Mendel & Moses

After the trashing that Hamas took in Gaza at the hands of the IDF, Hamas cowards strutted out of their hiding places, hooded heroes, arrogantly flashed their phoney "V for Victory" signs, and claimed "a heavenly victory." A victory?

Lies and propaganda abound! Muslim sympathizers around the world stage violent protests against Israel. The Palestinians are called the little "Davids" and the Israelis are called the big bad "Goliaths." The truth is that Israel is a tiny strip of land surrounded by 22 hostile Arab states comprising millions of acres filled with millions of hate-filled "Goliaths" who daily defy the armies of the living God.

The raging mobs call Israel the occupiers of Arab lands, when the opposite is true: Arabs are occupying Jewish land, the Land that God gave to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their descendants, not the descendants of Ishmael and Esau.

The seething rabble accuse Israel of perpetrating a "Holocaust" against the Palestinians; they equate Israel with the "Nazis," while Hamas and millions of Muslims scream for the destruction of Israel, scream for genocide. Who are the true "Nazis" here? Are not the Muslims guilty of carrying on the spirit of Hitler?

Israel is excoriated and condemned accused of killing innocent civilians (have you seen the videos of 4-year old Arab children marching with guns, hand grenades and strapped with bomb belts?), while Arab terrorists have been killing innocent Israeli men, women and children for the last 62 years since the modern State of Israel’s birth, and before.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia pledged two billion dollars (and Americans bought their oil and gave them that money!) to rebuild Gaza. Not only that, but the Saudis have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to bring jihad to America by funding Middle Eastern Studies departments at American universities and private K-12 academies around the nation which teach students to hate not only Jews and Christians, but America.

The Saudis are also funding mosques and madrassas for the millions of Muslims in this country so they can be trained in their violent strain of Islam. There are about 1,200 mosques in America boldly proclaiming the Muslim’s right to destroy Israel and any other "infidels" who won’t submit to their demon-god, Allah. Right here in America!

And if anyone sounds the warning that Islam is a dangerous threat to Jews, Christians, and our very nation, those on the far leftist defend the racist Muslims’ right to scream for genocide and destruction as "free speech," and condemn those who speak out against radical Islam, calling them "hate-filled Islamophobes." Who are the real hate-mongers here? Is it not painfully clear?

Israel has been concerned about possible policy changes by the Obama administration after eight years of support from President George Bush.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while she was First Lady during the Clinton presidency, was hailed as a champion of Palestinian statehood during her visit to the Palestinian National Council on December 15, 1998. The First Lady said to a group of Israeli and Arab students, "I think that it will be in the long-term interests of the Middle East for Palestine to be a state." It was the first time a representative of any American Administration used the word "Palestine."

A state of Palestine on Israel’s God-given Land?

I am so fed up with these abject liars and dishonest enemies of all that is good and true, with all of their hypocrisy and propaganda, that if I don’t do something to correct the record I feel that I will explode!

The plan is to initiate an anti-propaganda campaign in a place where it counts: New York City. Will you join us? Read on!

What are "Machalniks?"

After the Holocaust, in 1948, during Israel’s War of Independence when the newborn nation was attacked by her Arab neighbors, "Machalniks," Volunteers From Outside Israel, came to her defense. 

"Threatened with invasion from five Arab nations, Palestinian Jews desperately needed equipment, ammunition and specialized military expertise. They turned to the Diaspora for help. The Jewish and Christian volunteers who answered that call were known as 'Machal' (Volunteers From Abroad). Some 3,500 men and women from more than 40 different countries volunteered for the Israeli armed forces during the War of Independence [in 1948]. They were all known by the Hebrew acronym ‘Machal,’ the acronym for the Hebrew words mitnadvei chutz l'aretz, ‘Volunteers from Outside Israel.’ Most of the American and Canadian Machalniks were World War II veterans; some were Christian. Many provided the expertise the Israelis lacked... The Machalniks were a symbol to the hard-pressed Israelis that they were not alone, that there was a world beyond their shores that cared about their survival. Killed in the War of Independence were 119 overseas volunteers..." (Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum, IsraelVets.com)

Those noble people laid their lives on the line for Israel. But in so few short years, world opinion, in large measure due to the lies of the Arabs, has shifted back to hating the Jews, condemning Israel, and who can defend them against such liars?

Now Israel is in a continual battle, but it is not the same as in 1948. The attacks come from all over the world, but in a new war - a propaganda war. A flood of fiendish propaganda daily deluges Israel. Millions of Palestinian supporters protest in the streets of major cities around the world, from Paris to Athens, from Berlin to Beirut.

A protester in Australia demanded, "Clean the earth from dirty Zionists!" In the Netherlands, they chanted, "Gas the Jews!" And in Ft. Lauderdale, hate-filled Muslim sympathizers screamed, "Go back to the ovens!"

If I were still practicing law, I would prosecute them for "hate crimes!"

Multitudes of people want to do something to help Israel fight against this continual war. The IDF is one of the greatest armies in the world, so there is no need for the same kind of volunteers that were needed in 1948. Many organizations, both Jewish and Christian, exist to send aid to Israel, but does that counteract the propaganda or stop the lies? Not really. The vitriolic voices of Israel’s enemies grow ever louder and gain ever more coverage on TV and in radical publications. 

WE HAVE A SOLUTION! Read on to learn how YOU can participate.

