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Orthodox Jews in NY fight back against their oppressor de Blasio — 15 Comments

1. So two priests and three rabbis and an Italian walk into a courthouse…

2. Given all the social distancing and masks in the above clip I expect Cuomo will have to come down there and straighten things out.

3. Hooray for these priests and rabbis. The religion-based restrictions are illegal. I will go farther. They are evil.

   Elderly or health-compromised members of congregations will need to make personal decisions on whether to attend in person. There is no valid basis for forbidding religious assemblies, or for forbidding children to play.

4. If you are left-wing, you are excused from left-wing oppression. Otherwise….

5. So two priests and three rabbis and an Italian walk into a courthouse…

   and one of the rabbis says “wait, is this a joke?”

   😉

6. If you are left-wing, you are excused

   University of Alberta prof loses admin role over views on gender that made students feel ‘unsafe’

   her views on feminism were making students feel unsafe and there were concerns this was driving students away from choosing anthropology as a major. She doesn’t know exactly the nature of the complaints — or who made them — because they were made informally and anonymously, she said.

   But I was progressive!

7. This is one of the landmines out there in our Brave New World. A lot, and I mean A LOT, of Democrats and liberals are profoundly ignorant or in denial about the deep strain of…well, if you don’t want to call it antisemitism, it’s definitely venomous antipathy for the state of Israel in the academic and activist Left.

   Mike

8. Perhaps if the Orthodox Jews held a riot or a violent mass demonstration they would have been able to open their park.

   All the bullsh*t we have been witnessing over the last several years – suppression of speech and yes, of thought – is directly out of the playbook of marxist-leninist and national socialists thugs and their political leaders (i.e.., the demokrat party leaders).
   Don’t be too surprised if we soon witness mass book burnings and some sort of Kristallnacht event conducted by your good pals at ANTIFA (Antifaschistische Aktion) or BLM.
   Perhaps George Soros can once again relive his youth as he rummages thru abandoned jewish homes. Not that he needs anything of material import, but hey, whatever makes you feel better.
   Jews are already in the cross hairs of the left – see the BDS movements as well as Israel’s good pal, Bernie Sanders, just to name one jewish hate-Israel-first jews.

   But do not fret folks, you can count on the vast majority of black and/or jewish american voters to vote for Biden.

   Given the socio-economic “progress” of blacks over the last 50 years (ie., one parent families, skyrocketing black youth gang killings, more blacks on food stamps or welfare, illiterate blacks graduating from high schools) and the demockrat party increasing hatred of jews, rest assured that blacks and jewish voters will once again, in the vast majority, vote for Biden.

   But don’t hold that against them folks, because we, “the people” voted TWICE for Obama.

9. who would have thought that someone named Warren Wilhelm II would be a Juden hater?
   I’m sure he has a solution to his Judenfrage.

10. So thousands gathered in Southern California to protest police brutality and to support LGBT+ rights (June is Pride Month) – zero social distancing. Not sure if there were any masks worn, but most likely they were – to double their virtue signaling. Do we honestly think that after the demonstrations protest participants are going to self-quarantine for the suggested two weeks? No. But kids can’t play in the park in NYC. Oh, and for those who are keeping up with that’s happening in Manhattan, hundreds were in Central Park over the weekend to take advantage of the good weather. No park patrol to remind people to social distance and barely anyone wore masks.

11. The absence of impartial rules reflects the inability of Democratic politicians and their allies in the bureaucracy and on campus to conceive of, formulate, and implement impartial rules. They have no legitimacy and should not be obeyed. People need to respect counsels of prudence. The risks to the young and the risks to people in open air are minimal.

12. ArtfldgrUselessNothing on June 15, 2020 at 11:23 pm said:

    In other news, Blasio welds park shut so orthodox Jews have to cut it open
    the old times have returned… and they dont recognize themselves

13. BarryMeislin on June 16, 2020 at 3:57 pm said:
    So two priests and three rabbis and an Italian walk into a courthouse…
    * * *
    Or as PowerLine’s TWIP put it — (channeling I R A Darth Aggie?)

    https://i2.wp.com/www.powerlineblog.com/ed-assets/2020/06/IMG_3050.jpeg?w=720&ssl=1

14. Another Jew is fighting back, although in a different arena.

    https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/see-clearly-decide-wisely-act-justly

    Editor’s Note: This open letter was written by Jeffrey J. Poelvoorde, an associate professor of history and politics at Converse College. It is written in response to the administration’s decision to make all those employed by the college watch a series of videos on systemic racism acquired by the college’s department of “diversity and inclusion.”

