On Memorial Day, Israeli commandos swarmed the Turkish flotilla of six ships which allegedly contained humanitarian supplies aimed for Gaza. Israeli intelligence dropped the ball when it came to the fact that those “humanitarian workers” might be violent. Armed with knives, pipes and various forms of propelled objects that cause injury, they severely beat up and injured ten Israeli commandos. What’s most amazing is that these commandos were only armed with “paint-ball rifles” such as those used to disperse rioters and a hand gun. After some serious physical attacks on these commandos, they were finally given permission to use their handguns. They fired rounds at the legs of their attackers and drove them away.
As if this wasn’t bad enough, there are now two more ships being launched from Turkey this week to the same blockage where Israel has repeatedly ordered them not to enter. Israel has clearly stated they can aim their humanitarian ships to the Port of Ashdod, which is right next to Gaza. It is believed these ships could be led by war ships as well as fighter jets from Turkey–so much for the chilly relationship between Israel and Turkey which is now icy cold.
In the midst of these new Israeli crises, we continue to read headlines such as:
“Israel braces for Turkish, Hizballah, Hamas reprisals…”
“Syria has 1,000 ballistic missiles zeroed on Israeli targets…”
“Iran test-fires same missiles as handed to Hizballah…”
“(PA Minister) Abbas: We deal with U.S., Not Israel…”
What’s my opinion you ask? Thanks for asking.
I have been in a kibbutz immediately next to the Gaza border which abuts Egypt many times. The sounds I’ve heard by day and especially at night are quite telling. There hardly was a night when I wouldn’t hear constant automatic gunfire, explosions, fighter jets and helicopters flying overhead.
Every single night, after the loud chanting of Moslem clerics over loud speakers, I knew what would happen right after that. No, the worshippers didn’t come out passive and peacefully but fuming with violence, hatred and mocking Israeli soldiers patrolling our narrow border between that Palestinian village and our kibbutz. I think the worst night I had was when from midnight until the dawn, radical, terror-bent Palestinian Moslems made all kinds of noises in form of waves. The noise makers were lined up against the border fence in the south-end of the village, as far as I could hear, and continue in northerly waves all night long. They made different noises such as roosters crowing and donkeys hee-hawing. They ended their noises with the squawking of large black crows at the dawning of the new day. At this point they synchronized their squawking with the actual noises these crows would make every morning. It gave me the creeps because of their proximity. I thought they’d invaded our kibbutz for sure.
So what am I trying to say? I am asking you, why do you think this flotilla was at this blockage at armed with food, medicine and cement? Why at this particular time? Simple!
Everyone has heard reports that Israel will be attacked this summer by the Hizballah terrorists, by Lebanon, Syria, Turkey and possibly Iran. We also know that Gaza Palestinians do not need food nor medical supplies because Israel provides all this to them. But in their anticipation of war against Israel, they know Israel will cut supplies instantly. They know they’ll need surplus food, water and medical supplies for their casualties.
But what about all that cement? It’s been confirmed over and over again that these Palestinians continue to dig tunnels; so they need concrete for their smuggling underground canals. And…they also need it to build stronger concrete bunkers against Israeli raids, rockets and missiles.
So what can we do? There are thousands and perhaps millions of Pro-Israel Zionists all across our hemisphere. There are also Sephardic Crypto Jews into the millions in the Americas. We need to mobilize ourselves in prayer first. We need to pray the prophecies God has in His Word against these enemies of “the apple of God’s eye,” Israel. After all, the voice of one calling in the Desert to prepare the way for the Lord can now be heard louder and is more urgent than ever!
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem,
Dell
Visit my website at: www4sephardim.com -- check the publications page for books I've published and teaching DVD's I've produced.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
Immigration Reform
--Where do you stand?—
There’s a lot of confusion regarding illegal immigration today. Many have formed opinions or taken a position based on media reports and political debates. Let’s ascend above this for a minute and consider some other perspective.
A lot of Americans have never even seen a Mexican alien. Most everyone has seen Latino tourists spending mucho dinero but not hard working, family loving aliens. Others have established a stereotype based on a very narrow perspective.
Personally, I have seen both extremes. I know people who are actively involved in helping aliens. I also know deer hunters that have told me they use aliens for target practice when they’re crossing down their hunting lease. Some hunters set traps for them while others leave their cabin doors unlocked with food on their shelves for them to come in and eat while they’re out.
The Bible has a lot to say about aliens. The Hebrew meaning of the word alien points to a sojourner that lives in constant fear because of his status. Exodus 22:21 says, “Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.” Zechariah 7:10 reads, “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor…”
Personally, I’m a third generation and my wife is a fourth generation American. Our grandchildren are fifth and sixth generation our great granddaughter is seventh generation American. (Our forefathers were on this side of the border before the Southwest was part of the USA.) Despite this, I know the feeling of living in fear and intimidation during my growing up years as I visited parts of my native city where I wasn’t welcomed.
How can we secure our borders and deal with illegal immigration in a prudent and humane way? Simple–God has blessed America with incredible genius. When we pool knowledgeable people with a caring heart together, there is a spark of the miraculous that emanates from these interactions. Sure, things get heated at times because iron sharpens iron and sparks fly all over the place. But we ascend to even higher planes through these interactions.
We need to challenge our local and state leaders to put pressure on our national leaders so that they might begin to identify leaders in different fields of our society to address this issue. We do not want a bunch of politicians to control this operative. We need professors, lawyers, physicians, plumbers, carpenters, scientists, school teachers, housewives, ranchers, farmers. We also need theologians and philosophers from among our Jewish and Christian communities. Not to forget–we urgently need grassroots folks of different ethnicities to sit alongside these elite thinkers of our day; and to come up with recommendations that can serve the needs of our citizenry as well as the aliens that have always and shall always live among us.
