| Andy Levin's synagogue celebrates Tisha B'Av with a yoga classnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown), 04 Aug 04:45 AM In response to a tweet about Andy Levin | | In response to a tweet about Andy Levin, who touted himself during his campaign as a former synagogue president, Melissa Braunstein asked, "Why hasn't an article been written about that synagogue? Are the members all like Levin politically speaking?" The answer is that his synagogue is as fringe about Judaism as Levin is about Israel.
His synagogue is Congregation T'chiyah, a Reconstructionist synagogue. According to the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey, only 1% of Jews identified as Reconstructionist at the time. Since then, the survey has lumped them in with "others" which are at 4% total. About 2.5% of American synagogues in 2002 identified as Reconstructionist.
Either way, they represent a tiny slice of American Judaism.
The founder of Reconstructionist Judaism does not believe in a personal God. He defined God as "the sum of all natural processes that allow people to become self-fulfilled." This is not mainstream Judaism, or mainstream religion.
Levin's congregation describes itself in progressive word-salad style. At this time, services - when they are held - are in a rented room of a Methodist church that is also considered progressive. Their calendar does not mention Tisha B'Av this coming Sunday. Instead, they are having a yoga class. My point isn't to slam Reconstructionist Judaism, although I strongly disagree with everything about it. I'm just saying that all the people who pretended that Levin was some sort of SuperJew...Read More |
From Ian: Missouri Attorney General Investigates Morningstar Over ESG, Compliance With Anti-BDS Law Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has launched an investigation into whether Morningstar Inc violated a state consumer-protection law through its evaluations of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, his office told Reuters. The review is two-pronged, covering ESG matters as well as whether the financial research firm violated a separate Missouri law aimed at protecting Israel from a campaign to isolate the Jewish state over its policies towards Palestinians. Staff for Schmitt said it is the first instance of a state looking into ESG ratings products potentially breaching such laws, on the books in more than 30 US states. "Missouri has been a leader in pushing back against woke ESG investing, and my office will continue to look out for consumers," Schmitt — a Republican who on Tuesday won his party's nomination for a US Senate seat — said in a statement. Morningstar Chief Executive Kunal Kapoor said the company was evaluating Schmitt's action. "Sustainability introduces new choices for investors; Morningstar provides the data and insights to help investors of all types weigh those choices in their decision making," Kapoor said in a statement. In a pair of July 26 civil investigative demands to Morningstar and to its...Read More |
Whoopi Goldberg really needs to stop talking. Preferably altogether, but certainly when it comes to talking about Nazis and the Holocaust. via GIPHY First she said Nazis were white people attacking other whitepeople. That was in February. Now, only six months later, Goldberg has lumped the members of a conservative student association with neo-Nazis after the latter protested outside a Turning Point USA (TPUSA) summit last week. Goldberg falsely asserted that TPUSA allowed the protesters into their event, and was therefore "complicit." "You let them in and you knew what they were, so you are complicit," she said. Except that never happened. TPUSA never let these horrible people into their summit. TPUSA security, in fact, made every effort to disperse the neo-Nazi protesters. Since the protest took place on a public sidewalk, however, security was unable to remove them. Horrifying to see swastika flags and antisemitic signs being displayed earlier today at the Tampa Convention Center outside of Turning Point USA's #SAS2022 conference. pic.twitter.com/alypSZRgsB — StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites...Read More |
Here is a screenshot of part of the English edition of Lebanon's Al Manar newspaper: That's five photos of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on five separate stories.
All of them fawn over him. * * * * * * Buy the EoZ book, PROTOCOLS: Exposing Modern Antisemitism today at Amazon! Or order from your favorite bookseller, using ISBN 9798985708424. Read all about it here! ...Read More |
From Ian: Khaled Abu Toameh: Palestinians Commit Suicide as Their Leaders Live in Hotels and Villas Many residents of the Gaza Strip undoubtedly regret the day they voted for Hamas in the 2006 Palestinian parliamentary election. The last protest, which took place in 2017 under the slogan "We Want to Live!", was brutally crushed by Hamas's security forces and armed militias. "In all countries of the world, you pay taxes for the services that the state provides you, except for us. In return, there are no hospitals, no education, no electricity, no water, no public utilities, not even rodent control." — Khalil Talmas, Gaza Strip resident, Facebook, July 27, 2022. "'We Want to Live!'... is a cry of pain from the depths of a crushed and exhausted Palestinian people. It is a cry against taxes, extortion, repression and corruption." — Anas Al-Jazzar, Twitter, July 28, 2022. Other Palestinians said that the current protest was directed not only against Hamas, but also against the Palestinian Authority government in the West Bank.... These Palestinians pointed out the corrupt leaders of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority and their family members are leading comfortable lives in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and in five-star hotels and big villas in Qatar and Turkey, while most people were living in poverty and unemployment and misery...Read More |
Baha'i family in Iran whose home was burned down
From Iran International:
Security forces laid siege to a village in northern Iran Tuesday and started demolishing houses and farms belonging to members of the persecuted Baha'i faith. Simin Fahandej, a spokeswoman for the Baha'i International Community, told Iran International Tuesday that over 200 security forces were deployed to block the roads leading to Roshankouh, a village in Mazandaran Province, and begin demolition of the houses and farms belonging to Bahai's. According to Fahandej, security forces arrested some Bahai's who tried to stop the operations, confiscated mobile phones of some villagers to prevent them from recording videos and publishing them on social media, and warned locals not to take any photos or videos of their operations. A video posted on social media by the Baha'i International Community Tuesday shows security forces using heavy construction machinery to demolish buildings in Roshankouh. Since early June security forces and the judiciary of the Islamic have intensified pressure on the followers of the Baha'i faith, raiding over a dozen households, arresting tens including three of the former leaders of the community, and shutting down businesses. Iran's persecution of Baha'i fits Human Rights Watch and Amnesty's definitions of apartheid far better than Israel's treatment of Palestinians. This was pointed out in an article by South African...Read More |
From KUNA, the Kuwait News Agency, July 31: The Arab League called on the Arab States on Sunday to reactivate the boycott of Israel, describing it as a peaceful resistance to press Israel to abide by international resolutions.
The League Assistant Secretary-General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saed Abu Ali made the remarks at the 95th meeting of the Arab boycott offices in Cairo.
He said Israel's international boycott had achieved success at both popular and official levels. Compare with an Arab League press release from October 24, 2017: The Arab League (AL) called on Arab States on Monday to reactivate boycott of Israel, describing it as a peaceful resistance to press Israel to abide by international resolutions.
AL Assistant Secretary General for Palestine and the Occupied Arab Territories Affairs Saed Abu Ali made the remarks at the 91st meeting of the Arab boycott offices in Cairo.
He said that the international boycott of Israel had achieved success at both popular and official levels. Yes, they are practically word for word the same. And the idea of an Arab League boycott is now a joke with direct trade relations between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Bahrain and the UAE, and indirect relations with who knows...Read More |
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