THE RAMBAM RECORD
The eNewsletter of Rambam Mesivta High School
May 2004

Walid Shoebat Speaks at Rambam Mesivta

“Don’t give back an inch of land.” “It’s not about land.” “The Moslems killed you in Hebron before there was a State of Israel and you were always accorded inferior status in Moslem society throughout the ages.” Are these the words of a Kahane Chai activist??? No! These were the admonitions of Walid Shoebat, a former member of the P.L.O. who “reformed” about a decade ago.

Shoebat, who admitted to being an active participant in the Palestinian uprising in late 1980’s early 1990’s, told students at the Mesivta that he was brought up and blinded by hate. His father told him that Jews were monkeys, prophet killers, and that they “dipped their matzos in the blood of Arabs.”

“I did not have the luxury of learning in the proper way,” he said plainly. Shoebat sang a song that he was taught as a young child to demonstrate the hate-filled education he and his fellow Palestinians have been taught. “Sharpen my bones, make me a Molotov cocktail,” went a lyric to one of the children’s favorites.

He mentioned many myths that the Palestinian people are being taught including the falsehood that the Palestinians are the original Philistines. “Myth is being taught as fact,” he said. He compared the education of the Palestinian youth to that of the education of Nazi youth in Hitler’s Germany.

“Nazism is being given a rebirth but it is worse today because it’s being taught in the context of religion - Islamic fundamentalism.”

He shared details of his life as a young man, when he was a terrorist fully devoted to the destruction of Jews. (More...)

Softball, basketball, pizza and soda were the order of the day as the Rambam freshman spent a glorious afternoon at local Grant Park on Thursday, May 6th. Activities Director Avi Meir said: "It's a great opportunity for the boys to get a little extra fresh air and sunshine." (See Photo Gallery...)

Congratulations to the following Rambam students for achieving these academic milestones.

Steven Rosen: Rensselaer Presidential Scholarship

Moshe Laster and Avi Apfel: Queens College:Scholars

Natan Gershonowitz: University of Maryland at College Park: Honors Program

Jeffrey Thurm and Chaim Berkowitz: CUNY Honors Program

Elliot Koenigsberg: NY State Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship

Chaim Grushko: 5 Towns Jewish Council; Devotion, Committment and Action Award.

Yori Thau, an incoming member of the Rambam Class of 2009 from the HILLEL ACADEMY, is one of a member of only eight science teams that will be flown to Disney World to work with Disney scientists and compete for the two top awards of $20,000!