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Rabbis protest joint Jewish-Arab event
Avishag Badash-Zabaro
Published: 10.05.07, 23:13
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1. whoever
Yaakov ,   Yesha   (05.11.07)
wants to party with the ishmaelites...let them lock up their farm animals Mayor Sinai u are a Jew? lol, lol
2. HUH??? IF THIS ARTICLE IS NOT RACISM WHAT IS????
Hani ,   Palestinian Vagabond   (05.10.07)
THE CHUTZPAH TO PUBLISH THIS CRAP IS BEYOND COMPREHENSION!? Is Israel an apartheid state? Of course not eh? We should thank God we have electricity and Jewish neighbors huh? Jewish supremacists go to H_LL.
3. arab who seduce jewish gals
(05.10.07)
if they can do this to a gal, they do so largely out of disrespect for our religion and not because they love the gals. they view jewish gals as slaves and dhimmis. i do not think anything worthy can come of a union like this for gals other than to satisfy the lust for some male muslim arab who would boast his conquest to other arab muslim men.
4. this event is a trash
(05.11.07)
5. They are in Love. Love is important...
ben ,   singapore   (05.11.07)
Love is blind. No Arab- No Jews. Is there any Law to stop HUmans from falling in Love ?'Jewish women seduced by Arabs ? Why not Jews alsos seduce Arab Woman.In these cases what ever religious concerns is involved as claimed . it also mingeled wit RAcism ! Cut all that Crap now FORMATION of JEWISH CHILDREN SHOULD START while they are still small. like bending the bamboo. The bamboo breaks if you bend it at a a later age. So Jews should form their children from small. When My People are in LOve They dont care about anything. RELIGION OR RACE ! Look at David the KIng, LOOK at SOLOMON. The TOrah is full of them. Rabbis get use to IT !
6. Woman are not idiots
Dan ,   USA   (05.11.07)
Females are not idiots and can look after themselves 2) The arabs aren't Svengalis and are not hypnotizing people.... 3) If they want to hang out with arabs, so be it. If not, then thats fine. 4) The Rabbi need not dictate what they can and can not do.
7. You kill the weak
Alex ,   LA, USA   (05.11.07)
In US there were meetings between Reform and Muslems in Reform temples. It ended with attacks on Jews, like in the temple in Washington State. The rule is you kill the weak, you don'y go for a strong. Do these women saw Arabs jump with joy when Jews are killed? Do they have sons in the IDF?
8. Trade off
Dan ,   London   (05.11.07)
In order to integrate as one nation events like this have to be held regularly. Of course there are added risks from inter marriage but thats a sacrifice we have to make
9. women empowerment. a joke!
(05.11.07)
if this gathering is supposed to empower WOMEN, both jewish and palestinian, then let it be women only. not men and women together. on the other hand, why don't you do this gathering in gaza and see how many israeli women come! power or not!
10. Confused
Debbie ,   Sydney, Australia   (05.11.07)
Am I reading this right....are the Rabbi's concerned about lesbian unions between Jewish women and Arab Unions ?
11. Racist filth
david ,   Royal Oak, Michigan   (05.11.07)
This racist filth, buttressed by the vile racism uttered by talkbackers, is a sad teatament to the ethical descent of Israeli society. To condemn a gathering because there are arabs smacks of the worst of xenophobia and racialism. Is it a wonder why Israel is so reviled? Jews, as well as all others, must condemn this bigotry.
12. These rabbis are idiots and bigots
Zvi   (05.11.07)
13. Yeah right Dan, like that's working so well in the UK
Caroline   (05.11.07)
sod off
14. If Moslem women are seduced by Jewish men
Binyamin ,   New York   (05.11.07)
What would they do then? I had a Moslem woman for a girlfriend, they are good fun:) I like Moslem women.
15. Silly rabbis, in this case
Daniel van Dalen ,   Jerusalem   (05.11.07)
First of all, it is a women-only meeting. So unless all of these women on both sides are lesbians, I do not see what the rabbis are afraid of regarding Arabs marrying Jews because of this event. Secondly, the kashrut issue: religious Jewish women know what they can eat and cannot eat. And secular women don't care what the rabbis say in any case. The rabbis do not have to prevent this event merely because of the fact that there will be non-kosher food present! Very stupid. In my view, every possibility of letting Jews and Arabs meet should be encouraged. Oh, and just as a final note: I'm a chareidi Jew.
16. trusting arabs
isiaiah   (05.11.07)
all arabs who mix socially with jews must develop a very pro-jewish islamic sect based on the jewish concept of the ten commandments cleanlines and hygeine laws and antibiotic and other medical discoveries .this must be tested by functionalMRI'S and the ink blot tests. the present charters are very dangerous for judaism because they grossly emphasize the negative parts of judaism and bad jews and propogate outright blood libel.
