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Did you speak to him or are you just venting?
@ Moshe, that is what the Jerk of a Mayor is worried about. who cares what this lame duck opinion is, there is shooting in the streets, the city finances are in shambles and people are leaving the city in droves, he managed to undo 25 years of progress.
Let him take his opinion and……………………………@n0m, exactly my point, most of the area affected are not frum areas or areas that were busy following the rules to the letter of the law yet they still got it
@n0m,
Kew Gardens has been very meticulous about following the rules.
Edgemere is not the frum area of Rockaway, and FR and 5 Towns are busy with closing shuls etc.
Williamsburg has a large hipster population
That leaves midwood/ bp.
Therefore…………………….?@zahavsdad, in a six way race
@CharlieHall, the district was taken over by minorities and socialist, if the district had Rockland in it he would have won.
Our Shul was full, both mens and esras nashim, a group of people did not feel comfortable in the shul and they all chipped in and rented a tent and put it in the shuls driveway and kept 6 ft. apart and everyone was happy.
@Annonmus Jew
Guess what, NYS is one of 50 states, and NYS has 57 counties besides NYCErev RH and you have not better to do with your time, nebech.
I am hardly a flaming Zionist but i have better stuff do then knock yidden.@CharlieHall, alternatively we can vote the GOP and to heck with the Dems, outside the metro jungles the GOP is very much alive
@zahavsdad, a closer analogy would be someone drinking chol akum, some hold it is muttar and some hold it is ussar.
Or better yet, some people would rather daven biychus then daven in a open orthodox place with “Female rabbis”, gay marriage is given a mazel tov and adherence to certain halacha is questionable, and some people find it great.“There are plenty of good reasons not to wear a mask that would not effect others. (Recently recovered and antibodies, tested negative a few days before and haven’t been anywhere, plan to maintain a six foot distance etc.) If a shul requires masks then you must wear a mask. If they don’t then one should not be forced to wear one. And if that makes some feel uncomfortable they can either go around asking people why they aren’t wearing it to determine if it’s safe or not take the risk and find another shul.”
Exactly my point, There is a shul in my neighborhood that is outdoor only with six foot distance and everyone must wear masks and gloves and bring own siddur, down the block is a shul that is operating normal. No one is forcing anyone to go anyplace, its ones choice.
Can I get Corona in spite of my having a high antibody count? who knows, but I can also drive down the highway and get hit head on by an 18 wheelerCh”v. Edited
* bodud, it was a typo
@Zahavsdad, yep and I plan to dancing wildly with all my fellow mispallim to that song.
BTW the words are kol yisroel not kol bnei yisroel.
PS if you feel the urge to sit home on simchas torah and sing aycha yoshva bodah no one is stopping you@Syag, I have antibodies and so do my wife and kids, My FIL wants to wear his mask to shul
INSPITE of him having gotten covid, that fine with me, he make his decision and I make mine.
You want to lock yourself in some underground bunker, that is fine with me, you want to wear a mask and watch from a distance I am fine with that too the choice is yours.
Before I jet ski, go whitewater rafting or snowboarding I know of the risk that are involved.
If you don’t feel 100% comfortable in a room full of dancing people on Yom Tov, stay at home, that fine with me.
I plan to thank Hashem for the Torah and dance throughout Yom Tov, seesu vsimchu bsimchas torah@syag, actually I am a grandparent several times over, its immaturity to try to tell people how to run the life’s.
As to being part of the community, I donated plasma six times, can you say the same?@ Syag & Moshe, I never tested positive and have antibody counts that is off the charts, I donated Covid Plasma six times and the blood banks keep calling me to donate again and again [ i am not going to get in this whole juvenile argument if you can get it twice because its pure speculation],
You want to stay in a underground bunker and shiver be my guest, but don’t try to shove your OPINION down my throat.
PS I plan to celebrate the Torah and life for hours and in close company@n0m, how about this? you will do what is best for you and everyone will do what is best for them. Wow what a novel concept
@Toi there is a big suggestion box in the back of the room.
@BenK how about else coffee? how about lack of fresh salads, you can make an issue out of everything Chill out and mind your own business
@ Ben K, why don’t you mind your own business, if it annoys you take your son out of that yeshiva
I get nauseated by the endless drumbeat of the Covid 19 coverage
So take your son out of that school, don’t worry about others MYOB
N95 is not effective if you have facial hair
@arvah, i get harassed for not wearing a mask so I guess we are even.
