21 May SPEAK YOUR VUES WITH THE VUES MASTER

HATZALTHON
Dear Vues Master:
Dear Friend,
We are a group most comfortable operating behind the
scenes, doing what we do, not stepping out into the
limelight or writing letters. But we are reaching out to
you, our dear brothers and sisters, because we need you.
But who are we? Some people call us heroes. Some
say we’re courageous. Some might call us “Supermen.
“ We feel uncomfortable with these titles. So who are
we? Simply put, we’re family. We’re a band of brothers
– your brothers. We’re people who undertook to be
part of a group that is devoted 24/7 to all of you. We
are Hatzolah. As members of Hatzolah, we often have
to make certain decisions, putting other people’s lives
before the time we get to spend with our family, but,
of course, we know that there is no greater honor, no
greater deed, no greater zechus that stopping whatever
we are doing and going to help someone in a medical
crisis. Our families feel the same way, too. They know
how important and necessary our work is, and they
encourage us, with amazing selflessness and altruism, to
keep stepping out there, day after day and night after
night, to help others they don’t even know. Because
that’s what Hatzolah does. You are fortunate when you
don’t need our services, but when you do, you should
be comforted by the knowledge that we are always just
a phone call away, ready and eager to drop everything,
putting our lives on hold, for you. For every single one
of you. All year, when people are in need, they turn to
Hatzolah. At this time, Hatzolah is turning to you. On
May 25th & 26th, the eve of Lag Ba’omer, Hatzolah
of Flatbush will be holding a vital fundraiser, whose
success will be dependent on your involvement. We at
Hatzolah are counting on you. By supporting us, your
Hatzolah members, you will be showing just how much
we mean to you. Hatzolah of Flatbush’s budget is $2
million annually. We desperately need your help in this
campaign. This is the only Hatzolah fundraiser of the
year. We at Hatzolah will always be there for you. That’s
our mantra. But please, at this time, be there for us. On
May 25th & 26th, please respond generously, helping
Hatzolah help you.
JM
Vues Master’s Note: Everyone should donate to
Hatzolah. You should look at it as an insurance policy.

COVER
Dear Vues Master:
I take exception to the cover of your 5/15–5/21/2024
issue with the headline “They betrayed us!!“ The reason
for my disagreement with this headline is that it implies
some level of confidence in Biden and Schumer vis-a-vis
Israel, as well as vis-a-vis their world outlook in general.
I have never been under any such illusion. Let’s start
with “Jihad Joe“ Biden. This is the same Joe Biden who,
when Senator, threatened Menachem Begin with cutting
off of arms supplies to Israel. This is the same Joe Biden
who was opposed to the elimination of Osama bin Laden
and was the only Cabinet member so inclined. This is
the same Joe Biden who pulled out of Afghanistan at the
cost of lives of United States Armed Service members
and billions of dollars of military equipment left behind.
This is the same Joe Biden who provided (and continues
to provide) sanctions relief for Iran, as well as billions
of dollars in ransom payments. This is the same Joe
Biden who has woefully inadequately responded to
attacks on vessels in the Red Sea by Houthi Yemenite
rebels, funded and supplied by Iran. This is the same Joe
Biden who was silent in the face of chants of “Death
to America“ by Islamist radicals in Michigan. Biden
has always been “Jihad Joe“ Biden and will continue to
be “Jihad Joe“ Biden. Let’s now turn our attention to
Charles Schumer – Schumer the Schemer/Scammer, who
never met a camera that he didn’t like. The compendium
of Oral Law, the Talmud, relates how the pig holds
its split hooves aloft, proclaiming loudly, “Look! I’m
kosher! I’m KOSHER!!“ Schumer, in a similar fashion,
loudly proclaims “I am the shomer (guardian) of Israel,”
but lacks the required characteristics for that title.
Schumer the Schemer/Scammer, at the time that Obama
was ramming the JCPOA with Iran down the throat of
America, was against that agreement at first, then for
it, then finally against it – but not on the grounds that
it would do incalculable damage not only to American
and Israel, but to the world in general. Rather, he was
permitted by Obama to publicly oppose it since his
opposition would not affect the adoption of the agreement
and so that Schumer would be able to speciously claim
to have “stood up for Israel,” even though his “stance”
had no material effect on the outcome, since he did
nothing to try to influence enough other Senators to
prevent the agreement. This is the same Schumer the
Schemer/Scammer who threatened violence against