17. Interesting articles on Jewish women married to Arabs
Tracy W   (05.11.07)
"Since the founding of the State of Israel, more than 3,000 Jewish girls have converted to Islam and married Arab men via the Muslim courts. Additionally, some 2-3,000 women are married to their Arab counterparts by common-law marriage, while another 10-20,000 girls are dating Arabs at any given time." From series of articles at Israel National News. Worth reading. The link is for the third on a series. You can find links for previous ones at the bottom of the page. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/72865
18. Huh?
M. Hartley ,   Atlanta, US   (05.11.07)
Aside from the fact that this sounds a bit like our black-white thing from years ago, why blame Arab men, if Jewish women take a liking to them? Wouldn't it make more sense to educate the "girls" as to the differences in attitudes of one vs. the other and what their lives might very well be like as typical Arab wives as per the Qoran? If you want to make something REAL attractive, preach against it in generalities. I'd prefer to think that Jewish women would do the seducing, but maybe my judgment is seriously impaired. After all, I went to court to marry that "cowboy" of mine, despite my guardian's dire predictions as to my fate in a country 4000 miles from home, run over with wild Indians on one side, worse cowboys with strange religions on the other, not to mention those people wearing funny clothes and believing in polygamy and who knows what else (ok, Quakers, Mormons didn't make one bit of difference to my 70 year old guardian") somewhere in the middle. Hey, that was in '57. Add to that Bill Hayley and his Comets and Louis Armstrong, and nothing good could ever come from any of it. Well, here I am, 2 kids and 7 grandkids later, and I wouldn't trade my life for anything under the sun. In 48 years, I haven't met a single Quaker with more than one wife or wearing a funny hat. Being afraid of ending up "polluted" by just getting to know someone doesn't say much for the strength of one's own convictions, does it? Actually, I think, it's a major accomplishment for anyone, especially a Jew, to get an Arab "snockered" and to sing and dance. I know some Baptists who drink on the sly, but wouldn't dream of dancing, because they're afraid that people might think they're having sex standing up. (Ok, this last one's a joke.) Anyhow, how can there ever be peace between people, if they don't even know each other???
19. What they really fear: "businesswomen", regardless of faith
Noah ,   New York, NY   (05.11.07)
It's so obvious that what these frightened little men called rabbis really fear are the "businesswomen" whose work this event is showcasing. The idea of women having independent economic means must be terrifying to fundamentalists such as these. Orthodox women are supposed to stay home, make babies, and obey their husbands. The rabbis are using their standard anti-Arab rhetoric to scare the masses into opposition, but if they were smart, they'd drop it. Instead, they'd make common cause with the equally benighted fundamentalist Muslim imams, who are just as frightened by women's autonomy. Devout Muslim women are also supposed to stay home, make babies, and obey their husbands.
20. assimilation
rami   (05.11.07)
i've been with a jewish women once....amasing rack....the tear drop kind (salut:)
21. Listen to the rabbis. They have 1000s years of experience
Stan ,   USA   (05.11.07)
They are correct. The only reason the Arabs are seducing the Jewish girls is to put down the Jewish culture, state of Israel, Judaism and Jewishness. When they do it they are considered to be heroic and victorious in the Arab circles. They become big if they have a good time with a Jewish girlfriend. Unfortunately, there are Jewish girls with a low self-esteem who don't fully comprehend the other people's culture and the consequences that follow. Even if the Arab live in Israel and are Israeli they are not Jewish. They come from another culture and mentality which is still at war with the Jewish sovereignity.
22. These rabbis are morons.
Joe ,   Brooklyn, NY   (05.11.07)
What's wrong with these people? They're saying that certain families are "horrible" just because they're mixed, and they don't take into account that Jewish women can make up their own minds as to whom they marry. If a Jewish woman marries an Arab, it's not because of the get-together, it's because the Jewish woman and Arab men obviously care more about love than about their racial and religious differences. They have that right. And obviously, every Arab woman that can foreseeably come to this event was celebrating on her rooftop when Jews were murdered.
23. The Jewish women must be ugly if they can't findaJewish man.
(05.11.07)
24. rabbi's protest
joe   (05.11.07)
#12, I agree with you. Every race, creed, religion has his share of pathetic souls. These are ours to bear.
25. Trust the rabbis! They know what they are talking about!
Dan ,   USA   (05.11.07)
26. #11 You are a racist. Israel is admired in the USA
Bill ,   USA   (05.11.07)
and the Arab dictatorships based on humiliation, racism, persecution, corruption are reviled! Take a look at the Arab states, culture, etc. What have they achieved in the last 500 years? They have advanced in terrorism. Is there anything else?
27. Think 100 times
Daniel ,   Israel   (05.11.07)
To all those Jewish girls falling for Arab Youth, yes they are handsome and manly, they have everything a woman wants. But remember; they are just looking for a housewife who does everything in the house; from sweeping and swabbing to cooking for a big family, bearing many children and raising them men have no participation in any of these; except making you pregnant. This does not stop here, if they like any other woman; forgetting all the promises made to you; they are free to bring them home; 3 more apart from you! Suggest think 100 times...
28. Unfortunately for me
Benny ,   Denver, CO   (05.11.07)
this is a time when I am ashamed to be a Jew. These rabbis should not stick their noses in this kind of thing. I am for Israel and for a Palestinian state, and coexistance. I am not for racist Jews or Arabs. After all, we are both Semites. We are all human beings. We all have more commonalities than differences. Go back to Mea Shearim and Bnai Brak. Better still, go back to Borough Park and Crown Heights and Monsey. Ugh.
29. Excuse me! don't people make own decisions
marilyn   (05.11.07)
This is the problem with all religions , They think for you and they 'think' that 'they' direct ones feet. Every individual who is an adult needs to carefully consider what has been proposed and go to God in prayer and ask for his direction, and wisdom what to do. Its not up to other men to be telling grown up people what to do and what not to do, religious authorities are to have Gods word in their mouth and if they have a word from the Bible on the associating, preach it, but don't be so abusive and outright insulting to other people .
30. women of Israel.
j   (05.11.07)
The women of Israel should put some sense to the rabbis . How can a joint fair result in corruption , the rabbis are not teaching Israel they are leading Israel.
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