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I’m a BT married to an FFB, and there is halachic basis to not want to marry a BT having to do with your mother and going to a mikveh, and this effecting your middos. However, the Chazon Ish approved of his grandson (or great-grandson?) marrying a BT.
In any case, if you don’t like that someone discriminates that way, don’t marry them! Marry someone who agrees with your perspectives on life. You only need one.
I knew a former baptist preacher who converted to Judaism … his father made peace with his conversation to Judaism but said, whatever you do, don’t marry a black girl because he couldn’t accept that. You can guess who he ended up marrying… that ended up being the girl who was right for him.
This was when Olmert was mayor and there was no rioting. Bored kids throwing rocks at cars of other Jews. They need a better outlet.
To answer the editor’s questions –
Does anyone find the recent Hafganos in Yerushalayim outrages and a Chillul Hashem? YES
Does anyone think this is totally normal – trowing rocks at the cops, damaging police cruisers, burning dumpsters, smashing traffic lights? NO – THEY SHOULD BE ARRESTED
Does anyone think that we have lost “our way”? THE PEOPLE DOING THE ABOVE HAVE – BUT DON’T PAINT US ALL THAT WAY.
Does anyone think that the Gedolim are sending these people out to protest in this fashion? If you do, then where are the Gedolim? Why aren’t they out there tossing rocks? And if you think that they are not supportive of this type of Hafganah, then why don’t they appear in PERSON at one of these violent Hafganos and physically yell and scream at the protesters to stop it? THE GEDOLIM SHOULD BE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST VIOLENCE. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY ARE NOT.
I took Mr. Spira’s advice and contacted the kashrus agency. The Rav said that this hotel has been this way for 100 years and isn’t changing any time soon. The kitchen is glatt kosher, but outside of that it’s like going to a regular Holiday Inn and don’t expect anything.
I know exactly which hotel the poster is referring to… I was there not too long ago. Outside of the food being kosher under a very reliable name, it ends there.
I can understand that non-frum people go there and don’t keep Shabbos. I don’t expect the hotel to exclude people on that basis, but I do expect a hotel which advertises in frum newspapers and sends letters to frum shuls about themselves to at least be frum-friendly.
One of the most offensive things were that they have someone playing the keyboard on Shabbos in the lobby. My wife asked him if he could instead come over and sing to our kids (we were the only ones in the lobby). It turned out he wasn’t Jewish, and perhaps they have ‘kosher’ arrangements with how he’s paid, but it’s still inappropriate for such an organization to do.
The other most offensive thing was that in terms of keeping mitzvos, you’re on your own. Work around their meal schedule, bring your own siddur, arrange with other patrons for a minyan… there’s no davening schedule and it would be impossible to daven with a minyan and eat your seudahs at a regular time.
There was also kol isha for the after Shabbos entertainment and drinks for sale during the Shabbos afternoon entertainment.
On the other hand, on Friday and Sunday we had the pool to ourselves. There’s an indoor and outdoor pool and we were able to go in as a family… had it been busy, it would have been a problem. No separate men’s and women’s hours.
If you go up with a frum group, I hear it isn’t a problem and they are accommodating. However, it’s really a shame because the place is so large and could be attracting such a larger clientele by being truly Shomer Shabbos.