two Supreme Court justices because of
opposition to their positions on abortion.
This is the same Schumer the Schemer/
Scammer who attempted to interfere in the
internal affairs of not only an independent
sovereign nation, but an ally of the United
States, by calling for the resignation of its
Prime Minister at the time that nation is in
the midst of a struggle for its very existence.
Schumer the Schemer/Scammer does not
raise a peep against the Communist (Bernie
Sanders)/Islamist coterie that has hijacked
the Democratic Party and the legislative
and executive branches of the American
government. This is the same Schumer the
Schemer/Scammer who expressed support
for withholding arms supplies to Israel while
it is involved in a struggle for its existence,
rather than demanding that actions be
taken against Iran if it continues to arm its
proxies. Schumer is not only no “guardian“
of Israel, but his name can be thought as
being an acronym for “SCHakran U Motsi
shEm Ra” (liar and defamer, besmirching
Israel for fighting a war that was forced
upon it). Schumer is indeed “the pig who
would be kosher.“ Your article omits
mention of Biden and Schumer’s crony
Nattering Jerry Nadler. This is perhaps
not an oversight of significance, although
he is as contemptible as “Jihad Joe“ and
Schumer the Schemer/Scammer. One who
is reading this letter might feel that it is full
of vitriol, to which I would respond that it
perhaps lacks sufficient vitriol. Truly the
most consequential election in our lifetime
is now less than six months away. The
choice is simple and stark. We are given to
choose between “death to America”(“the
Great Satan“) and “death to Israel“ (“the
Little Satan”) versus “make America great
again” and make Israel safe again. I choose
to “make America great again” and to make
Israel safe again.
One Who Learns from History
***Subsequent to the above letter having
been written, there has been the travesty of
the International Criminal Court equating
Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant with
the terrorist leaders of Hamas. It remains to
be seen if Biden, Schumer et al will restore
some measure of sanity by working to
have criminal arrest warrants, as well as
sanctions, issued by the U.S. government
against any and all individuals affiliated
with the I.C.C.
Vues Master’s Note: Remember, there is one
thing we learn from history is “that we don’
learn from history!”

AN OPEN LETTER FROM A
FRUSTRATED SHADCHAN:
It’s so hard to please anyone these days!!!
Here is a partial list of my clients …. I
couldn’t even get them one date, and that

is why I am finally quitting and going into
the pickle business. Avraham Avinu: How
can you recommend him to my daughter?
Wasn’t he involved in a family feud with
his father over some idols? Then he left
home without a GPS or a viable business
plan! Yitzchak Avinu: His brother is an
Arab terrorist!!! Rivka Imeinu: Sorry, she
seems nice but did you hear about her
mishpucha??? Her father’s a murderer
and her brother’s a ponzi scam artist… .
Yaakov Avinu: Okay, he sits and learns all
day… but his brother is a no-goodnik. And
anyway, we heard he has a limp….. . Leah
Imeinu: Her father’s a con artist, and she
has ophthalmological problems. Maybe
it’s genetic? Moshe Rabbeinu: Are you
kidding? His parents are divorced! And
worse.. they remarried! And we hear he’s
in speech therapy…. King David: How dare
you suggest him to our yichusdike family?

Our neighbor Yenti told us that his great-
grandmother was a giyoret!!! Chava: Do

you know anything about her family? We
never heard of them. No one knows where
she came from and she can’t come up with
any referrals! (Please chevra, judge the
person for him/herself – you’re going to
marry the person, not the family as much.
You’re getting married to build your home,
not to please your neighbors. And finally,
remember that if you are in this world, you
are not perfect and neither is your spouse)
AZ
Vues Master’s Note: Ha Ha very funny, but
it’s still a very serious problem.

REB SHAYA
Dear Vues Master:
What was this week that everyone was busy
with Rav Shayeles Yahrzeit? Who was he?
What is the significance?
ML
Vues Master’s Note: Reb Shaya was a
Hungarian Rebbe that helped out the poor
and his yahrzeit is celebrated by people
giving free food to others.

