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The Rainbow Swastika - New Age Missionizing Among Jews Page 11 of 15 'journey' into the future has 'different roadmaps' for different Jews." (interview with Jewish Telegraph Agency, "Focus on Issues", Nov. 18, 1997) In a definitivearticle called "Jewishness in a New Era: Continuity, Discontinuity or Transformation?", Kula dismisses community worries about a crisis of lost Jewish identity; what Jewish leaders take for assimilation is merely "normalization of the Jewish condition". Today's Jews, he says, have merely switched their "modes of expression": from the "institutions and practices created in another era" to a shedding of "boundary-maintaining Jewish behaviors" which no longer make sense. Not that Jews have "become like everyone else", but they are finding "new forms that are appropriate to their full and equal participation in a broader human community." And what are CLAL's red lines in the "re-imagining of Jewishness"? There are none - not from Torah or even from CLAL itself: "The assumption that any one of us knows exactly what it is that needs to be preserved from the past becomes problematic. A new context inevitably will demand farreaching changes in the very nature of Jewishness." How far-reaching? As far as creating "new kinds of Jewish community that are more attuned to the era in which we live." In a nutshell, whatever practice or principle in Judaism is "too circumscribed for this new era in Jewish history", we are free to trash if we want - actually, the new era "will demand" it. Like Yitz Greenberg, for justification Kula points to the rabbinic cancellation of animal sacrifices after the Temple's destruction. He smoothly draws the parallel: the forced abandonment of that practice due to calamity is just like today's wholesale abandonment of the 4000year Jewish framework for its being "less attuned" to our age. [More amazing, here is a "rabbi", trained by another "orthodox rabbi", who thinks that Rabbinic Judaism left behind both the Temple sacrifice and "the belief in its continued importance". Can it be that Greenberg never taught Kula the many rabbinic prayers which anticipate the restoration of the Temple sacrifice? But since Kula insists on this parallel, let him follow it. We should now expect CLAL to compose Tisha-Be'Av-style kinot for this new and wider abandonment they are witnessing, so much like the abandonment of the Temple.] As a preview of what Kula's ideal of "Jewishness in a New Era" might look like, we can consider that in this 3-page article, there is not a single occurrence of the words "Torah", "covenant", "commandments", or any reference to the G-d of Israel in any form. Elsewhere, CLAL shows scant respect for Torah-keeping Jews, as well as an evasion of their challenges. A commentary by Andrew Silow- Carroll, spotlighted by CLAL from among "the latest thoughts and reflections by CLAL faculty and associates", quotes Orthodox writer David Klinghoffer who asks why anyone would embrace Jewish religion if they don't believe it is from a Divine Source. Rather than grappling with the question or offering an alternate religious anchor, Silow-Carroll simply rejects Klinghoffer for his "dismissal of the various ways some 83 percent of North American Jews live their Jewish lives," implying that the question of whether Jewish religion can survive without a divinely ordained Torah, or any other objective "Truth", is unworthy of a response. Then, as if to deny the possibility of "Jewish lives" without Jewish religion (a reality which Klinghoffer apparently recognizes), Silow-Carroll claims that secular Jews practice a religion of their own. He offers a list of "seemingly secular behaviors" which he knows a Torah-based Jew will call "substitutes for Judaism" but which he prefers to call a "re-invention" of Judaism. Included in this list of "religious" activities: discussing common (Jewish) acquaintances, eating lox and pastrami, scanning news reports for "Jewish" names, and idolizing the Jewish comedians, lawyers and professional wrestlers. Jewish doctors are to be "our modern priesthood". [One teeny problem. After discarding traditional Judaism, he fails to "re-invent" a way to identify "Jewish" habits and heroes, leaving us to fall back on circular reasoning: they are "Jewish" if we decide that they are.] Silow-Carroll sees these behaviors as a more than adequate replacement for the Sinai Covenant. Well, almost... his list of "secular behaviors" also includes suspiciously traditional-sounding activities: Bible classes, eating matza on Passover, Shabbat celebrations, wearing kippot, and even engaging in "Midrash, creative retelling of classic Jewish texts" - in short, many of the same behaviors practiced by Klinghoffer's narrow-minded community and so resented by Silow-Carroll. How influential is CLAL? Most of CLAL's faculty members are simultaneously teaching at other institutions (both overtly NA and conventionally Jewish), and/or leading one or more congregations/study centers, and/or publishing and lecturing, which greatly amplifies the scope of this one organization's influence. 6. New Age Missionaries in Israel As a stronghold of Jewish identity, Zionist nationalism and monotheism, Israelis must be viewed by NA change-agents as totally hopeless, and we would assume that our tiny homeland would be avoided by NA teachers looking for disciples. On the contrary. Israel has become something of a plum pie, where NA cults are jostling one another for bigger shares. And it has proven to be easy pickings, as long as no one mistakes them for Christian missionaries. While Christians would be deported for the tricks these NA zealots use, the latter enjoy apparent immunity here and lavish support from abroad. They have unobstructed access to Israeli Jews (even among the orthodox and children) to openly teach various brands of paganism -- often charging top price for it. Some of these neo-pagans will even castigate the Jews for rejecting Jesus Christ. Meanwhile, the guardians of Jewish identity in Israel do nothing. 