BYE BYE GAZA - Barry Chamish

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The next evening, my host Stewart Waxman invited me to a
movie premiere of a film of which he was the music arranger.
The film is called When Do We Eat and stars Michael Lerner,
Jack Klugman, Mili Avital and Leslie Ann Warren. It is a
scathing view of a family Passover seder. I watched the
movie with Moshe Parry who was appalled at the portrayal of
the Jews, especially the haredi character. After some thought
I disagreed. It is an important film for showing the near total
deterioration of American Jewish values in just three
generations. It needed to be said.
The Grim Beauty of Toronto
Thanks to a 90 minute interview on Richard Syrett's popular
radio show, the Toronto crowd was very different this year.
Young people, even a couple of Arabs, joined the regulars at
the Toronto Zionist Cultural Centre. I made it clear from the
beginning that both Arabs and Jews were being equally
screwed by the same cabal of wickedness. The newcomers
smiled broadly and even left with books by the end of the
talk.
However, I made it equally clear that the surrender of Gush
Katif has to be prevented at all costs. And that, to people
everywhere I went, meant a military coup. From my first stop
at the Brooklyn synagogue right through to Toronto, I heard
the same question over and over again; "When is the coup
already?" But Toronto was a bit different. When I mentioned
the issue of the coup in my speech, I received a prolonged
ovation.
The question period included a timely matter. Moshe Feiglin
was to address the same organization in two days and the
question posed was, what should we ask him. I answered,
"Ask him why he broke up Zo Artzeinu to join the Likud. Ask
him why he expected his loyal followers to join a corrupt
political party for him. As we heard tonight, the leaders of
Yesha were murdered to prevent organized opposition to
their sellout. Maybe others were co-opted as well. Find out."