tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post5643001155042612147..comments2023-07-20T13:13:38.728+03:00Comments on JoeSettler: Jerusalem - The Modern CityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-41989489871986616262009-07-20T03:32:03.625+03:002009-07-20T03:32:03.625+03:00I don't think Israel is taking too kindly to O...I don't think Israel is taking too kindly to Obama telling them they can't build on their own land.Techhttp://www.technologyslice.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-25875177586207238282009-07-19T19:09:37.231+03:002009-07-19T19:09:37.231+03:00FROM CAROL HERMAN (Let me continue)
You know, you...FROM CAROL HERMAN (Let me continue)<br /><br />You know, you can compare cities. Haifa and Tel Aviv have municipalities just like Jerusalem. But they don't get the "Haredi problem." Cities are vibrant when, if you wanted, you could open a hot dog stand. Without having to buy off the rabbis for a kashruth certificate. In other words? It would be a choice. Not a bank holdup.<br /><br />I don't confuse being Jewish with thinking the Haredi are anything else BUT a cult of personality; run by warring rabbis. <br /><br />How come the Haredi in Jerusalem can send their small children out to beg at every tour bus? <br /><br />How come many people know the story of how Haredi stop traffic on Friday afternoons. And, block roadways until Saturday night. Public permission was granted to them. And, this is not a good thing.<br /><br />Is it possible you don't see any of this? In America, where there are plenty of Orthodox Jews, the Haredi are still a cult that stands alone. Worse. The men aren't trained to look for work. (Which is why Palestinians drive bulldozers in the city).<br /><br />You just can't fool me. It saddens me greatly that a man like Olmert was able to do so much mischief; while he pocketed profits and climbed up, politically.<br /><br />I doubt Arik Sharon respected Olmert. Instead? He feared Bibi. And, wanted to block him. And, he also didn't want to give Seat #2 to Shimon Peres. <br /><br />You know, ahead, there could be a comeuppance? The pope didn't see the issue with pedophile priests blowing off the doors of the Vatican. But people, with insight, no longer support that faith ... as they did for centuries. People in the modern world have moved on.<br /><br />Is Jerusalem at risk? Well, Obama wants to give the Saud's a "gift." Dubya tried. And, burned up the Bush legacy.<br /><br />Now? We're all waiting to see what happens with Obama. Seems, even among some democraps, the bloom slid off the rose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15423117.post-28998813681271660272009-07-19T18:52:47.212+03:002009-07-19T18:52:47.212+03:00FROM CAROL HERMAN
In Paris, the American Bookstor...FROM CAROL HERMAN<br /><br />In Paris, the American Bookstore just closed. It couldn't afford the rent increases.<br /><br />As to Israeli governments being unsuccessful in getting the American goverment to break ground for an embassy; after so many presidential campaigns, here, were full of promises to Jerusalem. What can I tell ya? Facts are stubborn. They won't disappear from the table.<br /><br />And, yes. To many Israelis who are not all that religious, seeing Jerusalem as the United City of the Jewish people has been a very big deal.<br /><br />What went wrong?<br /><br />You just can't shirk the responsibility when your city is held hostage by a few. And, in Jerusalem, what stymies the municipality, just happens to be the Haredi. Who have created a world, apart. And, they riot. <br /><br />Yes, I notice no one joins them. They're just a cult gone wild. Where a few rabbis, who work with their brainwashed believers, set the group out to do harms.<br /><br />When it was Jim Jones? He got his goupies to swallow Koolaid. When it was David Koresh? He got his group to cluster round and take on the US government. <br /><br />That I think the Haredi should be called on their poisonous behaviors? You bet! There's no need to create, within any city, a cohort of rabbis who can "shake you down." Where, if you opened a business, it wouldn't be considered kosher, without a certificate you need to pay for. And, that does not go into the city's coffers.<br /><br />Heck, when the pope thought he could keep the tradedy of his pedophile priests under wraps; the exposure of the problem is still hurting the church! People have walked away. You can't sell nonsense; and worse: Abuse. And, then claim it's "da lordy's work." It isn't.<br /><br />Sure, like every other Israeli city, Jerusalem gets its share of clowns in the knesset. <br /><br />But the problem cannot be fixed by thinking the Haredi have every right to their insular insanities. And, nobody will even notice they send their youngest children out to the tour buses, to rake in donations. People who do this are freaks.<br /><br />As to Judaism, itself, our men learned how to go out and earn livings. (Even though Europe had been so hostile! And, this created working class moms, who brought home real money. By cooking for others. But cleaning houses. And, sometimes, also being very shrewd at business.)<br /><br />If you were in Brooklyn, you'd know there were Haredi. They mind their own business. But the one thing they don't do is push their rabbinical "philosophies" onto the heads of other Orthodox Jews who live all across the United States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com