6a. Our Dangerous Double Standard: Following are two examples. A magazine for religious Israeli youth (Otiot, Aug. 8, 1997) accepted a full-color, full-page ad for an animated movie based on famous tales of a man who did exploits as the "son of God". Produced in the U.S., was voice-dubbed in Hebrew [just for Israeli kids] and was shown all over Israel. The movie was advertised and screened for almost the entire year. If it had featured Jesus Christ, the country would have erupted with protests; but the star was "only" Hercules. [Now stop and ponder why the god-man revered by Constantine and the Christians is a dangerous threat, while the god-man revered by Antiochus and the Hellenists is only an amusing fairy tale. The Maccabeans, who gave their lives to resist Hellenism, must have turned in their graves. Score one easy success for New Age indoctrination, thanks to our double standard.] We should note that Hercules is not a fairy tale in NA thought, but a sun-deity from the Grail legends (_The Occult and the Third Reich_, Jean & Michel Angebert,, p.263 note 7) and respected "ascended master" to whom one can pray for enlightenment. Blavatsky not only identified Hercules as a sun-god, but also as an image of Satan. (_Doctrine_ II, p.237, note) [After that great movie, Israeli kids will certainly remember the name of Hercules with affection as they grow.] A group of sweet-faced, modestly dressed girls filed into a large Tel Aviv company several years ago. They went from desk to desk offering books for sale. Most workers glanced at them curiously, thinking they were an orthodox group, and returned to their work. Some bought books. Only one worker noticed the Krishna picture inside the book. He approached some of the girls and asked where they were from; they smiled without answering and glided away from him, continuing their activity. When he alerted his nearest colleague, an orthodox Jew who had just bought a book, she looked at him blankly. The "Jews for Krishna" left the building at their leisure, without being challenged, and with more funding for their next missionizing campaign. This happened the same week that a mass-mailed Christian tract "HaShalom" was being zealously gathered by orthodox community leaders for burning. (Source: my husband, the one who recognized the Krishna photo) Lesson to be learned? Israel has become an oasis for NA cults because of the one-track mentality in dealing with missionary activity. The word has gotten around the Aquarian network. http://philologos.org/__eb-trs/naI.htm 2/26/2012
The Rainbow Swastika - New Age Missionizing Among Jews Following are only a few NA mission-minded groups currently enjoying freedom in Israel, while teaching Jews (including children) doctrines which are idolatrous, racist, anti-Torah, and/or just plain fraudulent. Page 12 of 15 6b. New Acropolis: Haifa and Tel Aviv. This philosophical society is better known in Europe and South America than in North America. A movement founded in 1957 by Argentinian-born Italian Blavatsky disciple Jorge Agel Livraga, it is today headquartered in Brussels with thriving branches in Spain, Turkey, Italy, France, Brazil, Chile... and Israel. [If you click on the Israel site, be sure to look at their "pictures of... activities in Israel", one of which shows off their new Hebrew book promoting Helena Blavatsky.] NAer Bernardino del Boca, considered by some to be the founder of the New Age movement in Italy, once called it "one of the great hopes of the Aquarian Age." (quote supplied by a European watchdog group which requests anonymity) "New Acropolis" presents itself as an intellectual anti-racist club at the beginner level, but as disciples advance the lessons become more militaristic and mystical, a blend of Fascist romanticism which was emulated by the SS of the Third Reich. In Spain, a flyer authored in the 1970s by the New Acropolis leader in Turkey is entitled [translated from Spanish]: "For Madmen Only: The Virtues of the New Man", followed by a quote from Adolf Hitler and comments in defense of his vision for the New Humanity. According to Dutch researcher Michiel Louter, New Acropolis is considered by authorities in France, Belgium, Italy and Germany to be a dangerous cult working to undermine democracy. [More accurately, New Acropolis wants to return "democracy" to its original "purity". Students of Plato will remember that the classical Greek concept of a "utopian Republic" is a democracy ruled by an elite citizenry, which regularly weeds out weak or unproductive members, and honors the practice of homosexuality, pedophilia, eugenics, euthanasia and infanticide. The unrecognized fact is that the values of "democracy" so sought after in today's society - compassion for the weak, an impartial justice system and the equality of all men before a Supreme Being - are in reality derived from the Torah and were despised by the original "democrats" as intolerable weakness.] According to two former Acropolis members [names withheld], the supreme source of their philosophy is "the Masters of Wisdom", who they believe were the architects of the Third Reich; Hitler's failure was due to his disobedience to "his Masters". High-ranking members are taught that the "Manu" [who Bailey identifies with Sanat Kumara] will aid