Interesting story. Sorry he isn’t your pal anymore.
- Wasn’t observant as a Jew in College, but I became so afterwards. My room mate, not Jewish (Chinese) was my friend until his passing a few years ago. I am still friendly with his father.
Invited him and another non-Jewish buddy of mine to my wedding (Texan). Great guys. Everybody deals with this stuff in their own way. ~
I don’t think his observancy is normal...plenty of observant Jews...Levin always come to mind don’t do what he did
what he did was cult like to be frank
goyim freepers are under the illusion that if a Jew is Orhtodox they must be righteous and conservative
no question they are more likely to be conservative on issues like homosexual marriage than secular Jews but it is no more a guarantee of shared values that someone being Mormon or Seventh Day Adventist or Sikh is
this fellow...he runs a kol charity in Jerusalem now..was arguably my second best global running buddy ever...my first being my high school pal before drugs got him..I lived all over the world for 17 years being first in gemstone trading and mining and later cargo ship ownership
my Israeli pal traveled to dangerous places like Colombia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Karen Thailand with me...fearless Yom Kippur tank platoon vet..he had wandered spiritually coming from secular Ladino speaking Palestinian Jews from way way back..last name means wolf in that tongue...he had tried EST and even Scientology briefly...but like me he majored in babes
then his brother joined a kiryat in Monsey and he slowly drifted that way...his wife resisted and that was that
oddly enough his first marriage daughter joined the same outfit and had 5-6 kids by age 30
the boys stayed with the original mom
i woulda figured the opposite
i still have contact with her in Manhattan where she is a dress designer for a big house..and does on occasion..vote conservative btw
i haven’t asked her but i bet she won’t vote for Obama..she was born in Israelbut her folks were Yemeni till they were run out with barely their lives..her brother who owns a chain or petrol stations in NY/NJ is very conservative..even deer hunts and stuff upstate
oh well...one day you get old like me you will have tales too..lol