Above all, we need to put God and godly people in the middle of this. We’ll need an army of people praying all across our nation. Failure to do this in a humane manner could spell chaos and a possible insurrection that’ll only maximize our problems all across our 2000 mile U.S.-Mexican border.
We can’t afford to alienate over 500 million neighbors to the south of us because of arrogance or fear. America is going to need all the friends it can get within our hemisphere as more and more nations are antagonistic towards us and some are developing methods of mass destruction such as nuclear and chemical and biological technologies–all aimed at us!
Me? I’m for laws and procedures that are just as well as merciful. Let’s not forget that most of us are the descendants of aliens from the four corners of the earth. Some of us have been here a bit longer while others have seemingly been here forever.
Finally, let’s remember what the Christian New Testament says about father Abraham within this same context. -- By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger (alien) in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Hebrew 11:9-10.
It’s time to serve as lights beaming in the darkness of today’s national crises. We’re either part of the problem or part of the solution.
Shalom,
Dell
PS, Please visit my website at www.4sephardim.com. Pray for us and help us continue to beam the message of truth by reading my books and viewing my instructional DVDs. Also consult my blog at: www.obadiahsrevelationtoday.blogspot.com.
There’s a lot of confusion regarding illegal immigration today. Many have formed opinions or taken a position based on media reports and political debates. Let’s ascend above this for a minute and consider some other perspective.
A lot of Americans have never even seen a Mexican alien. Most everyone has seen Latino tourists spending mucho dinero but not hard working, family loving aliens. Others have established a stereotype based on a very narrow perspective.
Personally, I have seen both extremes. I know people who are actively involved in helping aliens. I also know deer hunters that have told me they use aliens for target practice when they’re crossing down their hunting lease. Some hunters set traps for them while others leave their cabin doors unlocked with food on their shelves for them to come in and eat while they’re out.
The Bible has a lot to say about aliens. The Hebrew meaning of the word alien points to a sojourner that lives in constant fear because of his status. Exodus 22:21 says, “Do not mistreat an alien or oppress him, for you were aliens in Egypt.” Zechariah 7:10 reads, “Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor…”
Personally, I’m a third generation and my wife is a fourth generation American. Our grandchildren are fifth and sixth generation our great granddaughter is seventh generation American. (Our forefathers were on this side of the border before the Southwest was part of the USA.) Despite this, I know the feeling of living in fear and intimidation during my growing up years as I visited parts of my native city where I wasn’t welcomed.
How can we secure our borders and deal with illegal immigration in a prudent and humane way? Simple–God has blessed America with incredible genius. When we pool knowledgeable people with a caring heart together, there is a spark of the miraculous that emanates from these interactions. Sure, things get heated at times because iron sharpens iron and sparks fly all over the place. But we ascend to even higher planes through these interactions.
We need to challenge our local and state leaders to put pressure on our national leaders so that they might begin to identify leaders in different fields of our society to address this issue. We do not want a bunch of politicians to control this operative. We need professors, lawyers, physicians, plumbers, carpenters, scientists, school teachers, housewives, ranchers, farmers. We also need theologians and philosophers from among our Jewish and Christian communities. Not to forget–we urgently need grassroots folks of different ethnicities to sit alongside these elite thinkers of our day; and to come up with recommendations that can serve the needs of our citizenry as well as the aliens that have always and shall always live among us.
Above all, we need to put God and godly people in the middle of this. We’ll need an army of people praying all across our nation. Failure to do this in a humane manner could spell chaos and a possible insurrection that’ll only maximize our problems all across our 2000 mile U.S.-Mexican border.
We can’t afford to alienate over 500 million neighbors to the south of us because of arrogance or fear. America is going to need all the friends it can get within our hemisphere as more and more nations are antagonistic towards us and some are developing methods of mass destruction such as nuclear and chemical and biological technologies–all aimed at us!
Me? I’m for laws and procedures that are just as well as merciful. Let’s not forget that most of us are the descendants of aliens from the four corners of the earth. Some of us have been here a bit longer while others have seemingly been here forever.
Finally, let’s remember what the Christian New Testament says about father Abraham within this same context. -- By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger (alien) in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. Hebrew 11:9-10.
It’s time to serve as lights beaming in the darkness of today’s national crises. We’re either part of the problem or part of the solution.
Shalom,
Dell
PS, Please visit my website at www.4sephardim.com. Pray for us and help us continue to beam the message of truth by reading my books and viewing my instructional DVDs. Also consult my blog at: www.obadiahsrevelationtoday.blogspot.com.
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Nightmares of the Holocaust–Memories of the Inquisition
–What’s the difference–
Everybody knows what “holocaust” is but no one knows what an “Inquisition” is.
Of course, I’m generalizing a bit. In a nutshell, an Inquisition is a type of holocaust such as the one Spain perpetrated on Jews a few hundred years ago. An Inquisition is also a holocaust that Mexico followed up on after that Jews fled from Spain and Portugal to Mexico.
On April 19th all Jews and Zionists will celebrate Memorial Day, remembering the horrific tragedy of Hitler’s Holocaust. Then the 20th, we will celebrate Israel’s Independence Day.
With profound respect and heaviness of heart I want to say that while I was a young boy, I remember the horrific travesties of the Holocaust that took place during World War II. Some of my extended family members fought in this gruesome war. But what lies even more heavily in my soul is the fact that we’ve either forgotten–or we never knew about an earlier Holocaust that affected tens of thousands of our Spanish forefathers that fled the literal flames of the Inquisition in Spain and then Portugal and then Mexico and other nations in Latin America.