LOCKS
Dear Vues Master:
A prominent and philanthropic Jew in a
community was deathly ill and the doctors
said that unfortunately there was nothing
more that they could do for him. The Rav
of the community immediately called for
the leader of the town’s ganavim (robbers).
“I’m counting on you to save this man’s
life, the Rav said. “I want you to gather
nine of your colleagues and say תהילים
for him.” The ganav agreed to do so and,
to everyone’s amazement, the choleh had
a miraculous recovery. The Rav was asked
what caused him to select these ganavim
to say tehillim for the choleh. He replied:
“Simple. I saw that the רחמים שערי were

locked and I knew that these ganavim were
בקיאים in picking locks.”
MN
Vues Master’s Note: The story sounds fishy
to me, more like Lox!

COVER
Dear Vues Master:
I loved your cover picture last week of
Biden and Schumer. How about this
week you follow up with a picture of
the Jewish Benedict Arnold–Jack Lew,
the US ambassador to Israel, Obama”s
representative in Biden government. A self
hating “orthodox jew”.
SS
Vues Master’s Note: We put news on our
cover, not old stuff!

HONEST WORKERS
Dear Vues Master:
Three boys are in the schoolyard bragging
of how great their fathers are. The first one
says: “Well, my father runs the fastest. He
can fire an arrow, and start to run, I tell you,
and he gets there before the arrow”. The
second one says: “Ha! You think that’s fast!
My father is a hunter. He can shoot his gun
and be there before the bullet”. The third
one listens to the other two and shakes his
head. He then says: “You two know nothing
about fast. My father is a civil servant. He
stops working at 4:30 and he is home by
3:45”!
PO
Vues Master’s Note: With workers like
these, you may as well get volunteers!

US IMMIGRATION LAW
Dear Vues Master:
This week marks the 100th anniversary of
the infamous U.S. immigration law that
ultimately made it extremely difficult for
Jewish refugees to find haven in America.
The way that President Franklin D.
Roosevelt’s administration implemented
that law helped ensure the abandonment of
millions of Jews seeking to flee Nazi Europe.
This troubling chapter in America’s history
began in the late 1800s, when the public
began turning sharply against immigration.
Fear of radical ideologies, concern about
competition for jobs, and a growing belief
that Anglo-Saxons were racially superior
all fueled resentment of foreigners.
Congress responded by repeatedly passing
immigration restrictions, but most of those
bills were vetoed by several presidents.
The Communist takeover of Russia in 1917
intensified anti-immigration sentiment
in the United States and spurred the
introduction in Congress of the Emergency
Quota Act. It stipulated that the annual
number of immigrants admitted from any
country could not exceed 3% of the number

of immigrants from that country who had
been living in the U.S. at the time of the 1910
national census. The bill was presented
to Congress with a report by the chief of
the U.S. Consular Service, Wilbur Carr,
characterizing would-be Jewish immigrants
from Poland as “filthy, un-American, and
often dangerous in their habits…lacking any
conception of patriotism or national spirit.”
President Warren Harding signed the bill
into law in 1921. But that law was only a
temporary measure. So in May 1924—100
years ago this week—Congress adopted,
and President Harding signed, a permanent
and more restrictive measure, known as the
Johnson-Reed Act. The specified percentage
was reduced from 3% to 2%; and instead of
the 1910 census, the quota numbers would
be based on an earlier census, the one taken
in 1890—a move intended to reduce the
admission of European Jews and Italians,
since most of them had not arrived in the
U.S. until after 1890. In response to the
onset of the Great Depression, President
Herbert Hoover reduced immigration
further, with a 1930 executive order barring
the admission of anyone “likely to become
a public charge” (dependent on government
aid). The annual quota for Germany was
25,957, but that limit was almost never
reached, thanks to extra requirements
and regulations that the Roosevelt
administration piled on. Barely five percent
of the German quota was filled in 1933,
Hitler’s first year in power. In fact, it was
filled in only one year out of Roosevelt’s
twelve years in office, and in most of
those years, it was less than 25 percent
filled. Wilbur Carr, who authored that
antisemitic report in 1921, was kept on by
Roosevelt as assistant secretary of state. He
played an important role in implementing
the president’s harsh immigration policies.
So did George Messersmith, a senior US
diplomat in Germany and Austria whom
Roosevelt made assistant secretary of state
in 1937. The best known of these State
Department officials was Breckinridge
Long, a major donor to FDR’s presidential
campaign who was rewarded by being
named U.S. ambassador to Italy. But
Long’s praise for Mussolini’s “punctual
trains” proved embarrassing to the
administration, eventually leading to his
resignation. Roosevelt then rewarded Long
by promoting him to assistant secretary of
state, putting him in charge of 23 of the
State Department’s 42 divisions, including
the visa section. In one infamous memo
to his colleagues in 1940, Long wrote of the
need “to put every obstacle in the way [of
refugees seeking to enter the U.S.] and to
require additional evidence and to resort to
various administrative devices which would
postpone and postpone and postpone the

