Blog soup turns poisonous  

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Eager to prove myself and succumbing to flattery, I became a blogger with David Horowitz' NewsRealBlog. The entire story is not that complicated. I knew David Swindle from Twitter and was following him because he is an editor for David Horowitz. One day I received an email from Swindle, with an offer.

The other night I watched NBC Nightly News and was terribly shocked by Brian Williams' story about military suicides. I thought about my Twitter friend Ken Jones, known as @akvet who is a fellow author. He has free ebooks for our troops and veterans. His Twitter bio says: Life After Combat and When Our Troops Come Home. He boldly and honestly speaks of his own experiences and trauma and is a dedicated warrior in the fight to help our veterans transition to civilian life. 


I couldn't stop thinking about the military suicides and therefore sent Ken a tweet asking him about the situation. Here is part of our conversation...

Assimilation: then and now  

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When I was a kid, assimilation was what I wanted. It was also what my mother wanted for us. But I think that the reasons were different from today. Our reason was fear. My mother is an Auschwitz survivor and she didn't want us to suffer the same fate as she and her family suffered. In fact, she purposely did not teach us any of the five languages besides English that she can speak. She didn't want us to have any trace of a foreign accent. We were warned to "fit in." I didn't want to look Jewish, and wished for straighter hair and a smaller nose. Eventually I grew up and realized that being Jewish is so much a part of me that it cannot be 'assimilated.'

Conversations With Naomi: David Appletree # 4  

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Conversations With Naomi: David Appletree # 1


It would be an understatement if I said that David Appletree, the founder and leader of the Jewish Internet Defense Force is charismatic and popular. David has 55,000 followers on Twitter and among many other successes, is well known for taking down Islamic and skinhead terror sites on Facebook and Youtube. He is magnificent in his unwavering defense of Israel and the Jewish people from Islamic Jihad, Jew hatred, Christians trying to convert Jews, and the demonizers of Israel and their fake pro-Israel supporters.

I proudly present my fourth interview with David Appletree, who I've had the pleasure of knowing for one year.





Naomi: Welcome David, it is great to have you back as a guest on my site. I'd like to immediately have you address the very recent double story of:  a) Kill a Jew Day on Facebook and what it actually means, and b) the fact that some bloggers are so disreputable as to not give credit to the JIDF campaign to take down the Kill a Jew Day pages on Facebook.

David: Thank you. I'm glad to be back. The "Kill a Jew Day" material on Facebook is nothing new. There's thousands of groups that promote violence and murder of Jews. Facebook doesn't proactively do anything about it. Yes, there were some bloggers who learned about our campaign, but didn't cite us as the source. It's unfortunate when that happens because we have an extremely comprehensive approach in these matters, and we update our readers. My feelings are expressed in that Twitpic you linked to. 

Invictus  

Posted by Naomi Litvin

I am dedicating this poem to David Appletree, defender of the truth
 Invictus 
by William Ernest Hendley by (1849–1903) 

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeoning of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

We Never Lost Hope: A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story - now on Kindle  

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