Comments on: YWN MAILBAG: Watch This Goldfeder Video & Decide What His Position Is

By: emeth

emeth — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:10:07 +0000

This discussion illustrates a VERY serious deficiency in the frum community.

Is it a Chillul Hashem to vote to allow state offices to be open on Shabbat? Or to allow those who wish (presumably outside the frum community) to do all manner of things that a member of the community would not do?

In the same way that Jews are free to practice as each individual chooses, the American system presupposes that each person doesn’t presume to impose his or her views on society at large. There are, of course, exceptions. By general consent, all of society agrees to live by the “Noachide Laws.” So if we don’t ask the general society to observe Shabbat, why is any other of “our” mitzvot more important?

But even more important, how can any Jew, frum or not, vote for a person who thinks that it’s ok to have people sleeping in Penn Station?

By: a jew

a jew — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:36:10 +0000

#39 mr Hockercity Name them!

By: mrmoose

mrmoose — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:17:38 +0000

35 it is not true that Jews are not allowed to live in Breezy Point, as a matter of fact the chairman of the HOA is a Jew (amazing what you can learn in two minutes of Googling). The real issue is not where Darcy lives or even how Goldfedder would have voted on gay marriage. The real issue is was Goldfedder dishonest in making the statement he made at the debate when he repeatedly told Frum people in Far Rock that he was against the bill?

By: hockercity

hockercity — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:53:42 +0000

Just FYI to everyone on this forum.
Two of the MAIN rabbonim who have publicly been endorsing Phil, are now furious, in their words appalled at what they’ve seen, and will not even be voting before the polls close. They feel completely humiliated on behalf of the entire kehila.
What a shame.

By: rt

rt — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:37:23 +0000

can someone explain why it would be a kiddush H to vote for an oved avodah zara?

By: Simcha Green

Simcha Green — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:53:20 +0000

Rockafey give me one address

By: charliek

charliek — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:51:14 +0000

Just drove up and down Far Rockaway NOT ONE Deacy sign.

#30– you lie

By: rt

rt — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:31:18 +0000

so please explain to me, a catholic who lives in a gated community that doesn’t allow Jews to live there & who made absolutely NO effort to reach out to our community will be a better representative of the Jewish community than a frum Yid, amazing!!

By: yalili

yalili — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:23:00 +0000

To Goldfeder and anyone who supports him
Know what I think of you after watching this video?

My screename.

Take care. Hope you lose. You are a walking Chillul Hashem.

By: stopthemesira

stopthemesira — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 20:11:05 +0000

Yelly, I’d like to call the 3 that were “shocked” to hear about this video. Quite amazing that he got a hold of all 3 of them in less than 15 minutes, considering every one of them is incredibly busy with REAL Harbotzas Torah during the day NOT passing time trying to hurt fellow Jews under the guise of “preventing Chillul Hashem”. What you are doing is 1000 x worse, even if Phil came right out and said he supported same-gender marriage.