#Righteous

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Isaiah 41:10 (NASB1995) - ‘Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’

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LEICA AND THE JEWS

The Leica is the pioneer 35mm camera. It is a German product - precise, minimalist, and utterly efficient.

Behind its worldwide acceptance as a creative tool was a family-owned, socially oriented firm that, during the Nazi era, acted with uncommon grace, generosity and modesty. E. Leitz Inc., designer and manufacturer of Germany's most famous photographic product, saved its Jews.

And Ernst Leitz II, the steely-eyed Protestant patriarch who headed the closely held firm as the Holocaust loomed across Europe , acted in such a way as to earn the title, "the photography industry's Schindler."

As soon as Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in 1933, Ernst Leitz II began receiving frantic calls from Jewish associates, asking for his help in getting them and their families out of the country. As Christians, Leitz and his family were immune to Nazi Germany's Nuremberg laws, which restricted the movement of Jews and limited their professional activities.

To help his Jewish workers and colleagues, Leitz quietly established what has become known among historians of the Holocaust as "the Leica Freedom Train," a covert means of allowing Jews to leave Germany in the guise of Leitz employees being assigned overseas.

Employees, retailers, family members, even friends of family members were "assigned" to Leitz sales offices in France, Britain, Hong Kong and the United States, Leitz's activities intensified after the Kristallnacht of November 1938, during which synagogues and Jewish shops were burned across Germany.

Before long, German "employees" were disembarking from the ocean liner Bremen at a New York pier and making their way to the Manhattan office of Leitz Inc., where executives quickly found them jobs in the photographic industry.

Each new arrival had around his or her neck the symbol of freedom - a new Leica camera.

The refugees were paid a stipend until they could find work. Out of this migration came designers, repair technicians, salespeople, marketers and writers for the photographic press.

Keeping the story quiet The "Leica Freedom Train" was at its height in 1938 and early 1939, delivering groups of refugees to New York every few weeks. Then, with the invasion of Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Germany closed its borders.

By that time, hundreds of endangered Jews had escaped to America, thanks to the Leitzes' efforts. How did Ernst Leitz II and his staff get away with it?

Leitz, Inc. was an internationally recognized brand that reflected

credit on the newly resurgent Reich. The company produced cameras, range-finders and other optical systems for the German military. Also, the Nazi government desperately needed hard currency from abroad, and Leitz's single biggest market for optical goods was the United States.

Even so, members of the Leitz family and firm suffered for their good works. A top executive, Alfred Turk, was jailed for working to help Jews and freed only after the payment of a large bribe.

Leitz's daughter, Elsie Kuhn-Leitz, was imprisoned by the Gestapo after she was caught at the border, helping Jewish women cross into Switzerland . She eventually was freed but endured rough treatment in the course of questioning. She also fell under suspicion when she attempted to improve the living conditions of 700 to 800 Ukrainian slave laborers, all of them women, who had been assigned to work in the plant during the 1940s.

(After the war, Kuhn-Leitz received numerous honors for her humanitarian efforts, among them the Officier d'honneur des Palms Academic from France in 1965 and the Aristide Briand Medal from the European Academy in the 1970s.)

Why has no one told this story until now? According to the late Norman Lipton, a freelance writer and editor, the Leitz family wanted no publicity for its heroic efforts. Only after the last member of the Leitz family was dead did the "Leica Freedom Train" finally come to light.

It is now the subject of a book, "The Greatest Invention of the Leitz Family: The Leica Freedom Train," by Frank Dabba Smith, a California-born Rabbi currently living in England.

Thank you for reading the above, and if you feel inclined as I did to pass it along to others, please do so. It only takes a few minutes.

Memories of the righteous should live on.

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

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Verse of the Day - Romans 1:17

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Faith and Belief

6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. 10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: 14 that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. — Galatians 3:6-14 | Cambridge Paragraph Bible (CAMB) The Cambridge Paragraph Bible of the Authorized English Version, by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose, 1813-1891. Published by Cambridge University Press. Cross References: Genesis 4:11; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 15:6; Genesis 18:18; Genesis 24:1; Leviticus 18:5; Deuteronomy 21:23; Deuteronomy 27:26; Habakkuk 2:4; Luke 19:9; John 8:39; Acts 2:33; Acts 5:30; Romans 1:17; Romans 4:3; Romans 4:9; Romans 7:10; Galatians 3:2

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Notes: In Galatians 3:6-14, Paul argues that people are justified before God by faith, not by following the law of Moses. Paul's message is that people gain right standing with God through faith, not by following religious rules.

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'Does that make you more capable of besting him? Do you think fortune will favor you because your cause is just and your heart is full of vengeance?'

Jenn Lyons, from The Ruin of Kings

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[businessmemes]

Though death does not release a righteous business man or woman from their duties, it does open a truly splendid array of bagel options*

*options limited

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[e-devotion]

another day in Psalm 1

This is the e-devotion.  It is an honor to be able to share with you some of the incredible parts of God’s word.  Over the next couple weeks I will share some pieces of Scripture that mean the most to me.

Nothing super deep.  Nothing too big.  But profound and strong.

We continue what we started yesterday walking through Psalm 1.  God has spoken to me from this chapter many times.  

The person who chooses God, follows His way and seeks Jesus will find some things true about themselves.  Here is what they or us with know.

Psalm 1:1-3  NLT  

Oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with mockers. 2  But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. 3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season.  Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.

Yet those who do not walk with God will find a different path.  Walk further in Psalm 1 about the wicked

Psalm 1:3-4  NLT  

But not the wicked! They are like worthless chaff, scattered by the wind. 5  They will be condemned at the time of judgment. Sinners will have no place among the godly.

That is the place where God doesn’t speak.  It is a struggle.  This person strays further from God and right, has less and less strength.  But then speaks most when we find ourselves close to Him.  Seeking Him and stay close to God.

Take some time to begin this path through Psalm 1, and join me again tomorrow for the next verses in this chapter and discuss how they impact our lives.

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Proverbs 15:29 (NLT) - The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayers of the righteous.

[ineffablefate]

imagine i come take the form of all that you assume, a sinful monster made of dark, just looking to consume. imagine you come find yourself, deep inside the bloom, hearts a prisoner in a cage where these bones never give you enough room to breathe as we turn mother earth's womb into a tomb. look, baby, we were born to be a plume sky high mushroom cloud running only on the fumes. i think i saw your cells inside a screen, scrolling to your doom and as i awake we start to dream we are rolling to a tune, windows down, our apple mouths screaming out into the noon. you hung your head, we were sure -ly dead, your mind bent like a spoon. there is none. no bullets or no guns. and we don't believe in blood, and is it too soon to mend into a moon? for peace and quiet rest our soul's grown so riotous. is it right to be so righteous, or is the trick of evil that in attacking it we become just like it?

[dylanisdazed]

Do you prefer giving or receiving oral sex?

I prefer ascending to the heights of astral projection, grasping the eternal call from Selene and ejecting my righteous rays onto the populous

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

Solomon's Proverbs

Blessings are upon the head of the just: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — Proverbs 10:6 | King James Version (KJV) The King James Version Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Proverbs 10:5; Proverbs 10:11; Proverbs 28:20; Obadiah 1:10