Posted on 05/23/2017 4:03:38 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
>>Men, Jewish or not, are required to wear a head covering in proximity to The Wall<<
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Just the thought that my Lord may have walked on some of these stones or even touched them with His Hands, would make me want to cover my head as a sign of respect and unworthiness.
If I went to a Buddhist temple in China I was expected to burn incense to Buddha. That is also a sign of respect to Buddhist.
When I lived in China I just didn’t go to a Buddhist temple.
I would politely refuse to go. I’m not anti-Semitic I just refuse to wear a symbol of another religion.
They’ve got a U.S. Marine guarding the place.
Interesting.
:)
The leaders provide paper ones for those visiting without one so presumably, it is considered correct to wear one at other solem sites, not "insulting" as you presume, but thanks for thinking that the "event was well done! "
FYI women are required to cover their heads on the side of the Wall restricted for women.
My husband pinned on his paper one while he prayed and I covered my head as I did and neither of us are Jewish. We considered the experience very moving.
As protestants (Baptists) I'm glad it never occurred to either of us someone like you might think we were insulting to the Jewish friends we were visiting.
Then just refuse. It's your choice, as it was everyone else's choice, including The President's. He chose to honor their request, you would choose not to. They wouldn't force you.
Like I said, you are free to do so.
Actually it would have been considered an insult if he had refused the kippah
Being unfamiliar with YAD VASHEM,I had a look around and found this:
Rescue Story
Edmonds, Roddie
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds (b. 1919) of Knoxville, Tennessee, served in the US Army during World War II. He participated in the landing of the American forces in Europe and was taken prisoner by the Germans. Together with other American POWs, including Jews, he was taken to Stalag IXA, a camp near Ziegenhain, Germany. In line with their anti-Jewish policy, the Germans singled out Jewish POWs, and many of them on the Eastern Front were sent to extermination camps or killed. In some cases in the west Jewish POWs were also separated from the others. Sometime in January 1945 the Germans announced that all Jewish POWs in Stalag IXA were to report the following morning. Master Sergeant Edmonds, who was in charge of the prisoners, ordered all POWs—Jews and non-Jews alike—to stand together. When the German officer in charge saw that all the camp’s inmates were standing in front of their barracks, he turned to Edmonds and said, “They cannot all be Jews.” To this Edmonds replied, “We are all Jews.” The German took out his pistol and threatened Edmonds, but the Master Sergeant did not waver and retorted, “According the Geneva Convention, we have to give only our name, rank, and serial number. If you shoot me, you will have to shoot all of us, and after the war you will be tried for war crimes.” The German gave up, turned around, and left the scene...
http://db.yadvashem.org/righteous/family.html?language=en&itemId=11025207
I recently attended a Catholic funeral.
As I have never been in a Catholic church before, I did not know the proper procedures. Although I’ve seen the sign of the cross made a gazillion times on TV, I have no idea which hand and what direction or which point is made first, etc., etc.,, let alone the rules for the Holy Water. No idea at all what genuflect in front of the alter entails. Sorry if you would be insulted. Sometimes people are insulted by not doing things correctly. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
I have attended Catholic services but did not participate in doing the sign of the cross or other rituals. I did not intend that to be an insult; rather, I did not want to indulge in false gestures.
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Thanks for the info.
It is local tradition to do so in certain situations, like visiting the wall a wedding or a synagogue. In their culture it is considered giving respect to the Creator. To not do so would be to show no respect to God. It’s not an acceptance of Judaism but a respect for it. Unlike wearing the Hajib, which is submission to Islam.
“I would think, as a Protestant that I would be insulting the Jewish people by doing so.”
Not at all.
It’s not mandatory for non-Jewish people to cover their heads in such a situation, but it is an appreciated sign of respect.
“I would politely refuse to go. I’m not anti-Semitic I just refuse to wear a symbol of another religion.”
Perfectly acceptable. I’ve had to decline to go to any number of friend’s weddings and such because it would be considered participation in a false religion.
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