My point is this: there is no difference between a people that suffered at the hand of their perpetrators one year ago as opposed to one decade ago. Pain and suffering was present in both cases. The presence of such trauma did not go away–it remains there as a memorial.
A people that suffered in Hitler’s Holocaust 50 years ago is no less and no more than the people that suffered in the Spanish Inquisition 500 years ago. Hitler’s fiery ovens were no more and no less than the burnings at the stake of the Inquisitions. The confiscation of goods and property were the same in both cases. The raping of women and girls and even young boys were the same. The kidnappings of their children were no different–a kidnapped child is the same whether it was 50 years ago or 500 years ago. The collective unconscious in both cases is quite similar if not the same. The outcry of the human soul is the same. The demand for justice is exactly the same.
Hitler used Ghettos and Spain used Barrios to hold the Jews under siege. Hitler enforced their wearing a Star of David to distinguish them from all others. Spain used the San Benito which was the vesture filled with insane emblems to demonstrate who was a Spanish (Sephardic) Jew.
It is nothing short of a miracle we have children of the Holocaust survivors today. It is just as much a miracle, and more so, that we have survivors of the Inquisitions that besieged Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and most Latin American nations including the State of New Mexico in the United States of America.
I wish to God that someone would build a museum of all the atrocities caused upon the Jews of Spain–the Sephardim, the Anusim. There is a major museum of the Holocaust in Jerusalem. In fact, there are more than 20 small and large museums in foreign countries and at least two others in Israel. In our nation there are approximately 25 such museums, the largest one being in Washington, DC. But they have little if any information about the Spanish Inquisition with its tentacles in Iberia and throughout Latin America, and as stated previously also in New Mexico.
I happen to have two dear colleagues that deals with the Holocaust survivors in Israel. I personally know a couple of Jewish individuals who are children of Holocaust survivors. I’m glad to report that despite their parent’s traumas, they have managed to grow up and make something very special of themselves. But as a mental health professional, I do not need a Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass to detect the effects of their parent’s trauma.
On the other hand, I happen to know hundreds and thousands of descendants of the survivors of one or more Inquisitions but their stories are not known. In many cases, they are seen with suspicion and cynicism when they tell a small portion of their forefathers’ plight. I am however glad to report that the extended Jewish family is slowly coming around to believe their reports as they become knowledgeable of what actually took place in their histories. But something of a miraculous dimension needs to take place in the halls of the Israeli government in order that these Sephardic Anusim souls are reckoned with in a just and merciful manner.
I am not advocating that any system become gullible to believe anything without proper evidence or due process. But I am declaring that it is high-time that new case law begins to be written along with new policies and procedures that can best deal with such cases. After all, God has given us an amazing tool that is called the brain in order to accurately process intelligence in a wise and prudent manner. But this is going to demand a major amount of change. This means that those that are in positions of power will need to get out of their presumptive boxes in order to hear, see and perceive what is taking place all across the Americas including Iberia and other foreign nations where there are yet Sephardic Jews in virtual hiding.
It is time for the secular as well as the religious Jews to come together in order to create new pathways that begin to open up, perhaps, small gateways for bona fide cases of Sephardic Anusim. It is time that Israeli politics and religious extremism be put on the shelf until this issue of the awakening of the sleeping giant of Sephardic-Anusim is compatibly dealt with.
In closing, I am convinced we need each other. Sephardic Anusim needs to reconnect with the people as well as the land of their Jewish forefathers. But on the other hand, I’m convinced that Israel needs to stretch out her arms to embrace their “orphaned” brothers and sisters as they cry out for a little help. Frankly, I shall go out on the limb to declare something very dear to my own heart.
Israel needs the Sephardic Anusim more than the Anusim needs Israel. Most all of the Sephardic Anusim in America that I know, that are longing to make Aliyah are quite resourceful, industrious, loyal and committed Zionists. They may not know half as much about the rudiments and the thousands of years of the Jewish experience. They may not even know what terms such as “halacha” means neither by definition nor by religious expression, but one thing I do know–they are very teachable. They are pliable and changeable.
The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion stated that if anyone wants to be a Jew, let him. I am sure he wasn’t referring to “come one, come all.” But I am convinced, after studying his memoirs in the Ben Gurion Heritage Institute in the Negev one summer, I discovered that Ben Gurion knew Israel would need my people, the Sephardic Anusim for such a time as this. I have read many of his speeches and public statements and I happen to know that Ben Gurion was a strong believer in the Prophets of the Bible, the Tanakh. His young assistant was once asked by a journalist if Ben Gurion ever sought advice from other; and the young aide said: “Yes, only after he has sought the Prophets.”
I therefore, appeal to the “powers that be” in Israel and the Jewish leaders throughout the globe to take a second and more cautious look at what the holy Prophets have to say about the people I am here advocating for. And…and, I’m also appealing to nuestra gente (our people) to learn to love one another, to bear one another’s differences, to unite under a common-cause banner and to never forget the past of our forefathers’ history lest it repeats itself in our day.
Shalom!
Dell F. Sanchez
PS, what you have just read is a statement which I make in my new book that’s about to be published this summer. In it I deal with the hard facts and evidences of Sephardic Anusim roots among many Hispanic/Latinos. I refer to DNA, material evidences, onomastics, history and oral histories. If you're interested in my coming your way to give a lecture or set of seminars, contact me at: negevdell@hotmail.com
Everybody knows what “holocaust” is but no one knows what an “Inquisition” is.
