tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post814304795559923875..comments2024-01-20T08:49:30.815+02:00Comments on Between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv: Kotel For EveryoneMichael Sedleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02684514303911193073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post-3351476188204530522017-08-13T05:40:36.685+03:002017-08-13T05:40:36.685+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post-65012088170443284962017-08-13T05:39:47.799+03:002017-08-13T05:39:47.799+03:00Reform Jews cannot accept homosexual Rabbis and le...Reform Jews cannot accept homosexual Rabbis and lesbian Rabbis and then expect the Orthodox to greet them with open arms and big smiles at the Kotel.<br /><br />Reform Jews cannot accept transgender Rabbis and then expect the Orthodox to celebrate with [kosher] champagne when they arrive at the Kotel.<br /><br />Reform Jews cannot eat pork and eat shrimp and then expect Orthodox Jews to honor them by rolling out the red carpet for them the Kotel.<br /><br />Reform Jews cannot accept “patrilineal Jews” as Jewish, and then expect Orthodox Jews to rejoice when they arrive at the Kotel.<br /><br />Reform Jews cannot reject the Divinely-revealed nature of the Torah, and then expect the Orthodox to hug them like favorite relatives at the Kotel.<br /><br />Reform Jews can’t have an intermarriage rate greater than 50% and then expect Orthodox Jews to jump-for-joy when Reform Jews arrive at the Kotel.Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post-67520958300727453742017-08-13T05:38:00.333+03:002017-08-13T05:38:00.333+03:00Mr. Ira Stoll said:
“I myself am a member of a Co...<b>Mr. Ira Stoll said:</b><br /><br />“I myself am a member of a Conservative synagogue and support Conservative Jewish institutions, and have belonged to a Reform synagogue in the past, so I am inclined to be sympathetic. <br /><br />But at a certain point, when the Reform movement strays so far away from traditional Jewish law and practice as to have their rabbis officiate at marriages between Jews and Christians, or to serve shrimp in their synagogues, there’s a certain naiveté about turning around and then being surprised or offended or indignant when the Orthodox rabbis aren’t exactly waiting to roll out the red carpet for them to bring those practices to the Western Wall.”<br /><br /><b>SOURCE:</b> <i>Fourteen Flaws in Tom Friedman’s ‘Israel to American Jews’ New York Times</i> by Ira Stoll, 2017 July 13 <br />www.algemeiner.com/2017/07/13/fourteen-flaws-in-tom-friedmans-israel-to-american-jews-new-york-times-column/Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post-32713303618338984992017-07-02T07:37:12.060+03:002017-07-02T07:37:12.060+03:00A fight within the family is never nice. I don'...A fight within the family is never nice. I don't know what Netanyahu was thinking of when he provoked this farrible. I don't know how close the ties are between Reform Judaism and Israel. Young unaffiliated Jews are increasingly critical of Israel and Zionism. Some unaffiliated Jews connect to their Jewish roots through the Holocaust, sad that this is, and though antisemitism and attacks on Jews. Israeli media is also responsible for wallowing in 'They all hate us' stories. Jews will be Jews with all their failings.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12842700245657669440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-699890406163567974.post-71684851577211227632017-07-02T06:03:56.178+03:002017-07-02T06:03:56.178+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.com