Baptists In The Synagogue

Martin Luther King Day at the Hebrew Institute- January 2010

Those Jews with their heads screwed on right will instantly recognize this for what it is. A pagan ceremony. An astounding chillul Hashem. How else to describe a Baptist reverend and his church choir performing in the Beit Knesset of a supposedly "orthodox" synagogue? (Albeit, one that now has a female "Rabba", and that has at least on one occasion featured a female cantor leading the Kabbalat Shabbat service. Personally, I don't consider them orthodox, nor have I for some time now.) My understanding is that the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale has been hosting this interfaith-concert for years. As seen in the screen capture below, they continued the tradition this year. I couldn't find this year's concert on the internet, but I'm quite certain that it will make its way there eventually. Thanks to technology, every outrage can now be shared with millions across the world.

Now why, you may ask, is it necessary for an orthodox synagogue to hold this function? Isn't it enough to recognize the legacy of Dr. King, and treat all people with dignity and equality? You my unenlightened friend obviously don't understand "open-minded, modern-orthodoxy." The liberal, modern-orthodox, Jew feels a burning need to atone for the sin of x-tian slavery. And what better way to engage in this "tikkun" than to host an annual church choir in the synagogue? They even had Neshama Carlebach singing niggunim.

Can you feel the holiness? I can't. 

For some time now, Avi Weiss has trampled upon his Rebbe's p'sak Halachah regarding interfaith-dialogue. Rav Soloveitchik (of blessed memory) prohibited Jews from participating in any form of interfaith-ceremony, religious discussion, debate, or dialogue with members of other faith communities. His classic essay "Confrontation" is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the Rav's definitive position on the matter. (Many of the Rav's misguided detractors falsely portrayed his stance as a radical one. The Rav's position was deeply rooted in the normative Jewish approach to interfaith matters. He differed with Rav Moshe Feinstein (of blessed memory) and the other gedolim on the question of whether it was permissible to engage in dialogue with members of other faith communities, on non-religious issues, that affect society as a whole.)  Avi Weiss's actions are merely the next logical step of one who doesn't really believe in any separation from the goyim. If your Judaism is so influenced by goyish values that you extol the benefit of interacting with priests and "moderate" imams, the next step is to take down the barrier. Enter the Baptist choir into the synagogue. 

The x-tian faith is a rejection of the Noachide covenant. Maimonides maintained that they are idolaters. (No posek denies that for a Jew it constitutes idolatry.) If Weiss wants to sanctify The Almighty's name, he should introduce his  friends to the 7 Noachide Laws. This is the real meaning of Tikkun Olam. To bring the knowledge of The Almighty to Jews and non-Jews. Not to host interfaith concerts that not only involve serious Halachic and Hashkafic violations, but also come across as patronizing carnivals of liberal Jewish guilt.

Racism is repugnant to Judaism, and Dr. King deserves to be remembered for his struggle to end legislated discrimination. But not with interfaith-concerts in a synagogue, where a preacher calls upon his Jewish brothers and sisters to "clap their hands together and let him hear it", to the rhythm of a church choir. I'm sure many of the deluded Jews and gentiles in the audience truly believed that they felt something "spiritual" that night. So do the animists who pound on drums and wear death masks. The pagan drive is strong. Music is a powerful but dangerous medium. (Unfortunately, many talented, religious Jewish musicians allow their emotions to shape their deot, and not the opposite.) 

No religious Jew should ever attend an interfaith concert. Not in a synagogue, or on the beach, or in a night-club. Even if it means missing a rare opportunity to hear a Baptist preacher sing, "L-rd, Get Me High" with Neshama Carlebach. (And what about the kol isha prohibition?)  Ironically, the song was written to bring Jews back to the fold. Considering the setting and the participants, renditions such as this latest one, will surely send many Jews away. And Heaven forbid, they may never come back.


The only way to truly get "high", is to elevate the soul with the intellect, by studying the Torah. The Rambam speaks about a supremely elevated state whereby a perfected man becomes almost "lovesick" (so to speak) for Hakadosh Baruch Hu. This should be the model for the authentic "spiritual experience", unattainable as it probably is, for most of us. An elevated level where one is totally immersed in the knowledge of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Not some "mystical" experience of goyish paganism. Shabbat Shalom.