Of course, I’m generalizing a bit. In a nutshell, an Inquisition is a type of holocaust such as the one Spain perpetrated on Jews a few hundred years ago. An Inquisition is also a holocaust that Mexico followed up on after that Jews fled from Spain and Portugal to Mexico.
On April 19th all Jews and Zionists will celebrate Memorial Day, remembering the horrific tragedy of Hitler’s Holocaust. Then the 20th, we will celebrate Israel’s Independence Day.
With profound respect and heaviness of heart I want to say that while I was a young boy, I remember the horrific travesties of the Holocaust that took place during World War II. Some of my extended family members fought in this gruesome war. But what lies even more heavily in my soul is the fact that we’ve either forgotten–or we never knew about an earlier Holocaust that affected tens of thousands of our Spanish forefathers that fled the literal flames of the Inquisition in Spain and then Portugal and then Mexico and other nations in Latin America.
My point is this: there is no difference between a people that suffered at the hand of their perpetrators one year ago as opposed to one decade ago. Pain and suffering was present in both cases. The presence of such trauma did not go away–it remains there as a memorial.
A people that suffered in Hitler’s Holocaust 50 years ago is no less and no more than the people that suffered in the Spanish Inquisition 500 years ago. Hitler’s fiery ovens were no more and no less than the burnings at the stake of the Inquisitions. The confiscation of goods and property were the same in both cases. The raping of women and girls and even young boys were the same. The kidnappings of their children were no different–a kidnapped child is the same whether it was 50 years ago or 500 years ago. The collective unconscious in both cases is quite similar if not the same. The outcry of the human soul is the same. The demand for justice is exactly the same.
Hitler used Ghettos and Spain used Barrios to hold the Jews under siege. Hitler enforced their wearing a Star of David to distinguish them from all others. Spain used the San Benito which was the vesture filled with insane emblems to demonstrate who was a Spanish (Sephardic) Jew.
It is nothing short of a miracle we have children of the Holocaust survivors today. It is just as much a miracle, and more so, that we have survivors of the Inquisitions that besieged Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Peru, Columbia, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Cuba and most Latin American nations including the State of New Mexico in the United States of America.
I wish to God that someone would build a museum of all the atrocities caused upon the Jews of Spain–the Sephardim, the Anusim. There is a major museum of the Holocaust in Jerusalem. In fact, there are more than 20 small and large museums in foreign countries and at least two others in Israel. In our nation there are approximately 25 such museums, the largest one being in Washington, DC. But they have little if any information about the Spanish Inquisition with its tentacles in Iberia and throughout Latin America, and as stated previously also in New Mexico.
I happen to have two dear colleagues that deals with the Holocaust survivors in Israel. I personally know a couple of Jewish individuals who are children of Holocaust survivors. I’m glad to report that despite their parent’s traumas, they have managed to grow up and make something very special of themselves. But as a mental health professional, I do not need a Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass to detect the effects of their parent’s trauma.
On the other hand, I happen to know hundreds and thousands of descendants of the survivors of one or more Inquisitions but their stories are not known. In many cases, they are seen with suspicion and cynicism when they tell a small portion of their forefathers’ plight. I am however glad to report that the extended Jewish family is slowly coming around to believe their reports as they become knowledgeable of what actually took place in their histories. But something of a miraculous dimension needs to take place in the halls of the Israeli government in order that these Sephardic Anusim souls are reckoned with in a just and merciful manner.
I am not advocating that any system become gullible to believe anything without proper evidence or due process. But I am declaring that it is high-time that new case law begins to be written along with new policies and procedures that can best deal with such cases. After all, God has given us an amazing tool that is called the brain in order to accurately process intelligence in a wise and prudent manner. But this is going to demand a major amount of change. This means that those that are in positions of power will need to get out of their presumptive boxes in order to hear, see and perceive what is taking place all across the Americas including Iberia and other foreign nations where there are yet Sephardic Jews in virtual hiding.
It is time for the secular as well as the religious Jews to come together in order to create new pathways that begin to open up, perhaps, small gateways for bona fide cases of Sephardic Anusim. It is time that Israeli politics and religious extremism be put on the shelf until this issue of the awakening of the sleeping giant of Sephardic-Anusim is compatibly dealt with.
In closing, I am convinced we need each other. Sephardic Anusim needs to reconnect with the people as well as the land of their Jewish forefathers. But on the other hand, I’m convinced that Israel needs to stretch out her arms to embrace their “orphaned” brothers and sisters as they cry out for a little help. Frankly, I shall go out on the limb to declare something very dear to my own heart.
Israel needs the Sephardic Anusim more than the Anusim needs Israel. Most all of the Sephardic Anusim in America that I know, that are longing to make Aliyah are quite resourceful, industrious, loyal and committed Zionists. They may not know half as much about the rudiments and the thousands of years of the Jewish experience. They may not even know what terms such as “halacha” means neither by definition nor by religious expression, but one thing I do know–they are very teachable. They are pliable and changeable.
The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben Gurion stated that if anyone wants to be a Jew, let him. I am sure he wasn’t referring to “come one, come all.” But I am convinced, after studying his memoirs in the Ben Gurion Heritage Institute in the Negev one summer, I discovered that Ben Gurion knew Israel would need my people, the Sephardic Anusim for such a time as this. I have read many of his speeches and public statements and I happen to know that Ben Gurion was a strong believer in the Prophets of the Bible, the Tanakh. His young assistant was once asked by a journalist if Ben Gurion ever sought advice from other; and the young aide said: “Yes, only after he has sought the Prophets.”
