4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

There definitely ARE Synagogues in China.

Why do you ask?

Did you imagine that we, in China, are barbarians?

China welcomes Jews, for sure.

Come and see for yourself, why don't you?

No bombs dropping from the sky, either.

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

There definitely ARE Synagogues in China.

Why do you ask?

Did you imagine that we, in China, are barbarians?

China welcomes Jews, for sure.

Come and see for yourself, why don't you?

No bombs dropping from the sky, either.

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

There definitely ARE Synagogues in China.

Why do you ask?

Did you imagine that we, in China, are barbarians?

China welcomes Jews, for sure.

Come and see for yourself, why don't you?

No bombs dropping from the sky, either.

I wouldn't say that China welcomes OR doesn't welcome Jews.

If you're a Jew and you're interested in China, look into it. Being a Jew wouldn't be a relevant factor.

4 hours ago, trucking said:

Right now , thanks to Netanyahu and Israel , jews probably wont feel safe anywhere , especially in Israel.

I have non practicing jewish friends in the UK and they feel entirely safe. Only the ones wearing fancy dress seem to attract negative attention.

I know what you're saying as they're not visible Jews but I'm sure they know that if they enter Jewish spaces, like a Jewish film festival, an Israeli restaurant, perhaps an event at a temple for a friend, then they're not so safe.

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Yes.

There definitely ARE Synagogues in China.

Why do you ask?

Did you imagine that we, in China, are barbarians?

China welcomes Jews, for sure.

Come and see for yourself, why don't you?

No bombs dropping from the sky, either.

Very cool, Gam! I'm really, really glad to hear that Jews are permitted to worship freely in China. TBH, I didn't even know there were any Jews in China.

I've only researched & documented Falun Dafa.

22 minutes ago, Evil Penevil said:

Jews did in fact fight back against Nazi Germany through armed and passive resistance. Several books have been written on this topic.

The introduction to this book reads:

Although the myth of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust has been thoroughly discredited in the scholarly world, it lives on in the popular mentality and is often expressed in such phrases as “the Jews were led to the slaughter like sheep.” The myth still finds its way into the media and often goes unchallenged.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt7zswcf

You can read an overview of Jewish resistance here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_resistance_in_German-occupied_Europe

There was resistance to the Nazis both before and after the Warsaw Ghetto.

• Between 400,000 and 500,000 Jews fought in the Soviet Army, with deaths in action estimated at a whopping 140,00 to 160,000.

• A number of partisan groups operated behind German lines. The most famous was the Bielski group.

  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-bielski-partisans

• Jews were active members of resistance groups all over Europe, particularly in France and Yugoslavia.

• Uprisings occurred at three extermination camps: Sobibor, Treblinka and Auschwitz. Three hundred of the 600 prisoners at Sobibor escaped during the uprising, but only 60 survived until the end of WWII.

• About 30,000 Palestinian Jews joined the British Army during WWII, with 5,000 serving in the Jewish Brigade that fought in Italy under the Zionist unit flag.

  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/jewish-brigade-group

The first pic shows the 1st battalion of the Jewish Brigade; the second is a Jewish Brigade artilleryman who has written "A gift for Hitler" in Hebrew on the shell; and the third is the unit's insignia and flag

• Thousands of Jews from various European countries joined the armed forces of the Allied nations.

• Jews who had fled Germany and other countries often provided the Allied armed forces with valuable intelligence information about their homelands.

European Jews weren't afraid to fight, but they mostly lacked the skills and weapons to do so.

Thanks for setting me straight, Nick That's what this forum should do.

You don't need "skills" to resist, you just need the will. I believe nonviolence achieves a long-lasting result & violence only a temporary reprieve before everybody gets worked up again.

I have now downloaded the book. Catholic University of America was one of my publishers.

The headline gets one thing right: the US really is an asylum!

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Very cool, Gam! I'm really, really glad to hear that Jews are permitted to worship freely in China. TBH, I didn't even know there were any Jews in China.

I've only researched & documented Falun Dafa.

