TEMPLE OF BOOM: Rabbi Gary Moscowitz (far right) leads fellow heat-packing holy men in a self-defense drill at a Queens synagogue.
It's not so funny. We all have more security at the shuls since 9/11.
Posted on 09/04/2009 4:56:06 PM PDT by Cinnamon Girl
It's high noon for the high holidays.
Fearing jihadists will attack synagogues during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, a group of badass rabbis has developed a program to turn your average shul-goer into a lean, mean fighting machine.
The group, which calls itself the International Security Coalition of Clergy, was founded by Rabbi Gary Moscowitz, who boasts a black belt in karate, teaches martial arts and was an NYPD cop for nine years.
He's teaching others basic and advanced fighting moves -- how to take down a terrorist by the neck, how to use a table as cover from gunfire and how to execute a nifty running somersault while drawing a gun -- that he says can be used by Jews if they're attacked by terrorists during prayer.
"Jews are not like Christians," Moscowitz said. "If I turn my cheek, I'm coming around to make a kick."
Moscowitz said he doesn't think Muslims in general are a threat, but "extremist groups are."
"We're just worried about the safety of the houses of worship that are being threatened with rhetoric on regular basis and extremism," the 52-year- old rabbi said.
Moscowitz said few people took him seriously until May, when the FBI busted homegrown Muslim terrorists for allegedly plotting to blow up synagogues in The Bronx.
Since then, he said, his phone has been ringing off the hook and he created a 100-hour course for synagogue self-defense.
Moscowitz said NYPD officers aren't qualified to guard synagogues because they don't know members of the congregation.
"A terrorist could put a yarmulke on, say, 'Happy holidays,' and blow the place up," he said.
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TEMPLE OF BOOM: Rabbi Gary Moscowitz (far right) leads fellow heat-packing holy men in a self-defense drill at a Queens synagogue.
It's not so funny. We all have more security at the shuls since 9/11.
where can i send a donation? gotta love it.
Ping
Old guys don’t fight. They just shoot to kill.
How sweetttttt CG
Is there a way I could send a donation
That’s a good point about what kind of security guards you have.
Do unto others before they do unto you.
That picture made my day!!!!!
Bless those brave souls who are there to protect their flock.
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Excellent
All that’s cool, but where’s the link for the rest of us?
“badass rabbis”
Love it.
I”m all for this... kudos to them!
l’Shanah Tovah
Just how many Jews who attend services in the 5 Burroughs are allowed to carry concealed weapons?
If they have owner or target licenses, they would be breaking the law by bringing their weapons to Schull.
Mark
“Jews are not like Christians,” Moscowitz said. “If I turn my cheek, I’m coming around to make a kick.”
Hopefully he was just being funny and not ignorant about what turn the other cheek means.
Laughable. I never once met a jew that wasn't anti-gun. Jews in a certain precinct voted hillary clinton in by 100 percent of the vote. The American Jews continue to vote antigun as voters of the dem party. JPFO tries it's best to reverse this trend but look at their membership numbers. I would bet a large part of those members are sympathetic Christians.
Face it, Shooter, you don’t know many Jews. Most of the men I know own guns.
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