IN a world plagued by vexing, troubling and ‘bad news’ there is an obvious need for good news. There is a play on words that is overlooked by many, including millions of Christians, in the phrase Jesus uttered showcased in today’s headline – “Salvation is from the Jews.” That phrase comes from John 4:22, which in the ESV states is: “You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” The same verse (Jn 4:22) in the NIV reads “You Samaritans worship what you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.”
Here is a brief explanation for the play on words. Jesus in Hebrew is “Yeshua.” “Yeshua” means “God Saves.” So, Yeshua – Jesus – who is indisputably Jewish – was saying that salvation (i.e.: his own name) is from the Jews. It is a delicious, and arguably an entirely Jewish mode of expression that reveals deeper truths. See the new Masthead among the MHVille headlines for the week that was for related insights.
In today’s postscript there is a column from popular South African born historian and author Hanne Nabintu Herland. Herland made several points about Nazis, some of which were previously reported by MHProNews months or even years ago. Right is right and wrong is wrong, always. Right and wrong can be and are legislated. But legislation doesn’t make an evil good or some good into an evil. Truth is eternal. Right and wrong are eternal. And much of what the Nazis – fascist National Socialists – did that were wrong 7 to 9 decades ago are still wrong today when they are done under some thinly veiled faux label(s). Never forget that Nazis were from the political left, not from the right as left-leaning Wikipedia and others arguably errantly claim.
The acronym NAZI stands for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei in German, which translates to the National Socialist German Workers’ Party in English. The name is clear, the NAZIs were Socialists. But the Nazis were also fascists.
Fascists are by definition corporatists.
And as a seemingly growing number of thinkers and pundits are pointing out that then (during the Nazi-fascist era) and now in the U.S., Canada, and several European or other nations are arguably leaning into fascism and socialism if they aren’t already de facto fascist and socialist. That’s a pragmatic not a Constitutional observation. That isn’t to say that the Constitution doesn’t matter, of course it does. Thank God we have the Constitution. More on that later.
Antisemitism has apparently been bubbling in the U.S. for some years. Quoting a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report: “On October 7, 2023, the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization, or FTO) led…attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip. More than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals (including at least 35 U.S. citizens in Israel) were killed.” According to the Times of Israel, a survey reveals that 1 in 4 Americans hold antisemitic views (2.29.2024).
When free will choices don’t threaten the rights of others, individuals ought to be able to make decisions about their lives. The Constitution safeguards those rights to free speech, freedom of choice on a range of subjects, or so it was designed to do.
For some years, MHProNews has periodically reported on the rise of authoritarianism in the U.S. Some of that authoritarianism appears to have fascist – leftist, Marxist, socialist, etc. – thinking and behavior behind it.
In the pre- and post-Civil War era, believers were a serious part of many reform movements. Abolitionists were believers. Those for women’s suffrage were routinely believers. Those who wanted to break with England were routinely believers who didn’t want their religious liberty to be threatened by England’s king. There is tremendous power, often underutilized, in religious beliefs.
In the battle for affordable housing, as in other struggles for God-given rights, law, and order in America today, we need every ally we can get. The faith community ought to be among them.
Happy Easter and Passover to all.
Don’t miss the post-script with thoughts from historian Hanne Nabintu Herland.
With no further adieu, here are the headlines for the week in review, from 3.24 to 3.31.2024.
What’s New on MHLivingNews
What’s New on the Masthead
What’s New from Washington, D.C. from MHARR
What’s New on the Daily Business News on MHProNews
Saturday 3.30.2024
Friday 3.29.2024
Thursday 3.28.2024
Wednesday 3.27.2024
Tuesday 3.26.2024
Monday 3.25.2024
Sunday 3.24.2024
Postscript
From the WND News Center to MHProNews is the following article.
COMMENTARY WND NEWS CENTER AUTHORITARIANISM
The left-wing Nazi ideology now permeates the West
Exclusive: Hanne Nabintu Herland spotlights book explaining how totalitarian systems evolve
By Hanne Nabintu Herland
Published March 27, 2024 at 7:08pm
Read Hanne’s The Herland Report.
Today, few seem to recall that it was German elitist nationalism coupled with socialism that became the National Socialism ideology that dominated Germany prior to World War II. NAZI is the abbreviation for “Nazionalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei,” the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Communism, socialism and National Socialism were all a part of the same root-ideology – Marxism.