I therefore, appeal to the “powers that be” in Israel and the Jewish leaders throughout the globe to take a second and more cautious look at what the holy Prophets have to say about the people I am here advocating for. And…and, I’m also appealing to nuestra gente (our people) to learn to love one another, to bear one another’s differences, to unite under a common-cause banner and to never forget the past of our forefathers’ history lest it repeats itself in our day.
Shalom!
Dell F. Sanchez
PS, what you have just read is a statement which I make in my new book that’s about to be published this summer. In it I deal with the hard facts and evidences of Sephardic Anusim roots among many Hispanic/Latinos. I refer to DNA, material evidences, onomastics, history and oral histories. If you're interested in my coming your way to give a lecture or set of seminars, contact me at: negevdell@hotmail.com
Thursday, March 18, 2010
In Search of Aliyah!
How can we search for someone we don’t even know is missing? How can we succeed if we don’t have a clue what this person looks like?
Many of you know that I have referred to Aliyah in many of my newsletters. But what about the majority of others that haven’t?
If I’d ask the average person walking down the street or mall, “What is Aliyah?” they’d probably think I’m referring to Aliyah, a 22 year-old singer who died a few years ago.
Aliyah is a Hebrew term which means to immigrate to Israel. Technically, it portrays the imagery of ascending up to Zion because it doesn’t matter what side of Zion/Jerusalem you come from, it’s always upwards.
It hurts me to say this but many folks I know have lost the fervor and zeal that’s in the center of God’s heart regarding the Aliyah of His Chosen People. And some of those that continue to labor or pray about this have lost what we call in Spanish, las ganas which is the passion of desire.
I have seen many churches turn a cold shoulder against Israel. I know of many Christians that are more pro-Arab (Moslem) than pro-Israel. I have witnessed with my own eyes mainline Christian groups funding major projects among those that continue to terrorize and rain rockets on Israeli communities every single day.
Meantime, I’m very, very sorry to say that Aliyah is missing! In the hearts of many people that know about it, Aliyah has drowned! What’s worst is that we’re doing so little or nothing about it.
Might it be too late to save this holy thing that’s so dear to God– which is the return of Jewish people back to their homeland so that Bible prophecy may continue to be fullfilled?
Anyone that glances at American history will quickly see that America’s role in freeing Jews from Hitler’s Holocaust was a mountain top event in our nation. And anyone that notices that since 1948, when Israel was reborn and became a Statehood, America increased in every conceivable institution across the board. Every time America blessed Israel to win her battles against constant attacks from her enemies which surround her in every direction, God has blessed America like no other nation on the face of this earth.
But where is America today? Just look around. Listen to the daily news. While America and American Christians have turned their back on Israel, what has happened to our America?
Maybe you are not a Jew and neither do you have a dot of Jewish DNA in your body; but I happen to know many of them who are rediscovering their Jewish ancestry and are crying out for help. But meantime, WHERE’S ALIYAH?
I give you my most solemn word: I shall never allow Aliyah– which is the prophetic trumpet blast in God’s heart– to grow cold in me. It matters not what it’ll cost me, “Me and my house shall serve the Lord.” Will you? Will you lend me a little hand?
Shalom,
Dell
PS, Visit my website and blog if you’re interested in more information. (www.4sephardim.com.
Many of you know that I have referred to Aliyah in many of my newsletters. But what about the majority of others that haven’t?
If I’d ask the average person walking down the street or mall, “What is Aliyah?” they’d probably think I’m referring to Aliyah, a 22 year-old singer who died a few years ago.
Aliyah is a Hebrew term which means to immigrate to Israel. Technically, it portrays the imagery of ascending up to Zion because it doesn’t matter what side of Zion/Jerusalem you come from, it’s always upwards.
It hurts me to say this but many folks I know have lost the fervor and zeal that’s in the center of God’s heart regarding the Aliyah of His Chosen People. And some of those that continue to labor or pray about this have lost what we call in Spanish, las ganas which is the passion of desire.
I have seen many churches turn a cold shoulder against Israel. I know of many Christians that are more pro-Arab (Moslem) than pro-Israel. I have witnessed with my own eyes mainline Christian groups funding major projects among those that continue to terrorize and rain rockets on Israeli communities every single day.
Meantime, I’m very, very sorry to say that Aliyah is missing! In the hearts of many people that know about it, Aliyah has drowned! What’s worst is that we’re doing so little or nothing about it.
Might it be too late to save this holy thing that’s so dear to God– which is the return of Jewish people back to their homeland so that Bible prophecy may continue to be fullfilled?
Anyone that glances at American history will quickly see that America’s role in freeing Jews from Hitler’s Holocaust was a mountain top event in our nation. And anyone that notices that since 1948, when Israel was reborn and became a Statehood, America increased in every conceivable institution across the board. Every time America blessed Israel to win her battles against constant attacks from her enemies which surround her in every direction, God has blessed America like no other nation on the face of this earth.
But where is America today? Just look around. Listen to the daily news. While America and American Christians have turned their back on Israel, what has happened to our America?
Maybe you are not a Jew and neither do you have a dot of Jewish DNA in your body; but I happen to know many of them who are rediscovering their Jewish ancestry and are crying out for help. But meantime, WHERE’S ALIYAH?
I give you my most solemn word: I shall never allow Aliyah– which is the prophetic trumpet blast in God’s heart– to grow cold in me. It matters not what it’ll cost me, “Me and my house shall serve the Lord.” Will you? Will you lend me a little hand?
Shalom,
Dell
PS, Visit my website and blog if you’re interested in more information. (www.4sephardim.com.
Monday, March 1, 2010
New Book on Sephardic Anusim
I'm in the process of writing a new book and I'd like your feedback on a preliminary statement in it. This helps me take a pulse on what folks 'out there' are feeling about this subject. So here goes...
