While buried on the ground, Helen was spared the tragedy unfolding in Israel.The Prime Minister renounced sovereignty in reaching a peace agreement with the United Arab Emirates.
It’s as if they’re waiting for your departure before brazenly breaking the promise of sovereignty in exchange for a “normalization” of relationships that are going down anyway.There is no doubt that if you had been alive and totally owned by your forces, I would have fought hard.
The Land of Israel was the goal of your life, even though you lived in the diaspora, your total center was here with us in the Land of Israel, you knew each and every event, large or small, you knew the smallest main points and responded in genuine time, with Zionist and Jewish truth.
His AFSI tours in Israel have been superbly planned.Each new outpost has earned a stopover instead, each fight has gained its support.
After the disconnection, which also fought, we began the struggle to maintain the lands of Gush Etzion from the illegal taking of power through the Arabs.He came here with his entire AFSI organization to Netzer between Elazar and Alon Shvut.It was a Friday, the day before Shabbat Jayei Sarah.On the way to Hevron, you joined us in planting trees and stood firmly with us in the fight against the Arabs who claimed, as they do, that the land belonged to them.
Confrontation has a physical appearance, but a woman like you doesn’t get discouraged.Together with your friends, you defended our land rights in torrential rain.The dust reached our knees, they were all wet, but we also felt a deep joy.having controlled planting in some other component of the Land of Israel.
Then the Kabbalat Shabbat in the Cave of the Patriarchs radiated happiness and everyone was radiant with you – to adhere to its roots, to the patriarchs and matriarchs, to touch the inner identity of the Jewish people.
How satisfied you were, years later, when Nativ Ha’avot’s new eviction community was founded precisely there.Eviction and destruction caused you deep sadness, but the wonderful sadness was dispelled through the happiness that the land that had been redeemed with your assistance is already populated by dozens of Jewish families.
As with Netzer, you were with us for the redemption of abandoned military camps in Shdema and Adorayim.When we got giv’at Eitam, you gave us your help and help.You left your footprints, your movements and your contributions Judea and Samaria – the playground, the water tank, the stairs and the rest roads to make the ascent to the Oz veGaon reserve, rest areas, etc. more accessible.
You came with gifts and a broad smile. Your glorious smile radiated wonderful happiness for your ability to help, promote, direct the vision to cling to the Land of Israel.
And with regard to the hot factor of the existing agenda, sovereignty: we in 2011 when the organization that accompanied you, Helen, was already gone, but you stayed in the country for a few more days, we met in a café in Jerusalem and told them about the concept of sovereignty and its importance, the legal responsibility to publish it, that we may not continue to conform to a truth in which all political discourse referred to the value that Israel has to pay in certain parts of the country for the land of Israel.We had to claim, once and for all, who owns this land.
You were the first one we talked to about vision and idea.We asked for your opinion and support, and your eyes lit up.”That’s what we want to do and promote!”You said, “The desires correctos.su own positive plan. No more negativity – “No to Palestine,” “Don’t give them guns.”We will have to say what our “yes” is: “Yes to sovereignty over the Land of Israel!”
You internalized the essence of the discourse of sovereignty, you perceive that when we communicate about sovereignty, we took from the agenda the expulsion of Jews from their homes and the destruction and uprooting of Jewish communities.
Since then, you and the entire glorious AFSI organization have to speak the language of sovereignty, have worn the sovereignty suit, written about sovereignty, and breathed sovereignty.
We are very saddened that he has not witnessed the vision of sovereignty come true, yet he has noticed that the awareness of sovereignty grows, accentuates and takes root in the hearts of the Israeli public and leaders; you have noticed how, step by step, public consciousness evolves and how the fabric of sovereignty is woven.
You were a special woman, Helen.No were altive. You were honest in your love for the country and its other people.That’s why many others have chosen to stay enthusiastically with you on your glorious missions to the Land of Israel.
Dear Helen, you sign up for the list of greats: the Ramban, the Rambam, Rabbi Yehuda Halevi, and other giants who aspired to the Land of Israel, sang to her, crowned her, touched her, dreamed her, and learned a component of dreaming in her.
The only consolation for us is that Judy, her daughter, continues on the same path and with the same affation for others and the land of Israel.
Printed from: https://www.jewishpress.com/review/in-print-review/israel-has-lost-a-great-woman-an-appreciation-of-helen-freedman-longtime-executive-director-of -afsi / 2020/08/19 /
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