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Thread ID: 3398 | Posts: 9 | Started: 2002-11-01
2002-11-01 17:03 | User Profile
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NEW YORK, Nov. 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The American Jewish Committee has launched a major national Thanksgiving initiative designed to bring all Americans together with enriched appreciation for this nation's democracy and diversity.
The centerpiece of the initiative is America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader, just published by the American Jewish Committee, in cooperation with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League, the Cuban American National Council, the Islamic Supreme Council, the Japanese American Citizens League and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
''America's Table puts all Americans on the same page, marking the Thanksgiving holiday with a celebration of our nation's unique democracy and diversity,'' said David A. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. ''We draw strength from each other knowing that, in America, each of us is entitled to a place at the table.''
America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader is available, free of charge, at [url=http://www.ajc.org]http://www.ajc.org[/url] and the AJC and its partners are distributing copies across the country. This is the second annual AJC publication aimed at restoring meaning and spirituality to the Thanksgiving holiday. (Guess who the turkeys are at this new "Thanksgiving".)
''The holiday of Thanksgiving, at its core, is a celebration of our most cherished American values, a day when Americans from every background sit down to gather to commemorate and honor what we have in common,'' said Raul Yzaguirre, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza.(How fetching. The pilgrims as the first American multiculturists)
Intended to be read aloud as families and friends gather before the Thanksgiving meal, America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader retells America's story and helps all express gratitude for being part of it.
''Since 9/11 many of us feel less secure and all of us are more vulnerable,'' states the introduction to America's Table. ''Security measures alter daily routines with reminders that, as life has returned to normal, normal has changed. At the same time, we affirm that America's ultimate security comes from its openness. Thanksgiving commemorates that openness.''
America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader tells America's story with narration that is short enough not to delay the turkey, but long enough to remind Americans of the following:
-- We are each on a journey: Our families came from many different places but share a common land, America. While proud of our individual roots, we are drawn together by shared American experiences and values.
-- We are each part of America's journey: It was a difficult journey for many and an unjust passage for some. But America has become the sum of our unique contributions.
-- We are each responsible for keeping America on course: It is our watch. America's journey is our journey, and our responsibility.(Of course we know we can always count on the AJC and co to do more than their share)
''We are pleased to join with the American Jewish Committee and our many other friends through this Thanksgiving Reader to celebrate our nation's diversity and to affirm together our commitment to the democratic principles that bring us all together,'' said John Tateishi, national executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League.
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2002-11-03 23:15 | User Profile
www.newswire.com/topnews/prime/1101- American Jewish Committee, Key National Groups Launch National Thanksgiving Celebration of Democracy and Diversity
NEW YORK, Nov. 1 -- The American Jewish Committee has launched a major national Thanksgiving initiative designed to bring all Americans together with enriched appreciation for this nation's democracy and diversity.
The centerpiece of the initiative is America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader, just published by the American Jewish Committee, in cooperation with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Council of La Raza, the National Urban League, the Cuban American National Council, the Islamic Supreme Council, the Japanese American Citizens League and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies.
"America's Table puts all Americans on the same page, marking the Thanksgiving holiday with a celebration of our nation's unique democracy and diversity," said David A. Harris, executive director of the American Jewish Committee. "We draw strength from each other knowing that, in America, each of us is entitled to a place at the table."
America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader is available, free of charge, www.ajc.org and the AJC and its partners are distributing copies across the country. This is the second annual AJC publication aimed at restoring meaning and spirituality to the Thanksgiving holiday.
2002-11-04 02:01 | User Profile
Ah, that's our jews: forever the originators of agitprop campaigns aimed at beating down White lemmings deliberately kept ignorant of their true history and psychologically preparing them for imminent dispossession & absorption; always organizing the subordinate pressure groups of their brown minions, the eternal black widow at the center of the web.
We must rid ourselves of these hook-nosed scum or else we're through.
2002-11-04 18:04 | User Profile
''The holiday of Thanksgiving, at its core, is a celebration of our most cherished American values, a day when Americans from every background sit down to gather to commemorate and honor what we have in common,'' said Raul Yzaguirre, president and CEO of the National Council of La Raza.
You know, it's hard to find the right words to reply to this. I've spent some time thinking about what exactly I have in common with some of these folks. The only answer I can come up with is basically nothing outside of dwelling on the same land mass. Heaven forbid, but if work takes me into Houston I feel like a character in a Camus' novel. A stranger in a strange land, compounded by my inability to read street signs, shop signs and bill boards.
So I'm sorry to say, but I really DON'T have anything in common with the Bangladeshi convenience store owner out in Katy, or the Chinese plastic junk importer out on Harwin, or the Guatemalan day laborer living with his extended family in North Houston.
I'm of the opinion that the sooner this whole thing just falls apart the better off we'll all be. I want to go home to my people's home land.
2002-11-04 20:29 | User Profile
Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Nov 3 2002, 21:01 We must rid ourselves of these hook-nosed scum or else we're through.
This idea has been implemented many times throughout the centuries.
The last guy to try that caused WWII and subsequently made the world safe for the chosenites to occupy, divide, conquer and rule with an iron fist. Well, if at first you don't succeed............
2002-11-05 03:37 | User Profile
Originally posted by xmetalhead@Nov 4 2002, 20:29 > Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Nov 3 2002, 21:01 We must rid ourselves of these hook-nosed scum or else we're through.**
This idea has been implemented many times throughout the centuries. The last guy to try that caused WWII and subsequently made the world safe for the chosenites to occupy, divide, conquer and rule with an iron fist. Well, if at first you don't succeed............**
If I were a jew, I'd prefer the boat to the chimney, but hey, the choice is theirs, not mine.
2002-11-05 06:00 | User Profile
Originally posted by xmetalhead@Nov 4 2002, 20:29 > Originally posted by N.B. Forrest@Nov 3 2002, 21:01 We must rid ourselves of these hook-nosed scum or else we're through.**
This idea has been implemented many times throughout the centuries. The last guy to try that caused WWII and subsequently made the world safe for the chosenites to occupy, divide, conquer and rule with an iron fist. Well, if at first you don't succeed............**
Take heart NB and Xmetalhead. It may sound corny, but stories like this, and events everday underline the fact that ITZ COMING.
2002-11-05 06:19 | User Profile
Originally posted by Texas Dissident@Nov 4 2002, 18:04 **I want to go home to my people's home land.
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Amen, my Aryan brother.
Walter
2002-11-08 00:20 | User Profile
On a somewhat lighter note I am reminded of the elementary school student who asked his parents why the Pilgrim Fathers didn't shoot a pizza instead of a turkey.
We must develope ways to celebrate these traditional holidays purged of not only recent multicultural nonsense but other unfortunate baggage as well. In regards to Thanksgiving I am "offended" by King Linkum's role in its becoming a national holiday in 1863. I am also "offended" by the erroneous impression that Anglo-America was founded by those dour Pilgrims. Early Virginians celebrated Thanksgiving the year before the Pilgrims landed.