The Mensch in the White House

email | Joel Geiderman, MD 

[patriciaruth]

Thanks!

[Robert A Cook PE]

We will, of course, see this mentioned in the papers tommorrow.

Er, the next day.

Oh.

The next week.

Next month? When liberals in NY and Miami remind everybody that the religious right hates Jews. Again.

Next year?

[perfect stranger]

What's a "mensch"?

[Sarah]

literally: 'man' (in Yiddish)
but it means a: decent, honest, trustworthy, honorable human being.

[ladyesk]

President Bush has shown such a great amount of support for Jews in this country. I just wish that my fellow "liberal" Jewish friends would realize this.

[dighton]

It is hard to convey the special sense of respect, dignity, approbation, that can be conveyed by calling someone "a real mensh!"

-- Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yiddish.

[Drango]

Very, very nicely said.

"This is the people's house,"

Indeed it is. That's why I'm thankful the President Bush also celebrated Ramadan at the White House. He is a leader for all of America. At this time of Holiday Greetings, may the President bring us together and may he help bring "Peace on Earth". Shalom.

[deport]

ding dong

[Jeff Chandler]

He's a person.

[Professional]

bttt

[Mike Darancette]

What's a "mensch"?

That which a true man of honor, kindness and goodness would aspire to be called.

[Texasforever]

WAKE UP.

Are the redcoats coming?

[StockAyatollah]

On FR the game is to pretend that Jews are Republicans. Hate to break it to all the would-be mensches and menschettes, but Jews voted overwheminly for Bill and Hitlery and will continue to do so. Jew=Democrat. This isn't racist or anti-semitic, its just fact. But it probably doesn't fit the world-view of most freepers, so ahhh nevermind. Funny how they can see thru the Jesse/Sharpton BS on the Lott-affair, but can't see thru the BS with the USS Liberty, Pollard, Iraq, etc.

[fire_eye]

And the next night, Bush will undoubtably have some Moslem group over for a photo op to say "Islam is a religion of peace." WAKE UP.

Well, did he, or didn't he? Ramadan just passed, I think - he would have done it at that time if he were going to do it. I'd be very interested to know for sure (although since you've already tried him and found him guilty, you probably don't care).

If in fact he *didn't* conduct a similar ceremony for Islamics, that itself probably sends a message. (You probably would just claim that it was an accident, of course - that Bush of course meant to fete the Islamics but forgot because he's so dumb... right?).

[krb]

What, exactly, is Yiddish? Is it related to Hebrew? It seems like a lot of New York Jewish phrases come from Yiddish.