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  • What wonderful answers!

    [Read the article: I've had three miscarriages and my husband won't wear a yarmulke]
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    I have read the responses to both the initial article, then the Husband's posting, with some interest.

    The thing I find interesting is the vast majority of jews (whether self-proclaimed atheists or not) as usual show their intolerance and, indeed, hatred for anyone outside their faith/culture who interacts with them, unless the "goy" acts in a completely obsequious way. What the vast majority of respondents say is: "Either wear a yarmulka as we tell you to (regardless of whether or not it's based on halachic law or indeed the words of YHWH in the bible) or we spit in your eye!" Alternatively, LW should be ashamed of defiling her race by marrying outside of it, as david sugarman purports (who was perfectly happy to prance around in bed with a non-believer without even being married to her...what a GREAT example of moral rectitude based on faith).

    These kinds of opinions and actions only serve to demonstrate that no matter how high jews are in their own self-esteem, they are no better than any of the people they rail against. It seems that historically from AD 70 to 1948, it is only their status as minorities subject to other cultures that has prevented them from acting as shamelessly against other cultures as other cultures have acted against them.

    Before that, in biblical times god would either do the dirty work for the jews himself by killing their enemies, or he (pardon me, "it," since it is a being of light and somewhat at a distance from his people) would sanction the extermination of other tribes that got in the way of the jews.

    An example being when Moses' army defeats the Midianites and all the adult men are slain. That not being enough, they follow Mosess (and presumably god's) instructions, and kill the women and children, except for the virgins. In this way they got 32,000 virgins -- Wow! (Numbers 31:1-54) Interesting, david sugarman... it's OK for jewish men to take infidel virgins for sex and procreation, but woe betide the jewish woman who takes an infidel man!!!

    Since 1948, in modern-day Israel, bigotry and racism of the worst kind is commonly displayed (try living there and you'll know what I mean). The state of Israel also had no problems collaborating with the heinously racist white dictatorship of South Africa on arms manufacture for the purpose of keeping black Africans and Palestinians in bantustans and refugee camps.

    I completely agree with the Husband that there is no reason to wear a yarmulka in "shul" because, quite frankly, there isn't much to respect in there except for the family he is close to and who seem to be good people.

    Oh, and by the way: I've lived in Israel, and I've been to synagogues lots of times. Yes, I did put a yarmulka on when I went, out of misplaced respect. Having observed what jews do to others as a nation and how happily the diaspora supports it, I have just come to realize that they're just as bad as everyone else who acts in the name of their religion.

  • The Ad

    [Read the article: I've had three miscarriages and my husband won't wear a yarmulke]
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    Yes, the ad IS funny, but certainly not in bad taste!

    I mean, it does say "covering BOTH food groups." Presumably the bacon is for the christians and atheists, the egg for jews and muslims....

    Hahahahaha!!!

  • That's funny sugarman

    [Read the article: I've had three miscarriages and my husband won't wear a yarmulke]
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    I see you exactly the same way - a symptom of jewishness.