The Nazi Party stood for precisely what we struggle with in the West today: A strong centralization of government power, a rigid culture of consensus, censored individual liberties, repression of free speech and brutal media censorship. There is a frightening unison in the media narrative that prescribes what people are to think and feel about almost every topic.
Simply by observing the old photographs of the multitudes greeting Adolf Hitler with Nazi salutes, and by listening to his speeches, one gets a glimpse into the immense groupthink social pressure Nazism was able to create. The only accepted view was that of the ruling Nazi elites. Back then, monopolistic corporate ruling elites completely controlled the economy while Hitler had total power in government. This combination made totalitarianism possible in Germany.
The influential German philosopher Hannah Arendt was a Holocaust survivor who spent many years examining how it was possible for a modern, democratic state such as pre-World War II Germany, to turn into a totalitarian state and a brutal regime that killed millions of its own population.
In her groundbreaking book, “The Origins of Totalitarianism,” Arendt analyzed 19th-century anti-Semitism, nationalism and racism as tools of imperialism – and its influence on the 20th-century growth of totalitarianism. She looked at the power structures within the state and how it used fear to silence an entire population.
Arendt viewed National Socialism and Communism in the Soviet Union as two sides of one ideological Marxist coin. In order for totalitarian systems to evolve, the role of media propaganda is central in converting the population into compliant masses.
Deliberate government threats toward those who opposed the ruling political narrative brought the desired silence from opposition. This created the necessary isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total political, social and economic dominion in a culture rampant with fear.
When applying such tactics, the intellectual class was silenced under the threat of otherwise losing jobs, income and privileges. Those who continued to pose critical questions were sent to concentration camps or a gulag. Likewise, the publishing houses stopped print books that went against the Nazi narrative; journalists did not write any articles that questioned the power elite; teachers only allowed politically correct consensus in the classroom. Those in government jobs were dependent on the state for their income and therefore would naturally not question any part of the status quo.
Arendt explains the growth of totalitarianism as the product of the disintegration of the traditional nation-state and independent thought. The pursuit of total political power at the expense of solving the practical problems of society, creates a culture in which the needs of ordinary people are neglected. In such a system, it becomes socially acceptable for politicians not to care about the population, as their main duty is to carry out the will of the powerful economic elites, overriding the interests of the people.
She also points out that totalitarian ideology had an appeal due to its promise of protection against insecurity. Socialism nurtures the idea of the state providing for all, in such a manner that personal responsibility is evaded. The state becomes responsible for the welfare of its citizens and naturally will exert control over the subgroups in society that live on welfare checks or employment provided by the government.
After World War I and its unimaginable sufferings for millions of people, Arendt argued that precisely this suffering made the population believe in the elites’ promises to solve the problems. Both Hitler and Stalin specifically used media propaganda in the pursuit of acquiring power over the population, installing the fictitious idea of total security once personal freedoms and the right to critical thinking were given up. Total submission to the government was the ideal.
Arendt argued that this tyrannical system is fundamentally characterized by its deliberate replacement of all former values, traditions and institutions in order to create social chaos and then establish a political dominion that silence every opposition.
The double standards defined the totalitarian state as a utopian universe of freedom and happiness, while in reality it imposed a regime where the population suffered in silence, terrorized by their own government. ##
Hanne Nabintu Herland is a historian of comparative religions, bestselling author and founder of The Herland Report. Providing independent analysis on current events, philosophy and religion, the Herland Report also features a YouTube channel with interviews with leading intellectuals from across the political spectrum. Her books include “The Culture War. How the West Lost its Greatness” (2017), “New Left Tyranny. The Authoritarian Destruction of Our Way of Life” (2020), “Trump. The Battle for America” (2020) and her latest, “The Billionaire World. How Marxism serves the Elite” (2023), an analysis of how the elites use Marxist repression to achieve their goals. To learn more about her, visit www.theherlandreport.com and follow her on social media: YouTube, Facebook.
MHProNews has periodically covered Herland’s thoughts in articles like those linked below.
MHProNews observes that Easter and Christian practices are clearly rooted in Judaism, historically, spiritually, and otherwise. It is mistaken to think that antisemitism can be justified. Nor are other kinds of violations of God’s law to be embraced. MHProNews may probe more on Herland’s thoughtful column in the days ahead. Happy Passover and Easter to all. ##
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