The awakening of Sephardic Anusim has been a glorious one. It has opened up new pathways of improvement and expression for them. However, they are soon discovering that these pathways are a very long and sometimes treacherous journey back home—to the original families they were severed from over five hundred years ago.
Most of them begin this long journey excited and intrigued with the prospects of their new discoveries and being reconnected with their true family. But they soon find out that the journey is fraught with unexpected challenges and oppositions which make it seem even longer. They find out that not only do they experience rejection by those being left behind but also by those they are moving toward.
In the middle of their life changing journey, they discover that there is much more than history, genealogy, DNA and a host of secret stories to their new found life. They experience the rude awakening of something way deeper. They find out that there is a distinct philosophy of life that is quite different to the one they and their forefathers were raised in. This philosophy of life translates itself into radically different expressions of their personal faith and beliefs. Unprepared for it, they discover the inevitable reality that this journey is highly impacted an array of religious beliefs which they will need to carefully manage depending on how they wish to proceed.
What makes things even harder are when they begin to see the duplicity in this new journey which very few are able to endure. On the one hand they begin to taste the bitterness of being criticized and at times ostracized from old Christian circles, including what appears to be ‘true Zionists.’ Later they discover certain pockets of pseudo Christians and pseudo Jews that get very upset if they don’t join their circles. Finally, they discover a major schism between where they are coming from and where they think they are going. They are confronted with the reality of ‘how Jewish they intend to be.’ So now they find that they must make a decision that will make some people happy and others very upset because of their new persuasion, even if they themselves are thrilled about the new direction in their life.
On top of all of this they become aware that reconnecting with the very land of their forefathers (Israel) isn’t quite as easy as they thought it would be. For those that visit Israel more than as a tourist, they quickly find out that the Israeli family is quite a major enigma because some are very religious and the majority is not. As they tread the narrow pathway known as Aliyah in their longing to become one with the land and the people of their ancestry, they soon discover the politics of becoming an Israeli citizen. They are faced with the harshest reality in this quest when they realize they must jump over many hurdles in order to simply reconnect with the family of their true ancestry. In the interim, they quickly discover that the hurdles keep getting higher and closer with very little definition on how to successfully achieve one’s connection with the life they long to belong to.
By the time a Sephardic Anusim family or individual arrives at this hurdle jumping exercise, they are often too exhausted in spirit and sometimes too broke and broken to continue fighting every step of an uphill war—having to watch their back against those left behind and having to be ever watchful for ambushes set by those that really want nothing to do with their ascent to the land of their forefathers. “But why?” they ask, simply because they are different by the decisions their fleeing ancestors had to make in order to endure and survive impending annihilations strewn all across their histories.
This book is not a manual for those desiring to endure this long and treacherous journey. It is intended to provide them, as well as to educate those with an open mind, to the evidences that prove the existence of Sephardic Anusim among a people with Hispanic/Latinos in America. This book intends to shut the mouths of cynics or at least to quiet them down long enough to prove our existence.
I am fully aware that despite all the evidences which this book provides, some Christians as well as Jews will continue to reject these descendants of the very survivors who overcame Inquisitions, pogroms and holocausts which took place many centuries ago but feel as if it happened during the holocaust of the 1940’s but on one seems to really care.
I would be remiss if I did not state that there are a few wonderful Jews who have taken a few of us under their wing to help us along our long journey. I shall not neglect the fact that some of these Jews are rabbis and leaders both in America as well as in Israel. Even though some of them have put their reputation on the line, we have discovered that there continues to be what I call “hard nosed” Israelis in positions of power that do not bend for anyone when it comes to helping Sephardic Anusim get back home.
Meantime, as an old Spanish saying goes: A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando. In other words, at the same time we continue to pray with fervor we also persist in pounding away until we get a breakthrough!
Shalom, hasta luego,
Dell
The awakening of Sephardic Anusim has been a glorious one. It has opened up new pathways of improvement and expression for them. However, they are soon discovering that these pathways are a very long and sometimes treacherous journey back home—to the original families they were severed from over five hundred years ago.
Most of them begin this long journey excited and intrigued with the prospects of their new discoveries and being reconnected with their true family. But they soon find out that the journey is fraught with unexpected challenges and oppositions which make it seem even longer. They find out that not only do they experience rejection by those being left behind but also by those they are moving toward.
In the middle of their life changing journey, they discover that there is much more than history, genealogy, DNA and a host of secret stories to their new found life. They experience the rude awakening of something way deeper. They find out that there is a distinct philosophy of life that is quite different to the one they and their forefathers were raised in. This philosophy of life translates itself into radically different expressions of their personal faith and beliefs. Unprepared for it, they discover the inevitable reality that this journey is highly impacted an array of religious beliefs which they will need to carefully manage depending on how they wish to proceed.
What makes things even harder are when they begin to see the duplicity in this new journey which very few are able to endure. On the one hand they begin to taste the bitterness of being criticized and at times ostracized from old Christian circles, including what appears to be ‘true Zionists.’ Later they discover certain pockets of pseudo Christians and pseudo Jews that get very upset if they don’t join their circles. Finally, they discover a major schism between where they are coming from and where they think they are going. They are confronted with the reality of ‘how Jewish they intend to be.’ So now they find that they must make a decision that will make some people happy and others very upset because of their new persuasion, even if they themselves are thrilled about the new direction in their life.
