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The Mensch in the White House
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| Joel Geiderman, MD
Posted on 12/22/2002 9:29:51 PM PST by ladyesk
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:29:52 PM PST
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ladyesk
To: ladyesk
Thanks!
To: ladyesk
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?
To: ladyesk
What's a "mensch"?
To: perfect stranger
literally: 'man' (in Yiddish)
but it means a: decent, honest, trustworthy, honorable human being.
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:48:58 PM PST
by
Sarah
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
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.
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:50:29 PM PST
by
ladyesk
To: Sarah; perfect stranger
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.
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:54:35 PM PST
by
dighton
To: ladyesk
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.
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:57:20 PM PST
by
Drango
To: Miss Marple
ding dong
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posted on
12/22/2002 9:59:54 PM PST
by
deport
To: Sarah
He's a person.
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To: ladyesk
bttt
To: perfect stranger
What's a "mensch"? That which a true man of honor, kindness and goodness would aspire to be called.
To: DeoVindici
WAKE UP. Are the redcoats coming?
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To: ladyesk
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.
To: DeoVindici
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?).
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posted on
12/22/2002 11:29:10 PM PST
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fire_eye
To: Sarah
What, exactly, is Yiddish? Is it related to Hebrew? It seems like a lot of New York Jewish phrases come from Yiddish.
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12/22/2002 11:33:30 PM PST
by
krb
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