them in destroying undesirable races. [One ex-member commented that he couldn't make sense of this kind of talk, but for my readers who have persevered this far these references will need no explanation.] They also report that special areas of the Acropolis schools had Nazi literature available, among them _Mein Kampf_ and _Mythus des 20. Jahrhunderts_ (The Myth of the Twentieth Century_). Other required reading for the Inner Circle is Miguel Serrano's _Adolf Hitler, el Ultimo Avatar_ which presents Hitler as a sun god. [Compare this with Savitri Devi's Hindu version of the same.] Higherranking members are taught the Nazi salute, as evidenced in the members-only magazine for the "New Acropolis Security Forces" [sic]. New Acropolis is not a newcomer to Israel; the group has been free to attract Israelis to its ranks for more than a decade. One former leader reports that the New Acropolis International Conference held in Rome in 1990 included Israelis, all of them dressed in black shirts and saluting an imperial Roman eagle, legionnaire style. Courses are regularly held in Israel on "The Key to Inner Wisdom" (all in Hebrew). The "Eastern Wisdom" category is Hinduism, Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism; "Western Wisdom" is largely Greek Platonic and Stoic philosophy. "History" combines Greek, Roman, Egyptian and Hindu thought. Only in "Sources of Wisdom" does one find a brief pass at Judaism via Kabbalah, in the company of Greek mythology and New Age principles. 6c. The Theosophical Society: Tel Aviv. That Helena Blavatsky has an Israeli following is remarkable, not only because of her antisemitic writings, but also because of her vast ignorance of Jewish history: "The name YHVH was unknown to Moses or any Jew before David. Neither David nor Solomon recognized the Law of Moses; they built temples [sic] along the lines of Venus worship... The Hebrew Bible exists no more. There is much dishonesty surrounding even the writing of the Septuagint (the original Tenach, from which all Hebrew copies are made); yet people persist in talking of the ancient Hebrew as if one man alive knows one word of it!.... Scholars do not carry the now-known Hebrew letters beyond the 4th century AD." (from a collection of quotes sent to me by a NA acquaintance, unreferenced) [Madame HPB could be forgiven for her 19th-century ignorance, but what possesses modern Israelis to accept her as a teacher of wisdom? And what kind of wisdom did her spirit Guides display here?] 6d. Association for Jewish Renewal: Kibbutz Lotan, Sinai (temporarily). Over the last two years or more, JR leaders have been fostering a nascent community of Israelis, with direct involvement by American JR Rabbi Shefa Gold and local leader Yoram Getzler. Devotees include mostly Israeli seekers just back from India, who gather for spiritual encounters in the desert. A band called "Sheva" plays trance music from India and Sufi tradition. (See "The New Believers", _The Jerusalem Report_, Apr.2, 1998) Other Jewish Renewal activity is not official or centralized, but consists mostly of seminars offered by visiting JR teachers from the States. [For an overview of JR beliefs and activities, see the entry above.] The most obvious involvement is through the large number of Elat Chayyim teachers who conduct seminars in Israel on a regular basis: Moshe Budmor, Lynn Gottlieb, Blu and Yitz Greenberg, Eve Ilsen, Carol Kestler, Leah Novick, Gershon Winkler. A few Elat Chayyim faculty are based in Israel: David Friedman (Tsefat), Mordechai Gafni (unspecified), Menachem Kallus (Jerusalem), David Zeller (Jerusalem). Only Zeller has his own organization,"Yakar", which he describes (in a personal letter to me) as "orthodox renewal, still within the bounds of halacha with the most liberal and loving applications". He matches the Blu Greenberg strategy in this self-definition as well as his associations. While he prefers to identify with Shlomo Carlebach, Zeller expresses an affinity for Schachter-Shalomi's teaching. 6e. Waldorf schools/Anthroposophy: Jerusalem. There are 600 Waldorf schools in 32 different countries, including Israel. All are dedicated to teaching the philosophies of Rudolf Steiner, a German occultist who joined the Theosophical Society and then broke away to form a rival "spiritual science" which he named "Anthroposophy". In the U.S., a supervisory association monitors all 125 American Waldorf schools to ensure that they all "stay true to the teachings of Steiner." His worldview (received through channeling) is a blend of theosophy, gnosticism, holistic earth-worship, and racism. Concerning the last, Waldorf schools include the study of "racial ethnography", where children learn from Steiner that the Nordic and Aryan races are the "best section of mankind... skillful and intelligent," while dark-skinned races have large bodies and small, underdeveloped souls and "are all stupid". ("Special Ed?" _The Daily Northwestern_, Oct.17, 1997) Black Africans "have the peculiarity to suck off light and warmth from spaces around them" which causes their skin to turn black from the heat. All that absorbed energy results in the "fact" that "the negro has strong urges... as if he is boiled up from the sun itself..." (translated for me by German researcher Robert Jesolowitz from a 1923 Steiner speech in Dornau, Switzerland) During this course, children at the Waldorf school in Evanston, Illinois practice drawing blond children walking in bright sunlight; black children ("moon people") walk in the weak light of the moon, and black souls are drawn as babies. http://philologos.org/__eb-trs/naI.htm 2/26/2012
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