jockey. They're OK with the fact he lied about the God-thing. Muslims think lying is cool. The end justifies the means. Anything to advance Islam... even putting up lying messages about Jesus on billboards. All good Muslims lie.

     Why would they do that? Because they can't hold up their own prophet as a role model...even though their religion teaches Mohammed was the "perfect man." We need look no further than WDMD, What Did Mohammed Do?

     For starters, Mohammed married a six-year old girl, although he was kind enough to wait until she was nine to consummate the marriage. He wasn't very good on women's rights either. No wonder they have to use Jesus to try and draw folks into Islam. Pedophilia is a hard sell, even in today's seeker sensitive, judge-not churches.

     I have watched the local news every night for a week waiting for someone to raise a stink about dragging Our Savior through the mud. We have challenged the pastors to fight back because souls are at risk. Silence. They are cowardly. They know the message on the billboard is a lie. They know it will lead people into Islam. They know Jesus is being used to further the enemy's agenda, but they don't care. They have bills to pay, ears to tickle...and Jesus is returning soon...so why bother? Let's just let Jesus clean up the mess when He comes back any day now.

 

Chinese Descendants of Jews Return to Roots With Seder

www.timesofisrael.com/chinese-descendants-of-jews-return-to-roots-with-seder

Kaifeng, a once thriving outpost of Jewish trading families, to have first communal Passover meal in generations

by Gavriel Fiske, April 8, 2014

 

Families of Jewish descent in Kaifeng, China, where a Jewish community of traders can be traced back over 1,000 years, are set to celebrate Passover with a traditional seder for the first time in generations.

     Tzuri (Heng) Shi a member of the community who has formally returned to Judaism and lives in Israel, is to visit his community to conduct the seder. Passover supplies, including Haggadas (prayer books) prepared in Hebrew/Chinese, matzahs and other Kosher for Passover food, will also be shipped in for the occasion.

     The seder is expected to draw some 100 people from the community, according to Shavei Israel, an organization that works with groups of “hidden Jews” from all over the world and is sponsoring the event.

     Scholars believe the Kaifeng Jewish community was founded in the 8th or 9th century by Persian and Iraqi Jewish traders along the Silk Road, and at its height numbered some 5,000, with a synagogue, rabbi, educational institutions and a Jewish graveyard.

     Over time, intermarriage and conversion to both Islam and Christianity weakened the community, and by the mid-19th century the formal group had largely disappeared, although descendants of the Jewish families, identifiable by surnames granted in the middle-ages, retained some Jewish identity and customs.

     In the last few years, some members of the Kaifeng community, which numbers around 1,000, have begun connecting with their Jewish heritage and ties to Israel, said Michael Freund, head of Shavei Israel.

     “In recent years, many members of the community have begun to explore their heritage – thanks in part to the Internet, which opened up new worlds for them and provided access to information about Judaism and Israel that was previously inaccessible to them,” Freund said.

     A small number of community members have officially converted to Judaism and moved to Israel in recent years, including seven men who completed the process in 2013 and a group of four women in 2007.