A bit disengenous. There are less than 1000 descendants of Kaifeng Jews in China, and the vast majority had converted to Islam a long time ago, as apparently these Jews were viewed as practicing "ancient Islam", and it was preferable to absorb these populations rather than godless Confucian Chinese. What synagogues there are were built largely by foreign Jews, such as Russian Jews. Most Orthodox rabbis won't recognise Kaifeng Jews as Jewish, hence there are only 19 in Israel.

The vast majority of Jews in China live in Hong Kong, which is a bit of a melting pot.

3 hours ago, Jingthing said:

If you're a Jew and you're interested in China, look into it. Being a Jew wouldn't be a relevant factor.

I can attest to the fact that being a Jew in China might be a lot easier than being a Jew in Israel.

(Actually, this is not a joke. Because, most Chinese have never been exposed to bias, concerning Jews. The only thing that Chinese find funny is big noses, if you really want to know.)

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I've only researched & documented Falun Dafa.

Please never again talk to me about the Falun Gong.

I am old enough to recall when this group began.

But, if you want to talk to me about Reverend Moon,

then...

OK.

4 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Thanks for setting me straight, Nick That's what this forum should do.

You don't need "skills" to resist, you just need the will. I believe nonviolence achieves a long-lasting result & violence only a temporary reprieve before everybody gets worked up again.

I have now downloaded the book. Catholic University of America was one of my publishers.

There was also GREAT ACTS OF RESISTANCE and Heroism and Sacrifice in the Warsaw Ghetto.

I really cannot believe that there are those living today who are unaware of such things.

Don't watch any two-bit video.

Instead, you should actually READ the accounts.

But, do people even READ....these days???

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Being a Jew wouldn't be a relevant factor.

So then, by this statement of yours....you....

Actually DO agree with me, I see, Sir.

9 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I, for one, don't doubt the truth of this, Ev. Has it been examined whether this student antisemitism was occurring before Israel's war on Gaza?

Yes, there was plenty of antisemitism on U.K. university campuses before the Oct. 7 attack. Lord John Mann, the U.K. Government's Independent Adviser on Antisemitism, indicated in a written report that antisemitic incidents on campus had increased significantly in the period 2020-22 from previous years.

See Understanding Jewish Experience in Higher Education, (May 2023)

https://antisemitism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Understanding-Jewish-Experience-in-Higher-Education.pdf

6 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

The question is, have you, Ev? I found it most disturbing that the Chabad House synagogue on Soi 22 had guards in fatigues with automatic weapons. What is the purpose? To make the congregants feel safer?

Imagine if one of those guards got jumpy when the 7-11 rider reached inside his jacket?

Do Jews here in Thailand really expect anybody to come storming the gates and killing attenders? Highly unlikely.

The Bangkok Chabad House increased security after the 2008 Mumbai attack. The Chabad House in Mumbai, India, had been one of the targets and six Jews were murdered, including two rabbis. The overall attack hit multiple sites in Mumbai and killed 164 people.

In 2012, Thai police arrested a Hezbollah operative suspected of planning an attack on the Bangkok Chabad House. The operative had acquired chemicals that could be used in making bombs. He was tried. convicted and imprisoned in Thailand, but released after 2 and a half years.

Hezbollah Operative Convicted In Thailand

An alleged Hezbollah operative has been convicted in Thailand of illegal possession of a large amount of bomb-making materials.

During the investigation, Thai police uncovered a warehouse where nearly three tons of explosive material were being stored – enough for multiple attacks.

https://editorials.voa.gov/a/hezbollah-operative-convicted-in-thailand/1755720.html

A few weeks earlier, a Thai court had given two Iranians lengthy sentences for a bungled bomb plot. Instant Karma for one of the terrorists.

Iranians convicted over Bangkok bomb plot

Saeid Moradi, 29, whose legs were blown off when a bomb he attempted to throw at police detonated at his feet, was sentenced to life in prison for carrying explosives as well as for attempted murder. Mohammad Kharzei, 43, was jailed for 15 years for possessing explosives.

