crandc
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See attached. I honestly thought it was from The Onion but I looked up the original newspaper and it is all too real. What's wrong? Let me count the ways...
Blowing of Trumpets - The shofar is blown on Rosh Hashanah, not trumpets.
11 AM to 7 PM - all Jewish holidays are sundown to sundown. The "eve" service of Rosh Hashanah is considered the most important.
Ralph Engelstad - a Swede, Englestad is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia and has been photographed in Nazi uniform. He claims to own cars previously owned by leading Nazis. He was fined in Europe for holding birthday celebrations for Adolf Hitler.
Arena - Many Jewish holidays are home-centered; the High Holy Days are an exception. They are celebrated in a synagogue, not a hockey arena. In an area where Jews are too few or too persecuted for a synagogue, the holiday could be celebrated in a home or other location, but hockey rink? A hockey rink owned by a Nazi sympathizer?
Fasting - Rosh Hashanah is a celebration. Yom Kippur is the fast day.
Praying for America, Israel, Tea Party - The period from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, known as High Holy Days or Days of Awe, is indeed a time for prayer. Most important, it is a time to ask forgiveness and make amends to those we have harmed in the past year. For example, slander is among the most grievous sins. Some rabbis consider it more egregious than even murder. Making up lies in order to revoke gay civil rights, using a doctored video to destroy an African-American woman's career with a false accusation of racism, saying the president is just like Hitler are examples of slander that would require atonement. Only after a person has received forgiveness from those he/she harmed can he/she ask G-d's forgiveness, as well as seeking forgiveness for sins against G-d, such as eating cheeseburgers or traveling to a Glenn Beck rally on Shabbat. This is a time for reflection, introspection, humility and conciliation, not exactly trademarks of the "Tea Party". But to pray for a given country would be out of place, for a political movement flat out ridiculous.
Ten Commandments - Jews don't use this expression, as there are over 600 Commandments (mitzvot) in Torah, all of which are required to be followed. And if they are not read in Hebrew from Torah, they are Christian commandments, not Jewish.
First Amendment - A rabbi might reference a secular document during a sermon to illustrate a point, although unlikely during High Holy Days. But secular documents are not read during the actual service. The First Amendment, of course, contradicts those who claim the U.S. was intended to be based on religion generally or Christianity in particular, and of course applies to Muslims.
Washington quote - Almost certainly a fake. Although similar quotes are cited by people like O'Reilly and others to "prove" the U.S. was intended to be based on religion generally or Christianity in particular, actual historians have not found this or similar quotes in any known writings of speeches of Washington.
God - Observant Jews don't spell this out; they say G-d.
Psalm - quoted in English, not Hebrew.
American flag - Absolutely appropriate on 4th of July. Secular national symbols are not used as part of Rosh Hashanah.
Of course there are no blasphemy laws, fortunately, in this country. And First Amendment freedom of assembly applies even to the most repugnant, like the Fred Phelps cult picketing the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. So if anti-Semites want to hold a Tea Party rally in a facility owned by a Hitler admirer and call it "Rosh Hashanah" that is their unquestionable legal right.
But any Jew, however conservative or non-observant also has the legal right to be revolted by this crap in our names.
Blowing of Trumpets - The shofar is blown on Rosh Hashanah, not trumpets.
11 AM to 7 PM - all Jewish holidays are sundown to sundown. The "eve" service of Rosh Hashanah is considered the most important.
Ralph Engelstad - a Swede, Englestad is an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia and has been photographed in Nazi uniform. He claims to own cars previously owned by leading Nazis. He was fined in Europe for holding birthday celebrations for Adolf Hitler.
Arena - Many Jewish holidays are home-centered; the High Holy Days are an exception. They are celebrated in a synagogue, not a hockey arena. In an area where Jews are too few or too persecuted for a synagogue, the holiday could be celebrated in a home or other location, but hockey rink? A hockey rink owned by a Nazi sympathizer?
Fasting - Rosh Hashanah is a celebration. Yom Kippur is the fast day.
Praying for America, Israel, Tea Party - The period from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur, known as High Holy Days or Days of Awe, is indeed a time for prayer. Most important, it is a time to ask forgiveness and make amends to those we have harmed in the past year. For example, slander is among the most grievous sins. Some rabbis consider it more egregious than even murder. Making up lies in order to revoke gay civil rights, using a doctored video to destroy an African-American woman's career with a false accusation of racism, saying the president is just like Hitler are examples of slander that would require atonement. Only after a person has received forgiveness from those he/she harmed can he/she ask G-d's forgiveness, as well as seeking forgiveness for sins against G-d, such as eating cheeseburgers or traveling to a Glenn Beck rally on Shabbat. This is a time for reflection, introspection, humility and conciliation, not exactly trademarks of the "Tea Party". But to pray for a given country would be out of place, for a political movement flat out ridiculous.
Ten Commandments - Jews don't use this expression, as there are over 600 Commandments (mitzvot) in Torah, all of which are required to be followed. And if they are not read in Hebrew from Torah, they are Christian commandments, not Jewish.
First Amendment - A rabbi might reference a secular document during a sermon to illustrate a point, although unlikely during High Holy Days. But secular documents are not read during the actual service. The First Amendment, of course, contradicts those who claim the U.S. was intended to be based on religion generally or Christianity in particular, and of course applies to Muslims.
Washington quote - Almost certainly a fake. Although similar quotes are cited by people like O'Reilly and others to "prove" the U.S. was intended to be based on religion generally or Christianity in particular, actual historians have not found this or similar quotes in any known writings of speeches of Washington.
God - Observant Jews don't spell this out; they say G-d.
Psalm - quoted in English, not Hebrew.
American flag - Absolutely appropriate on 4th of July. Secular national symbols are not used as part of Rosh Hashanah.
Of course there are no blasphemy laws, fortunately, in this country. And First Amendment freedom of assembly applies even to the most repugnant, like the Fred Phelps cult picketing the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. So if anti-Semites want to hold a Tea Party rally in a facility owned by a Hitler admirer and call it "Rosh Hashanah" that is their unquestionable legal right.
But any Jew, however conservative or non-observant also has the legal right to be revolted by this crap in our names.
