When Bad Rabbis Happen to A Good People

American Thinker ^ | June 20, 2010 | Stella Paul

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Are you ready for Rabbis Gone Wild -- Boston Edition? In the latest installment of this tragicomedy, the progressive Jewish leadership of Massachusetts decides to break the arrogance barrier and set new records for dangerous egomania.

First, let's meet our cast: seventy distinguished rabbis in Greater Boston, including the Past President of Hebrew College. Boy, you could fell an ox with the collective weight of these worthies' credentials.

And now, the bloodcurdling story: On June 10, these seventy men and women publicly condemned and virtually excommunicated one of the finest American Jewish leaders and human rights activist alive today.

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Spiritual guidance from these guys?

[Larry Lucido]

So flogging a blog was more important to you than telling FReepers what happened.

I’ll take a bad rabbi over a bad blogger any day.

[pabianice]

“Liberal Jews” is one of the great oxymorons.

[NonValueAdded]

Sounds like the 70 are the "scouts struck by fear," sticking their heads in the sand. Jacobs is the only one giving a faithful report and they are shouting him down, lest their fear be exposed.

Sounds like the only appropriate thing to do is to send each and every one of the 70 a plant - a Wandering Jew.