The men were detained after a cache of homemade explosives destroyed the roof of their house in an upscale neighbourhood in of the Thai capital on 14 February last year.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/22/thai-court-convicts-iranians-bomb-plot

There was certainly reason for the Chabad House to increase security. Even without a full-out terror attack, there was always a risk a disgruntled individual or small group could attempt to disrupt activities, especially after Oct. 7.

The Jews responsible for the Bangkok Chabad House aren't paranoid. They have real enemies who want to kill them.

6 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Thanks for setting me straight, Nick That's what this forum should do.

You don't need "skills" to resist, you just need the will. I believe nonviolence achieves a long-lasting result & violence only a temporary reprieve before everybody gets worked up again.

I have now downloaded the book. Catholic University of America was one of my publishers.

I'm afraid you got your Israel supporters mixed. I made the post about Jewish resistance. But no problem, I've been called far worse things than Nick. 😀

When I wrote skills, I meant military skills needed for armed resistance. Examples exist of Jews who did indeed resist the Nazis passively or non-violently, but that often didn't work because the Nazis were determined to kill Jews, wipe them out in fact.

And even with the many acts of resistance, too many Jews did indeed line up and walk to their deaths at the extermination camps. That's why Never Again is Today.

7 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

I can attest to the fact that being a Jew in China might be a lot easier than being a Jew in Israel.

(Actually, this is not a joke. Because, most Chinese have never been exposed to bias, concerning Jews. The only thing that Chinese find funny is big noses, if you really want to know.)

Strange I watched a Chinese drama last night with a handsome lead actor who I thought had a very big nose.

4 hours ago, JimCM said:

Strange I watched a Chinese drama last night with a handsome lead actor who I thought had a very big nose.

Cosmetic surgery.

It happens all the time in Asia.

With all the trouble going on, I may say that the jews are not safe in any european city or Asian city anymore.

8 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

With all the trouble going on, I may say that the jews are not safe in any european city or Asian city anymore.

Now, you are talkinig SEIGE MENTALITY.

This is due to having attacked one's neighbors far too many times.

Naturally, after attacking one's neighbors, one begins to believe that "people are after" one.

Of course, I am ONLY referring to Israel in the context of my reply.

19 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

With all the trouble going on, I may say that the jews are not safe in any european city or Asian city anymore.

Religious tolerance had been one of the great accomplishments of Western democracies. People could finally worship as they chose, with religion a matter of individual conscience. They didn't have to hide their beliefs.

It's many steps backward that in 2026, Jews are harassed or attacked solely on the basis of their religion. Tolerance of antisemitism doesn't bode well for democracy.

47 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

With all the trouble going on, I may say that the jews are not safe in any european city or Asian city anymore.

With all the trouble Jews are causing, and have caused in the last few years, the Jewry is not safe in those places due to the behavior of Jews?

7 minutes ago, Packer said:

With all the trouble Jews are causing, and have caused in the last few years, the Jewry is not safe in those places due to the behavior of Jews?

No, it's the Jew haters.

Always have been with us.

Right now they think they have a good excuse.

7 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

There you go again!

The Israeli government and all Jews in the world aren't remotely the same thing.

What you've been doing consistently on this forum is to active promote hatred of all Jews, which of course in many cases, leads to violence and murder of Jews all over the world. I would say shame on you but you obviously have no shame.

It's not that clear cut, as you well know most of the diaspora have a strong bond with Israel and support them financially or otherwise. 

$1.4 billion in 2.5 years is quite substantial support, with a large sum going to equipment for the IDF, which one could say is possible complicity to Genocide.

Organizations and individuals around the world have donated at least $1.4 billion toward Israel’s recovery from the attack of October 7, according to a new report published by the Diaspora Affairs Ministry.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/donations-to-israel-since-october-7-topped-1-4-billion-government-reports/#:~:text=According%20to%20a%20report%20by%20the%20Diaspora,for%20victims%20of%20terrorism%20*%20Economic%20needs

21 hours ago, JimCM said:

I agree with your post.

