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Chaim Odems' newest work

 



Four are they who grasp the broken straw
70cm by 70cm 2002

Four are they who grasp the broken straw

Two opinions that impair the unity of Israel and of the Bible, coming from two Israeli professors; two anti-Semitic opinions symbolized by quotes from the masses of hitler and Palestinian youth.



"The Stoning of the Ass 2003

The Stoning of the Ass

A group of hoodlums is wrathfully driving away the Messiah mounted on his white ass. The eyes of the hooligans are painted red, symbolizing the left-wing, revealed not only as the exterminator of all that is holy to Israel, but also as the cruel killer of Jews themselves by means of the Arab enemy who, inspired and encouraged by the left-wing, continues to murder us.



"Keys to the Heart of the Nation
70cm by 60cm

Keys to the Heart of the Nation

In the center of the picture appears an enormous cube full of dazzling light upon which is hoisted an inscription in gold: 'The Temple-Mount'.On this vessel, full of light and yearnings, is seated a man of vast proportions.. Actually' only his hind quarters are visible, and the keys hanging from his trouser belt. This is after the Arab foe, with a brutality unequalled in the history of mankind, relays to us three eternal truths:

  • " Nothing in the world is more important than the Land of Israel
  • " The most important place in Israel is Jerusalem
  • " The essence of Jerusalem lies in the Temple-Mount.

The internalization of these three truths is the key to the heart of the nation.


"The Cursed Dove of Peace 70cm by 70cm

"The Cursed Dove of Peace"

The center of the picture shows a very high, red mountain; on its peak, in tall armchairs, sits a threesome, a kind of high court representing the 'enlightened' leadership, as it were, that abolished the symbol of the State with its Temple candelabra, which broke into so many pieces. In its place, enthroned above them, is the dove of peace with an olive branch in its beak… From the dove there spreads out an enormous shadow taking the form of the emblem of the Nazi arch-enemy of the Jews. At the bottom of the picture, passing like ghosts, are depicted a multitude of their victims



"They that drowned thee shall themselves be drowned"
70cm by 70cm

"They that drowned thee shall themselves be drowned"
(Ethics of the Fathers, 2, 7) understood as meaning "and the murderer shall himself be killed."

The picture depicts the 'Altalena' ship abundant with weapons, part of it ignited by the cannon that was later termed "the holy cannon" by Ben Gurion. He said," When the Temple is rebuilt this cannon will stand at its entrance." The commander of the operation was the future prime-minister of Israel who, 45 years later, signed the cursed Oslo Agreement, thus bringing down upon us rivers of blood and bereavement. The style of the drawing imitates the drawings of small children - by which the artist wishes to stress the simplicity and honesty of children's faith in the triumph of justice as it is stated in the Mishna in tractate "Fathers."









"Hearken Unto Her Voice"
100cm by 80cm

"Hearken Unto Her Voice"

(Genesis 21, 12)

This work of the artist, Odem, describes a Biblical picture and its current parallel. In the picture we can see Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar with Ishmael in her arms. The artist has needed to paste a collage characterizing the perpetrator of the lynch in Ramalla, with his two blood-soiled hands and an expression of 'making sport' on his face. He has added an inscription in Russian about Ishmael's glee at Jewish blood being drawn, because both the soldier and witnesses of the "Ramalla lynch" were Russian immigrants, as were also many of the victims of the murder at the Dolphinarium and other terrorist actions.

In the bottom left-hand corner of the picture we can see Mother Sarah in the character of a nurse already familiar -- through divine inspiration -- with the Midrashic interpretation of the word 'making sport' meaning 'bloodshed'. Sarah displays pity for her daughters and her sons as, for example, the baby Shalhevet Paz; she sincerely wishes to arrest bloodshed and to prevent Shalhevet from becoming the blood-bride of the Land of Israel. Rather let her be a bride under the marriage canopy. Sarah is persuading Abraham to remove Hagar and Ishmael.

The artist expects Divine intervention -- "And they that spoil thee shall be a spoil" - to stand by him in these hard times. The name of the blood-bride, Shalhevet, is documented in red.

Abraham represents the benevolence and the mercy shown towards the Arabs, and this is the way of thinking among the 'Israeli left-wing' whereby a nation returning to its land after 2000 years of expulsion, exile and oppression fears to treat an Arab just as it was treated in the Diaspora; the killing of our children leaves them non-plussed.

Sarah, on the other hand, represents the 'Midrashic' right-wing that realizes the Arab murderer in the young Ishmael - "And Sarah saw the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne unto Abraham, making sport" (meaning 'blood-shed') (Genesis 21, 9)

"The matter distressed Abraham greatly, for it concerned a son of his" (Genesis 21, 11) Abraham with his loving-kindness was wrong, and the Divine decision, " Hearken unto her voice" is final.

In the center of the picture appears a collage depicting the "Sabaro" restaurant in Jerusalem after the terrorist incident. These incidents constitute the watershed line between the descent of the mosques on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem to the Arabs, and the ascent of the candelabra and the Temple in preparation for the delivery of Israel and the strengthening of the bond with the Temple and the Temple Mount for the Jews, in preparation for their redemption.

 

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