Musical Theatre With A Message 

While the poison of anti-Semitism rages around the world, we have a beautiful and creative antidote! There is nothing like our musicals that beautifully dramatize the Biblical text. How do you dispel the darkness? With the Light! How do you overcome evil? With the good Word of God.

In memory of 1948 and for love of Israel, we will step up to the plate, we will oppose the lies of propaganda with the best weapons that we have: Our incomparable Biblical musicals!

There is no other organization that can present scriptural dramas on the professional stage in the secular arena like we can. We have a track record of writing and producing award-winning Biblical musicals since 1981.

Ultimately, the Lord God of Israel will save the Jewish people from their desperate plight, and our musicals can uniquely and dramatically say to Zion,

"Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. To say to those who are fearful-hearted, Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense of God; He will come and save you." (Isaiah 35:3-4)

Our Biblical musicals will penetrate the heart of the theatre capital of the world, New York City. Thus, we are founding Machalniks, Volunteers For Musical Theatre With A Message, to birth this anti-propaganda campaign, and are asking Jews and Christians to join us as modern day "Volunteers from Outside Israel" to combat the outrageous slander against Israel through our award-winning musicals, starting with "Mendel & Moses," about which the critics said the following:

"Excellent music! The show... knows its Torah, and is not only enjoyable and entertaining, but edifying as well. With its feet on the ground, its heart in the heavens, and that irrepressible twinkle in its eye, ‘Mendel & Moses’ is on the side of the angels and good for what ails a sickened society! Critic’s Choice!" - Polly Warfield, Drama-Logue

 

"Charming and full of wit and wisdom! The writers Ginsberg have fashioned a fable that is full of humor, drama, satire, song and dance. A bit of something for everyone! A show worth seeing!" - Ed Kaufman, The Hollywood Reporter 

 

"Mendel brings humor and high spirits to the story! Rousing laughs along the way!" - Don Shirley, The Los Angeles Times.

The inspiring Biblical message of "Mendel & Moses" rings loud and clear: The God of Israel lives! It is a message of God’s great love for His people, of His promise to give the Children of Israel a Land of their own, and of His promise to one day bring true Shalom to the world.

This award-winning musical, which ran for 4 months in Los Angeles in 1997 to much acclaim, dramatizes the life of Moses, the great Jewish leader, as he brought the Children of Israel out of Egypt in the Exodus with gorgeous music, dynamic dance and thrilling dialogue. These timeless truths about the One True God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and how He gave the Land of Israel to His Jewish children, and how He defeated their enemies, and how He said they are not to make a peace covenant, ("Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods." Exodus 23:32) must be rediscovered at this time. We have the way, a great musical. Now we need the finances to do it.

We ask you to join us as Machalniks (Volunteers) and help us bring "Mendel & Moses" to New York City in defense of Zion: Never Again! "Am Yisrael Chai!" (The people of Israel live!)

As Israel’s enemies around the world attempt to choke the life out of her, dividing her Land among people who have no right to it, let us remind them of God's promises which He made to Abraham:

"I will bless those who bless you and curse him who curses you," and "To your descendants I will give this land." (Genesis 12:3,7)

He repeated that promise to Isaac (Genesis 26:2-4) and to Jacob. (Genesis 27:29) Never did He make any such promise to the descendants of Ishmael or Esau. 

The Inaugural Invocation Prayer on 1/20/09

Amazingly, Pastor Rick Warren’s first words in delivering the invocation prayer at President Obama’s inauguration were: "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one." (Deut. 6:4) My eyes filled with tears. He prayed the Shema, the foundation declaration of Moses, the most important prayer in Judaism. It is the affirmation of the faith of Jews and Christians in the One true God. 

The entire passage of Scripture, the Shema word for word, the words of Moses in Deuteronomy 6:4 is one of the beautiful songs in our Broadway-bound musical, "Mendel & Moses." Take a moment to listen to "Hear, O Israel" (and other songs from "Mendel & Moses") on YouTube as sung by Stephen Len White. Visit the channel and look under "Favorites" at http://www.youtube.com/user/JeremiahTheatricals.

Now Is The Time For Action!

Let the campaign for goodness and truth begin with "Mendel & Moses" in New York City!

Become a Machalnik, and pray for us as we face off against the world-wide flood of anti-Semitism.

If I am not for Israel, who will be? And if not now, when? Enough is enough! Join us as we proclaim Adonai’s command, saying, "Let My people go!" (Exodus 5:1)

We urgently need your help to move ahead with our creative campaign against lies and propaganda. This project is a work of faith, and we cannot do it without you. Start up funds of approximately $150,000 are needed right away to engage the General Manager and Attorney, to begin orchestrations, to secure the option, and other standard pre-production activities. The total budget is not yet determined, but a Broadway musical typically costs between $8 and $12 million. An off-Broadway production would cost between $1 and $2 million.

Become an Official Machalnik for our Musical Theatre With A Message campaign against propaganda with a tax-deductible contribution of any amount you’re able to give, whether $10 or $10,000. May the Lord God in Heaven bless you for it. (Please click here or on the Donate tab on the Navigation Bar above, or mail your donation payable to Jeremiah Ministries to PO Box 936127, Margate, FL 33093-6127.)

For those interested in the Broadway or off-Broadway investment opportunity, click on Invest.

We founded Jeremiah Ministries in 1983, and for more than 27 years we’ve produced award-winning musicals, but no project is more important at this time than this, to bring "Mendel & Moses" to the New York City stage.