Interesting, when the USA and Israel bomb a county for no valid reason(under false pretence s), killing its leader and top officials, who or what are legitimate targets?

Obviously Trump and everyone in the US government, Netanyahu and the Knesset.

All US and Israeli military personnel and their bases in other countries.

Obviously not civilians of both countries or anyone based on their ethnicity.

What about soldiers on R&R in Thailand?

What about Miriam Adelson, who told Trump what to do, after giving his campaign $250 million this last time, and more in his previous campaign and presidency?

We all know what and who Israel targetted when there was a prison breakout on Oct 7, killing 800 or so innocent people - carpet bombing Gaza and killing 50,000 woman and children. Of course, Israel, for a bizzare reason, are outwith international law. If Iran killed 50,000 Israeli woman and children, and 50,000 IDF terrorists, is that proportional?

Sadly, many Westerners will be targetted as well as Americans and Israelis. Sadly, there will be collateral damage....

Did you forget to mention that the King David Hotel got bombed in Jerusalem in 1948 ?

If you are against what Israel and the IDF are doing in Gaza (Iran or Lebanon,or, or) it's important you build a wall between that and how you view Jews. It's for the very same reason all governments should be secular.

You cannot hold Jews responsible for what Israel is doing (It's clear @JimCM @Jeff the Chef don't do that) and you cannot call everyone who despises Israel & the IDF an antisemite, and some of you do that.

Be careful who you call an antisemite....

I was contacted this morning by an old Israeli friend I worked with over the course of 2 decades in the security sector. He is in Laos with his wife, he has left Israel because it's not safe and flies into Chiang Mai tomorrow. I offered him our empty second home in Chiang Mai for as long as he wanted it, just pay the electric and water bills.

He asked me what there is to do in Chiang Rai and after giving him a long list, he has decided to come to Chiang Rai. I have a car collecting him from CM airport tomorrow and bringing him here. I offered him our home in Chiang Rai for a month as we leave for Vietnam on Friday and our live-in housekeeper would look after him. He wants to stay in a resort and a (Jewish) friend of mine is the GM of one of the best hotels here and he prefers to stay there. The GM gave him a fantastic discount.

I offered to lend him my S-Class Mercedes for a month, but he doesn't want to drive here (this is another problem, I can't lend him a cheaper electric car because now they can only be insured for up to 5 named drivers).

We will join him for dinner & drinks tomorrow night.

I know his view on Israel and my own are diametrically opposed, but it's best we don't discuss any of that.

Am I still antisemitic? @Nick Carter icp @Patong2021 @Evil Penevil ?

3 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

If you are against what Israel and the IDF are doing in Gaza (Iran or Lebanon,or, or) it's important you build a wall between that and how you view Jews. It's for the very same reason all governments should be secular.

You cannot hold Jews responsible for what Israel is doing (It's clear @JimCM @Jeff the Chef don't do that) and you cannot call everyone who despises Israel & the IDF an antisemite, and some of you do that.

Be careful who you call an antisemite....

I was contacted this morning by an old Israeli friend I worked with over the course of 2 decades in the security sector. He is in Laos with his wife, he has left Israel because it's not safe and flies into Chiang Mai tomorrow. I offered him our empty second home in Chiang Mai for as long as he wanted it, just pay the electric and water bills.

He asked me what there is to do in Chiang Rai and after giving him a long list, he has decided to come to Chiang Rai. I have a car collecting him from CM airport tomorrow and bringing him here. I offered him our home in Chiang Rai for a month as we leave for Vietnam on Friday and our live-in housekeeper would look after him. He wants to stay in a resort and a (Jewish) friend of mine is the GM of one of the best hotels here and he prefers to stay there. The GM gave him a fantastic discount.

I offered to lend him my S-Class Mercedes for a month, but he doesn't want to drive here (this is another problem, I can't lend him a cheaper electric car because now they can only be insured for up to 5 named drivers).

We will join him for dinner & drinks tomorrow night.

I know his view on Israel and my own are diametrically opposed, but it's best we don't discuss any of that.

