Thanks to ALL of the countries who helped the United States following Hurricane Sandy.

Thanks to ALL of the countries who helped the United States following Hurricane Sandy.

I think it is highly appropriate that we send THANKS to all of the countries that have reciprocated for our help with their disasters, misgivings, social turmoil, & poverty by returning the favor, and sending the United States of America monetary and physical help when " Sandy " ravaged our East Coast leaving dead, homelessness, and destruction in its wake.

Listed below are a list of ALL the countries (from the Middle East and Europe) that gave us their gracious assistance.

Please join me in THANKING these nations by sharing this blog so people from all over America can join in and THANK all of our global neighbors to whom we have given billions of dollars --

1. ISRAEL

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Yes -- that is the complete list!!

Only Israel came to our aid.

So why do pressure Israel so much in their own country, and why do we continue to give so much of our oil dollars and aid to those other countries?

P.S. If we mistakenly omitted another country who did help, please advise. Thanks.

Congressman says Israel is America's only true friend

Wednesday, December 05, 2012 |  Israel Today Staff  

 

 

They say that a friend in need is a friend indeed. If that's the case, then US Congressman Ted Poe (Texas) considers Israel to be America's only true "friend indeed" in the world today.

At a recent House of Representatives session to remember the victims of Hurricane Sandy, Poe noted that of all the nations to which the US provides aid, Israel was the only one to turn around and return the favor in America's time of need.

"As waves crashed across the east coast...taxpayer dollars were still being funneled as foreign aid around the globe," said Poe. "While families watched...Sandy [wash] away their homes and livelihoods...over 158 countries were still busy cashing checks from America."

Poe continued: "Out of all the countries we give aid to, I understand Israel was the only country to send a lifeboat in the wind and rain and flood to help our victims in America. ...The Israel Flying Aid organization [provided] gas to hospitals and batteries, food, and generators to [the] victims."

The congressman pointed out that while American has done much to aid peoples around the world, "many of them hate us."

Poe concluded by suggesting that "the United States needs to re-evaluate giving foreign aid to nations that hate us," while ensuring that thanks "be given to our faithful ally Israel."

Israel Flying Aid is an independent Israeli humanitarian aid network that operates under the auspices of the government-run IsraAID organization.

The bulk of the funds needed to help the Hurricane Sandy victims were reportedly donated by Israelis living in America.

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/23546/Default.aspx

Tens of Thousands of Jewish Books Damaged in Hurricane Buried

Tens of Thousands of Jewish Books Damaged in Hurricane Buried

A mass funeral was held this week for Jewish holy books destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Sandy last month.

 

By David Lev

First Publish: 11/28/2012, Israel National News

Sandy Hits NY

Ze'evi Fried, New York

 

A mass funeral was held this week for Jewish holy books destroyed and damaged by Hurricane Sandy last month. The funeral was held in the Far Rockaway area of Queens, which experienced some of the worst damage from the storm.

The funeral – in which a caravan of three trucks carrying prayer books, bibles, Talmud volumes, and other holy books damaged in the storm in New York and Long Island – was a mass genizah burial. Holy books that can no longer be used are buried in a special area of a Jewish cemetery, given the honor of a funeral due to their holiness.

The procession left from Yeshiva Mercaz HaTorah in Far Rockaway. Tens of thousands of books had been collected by organizations and individuals for the event. Students of the Yeshiva and other educational institutions, as well as residents of the neighborhood and visitors from around the New York area, participated in the event. Jewish-owned businesses in the area closed for the period of the funeral.

After prayers and speeches discussing the Jewish point of view on the events experienced by residents of the New York area last month, the books were taken to a Jewish cemetery in New Jersey for burial.

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/162603