@jackk, the Atlantic is not anti Trump? if that is the case the KKK loves the NAACP
“Harav ?” Avi Weiss will endorse him and so will so called Rabbis of the Open Orthodox
Let him take the LSAT, if he does very well he has a shot at the part time program at Brooklyn Law or Cardozo.
Remember Der Abister fert der velt
@ Charlie Hall
This does not look some made up attempt to slander, if it was then Steven Exler would have said that.
Jewish NewslinkIn an interview Tuesday in response to a request for information on this policy, Fagin told The Jewish Link that the matter has been settled, with HIR agreeing not to issue such announcements in the future. “The OU has been in touch with Hebrew Institute of Riverdale to discuss the OU’s recent policy statement. The discussions have been respectful, with the exchange of differing perspectives. The OU is pleased that the issue has been resolved in accordance with the OU’s policies, as set forth in its statement, as HIR has agreed to refrain from the practice we addressed.
“HIR has requested that we note that it was not their intention to create a public discussion or controversy,” said Fagin.
HIR’s Rabbi Steven Exler confirmed the validity of the OU statement, but did not make further comment.
@Charlie Hall,
Doubt it it was the Rabbi from the White Shul that pushed the OU, doubt that the Rabbi would have bought into some doctored bulletin,@ Charlie Hall
Riverdale Press:
Same-sex marriage has been the law of the land for some time now, but many religious institutions — like Orthodox Judaism — refuse to embrace this “modern” way of thinking, citing laws that go back hundreds, if not thousands, of years.The Hebrew Institute of Riverdale is Orthodox, but has long been known to follow it’s own path in grappling with the strictures of traditional Jewish law to include women and LGBTQ Jews. It hosted a panel in 2016, for example, called “Building a Jewish Future Outside the Closet,” which focused on LGBTQ Jews in Orthodoxy, and its founding rabbi, Avi Weiss, was one of the signatories of a groundbreaking 2010 statement of principles by Orthodox leaders asserting an “obligation to treat human beings with same-sex attractions and orientations with dignity and respect.” The shul even congratulated same-sex couples on their weddings in its newsletter.
But announcements of marriage celebrations in violation of Orthodox law? No more.
The Orthodox Union — the largest association of Orthodox synagogues in the United States — has reinforced its opposition to same-sex marriage congratulations, calling them an “institutional endorsement” of something it considers a sin.
@ Charlie Hall
Jewishlink:
Last week, Rabbi Yair Hoffman, in an article for the Five Towns Jewish Times, reported that Rabbi Eytan Feiner of the White Shul in Far Rockway, Queens, had issued remarks condemning the much-publicized act of wishing official mazel tovs (in shul publications and from the bimah) to people celebrating same-sex unions, a practice that took place at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale. In his Shabbat drasha, according to multiple reports, Rabbi Feiner said that if the OU did not move on the matter he would have no choice but to reconsider the White Shul’s affiliation with the OU.The complex, nuanced issue of whether to issue celebratory statements for non-halachically sanctioned acts or celebrations in Orthodox Union institutions is not new, but what happened next was. Rabbi Hoffman asked the Orthodox Union for comment, and Allen Fagin, the organization’s CEO issued the following statement: “It is the OU’s unequivocal position that support for, or celebration of, halachically proscribed conduct is fundamentally inappropriate. Accordingly, the institutional endorsement or encouragement (implicit or explicit) of any conduct that is contrary to halacha is activity that no Orthodox synagogue should allow. With this principle in mind, we are currently in the process of reviewing our synagogue standards to determine whether further comment, or other action, is appropriate.”
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In an interview Tuesday in response to a request for information on this policy, Fagin told The Jewish Link that the matter has been settled, with HIR agreeing not to issue such announcements in the future. “The OU has been in touch with Hebrew Institute of Riverdale to discuss the OU’s recent policy statement. The discussions have been respectful, with the exchange of differing perspectives. The OU is pleased that the issue has been resolved in accordance with the OU’s policies, as set forth in its statement, as HIR has agreed to refrain from the practice we addressed.
“HIR has requested that we note that it was not their intention to create a public discussion or controversy,” said Fagin.