Am I still antisemitic? @Nick Carter icp @Patong2021 @Evil Penevil ?

You just tagged people so that you can show off and boast .

Tell everyone about what you own .

So, JCB has got an Israeli friend, hes got a second home and hes got S-Class Mercedes and hes got a friend goining to visit him tommorow .

Why not start a thread posting photos of your friend, car and house ?

(And he suggested that I was insecure!!!!!!)

14 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

You just tagged people so that you can show off and boast .

Tell everyone about what you own .

So, JCB has got an Israeli friend, hes got a second home and hes got S-Class Mercedes and hes got a friend goining to visit him tommorow .

Why not start a thread posting photos of your friend, car and house ?

(And he suggested that I was insecure!!!!!!)

I'm sorry I can't help you with your low self esteem.

38 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I'm sorry I can't help you with your low self esteem.

Do you own property abroad ?

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

No, it's the Jew haters.

Always have been with us.

Right now they think they have a good excuse.

Surely you can correlate the Jew PM of the Jewish state having international warrants out for his arrest on charges crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Jewish state's army killing around 80,000 or so civilians, around 50,000 of which were women and children , and the reason why many Jews are feeling less secure and safe?

9 minutes ago, Packer said:

Surely you can correlate the Jew PM of the Jewish state having international warrants out for his arrest on charges crimes against humanity and war crimes, the Jewish state's army killing around 80,000 or so civilians, around 50,000 of which were women and children , and the reason why many Jews are feeling less secure and safe?

It would be considered to be racist if Muslims were targetted around the World for the reason that a Muslim country is at war

3 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

that a Muslim country is at war

Which Muslim leader of a Muslim country has international warrants out for their arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and whose Muslim army has killed around 50,000 non-Muslim women and children in the last 2.5 or so years? 🙂

1 minute ago, Packer said:

Which Muslim leader of a Muslim country has international warrants out for their arrest on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, and whose Muslim army has killed around 50,000 non-Muslim women and children in the last 2.5 or so years? 🙂

You missed the point .

Blaming a whole group of people based on the behavour of some other people of the same group is considered to be racism .

Like, attacking Buddhists around the World becuse you disagree with the actions of the Burmese Government

1 hour ago, JBChiangRai said:

If you are against what Israel and the IDF are doing in Gaza (Iran or Lebanon,or, or) it's important you build a wall between that and how you view Jews. It's for the very same reason all governments should be secular.

You cannot hold Jews responsible for what Israel is doing (It's clear @JimCM @Jeff the Chef don't do that) and you cannot call everyone who despises Israel & the IDF an antisemite, and some of you do that.

Be careful who you call an antisemite....

I was contacted this morning by an old Israeli friend I worked with over the course of 2 decades in the security sector. He is in Laos with his wife, he has left Israel because it's not safe and flies into Chiang Mai tomorrow. I offered him our empty second home in Chiang Mai for as long as he wanted it, just pay the electric and water bills.

He asked me what there is to do in Chiang Rai and after giving him a long list, he has decided to come to Chiang Rai. I have a car collecting him from CM airport tomorrow and bringing him here. I offered him our home in Chiang Rai for a month as we leave for Vietnam on Friday and our live-in housekeeper would look after him. He wants to stay in a resort and a (Jewish) friend of mine is the GM of one of the best hotels here and he prefers to stay there. The GM gave him a fantastic discount.

I offered to lend him my S-Class Mercedes for a month, but he doesn't want to drive here (this is another problem, I can't lend him a cheaper electric car because now they can only be insured for up to 5 named drivers).

We will join him for dinner & drinks tomorrow night.

I know his view on Israel and my own are diametrically opposed, but it's best we don't discuss any of that.

Am I still antisemitic? @Nick Carter icp @Patong2021 @Evil Penevil ?

You come across as a thoughtful, fair, and generous person and no, you aren't being antisemitic. Those who would smear you often have their own motives, using the easiest labels at hand to defend state actions or policies that deserve scrutiny. It's much simpler to attack someone's character than it is to address the uncomfortable reality of what's happening on the ground