granting of the visas.” Long regularly
briefed President Roosevelt on his efforts
to suppress immigration below the level
allowed by existing law. In a diary entry
in October 1940, Long described his
meeting with FDR to discuss “the whole
subject of immigration, visas, safety of the
United States, procedures to be followed.”
He found that the president “was 100% in
accord with my ideas.” One of those
ideas was a June 1941 regulation—
personally approved by FDR—that
rejected all visa applicants who had “close
relatives” in German-occupied territory.
The new edict affected significant numbers
of European Jews. During the period of
the Nazi genocide, from 1941 to 1945,
only 10% of the quotas from Germany
and Axis-controlled European countries
were actually utilized. Almost 190,000
quota places were left unused. Thus
the Johnson-Reed Act, signed into law
a century ago this week, established the
framework that would help doom many of
Europe’s Jews. But it was the Roosevelt
administration’s harsh implementation
process that actually shut America’s doors
in the face of those who most desperately
needed a haven.
Rafael Medoff
Vues Master’s Note: As usual you are on
point!

UNITY DOES NOT SELL NEWS
Dear Vues Master:
Something happened to me yesterday
and I have to admit, I was shocked. I am
ashamed to say it, but I was shocked! I was
on the way back from Toronto to Israel.
Actually I was back in Israel getting off the
plane. We were all walking down that long
corridor leading into Ben Gurion airport. It
was basically a single file line. Nothing out
of the ordinary. But a few people in front
of me, there were some people arguing. It
looked like they were arguing about who
was before whom in line… Things were
getting heated. One of the people was
an elderly secular lady, probably in her
early 70s. The other was a chareidi (ultra
orthodox) family, a husband, wife, and
two kids. “Oh boy, I did not miss this,
seeing Jews fighting with each other…”
is what I thought to myself. The tension
between the religious and the secular in
Israel is well known. When the media in
Israel is not talking about the war, that’s
what they’re talking about. The internal
division in Israel. So I see this secular lady
getting visibly worked up while talking to
an ultra orthodox family. Of course they’re
fighting. The news keeps telling me these
people are supposed to hate each other.
Well, guess what. They weren’t fighting.

So then what was the topic they seemed
to be getting all worked up about? You
see, the religious family had a few kids
and a ton of bags along with two baby
strollers. The secular lady had one small
carry on. What were they arguing about?
The secular lady was asking if she could
help them and take some of their bags. The
family didn’t want to let an elderly lady
carry their things. They were younger.
They could handle it. But the lady wasn’t
letting up. “Just give me two bags. I have
free hands. Let me carry them for you.”
“No, it’s ok. Really. Thanks. But we’re
ok.” “So one bag. Give me one bag. Let
me help!” Back and forth a few times until
finally the family gave the lady two of their
lightest bags. The elderly lady put them on
her trolley carry on and began to walk. But
they kept falling off and getting dragged.
The mother went over to the lady, adjusted
the bags on the trolley, and watched as this
elderly lady carried her family’s bags for
her. It was clear that the Chareidi family
didn’t want to let the elderly lady carry
their bags. They felt it was disrespectful.
But it was also clear that as much as they
didn’t want to let her carry the bags, she
wanted even more to yes carry them. And
so the family let her. For HER. And so
when she was struggling, they didn’t take
the bags back, they helped her carry them.
Here we have two Israelis who could not
be more different “fighting” for the other
to be comfortable. Don’t believe anything
you read in the media. This is Israel. This
is the real Israel. This is not the kind of
story that gets clicks. Lies sell. Hatred
sells. Poison sells. The love that Jews feel
for one another? That’s not as exciting as
showing two Jews fighting over the war
or some political issue. This was beautiful
and it was just a regular occurrence in
Israel. In fact, it was so “regular” that I
kind of forgot about it. I didn’t even think
to write about it. I didn’t tell my wife or
kids about it. It was just a normal thing in
Israel. But a few minutes ago, it occurred
to me that this normal event was anything
but normal. You wouldn’t see anything
like this anywhere else in the world. And
you sure as heck won’t see it written up
in any online publication or newspaper.
That’s why I wrote this post, to tell you, the
Jewish people are a lot more united than
the media would have you believe. It is
that unity that is at the core of our strength
and it is the reason we will win this war
and will be here after Hamas, Hezbollah,
and Iran are long gone. I even chose this
picture because I knew you’d read the post
thinking it was some “juicy” story about
two Jews hating each other. See how that
works? Don’t believe the lies. We are

