Pick-and-Choose Piety Makes Enemies [Rabbi Lapin Alert]

Toward Tradition ^ | Nov. 17, 2005 | Daniel Lapin

[Alouette]

"The whole idea of reaching out to the poor and needy is part of our Jewish tradition."

Is the Temple doing anything to find jobs for these people so that they can pay rent for their own apartments? Or are they just using these bums as props to show off how "compassionate" they are.

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[Alexander Rubin]

Ugh.

[muawiyah]

Fur Shur the Temple people here are NOT offering any of these homeless folks the opportunity to become practicing Jews. After all, Reform does not proselytize ~

So, exactly what is it they are intending to do with all these homeless people ~ maybe convince some of the neighbors to move away and sell their McMansions on the low side to the Temple?

So many questions, so few answers. Now, if Reform (and other non-proselytizing Jewish groups) would take up the encouragement of new members, we really wouldn't have any questions to ask of them.

No, I don't buy the "We're just doing charity" response. If Jewish charity is "good enough", then Judaism itself is equally "good enough" for these guys and might lift them out of their lives on the streets. It's time for the rabbi to earn his keep.

[Alouette]

The highest form of charity is helping another person become a productive member of society.

This is showing off to impress the liberal media and get attention.

[Alouette]

These same "homeless advocates" would get court orders to prevent a Chabad House from opening up down the block.

[sionnsar]

They have obtained over 60 pages of sheriff’s reports of hundreds of run-ins with the law that these campers have had during their previous stays at houses of worship in King County.

Funny how the local press hasn't reported this...

Just being as honest as usual, I guess.

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[SJackson]

Is the Temple doing anything to find jobs for these people so that they can pay rent for their own apartments?

I've heard who I presume was Rabbi Mirel, or someone from his synagogue, on the radio a couple times. That question never came up.

[Judy]

"He claims that the limits imposed by the city are unacceptable because "The whole idea of reaching out to the poor and needy is part of our Jewish tradition.""

I think the best idea for the Temple members would be to each take a "homeless family" into their own private homes - reaching out to the poor and needy necessarily demands a personal sacrifice of time, money, etc.

[Chickensoup]

On the air I pointed out to Rabbi Mirel that very few of the temple’s leadership and members live within the quarter-mile radius of the temple that experience tells us will be deleteriously impacted by the presence of a crowd of indigent squatters. This meant that others would bear the burden of the temple’s pick-and-choose piety.


Lapin hits the nail on the head right here, folks!

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[investigateworld]

I see another Jewish Sports Legend developing here as the good Rabbi has hit it outta de park (again)

[avile]

this is just like the liberal judges that put halfway houses, and low income housing projects in someone elses neighborhood

[sheik yerbouty]

The "rabbi" sounds like a fruitcake..

[sheik yerbouty]

That is, the reform "rabbi", not Rabbi Lapin.

[EveningStar]

Rabbi Mirel

Medved had this guy on just the other day.

[Alouette]

Medved had this guy on

Medved always has the screechiest barking moonbats on his show. It's some kind of control thing for him to see how long he can let these idiots vomit all over his shoes while he stays calm and cool.

Whenever he has a guest who is normal, his show is boring and I lose interest.

[TopQuark]

Could you please post a link to the article? Thanks.