On top of all of this they become aware that reconnecting with the very land of their forefathers (Israel) isn’t quite as easy as they thought it would be. For those that visit Israel more than as a tourist, they quickly find out that the Israeli family is quite a major enigma because some are very religious and the majority is not. As they tread the narrow pathway known as Aliyah in their longing to become one with the land and the people of their ancestry, they soon discover the politics of becoming an Israeli citizen. They are faced with the harshest reality in this quest when they realize they must jump over many hurdles in order to simply reconnect with the family of their true ancestry. In the interim, they quickly discover that the hurdles keep getting higher and closer with very little definition on how to successfully achieve one’s connection with the life they long to belong to.
By the time a Sephardic Anusim family or individual arrives at this hurdle jumping exercise, they are often too exhausted in spirit and sometimes too broke and broken to continue fighting every step of an uphill war—having to watch their back against those left behind and having to be ever watchful for ambushes set by those that really want nothing to do with their ascent to the land of their forefathers. “But why?” they ask, simply because they are different by the decisions their fleeing ancestors had to make in order to endure and survive impending annihilations strewn all across their histories.
This book is not a manual for those desiring to endure this long and treacherous journey. It is intended to provide them, as well as to educate those with an open mind, to the evidences that prove the existence of Sephardic Anusim among a people with Hispanic/Latinos in America. This book intends to shut the mouths of cynics or at least to quiet them down long enough to prove our existence.
I am fully aware that despite all the evidences which this book provides, some Christians as well as Jews will continue to reject these descendants of the very survivors who overcame Inquisitions, pogroms and holocausts which took place many centuries ago but feel as if it happened during the holocaust of the 1940’s but on one seems to really care.
I would be remiss if I did not state that there are a few wonderful Jews who have taken a few of us under their wing to help us along our long journey. I shall not neglect the fact that some of these Jews are rabbis and leaders both in America as well as in Israel. Even though some of them have put their reputation on the line, we have discovered that there continues to be what I call “hard nosed” Israelis in positions of power that do not bend for anyone when it comes to helping Sephardic Anusim get back home.
Meantime, as an old Spanish saying goes: A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando. In other words, at the same time we continue to pray with fervor we also persist in pounding away until we get a breakthrough!
Shalom, hasta luego,
Dell
Friday, February 5, 2010
Educating not Liquidating!
--Let me first alert you to the fact that this is a once in a while type of message.
We’ve all heard of companies using gimmicks to attract buyers to their stores. We have seen promotions that read: “Great Liquidation Sale,” “Everything Must Go,” “Over stocked!” and a host of other eye catchers.
Well, the actual fact is that we’ve overstocked on at least two titles of the books I’ve published. We are therefore putting them on a 50% discount through the remainder of February while they last. (I’m being sincere about the phrase, “while they last.”)
The first book is what I consider a sort of minor classic titled, The Last Exodus. The second one is, Sephardic Destiny. The reason I call the first one a minor classic is because of the comprehensiveness of the historical overview of my people, the Sephardic Anusim of the Americas. The second one is excellent for people that like to pray to specific targets by understanding the particulars involved in any given issue.
By the way, although these two books are also in Spanish – as are all my other books – this 50% discount is only for the English versions not the Spanish ones. Sorry.
The only way to purchase these books on the 50% discount is by placing your order through my website: www.4sephardim.com. You’ll find these books by clicking on the PUBLICATIONS button on the left hand side of your screen.
So, what’s so great or even “prophetic” about these books on discount? I’m not sure. Maybe it’s just time to get the correct perspective on the Sephardic Anusim and to stop looking at them as old stereotypes, myths and labels have led us to see them. Maybe it’s time to begin seeing them for who they really are – part of God’s Chosen People who have felt like the scum of the earth for over 500 years when they're actually part of "the apple of God's eye."
Read these books and you’ll see why say this.
Shabbat shalom…
Happy reading,
Dell
We’ve all heard of companies using gimmicks to attract buyers to their stores. We have seen promotions that read: “Great Liquidation Sale,” “Everything Must Go,” “Over stocked!” and a host of other eye catchers.
Well, the actual fact is that we’ve overstocked on at least two titles of the books I’ve published. We are therefore putting them on a 50% discount through the remainder of February while they last. (I’m being sincere about the phrase, “while they last.”)
The first book is what I consider a sort of minor classic titled, The Last Exodus. The second one is, Sephardic Destiny. The reason I call the first one a minor classic is because of the comprehensiveness of the historical overview of my people, the Sephardic Anusim of the Americas. The second one is excellent for people that like to pray to specific targets by understanding the particulars involved in any given issue.
By the way, although these two books are also in Spanish – as are all my other books – this 50% discount is only for the English versions not the Spanish ones. Sorry.
The only way to purchase these books on the 50% discount is by placing your order through my website: www.4sephardim.com. You’ll find these books by clicking on the PUBLICATIONS button on the left hand side of your screen.
So, what’s so great or even “prophetic” about these books on discount? I’m not sure. Maybe it’s just time to get the correct perspective on the Sephardic Anusim and to stop looking at them as old stereotypes, myths and labels have led us to see them. Maybe it’s time to begin seeing them for who they really are – part of God’s Chosen People who have felt like the scum of the earth for over 500 years when they're actually part of "the apple of God's eye."
Read these books and you’ll see why say this.
Shabbat shalom…
Happy reading,
Dell
Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Great Hispanic Anusim Awakening!
I just got the news of new breakthroughs in the DNA testing of Hispanic/Latinos and how many of them happen to have Sephardic Jewish roots tracing back hundreds of years. (By the way, you can visit our website and find a way in which you, too, can join a viable DNA test to discover your own ancestry – www.4sephardim.com.)
Who would’ve thought just 20 years ago that this forgotten group of Jews would find their way back to their roots after 500 years? Since the expulsion of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition in 1492, there are now well over 500 million Hispanic-Latinos in the Americas today. (By this I mean in the USA, Mexico and all of Latin America and certain islands of the Caribbean.)