    My quarrel is not so much with the content of the materials the administration would impose upon us but rather the coercive imposition itself.
    …
    As Converse’s only traditional Jew, I have often played the role of informal Faculty Adviser to Converse’s Jewish students. Over the years I heard many tales of non-Jewish students constantly berating our Jewish students for not believing in Jesus or demanding of them to display their “horns.” (Talk to Michelangelo about that one.) As the Faculty Adviser for many years of Converse College’s Association of African-American Students, I listened to many of our Black students pouring their hearts out to me about the abuse and prejudice they faced from many of our White students. I counseled them to summon patience and to bear with the occasional departures of the College’s inhabitants from the College’s ideals.

    I did this in the conviction that the best way to enable our students to overcome the challenges of religious and racial bigotry was to provide for them a genuine and rigorous liberal education which would equip them with the intellectual depth and spiritual fortitude to follow the lead of Booker T. Washington.
    …
    For many of my years at Converse, I have been the constant recipient of criticism and disparagement from fellow faculty and even administrators regarding my adherence to traditional Judaism. I have frequently been accused of being unprofessional or lacking in commitment to the College or in devotion to my students because of canceling or rescheduling classes that conflicted with Jewish holidays or because of non-participation in admissions events or ceremonies, such as graduation, that occurred on the Sabbath. Once, when I was falsely suspected of failing to submit my senior grades on time because of observing the festival of Pentecost, one of the College’s administrators remarked–not to me but concerning me and reliably reported to me on the following day–that: “We are under no obligation to respect that man’s religion.” I was furious. But I did not react with threats of hurling bricks through the College’s windows or torching its buildings or even employing legal action against it–a recourse available to me as an American that was not available to my Jewish predecessors. Indeed, under my department chair’s ministrations, and because of the respect, even affection, I bore towards the parties involved, I let go of my anger and maintained my silence.
    …
    I am also a Republican and a political conservative. I will not rehearse here the utter lack of intellectual and ideological diversity and the distressing intolerance of conservatives that tend to predominate in the American academic universe and to some degree at Converse. Here is a brief example from my experience: …
    …
    Converse College, like the American nation around it, is an imperfect entity, as must any entity engendered by the broken and corrupt human heart be. Converse (and America) may contain dark and ugly elements that frustrate the attainment of our highest ideals. But in life, we must never confront our lowest by abandoning our highest.

    Unfortunately, this is exactly what the leadership of Converse College has done by imposing this coercive mandate and embracing an expedient to address the problem of racism that departs from the essential nature of a liberal arts institution. The administration has simultaneously invoked–and abandoned–the Founder’s ideals. How? By employing one of the ideals in abstraction from the other two. Dexter Edgar Converse hoped to create an institution that would encourage its members to “see clearly, decide wisely and act justly.” I have always loved those words because in my mind they encapsulated perfectly the meaning of a liberal education. But “liberal” derives from “liberty.” The enlightened mind cannot emerge, cannot escape from ignorance and prejudice, without freedom of thought. No freedom…no clarity or wisdom. Without clarity and wisdom, justice degenerates into self-righteousness, intolerance, and moral indignation. As the political philosopher Leo Strauss reminds us: “Indignation is a bad counselor. Our indignation proves at best that we are well-meaning. It does not prove that we are right.”

    I suspect he is at or near retirement age, because the college is not going to suddenly decide that his accusations have any merit.
    Converse faculty will soon be short their only Jew/conservative.

15. First they came for the Jews…
    http://ace.mu.nu/archives/387798.php

    une 17, 2020
    Progressive Fascists Now Literally Hunting Jews Hiding In Attics and Reporting Them to “The Authorities”
    A “neighbor” spotted a Jewish child committing the crime of attending Talmudic school — maybe — and alerted the authorities to the crimes of the Furtive, Subversive Jewry.

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