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The success rate for full Kiruv is very low, Many people are interested in Judaism, but interested in going all in. Kiruv organizations depend on fundraising and “success stories” to get that fundraising. If they do not show some success they will not get the money.

Better to show donors 100 people who learn once a week at lunch than 1 person who becmes a yeshiva Bocher

Another really good App Ive been using has helped me lose weight. Its like a diary App that you put in your foods and give you the approximate caloric amount and it marks down how much exercise you have done (like a fitbit).

Ive lost 15 pounds in the last 5 months with this app as I am now able to track my calories better (I was not Obese and didnt need to lose as much weight as others might) . I actually use this app alot more than Waze, which I only use if I am in an unfamiliar area or stuck in a traffic jam and I am trying to figure out how long the jam is.

That is not a labor day parade, that is a parade that just happend to occur on Labor Day

OP is referring to the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn that takes place on Labor Day

I used to have a stand alone unit until it was stolen. I tend to walk alot so I dont like carrying things. It was the car that I had lost that the waze found me. (I was only 1 block out of the way at one point, but I had no way to know that)

Also waze helps with traffic, It finds you alternate routes to avoid traffic, this was one of the rare times I used it for walking

Creating Yeshivas will not make people go to them

And Frankly not everyone is interested in Religion, Most of the non-religious are not knocking down the door to become frum

A $250,000 term life insurance policy is fairly cheap, the community would have great difficulty raising that kind of money no matter how generous they tried to be

Unless the seller is a Satmar and bound by their rules, whatever the Satmar Rebbe said does not apply to him and is irrelevent

Hava Negilla is actually american

I once asked a christian who was protelizing, about someone who was a murderer , Had kidnapped someone and committed a gruesome crime (This was a national news story) if they would accept “Him” , the frankly admitted that was the christian way, but they themselves admitted it would be hard for them to accept it.

I really dont think Madoff could ever do enough tshuva for his crimes, besides stealing the money, it was a massive chilul hashem and he wasnt even religious

If wanting to remove thieves , scammers, Abusers and other criminals from our criminals makes me a jewish Anti-semite, I wear that badge with honor

In any group of people there are always a small number who are dishonest, thieves, scammers etc. The problem is not so much those people, but rather others who are willing to cover up for them.

If people would act the same ways to thieves and scammers as they do to people who do other averiahs we would all be in a better place

There is a difference between a stam traffic jam and blasting Sirens.

Also concerts usually only occur in certain areas. They would occur near concert venues , not in a residential area

I dont know any details here, but I can certainly see how someone would want to sit next to their spouse and not a stranger.

You call Zalman Leib the Satmar Rebbe?

The OP speaks Kefirah

The Nazi’s engaged in collective punishment, meaning if you did a “crime” they would punish your neighbor for it, maybe you have the guns, but your neighbor doesnt and he will suffer for you

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The people I am referring to are NOT JEWISH, they have jewish fathers, but are not Halachically jewish.

And there are plenty of cases where children of Gedolim clearly did not live up to the parents, King Menashe is the most obvious example, but he is far from alone.

In fact right now there is an “Activist” who decided one day he was a woman and this person has lots of Yichus including from the Baal Shem Tov

Yichus really means very little, there are non jews with good Yichus (And I mean JEWISH Yichus)

Alaska and Hawaii are approximately on the same Longitudal lines. Anchorage Alaska is 147 Longitude and Honolulu Hawaii is 158 Longitudal

Alaska and Hawaii have the same issue, There is a Halachic Debate where the International Date line is. According to the secular world, the International date line is approximately 180 Degrees from London. Which is considered the start of Time, However Halacha says Jerusalem is 0 degrees not London, so that moves the International date line

There are Halachic issues with visiting Alaska, namely what day Shabbos is , is a debatable. (Due to the International Date line)

People who travel in general have difficulty getting kosher food unless you go to some major destination like Israel, Florida or many major European cities and even places where food is available there might only be 1 or 2 kosher places (Like Athens) and except for Paris or London none have more than 4 or 5

Kefira could never have spread without the printing press, before the Printing press it was hard to spread Kefira but once it was invented one could print Kefira and spread it everywhere

Before trains and automoblies it was hard to leave the community, but once it became easier to travel longer distances people moved and their ties to the community became less and less

The Automobile, Trains , Printing Press and other inventions did more damage for Yiddishkeit than the smartphone could ever do