Wolfman

A couple of years ago, by the RBS insanity, many chareidim were saying that there is no need to condemn the sikrikim, that these are a bunch of lunatics, that no one supports them, etc. Now that we are suffering the blow-back, we are wringing our hands about gezeiros, etc.

The CR bloggers can and will blame Hertzl, Ben Gurion, or whomever they want and rant about Zionist conspiracies. Some think that if they write twenty posts saying that Zionists are wrong, it constitutes a logical thought.

Bottom line, if we are nasty to others, it will come back to harm us. We need more Kiddush Hashem and less Chilul Hashem. It really is very simple.

The way posting on the CR has gone lately, a couple of posters will describe Krav Maga as a Zionist plot to destroy the peace loving religion of Islam.

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We can always count on a particular poster to compare Jews to Nazis. This time he had the restraint to only use code words. You are an obviously intelligent individual. Try making your points without trivializing the Holocaust.

Savannah is in Georgia. Isn’t that part of the former Soviet Union?

I noticed that the first poster spelled it “anti-Semitism” and the second poster spelled it “antisemitism”. The first way was more common until recently. Now the second way is more commonly used. I believe it is because there is no one group identified as Semites. Arabs, for example, may technically be called Semites although they are the most common perpetrators of antisemitism. Totally irrelevant to the original post but just an interesting linguistic point.

James Madison. Primary author of the Bill of Rights. Although one could counter that achievements before becoming president should not count.

WEVD was at 1050 AM which now is a Spanish language sports station. According to Wikipedia, WEVD was originally a socialist party radio station.

Shopping – I have never been involved in a CR conversation. On the rare occasion that I post, I do it in drive-by fashion, meaning, I post and move on. Every rule has exceptions.

When one posts in this type of forum, he/she opens him/her self up to the possibility of receiving negative comments. Although YWN CR is more polite than other forums, it’s not perfect. It’s important to know before posting, that you are taking a risk of being on the receiving end of not-nice comments.

That doesn’t make it right and I’m glad you accepted the sincere apology offered by yekke2. Nevertheless, all posters should be forewarned that they are entering a potential gladiatorial arena.

Adam

Noach

Iyov

Regarding akuperma’s comment about the demography of American Jewry. He states that 90% of Frum Jews today descend from survivors while the previous generation is gone. I am not a demographer and perhaps an expert reading this blog can chime in with statistics but I’m not sure he is correct. Although the “hashpa’ah” of the survivors led to a resurgence of Yiddishkeit and as a result we have shteiged to incredible levels, I believe that by birth, most Frum Americans descend from the old-timers. I could be wrong. Experts?

Ever notice how when people say, “es chato’ay ani mazkir hayom,” they never confess anything really juicy?

Let me jump in here. I don’t think the term “Centrist” as used is intended as a comparative term, although it may seem that way. I think it’s a reference to what the Rambam calls the middle path. Modern Orthodoxy has often claimed that they are following the Rambam’s path. As such, the term “Centrist”, in that context, fits.

What did I think was cool?

That machine at the dry cleaners that makes the clothes go around. Kind of like a carousel for suits.

I call Stop and Shop, Shop and Stop. But then again, that’s due more to forgetfulness.

Libertarian

Rabbiofberlin, thank you for helping me out. It appears that we have prophets in our midst.

To reiterate my point: On many posts, Muslim aggression is excused away as a response to Zionism. We are being told that Muslims are really peaceful folk and it’s only because of those pesky Zionists that they do violent things.

I’m waiting for one of the CR regulars to comment that the bombings in Boston were a response to Zionism!

Did the Rambam’s family flee Muslim Spain because of Muslims reacting to “Zionist” provocation?!

The Yemenites maintained their mesora davka because they were so violently discriminated against guaranteeing that they would remain separate, except when Jewish orphans were kidnapped by the … Muslims. And these policies date back to the 10th century. Must have been “Zionist” provocation?!

The typical, rational mindset convinces Westerners that they “can deal with the Arabs more realistically.” The Arab world does not share that European sentiment. The Eastern mindset follows different rules. Arab agreements are temporary and intended to lull their enemies into a false sense of security. No one, regardless of religiosity or political persuasion is able to “deal with the Arabs more realistically.”

It’s just his way of howling at the moon. No, we are not related. He’s been around a long time. I’m a newcomer.

They have no time. They are too busy banging when they hear the word “Medinah”!

I sense an aversion among some posters to use the name “Israel.” What is so bad about using the word “Israel?” The only ones who use the term “Zionist Entity” are those who wish to push all the Jews out to sea. Let’s not imitate their rhetoric. Call Israel by its proper name.

I find the articles about families and their communities interesting. What annoys me are the letters to the editor the next week complaining, “How can you write an article about such-and-such city without mentioning my Uncle Willie who was the biggest ba’al chessed in that city?”

I’ve been in chinuch for two decades. In the yeshivos where I was/am employed there has been a total of 0 incidents of abuse of any form. I am not naive enough to think that it doesn’t exist. Of course it does. But it is no where near as common as some would have us think.