united. We are strong. We are one. And we
will win!
Hillel Fuld
Vues Master’s Note: Another Hillel Fuld
letter that is right on target!

CHELM
Dear Vues Master:
Mendel was on a ship emigrating from
Russia to America. On the second day, a
huge storm erupted. People screamed and
chairs went flying. Yet Mendel calmly
read his book. “Mendel!” yelled a fellow
passenger, “How can you sit there when
the ship may be sinking?!” “Why get
excited?” Mendel answered. “The ship
doesn’t belong to me.”
RW
Vues Master’s Note: Oh! I used to love
reading these Chelm stories!

NEWS
Dear Vues Master:
A CNN reporter, a BBC reporter, and an
Israeli commando are captured by Hamas
in Gaza. The leader of the terrorists told
them that he would grant them each one
last request before they were beheaded.
The CNN Reporter said, “Well, I’m an
American, so I’d like one last hamburger
with French fries.” The leader nodded to
an underling who left and returned with
the burger and fries. The reporter ate it and
said, “Now, I can die.” The BBC Reporter
said, “I’m a reporter to the end. I want to
take out my tape recorder and describe the
scene here and what’s about to happen.
Maybe someday someone will hear it and
know that I was on the job till the end.”
The Hamas leader directed an aide to hand
over the tape recorder and dictated some
comments. The reporter then said, “Now
I can die knowing I stayed true until the
end.” The Hamas leader turned to the
Israeli commando and said, “And now, Mr.
Israeli tough guy, what is your final wish?”
“Kick me in the butt,” said the soldier.
“What?” asked the leader, “Will you
mock us in your last hour?” “No, I’m not
kidding. I want you to kick me in the butt,”
insisted the Israeli. So the terrorist leader
shoved him into the open and kicked him
in the behind. The soldier went sprawling
but rolled to his knees, pulled a 9 mm
pistol from under his flak jacket, and shot
the leader dead. In the resulting confusion,
he jumped to his knapsack, pulled out his
carbine, and sprayed the terrorists with
gunfire. In a flash, all terrorists were either
dead or fleeing for their lives. As the soldier
was untying the reporters, they asked him,
“Why didn’t you just shoot them in the
beginning? Why did you ask them to kick
you in the butt first?” “What?” replied the

Israeli, “And help you to report that I was
the aggressor?”
JK
Vues Master’s Note: It is the truth. Look at
the International Court going after BIBI.
What a sick Sedom we live in!

EQUAL
Dear Vues Master:
There are many issues, policies, and
positions we care about but they are not all
equal and we must not get confused about
how we prioritize them and which matter
most. When you are in a burning building
and the fireman comes to save you or you
are being chased by an armed madman and
a policeman comes to save you, you don’t
have the luxury of making sure you are
in alignment in your beliefs and lifestyle,
or you approve of their character and
behavior. You embrace their sacrifice and
efforts towards your safety and security
with gratitude and appreciation. Maybe
in a perfect world you’d prefer another
policeman or fireman to intervene who
better aligns with your values and general
worldview, but in a crisis, you don’t
get that choice, and we are in a state of
perpetual crisis.
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Vues Master’s Note: Even my sugar is not
“Equal.”

CRAZY AOC
Dear Vues Master
Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
has thrown her support behind a New York
state bill that aims to revoke tax-exempt
status from nonprofit organizations that
support Israeli yishuvim. “It is more
important now than ever to hold the
Netanyahu government accountable for
endorsing and, in fact, supporting some of
this settler violence that prevents a lasting
peace,” Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement.
Can you please explain to me how AOC is
a politician in New York? No one I know
likes her.
BY
Vues Master’s Note: Apparently people
do vote for her. We live in a sodom
environment.