Experts say at least 10% of them have Sephardic Jewish roots.
Imagine what this means in terms of numbers. For example, let’s take a quick peek at today’s population of Hispanic/Latinos in a few countries:
…USA - 45 million
…Mexico – 106 million
…Puerto Rico – 4 million
…Cuba – 11 million
…Chile – 20 million
…Argentina – 40 million
…Brazil – 192 million
Many of those with Jewish roots are professionals, business owners and business people. Many are highly skilled in masonry, electrical, plumbing and mechanical areas. Others are skilled in high-tech, media and communications; and hosts of them are skilled in service delivery of every conceivable kind.
Thousands of them yearn to get reconnected to the land of their forefathers –Israel.
Two dozen are presently waiting for a final word from the Jewish Agency regarding their Israeli citizenship.
Another 30 or more will be on track to apply for citizenship within the next few months.
Approximately 1000 others are preparing to get on track to make aliyah within the next year or two.
A common denominator they all have is to see the Negev Desert blossom as Ancient Prophets have foretold. (An example of this is found in the Prophet Isaiah’s book, chapter 35 and Obadiah 1:20-21.)
We have personally witnessed extraordinary things already taking place in the Negev in the last few years! A few of these amazing developments include:
-- construction of a huge military base in the heart of the Negev…
-- relocating of all bases from the north to the Negev…
-- building a light railway from northern Israel through the Negev…
-- extension of a major highway from the north through the Negev…
-- construction of a major airport in the Negev…
-- building new kibbutzim, villages and suburbs in Beer Sheba…
-- expansion in Sde Boker in the fields of desert research, solar energy, military
training, Ben Gurion Heritage Institute…
-- new and expanded archaeological excavations in the land of patriarchs, the Negev.
I’m often asked, "Are there others doing what you and Helen do? My reluctant response is, Well, yes and no, but mostly no. We’re the only ones that are engaged in a most comprehensive way which focuses on Hispanic/Latinos with Jewish roots, their Aliyah and their participation in making the Negev Desert to blossom."
I’m also asked, "Do you have special funding for what you do?"
My answer is instantly, "No – we do not have any funding. We do not have any congregation, foundation or institution underwriting what we do. We depend on God to awaken those who are directed to help us with donation and offerings of good faith and love."
We need your support. Please make your donations payable to:
Aliyah Sephardic Center – PO Box 75 – Helotes, Texas 78023.
Or go to www.4sephardim.com and send your donation via Paypal.
While there, be sure to check out our books and DVDs on the subject.
Shalom, shalom,
Dell
PS, Don’t forget to pass the word to your family and friends about this blog and our website.
Who would’ve thought just 20 years ago that this forgotten group of Jews would find their way back to their roots after 500 years? Since the expulsion of Jews during the Spanish Inquisition in 1492, there are now well over 500 million Hispanic-Latinos in the Americas today. (By this I mean in the USA, Mexico and all of Latin America and certain islands of the Caribbean.)
Experts say at least 10% of them have Sephardic Jewish roots.
Imagine what this means in terms of numbers. For example, let’s take a quick peek at today’s population of Hispanic/Latinos in a few countries:
…USA - 45 million
…Mexico – 106 million
…Puerto Rico – 4 million
…Cuba – 11 million
…Chile – 20 million
…Argentina – 40 million
…Brazil – 192 million
Many of those with Jewish roots are professionals, business owners and business people. Many are highly skilled in masonry, electrical, plumbing and mechanical areas. Others are skilled in high-tech, media and communications; and hosts of them are skilled in service delivery of every conceivable kind.
Thousands of them yearn to get reconnected to the land of their forefathers –Israel.
Two dozen are presently waiting for a final word from the Jewish Agency regarding their Israeli citizenship.
Another 30 or more will be on track to apply for citizenship within the next few months.
Approximately 1000 others are preparing to get on track to make aliyah within the next year or two.
A common denominator they all have is to see the Negev Desert blossom as Ancient Prophets have foretold. (An example of this is found in the Prophet Isaiah’s book, chapter 35 and Obadiah 1:20-21.)
We have personally witnessed extraordinary things already taking place in the Negev in the last few years! A few of these amazing developments include:
-- construction of a huge military base in the heart of the Negev…
-- relocating of all bases from the north to the Negev…
-- building a light railway from northern Israel through the Negev…
-- extension of a major highway from the north through the Negev…
-- construction of a major airport in the Negev…
-- building new kibbutzim, villages and suburbs in Beer Sheba…
-- expansion in Sde Boker in the fields of desert research, solar energy, military
training, Ben Gurion Heritage Institute…
-- new and expanded archaeological excavations in the land of patriarchs, the Negev.
I’m often asked, "Are there others doing what you and Helen do? My reluctant response is, Well, yes and no, but mostly no. We’re the only ones that are engaged in a most comprehensive way which focuses on Hispanic/Latinos with Jewish roots, their Aliyah and their participation in making the Negev Desert to blossom."
I’m also asked, "Do you have special funding for what you do?"
My answer is instantly, "No – we do not have any funding. We do not have any congregation, foundation or institution underwriting what we do. We depend on God to awaken those who are directed to help us with donation and offerings of good faith and love."
We need your support. Please make your donations payable to:
Aliyah Sephardic Center – PO Box 75 – Helotes, Texas 78023.
Or go to www.4sephardim.com and send your donation via Paypal.
While there, be sure to check out our books and DVDs on the subject.
Shalom, shalom,
Dell
PS, Don’t forget to pass the word to your family and friends about this blog and our website.
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