I purposely read the article below before I looked up the author so I could consider, with a clear mind which neo Nazi or militant Muslim organization might be responsible for it. After reading it, I looked up James Petras, and found that he is an American professor who's academic resume includes Boston University, UC Berkeley, Binghamton University, and much BDS activity. Anyone can publish blogs of hatred and this guy joins Stormfront, Veterans Today, and countless others in their agenda to destroy Jews anywhere and everywhere. Petras seems to have his very own femme fatale Dr. Mengele in the form of Robin Eastman Abaya, a New York board certified pathologist as a writing partner. Their article  posted  below is one example of why we Jews must unite and stick together in the face of another holocaust.

Our enemies do not differentiate between Jews that are American, Israeli, Democrats, Republicans, Tea Partiers, white Jews, black Jews, rich Jews, poor Jews. They list all of us, and as this article progresses, Petras' vitriol increases and the clues as to who he is became obvious. Or so I thought. Normally when I see this stuff, I pass on reading the complete articles. Nothing new there, I tell myself. But this time, something riveted me into finishing the entire article. Realizing these people are operating right here among us, as they keep tabs on all of us, listing us, and publishing things that'd be illegal to publish in Germany.

Petras blames everything on American Jews loyal to Israel. From 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, to current gas prices, and the economic recession he targets all of us, while pretending consideration for a handful of American Jews who don't go along with the AIPAC agenda. He says, "Almost all oil experts and political analysts agree." As for Petras' devotion to the Palestinians, disdain for Israel's 'Christian sidekicks," and blaming of the Jews for America's internal rot?

I say: "Sticks and stones, Mr. Petras. What you have to say can only make us stronger, and helps to unite us as Jews, Israelis, and Americans.



When a country, like the United States, is in decline, it is not because of external competition: Declining competitiveness is only a symptom. It is because of internal rot. Decline results when a nation is betrayed by craven leaders, who crawl and humiliate themselves before a minority of thuggish mediocrities pledged to a foreign state without scruples or moral integrity.

I have been noticing the rantings on twitter of Jew haters and Israel bashers who site the USS Liberty tragedy of 1967 as a deliberate attack by Israel against the United States. Oddly, they link this conspiracy story to Jonathan Pollard in an absurd attempt to rally anti Israel lunatics against freeing Jonathan Pollard, who was incarcerated 20 years later for unlawfully providing America's best ally, Israel, with information vital to its self defense. 27 years later, Jonathan still languishes in prison. To my dismay, President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, refuses to free Jonathan, despite pleas from countless legions of current and former top American and Israeli officials. Regular people in the world including Jews, Hindus, Christians, and Muslims cry out to free this Jewish man who broke the law to protect Israel and has been punished more severely than anyone else for similar or worse crimes.

Meanwhile back at the ranch this blood libel scapegoating continues and is played out daily on twitter by disgusting groups and individuals. Some of those that tweet various hatred and blood libel for Jonathan Pollard include the following:  Stormfront (yes, the neo nazi skinheads), Martin Perez, Joshua Trevino, Jeff Emanuel, Bethany Murphy Mandel, Electronic Intifada, Adam Hanin, Sam Schulman, and various other sock puppets. I will be continually updating this list of suspects who work to make matters worse.

Have the United States and Britain Willfully Betrayed Israel?

November 27 , 1998 - D. Maimon 

A remarkable book published a few years ago by a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney has been attracting growing attention in some circles. Author John Loftus uses thousands of previously top secret documents and interviews with hundreds of current and former spies, to argue that many Western countries, particularly the United States and Great Britain have willfully spied on Israel over many decades in order to promote favorable relations with the oil-rich Arabs.
Loftus contends that while on the surface the United States and Britain profess to be allies of Israel, they have used their intelligence services to betray Israel's secrets to the Arabs since the earliest years of Israel's statehood.
Western espionage has waged what is tantamount to a secret war against the Jews and Israel, says the Irish-American attorney author.
According to Loftus, "State Department disease"greed and self-interest have since the beginning of Mideast conflict between Jews and Arabs, infected powerful bureaucrats, perverting their sense of right and wrong. The ever present temptation to enrich oneself and one's family through Arab oil-related favors and industry, has turned the political sympathies of countless officials in the state department and CIA away from Israel.
Although the official policy of the U.S; government has always been pro-Israel, senior chiefs of these departments have long promoted a very different policy that has led to covert acts of treachery and betrayal of Israel.
One of the most disturbing examples in Loftus' litany of U.S. betrayals in an incident that took place during the 1967 war, involving an American vessel known as the L15S Liberty.

My sister Greta forwarded the following email to me with comments on my book from Rabbi Sarah Newmark. I am especially grateful for my dear sister's support and astonishing positive energy.


Dear Greta--

I read the book about your mother and family's lives during the Shoah on the plane to Mexico. I couldn't put it down, though it was, of course, very hard to read in parts. As I told you, I love to read these first person narratives--it's an important way in which for next generations to bear witness.
Of course, now I understand the significance of your name, and it has new meaning for me. I think the most chilling statement in the book was your mother's very casual line...."Do you have a Krups coffee maker in your house?"; It's the same company--they changed the spelling after the war."; I had no idea that this company was involved in slave labor and munitions during the war and, of course, was party to horrific brutality. It made me sick to think I'd given money to that company, even that long ago.