On Moral Assassinations ("P" Is For Purim)

If indeed the Mossad was involved in the recent assassination of the Hamas dog Mahmud al Mabhouh (y'mach sh'mo v'zichro), they should be applauded. It shows that the Mossad can still be ruthless when it wants to be. Israel should let the Jew-hating world rant and rave about "the Israeli bastards" without so much as a comment in response. From the world's reactions, you'd think that they assassinated Martin Luther King or the deceased idolater, "Mother" Theresa, and not a bloodthirsty terrorist who orchestrated the slaughter of Jews. The hell with world opinion. The hell with the British, and the hell with Dubai, which has become a hedonistic haven for hypocritical oil sheiks and terrorists to indulge their disgusting appetites while plotting the murder of Jews. Let these accursed Amalekites cower in fear, as they walk around with a bullseye planted between their eyes. This is the way of the Torah.

The Leftists don't like it. You know the type. The elitist Hellenists of Haifa and Tel Aviv, who read (and write for) Haaretz and Yediot Acharonot. They don't like vengeance in general. That's why they don't like Purim. They don't like merciless covert actions, which anger the Europeans and the EU, who have a propensity for getting physically ill whenever Jews fight back. It they weren't so spiritually sick, these Leftist cappuccino-drinking eunuchs would know that taking vengeance against Jew-killers is a sacred duty.

Israel should be commended on the rare occasion it does something right. (Congratulations! Killing terrorists is a good thing! Doesn't it feel good?) The policy of hunting down terrorists is supremely noble. Now they need to finish the job. Broaden the scope and frequency of such actions. Include all Fatah members on their list of things to silence, starting with the head butcher himself, Mahmoud Abbas (y'mach sh'mo v'zichro). Clean the house entirely before Passover, so that we can munch on the Korbon Pesach this year and truly know what it means to be living in a Jewish state.

When the Mossad's hands aren't shackled, it can still strike fear into the enemy. Meir Dagan should be commended for resurrecting the image of a shadowy Mossad that can gut down any terrorist in any dark corridor of the world. He seems to be doing his job well, a rarity these days in Israel. He's put a real scare into these animals, and I imagine that he smiles a lot when he's in the company of his closest friends. Kol Hakavod to him. A ruthless Mossad is something that Israel desperately needs.

May those who hunt down Jew-killers (without being hindered by politics or politicians) be strengthened and protected by The Almighty. Am Yisroel Chai!

Barack Obama: The Anti-King

It makes me sick when liberals compare the despicable Barack Obama (ye'mach sh'mo v'zichro) to Dr. Martin Luther King. I had no patience to write something new to express something that I often mention, so I pulled this one out of the vault from last year. Of course the grotesque Obama has turned out to be the nightmare that all sensible people knew he would be. A socialist, anti-Semitic, black-separatist, demagogue who has done so much to harm the U.S. and Israel.

Dr. King was a great man. I would be remiss if on MLK day, I didn't comment on the obscene comparisons people are making between him and President-Elect Barack "Hussein" Osama. (Sorry. Obama. What was I thinking?) Such comparisons are repugnant. Dr. King was murdered while trying to end segregation and legislated racism in the United States. Barack Obama has peddled in black-separatism for the better part of his life. He has more in common with a devil named Malcolm than with Dr. King.

Dr. King's vision of a truly color-blind society died with him. Immediately after his assassination, black racists seized the reigns of the movement and turned it into King's nightmare. What occurred was a death blow to the civil rights movement. Jew-hating blacks like Stokely Carmichael rose up and incited hatred against all whites and society's favorite scapegoat "the Jews", despite the plethora of lib Jews who risked life & limb to see Dr. King's dream fulfilled. When these racists seized the reigns of leadership, an era of reverse discrimination began that continues unabated today. Today they are aided by a PC liberal guilt ridden society who tolerate the worst elements within black society out of fear of being called racists. The self-appointed black leaders who have exploited blacks to peddle their hatred, ignore and justify the erosion of the black family, high rates of incarceration for murder, theft, sex offenses, drug related charges, not to mention the astounding levels of illiteracy, poverty, HIV infected, and teenage pregnancies in the black community.

Leftists who link Dr. King to Obama disgrace Dr. King's legacy. Obama is a racist anti-Semite whose friends and associates include terrorists, criminals, and bigots. The only similarity he has with Dr. King is his skin color. Watch and see how the so-called "races" drift farther apart during Obama's tenure. Dr. King's dream of "a nation where people are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character" will remain a dream.

Dr. King had a dream. This is his nightmare.