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May 14, 2014 6:50 am at 6:50 am #612771the plumberMember
Figured, if it’s in the news, than kal vechomer, it should be in the cr.
O’connor is a yid!?
It’s ridiculous!
Did he know?
It’s that why he was so friendly with rabbi scherer?
Is it a chillul Hashem? Kiddush Hashem?
Or is it irrelevant?
May 14, 2014 1:29 pm at 1:29 pm #1015284golferParticipantRidiculous? –
I’d say tragic.
Irrelevant? –
To his Neshama, certainly not.
To the rest of us, relevant only as far as “kol Yisrael areivim…”
May 14, 2014 4:02 pm at 4:02 pm #1015285oomisParticipantTragic that he grew up to be completely unaware of his roots. He clearly had a kesher with the Jewish community; perhaps the pintele Yid was asserting itself.
May 14, 2014 4:52 pm at 4:52 pm #1015286akupermaParticipantA large number of goyim are probably Yidden. Whether through girls going off the derekh, or girls getting captured, Jewish genes have been well distributed through the western world (which includes the Middle East).
Good argument against hiring a Shabbos Goy unless he’s from an area that never had a Jewish community until recently.
May 14, 2014 4:53 pm at 4:53 pm #1015287golferParticipantInteresting, oomis.
Your posts never fail to get either of 2 reactions from me-
Usually: Completely agree!
Sometimes: Completely disagree!
But you never get an indifferent shrug.
Guess you know what I thought of this one…
May 14, 2014 5:30 pm at 5:30 pm #1015288oomisParticipantGolfer – I NEVER assume!!!!!! 🙂
May 14, 2014 6:17 pm at 6:17 pm #1015290Yserbius123ParticipantI’ve got a friend named O’Connor. Smart guy, made more than a few siyumim.
May 14, 2014 11:07 pm at 11:07 pm #1015291the plumberMemberI’ve also got a friend named o’connor, he became a big cardinal in nyc
May 15, 2014 12:42 am at 12:42 am #1015292May 15, 2014 1:34 am at 1:34 am #1015293oomisParticipantI thought NYC only had pigeons “
{{{groan}}} I actually had a cardinal flying around the front of my house today. The bird, not the man.
May 15, 2014 1:43 am at 1:43 am #1015294gefenParticipantI read the story in the Jewish Press. Quite interesting that he felt connected to the Jews. I found it so interesting that he made comments such as “Tody, I am, with you, a Jew” and a few other things they quoted him saying. Seems like the pintele Yid showing through.
It is, however, very sad and tragic that he didn’t know he was a Jew. He obviously did not have a Jewish burial and is not in a Jewish cemetery – through no fault of his own.
May 15, 2014 1:57 am at 1:57 am #1015295👑RebYidd23ParticipantThere are plenty of starlings and sparrows in New York.
May 15, 2014 2:32 pm at 2:32 pm #1015296cherrybimParticipantM’ikar Hadin, O’Connor would have been counted for a minyan and receive an aliyah. I have a friend, Houlihan, in the same situation. He has more midos tovos than most frum yidden I know.
May 15, 2014 5:47 pm at 5:47 pm #1015297twistedParticipantIn my time in mew york, we lived in a nicely treed area, and I kept the place as an organic green lung chaos. As an aid to getting up every day for netx, a cardinal kept a perch right outside our bedroom window, and he started his routine at misheyakir.
May 16, 2014 6:11 am at 6:11 am #1015298MammeleParticipantIt’s definitely sad, not irrelevant because his sister has children, who probably now know they’re Jewish and we don’t know what the future holds for them or their (Halachically Jewish) offspring.
However, I have a strong suspicion that O’Connor knew all along. He knew that his mother converted but thought she was Lutheran prior? For someone so into religious teachings I find it hard to believe that he never researched his “roots” or questioned his mother about her conversion.
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