What we do; Our aim is to raise funds to purchase tefillin and mezuzot for those who cannot afford them in Latin America and other areas of the world.
In North America, Great Britain and Israel, there are synagogues, rabbis, Federations and other large groups who have the ability to ensure that their members who wish to have tefillin will have them.
The same situation does not occur in the less affluent parts of the world and we are doing our best to raise money to help. In these areas, without large Jewish populations and Federations, the Jewish population can sometimes feel very isolated and ignored. To this date we have raised somehwere over $22,500 USD in our quest and have handed out hundreds of tefillin and hundreds of mezuzot.
We are the fun raising and fund raising group, but we do not send the items ourselves. Please contact your local rabbi to see if he or she is able to help you. That's who we go through to distribute most of our items. We have also assisted the Masorti congregations in India by matching them to a donor who sent retired chumashim and siddurim to the congregations in Mumbai.
We do good things.If you'd like to sponsor a set of tefillin, e-mail us.
The Kiddush Club in the Jerusalem Post!
Scotland's West Dunbartonshire Council
a new level of stupidity
Visit the Kiddush Club's Scotch Lobby Update page for more information
- NEWS! Chivas Brothers and Morrison Bowmore in Scotland and the U.S are strong supporters of the Jewish community. They have been in contact with us and assure us that they have worked to remove the boycott. They should not be boycotted.
- Loch Lomond Distillery Co. Ltd has responded and they are lobbying on our behalf. They should not be boycotted.
- Our lobbying efforts are working. Withe the help of these 3 firms and the publicity generated, the local council for Dundee voted down a boycott proposal by 22-2. The pressure is paying off, and the companies that are working with us are helping to persuade other councils that a boycott of Israel is not in their best interest. The 3 firms need to be applauded for their quick response and for their help. Again, the scotch should not be boycotted.
- Remember, it's not about the Scotch, it's now entirely about the Boycott of Israel and Israeli products by West Dunbartonshire Council.
- If you know of other products produced in West Dunbartonshire, let us know, we'll work with those firms to enlist them in our efforts.
- Scotland produces many fine items, and there is no need to tar the entire country with this yellow brush.
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As you may have heard or read, the West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland has decided to participate in the BDS campaign (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) against Israel. No sense trying to figure out how these poor Scots have any connection to the situation, but they have decided to boycott Israeli products and to mark anything Israeli in their local shops with an identifier (probably a yellow star?) to warn people of the source of origin.
Jameel Rashid, the author of the pro-Israeli blog "Muqata" suggests that we boycott the products that are best known to have their origins in West Dunbartonshire Council, Scotland, ie, Scotch Whisky from certain distilleries.
This is a wonderful idea, unless of course you must have your Bowmore or Glenlivet (and many others on the list). You could still partake in Macalan or Balvenie or Lagavulin, so the sky will not be falling. There is a complete list below, and we pledge not to use these brands at our next meeting, unless they come from stock already purchased. (no sense wasting good whisky)
We would suggest that if you are going to be writing to these poor dolts to complain about the boycott to do it very soon, because they might find out that their Intel based computers need to go out in the trash as the CPUs were developed and produced Israel, and that their Microsoft Windows operating system and their MS Office suites had heavy Israeli development. You won't be able to MSN them, nor Skype them, because those too were developed in Israel. We won't mention the other products (medicines, technology, etc) that are sole sourced from Israel, but suffice to say that those who are boycotting 100% will have short and unhappy lives.
So e-mail them quickly, before they revert to painting themselves blue and hugging trees. If you live in Canada, you can't mail them, because the posties are going on strike tonight - not blamed on Israel, yet.
Here's the contact info for the West Dunbartonshire Council: http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/about-your-council/contact-us/
Read the blog, and let the silly Scots know that you are p*ss*d.
It's time to turn this around and make the dolts realize that the rope has 2 ends and we have a lot more pull than some shepherds and barley farmers.
1 of Fifths
The International Kiddush Club
The Official Scotch Whisky Counter-Boycott Page
Original location:
http://muqata.blogspot.com/p/official-scotch-whisky-counter-boycott.html
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