Your mother's spirit is hard to explain--she just refused to give up, no matter how horrific the situation. She and your aunt and uncle "lucked out" by being sent out of the camp--to another Hell, of course, but one without crematoria, thank G-d. It was amazing to see her embrace life so strongly after liberation, just as she had before the Nazis came to destroy the Jewish world.

Anyway, I will bring the book back to the synagogue at our next Shabbat service to return it to you.Thanks for letting me read it--

Rabbi Sarah Newmark
Gig Harbor, WA

It's been a wild ride since my book went on promo at Amazon! In conjunction with adding my book to their lending library, which is a part of Amazon Prime Membership, my book has been #free on #kindle. Just checking my "sales" this afternoon, my eyes popped out of my head to see 15,000 downloads! And six hours to go! Thanks to Michael Gallagher, the Free Kindle Guru who posted the following yesterday, I am now taking applications for an agent to sell foreign language rights and all that jazz.            

We Never Lost Hope: A Holocaust Memoir and Love Story by Naomi Litvin is free today from the Amazon Kindle store, and has received an average user rating of 4 out of 5 stars based on 4 customer reviews.  You can pick up your free copy by clicking here or typing in http://amzn.to/zkmSFe into your computer’s web browser.
Category: Non-Fiction
Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:
Five relatives narrate their harrowing World War II experiences in this family chronicle.
It could be said that rather than writing this affecting and effective book, Litvin sculpted it. Her breezy but vital narrative provides the shape and overall historical context for her family’s story, but her relatives are the ones doing the real work. Using the first-person accounts of her parents, an aunt, an uncle and a friend of the family, the author offers a nuanced and multifaceted look at the plight of Jews in mid-20th century Eastern Europe. From a small Angora farm in Satu-Mare, Romania, to the horrifying grounds of Auschwitz and finally, to a new life in America, the five distinct voices of Edith, Hilda, and Mendi Festinger, Nate Litvin and Kurt Meyers provide a powerful and intimate journey through one of mankind’s darkest hours. Litvin does well not to mute her sources with an authoritative filter. The book’s undeniable authenticity comes from the life events retold by each narrator–while most historical texts offer one individual’s take, We Never Lost Hope presents five survivors working through their memories. Litvin augmented the book with photographs, news articles and other ephemera (telegrams, maps, etc.) that support the sense of intimacy and reality. Since some accounts can occasionally run long, it may have been helpful for Litvin to provide more editorial insight and direction. Still, the book is a soaring testament to the strength and adaptability of five remarkable people.
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2 Responses to “We Never Lost Hope – Free from Amazon Kindle Store”

1. Naomi Litvin  Says:
   February 29th, 2012 at 9:57 pm Dear Michael,
   I am thrilled to see your blog today with MY name on it!! Little did I know, a few months ago, that the kindle free book world existed! Thanks to my brother, Joseph Litvin, who is your #1 fan, I got a kindle for my birthday and force fed your blog! Thank goodness for that!
   Thank you so much!
   Naomi Litvin
   
2. Michael Gallagher  Says:
   February 29th, 2012 at 10:58 pm Hi Naomi-
   I hope thousands of people got it while it was (is) free, and when it returns back to paid status the momentum stays for you with a high ranking and increased future sales. I see you’re up to #25 on the Free ranking right now, so it looks like lots of folks are getting it today.
   Tell your brother I appreciate the marketing on my behalf!!
   Regards,
   Michael
   
3. Naomi Litvin  Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation.
   March 1st, 2012 at 8:03 pm Thanks for your response Michael!
   Are you on twitter? I am @nlitvin
   There are 6 hours left on my promo and I’ve had 15,000 downloads! Stunning!
   I am going to feature you on my blog, too!
   Best regards to you!
   Naomi

While my father was alive my mother refused to ask Germany for anything. When losing her beloved husband suddenly in 1993, and having to strike out on her own once again, she finally relented and agreed to file for her Germany pension. Of course the burden was on me to do the paperwork. And getting the grim details from her. Her memories? Memories is too sweet a word to describe the indescribable. What it took to apply for "Article 2" compensation from them is another story. It was the beginning of a journey for me that became our book, We Never Lost Hope.

After that, and every year from then on they sent the "Life Certificate."  We had to find a notary to sign and stamp the paper saying, "Yes, Edith Festinger Litvin is alive, and has survived another year."

Finally last year when the mailman delivered the dreaded paper, my mother was too weak to go to the notary one more time. We didn't send the paper that time, sometime in March, 2011. My mom took her last breath in my arms a month later. As I sat frozen (and still sit in the Shiva house), Germany deposited a last payment directly into her bank account, which I hadn't the emotional strength to close. It was three months later, and there had been no life certificate submitted, no "claim" for that last payment. Now they want the money back and are asking for my understanding.

No, I have no understanding. Not for what they did to my mother and all the rest. Not for the hatred that still exists and permeates every step that every Jew in this word takes watching their backs. It doesn't matter if we are orthodox, conservative, reform. We are all Jews and we all suffer in some way because of that. So if my revenge on the Germans is keeping their $1335.20, which was three months of my mom's "pension," then so be it. I have waited a very long time for some sort of retaliation. It's not much but it is mine. 

As each year draws to a close we see on television the names and faces of all the famous people that have left this world. This year that list includes my mother. She will live forever inside of me, as long as I live, and in the pages of the book that we worked on together.

And if I can make it through just one more day of this year, 2011, the most painful year of my life, then maybe I'll be able to say, as she said, that "We Never Lost Hope."