Comments on: Op-Ed: A New Perspective On David Weprin

By: jakyweb

jakyweb — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:36:30 +0000

Jews can be a light to the world by setting an example of an ehrliche lifestyle governed by Hashem. If we are not afforded the freedom to live our ways then we will be in gehakte tzuris. Remember in nazi germany they first took away people’s right to practice whatever they wanted, then they eventually took away their right to live. Learn from history’s slippery slope. I repeat, freedom for everybody.

By: AhavasChinam

AhavasChinam — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:42:57 +0000

Why r u on this world jaky? Jews have a purpose – to be a light and to spread Gds word. The Torah doesn’t punish people for not being Jewish but doing things which are wrong. We r the guiders whether u like ur role or not. Whatever legally we can do to keep the world moral we must. That includes legally voting out politicians who don’t mix morals with social policy

By: jakyweb

jakyweb — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:48:46 +0000

Hashem runs the world and not the politicians. Hashem will take care of the toeva issue and not you guys. The important thing is that yidden should be free to live our lives according to our halacha and not be indebted to politicians. That is why I believe the government that governs least, governs best. Again, Freedom for everyone.

By: Give Me a Break II

Give Me a Break II — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:16:08 +0000

akuperma:

Personally, I think it would be excellent – politically – for the Republican presidential nominee to choose Rep. Cantor as his running mate. It took 24 years from Democrat Geraldine Ferraro to Republican Sarah Palin; it would be a good idea for the GOP to halve that time in following Al Gore’s example.

(My personal choice of a GOP 2012 ticket is Rick Santorum for President and Eric Cantor for Vice President. I also think the choice of Herman Cain for Secretary of the Treasury would be politically wise.)

By: Give Me a Break II

Give Me a Break II — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:15:10 +0000

akuperma:

(My personal choice of a GOP 2012 ticket is Rick Santorum for President and Eric Cantor for Vice President. I also think the choice of Herman Cain would be politically wise.)

By: AhavasChinam

AhavasChinam — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:05:50 +0000

Jakey, ur same toevah guys are trying to bamn circumsision. U forget who runs the world and where beracha comes from. Not the democrats, but Hashem. Anything blatantly against Torah has an effect-do u not believe that?

By: jakyweb

jakyweb — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:30:12 +0000

IMHO I am grateful that we live in the USA that has a seperation between church and state. You cannot legislate morality, but you can legislate taking away our freedom by chipping away at what the public sees as unpopular at that time. A prime example is Europe where they are outlawing shechita and burkas and whatever they deem as unpopular. Do we want to live in a country that takes away our freedom to live according to halacha? I would rather have 1,000 toeiva weddings take place that have one shoelace of my personal religious rights taken away. Freedom for everybody!

By: malul

malul — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:27:15 +0000

I agree with mr taub 100% that David werpin may be a very nice guy but his ideology is NOT in line with the orthodox way of life. Therefore as nice of a person he may be he is not the right person to vote for.

I still can’t understand why people are so shallow and think a politicians position on israel is what defines them. Its the opposite! Most politicians are pro israel because that’s what makes sense (Only US ally in middle east). Also ones position on israel does not have any major effect on us or israel. Yes, they talk a lot about israel and speak out defending Israel, but in truth that means nothing. All our pro israel politicians over the past years have not really changed the situation in Israel.
Another point is their main job is to legislate for us in our country the ways that’s best for us. To this point I can confidently say the democrats failed us. Regarding issues that really pertain to us, we see don’t see any support from them. To the contrary, we see them against us.
The biggest proof that I’m right is this article. Why is this article dominated by werpins position on Israel but nothing on issues that pertain to us- his constituents here in district 9??? If werpin would discuss his position on these positions, he wouldn’t get 1 vote from the orthodox community and a lot less from the rest of the district. That’s why he sugar coats his position with being pro israel.
Every voter should open their eyes and see the truth, look beyond the surface, ask questions, be informed, and then decide who to vote for.

By: Mottel1

Mottel1 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:16:46 +0000

This article TOTALLY MISSES THE POINT. There is NO QUESTION that David Weprin is PERSONALLY Orthodox, is PERSONALLY a mensch and PERSONALLY believes in all the causes espoused by our community. HOWEVER, David Weprin is a “PARTY MAN” through and through. …and when the party has a key vote you can bet your bottom dollar, that DNA wins, he will be a vote that the Democrats WILL ALWAYS (WITHOUT EXCEPTION) be able to FIRMLY rely on. Congress is not the Assembly…and when Pelosi “pulls the strings”, David Weprin will ALWAYS SHOW HIS LOYALTY. The TOEVA bill proves this “beyond the shadow of a doubt”. If there is a conflict between our community and the administration, the administration WILL ALWAYS WIN. That is why our community must “draw a line in the sand” and vote for someone WHO WILL NOT BE IN ADMINSTRATION’S BACK POCKET. I don’t alway’s agree with Dov Hikind, but his vote on the Toeva bill was a profile in courage. So was the clergyman Diaz from the Bronx, who has much to lose. Most others are part hacks. Obama has FORCED Natanyahu to negotiate with the PA based on PRE-1967 suicidal lines. There are rumors in the media that Obama (and his team) made program “cut-off” threats. This is also in Obama’s DNA. Ask yourself, in this case, if push comes to shove how would David Weprin vote?

By: HaLeiVi

HaLeiVi — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:56:57 +0000

Well, if you thought until now that he voted out of Rishus that is your problem. Nothing I read here came as a suprise. It is a common thing that after meeting someone, you’ll speak differently about him. But if it was really the policy that was the issue than nothing would have changed.