Yes, all of my friends are celebrating, and I'm terrified. I no longer live in NY but it was my home town. I guess ZM's Yiddish marketing scheme was quite clever. Aren't we supposed to be asking ourselves "Is he/she good for the Jews?". I am at a loss for any more words. Thank you for the post.
I live in Brooklyn (who knows for how much longer) and think this is not a good sign. Not for NY, not for the US, not for the world. (BTW most of the Orthodox community here was insulted by his Yiddish ads, and we're not impressed by his English ones. Like we believe an Arab who says he'd arrest Netanyahu and that his poor auntie was victimized and traumatized by American REACTION to 9/11, is going to "protect and cherish" Jewish NYers.) History is not my strong point, so I might be conflating the Muslim takeover of Spain with the spread of the Ottoman Empire, but that's what this is reminding me of. Muslim mayors of London and NY? Muslim majority cities throughout Europe? It's not like those places are bastions of tolerance and interfaith alliances. Second, the idea that NYers seriously believe communism/socialism are viable systems is horrifying. Have these people never heard of Cuba? Venezuela? The Soviet Union? Those community grocery stores in Kansas or wherever? Third, this "immigrants built NY" (and the US) stuff, as though it's a crime to be a natural born citizen. Hello, why are all these people fleeing their home countries? Did they build those countries into anything to be proud of? Sorry, nothing I said here hasn't already been said more eloquently by others but I want to scream.
"I thought of a religious justification, too. In Jewish law, women are not obligated in time-bound commandments. Voting is a time-bound civic obligation. Therefore, according to my religion, I should not be obligated to vote". I didn't know that voting in a democratic or republican system is any sort of Torah based ('d'oraiissa') 'mitzva'. Is there a source to this?
You're right, I was making a joke about how women aren't obligated religiously in time-bound commandments like communal prayer, maybe I could apply the same reasoning to my civic obligations. Sorry if I didn't explain it well.
Just curious, when Skver voted for Clinton for Senator (in exchange for pardons) the vote was something like 1700 for Clinton and 1 for Lazio: were those all men that voted?
Yes, all of my friends are celebrating, and I'm terrified. I no longer live in NY but it was my home town. I guess ZM's Yiddish marketing scheme was quite clever. Aren't we supposed to be asking ourselves "Is he/she good for the Jews?". I am at a loss for any more words. Thank you for the post.
Thank you for your comment!
Love the title and the article.
I live in Brooklyn (who knows for how much longer) and think this is not a good sign. Not for NY, not for the US, not for the world. (BTW most of the Orthodox community here was insulted by his Yiddish ads, and we're not impressed by his English ones. Like we believe an Arab who says he'd arrest Netanyahu and that his poor auntie was victimized and traumatized by American REACTION to 9/11, is going to "protect and cherish" Jewish NYers.) History is not my strong point, so I might be conflating the Muslim takeover of Spain with the spread of the Ottoman Empire, but that's what this is reminding me of. Muslim mayors of London and NY? Muslim majority cities throughout Europe? It's not like those places are bastions of tolerance and interfaith alliances. Second, the idea that NYers seriously believe communism/socialism are viable systems is horrifying. Have these people never heard of Cuba? Venezuela? The Soviet Union? Those community grocery stores in Kansas or wherever? Third, this "immigrants built NY" (and the US) stuff, as though it's a crime to be a natural born citizen. Hello, why are all these people fleeing their home countries? Did they build those countries into anything to be proud of? Sorry, nothing I said here hasn't already been said more eloquently by others but I want to scream.
That was a very interesting point about history repeating itself. Thank you for your thoughtful comment, arby18
"I thought of a religious justification, too. In Jewish law, women are not obligated in time-bound commandments. Voting is a time-bound civic obligation. Therefore, according to my religion, I should not be obligated to vote". I didn't know that voting in a democratic or republican system is any sort of Torah based ('d'oraiissa') 'mitzva'. Is there a source to this?
You're right, I was making a joke about how women aren't obligated religiously in time-bound commandments like communal prayer, maybe I could apply the same reasoning to my civic obligations. Sorry if I didn't explain it well.
Just curious, when Skver voted for Clinton for Senator (in exchange for pardons) the vote was something like 1700 for Clinton and 1 for Lazio: were those all men that voted?