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Jewish tycoon buys Burger King for $1.4B
Ofer Petersburg
Published: 20.04.12, 08:13
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1. Good. Maybe he will influence the chain to use kosher meats
Rivkah   (04.20.12)
instead of halal meats that are dedicated to Allah, making it a curse for Jews and Christians and Messianics to eat the meat. Hopefully, he will keep pink slime out of Burger Kings, too. I will look for the kosher meat label before eating there again. I used to like the Whoppers before learning so many fast food chains use halal meats to get the Muslims to eat there. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sizzler Steak houses, MacDonald's, etc. all use halal meats.
2. How does a rich man enter the Kingdom of God?
Rivkah   (04.20.12)
Zacheas was a rich man in the Holy Scriptures and he gave half of what he made to charity and the Temple. When the Jewish Messiah passed by, he climbed into a tree to see him, since Zacheas was a short man. The Saviour saw him and told him he was eating at his house and to come down. It is very rare for a rich person to enter God's Kingdom but it does happen if they are like Zacheas. It takes far more than ten percent of one's income to obtain HaShem's favor if one is wealthy. J.C. Penney who founded a department store chain gave a third of his income to charity, so less than 50% can also attain HaShem's favor to give a person the keys of the Kingdom of God.
3. Not jewish
haifa dave ,   Haifa, IL   (04.20.12)
Ofer, you didn't do your homework, did you? His mother is Bettina Moissi. Not jewish.
4. Jewish?
Opinion   (04.20.12)
I follow 3: His mother is German actress. She is not Jewish as far as I read
5. to # 3 and # 4. Well well....
Salomon   (04.20.12)
Even before he comes to Israel you put him OFF SIDE. It looks like he loves Israel, and brings competition. Why to JUGE him ? This is real Anti-Sionism.
6. whatever sails your boat, #1
jerusalem   (04.20.12)
both ways, Muslims can eat from either label... lets hope you dont find an accidental bacon strip in your whopper!
7. Guys, take it easy here
Dorian ,   Bellmont   (04.20.12)
The truth is, neither the author nor the talkbacks actually know the details, such as whether he converted or even whether his mother was/is Jewish without telling you brainiacs. And given the important point that he is buying Burger King and may open branches that might be kosher in Israel, what is the point of arguing about whether he is Halachically Jewish? G-d knows who is Jewish and who is not. Y'all should shut it up. Or go get yourself a big juicy kosher burger and then take a nap.
8. Why do you insist calling non-jews as jews?
olim hadashim ,   tel aviv/israel   (04.20.12)
Because he has a lot of $$$ !
9. Kosha Meals
Burgerstein ,   Haifa, Israel   (04.20.12)
Soon there will be only circumcised fries and egg foo young burgers for the goyimses! hehehehe Just as planned
10. burg king
yosef ,   williamsburg   (04.20.12)
Yippy - will the one on Fulton be kasher?
11. Does that mean some stores will become kosher?
Carl ,   USA   (04.20.12)
12. #s 1&2 - "rivkah"
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.20.12)
take your christian proselytizing mumbojumbo somewhere else. your quoting from the christian bible, your pretend jewishness, and your idolatrous references to joshkele are offensive to jews, so go away, rivkah the shiksa!
13. his father jewish
ygalg ,   israel   (04.20.12)
14. Nicolas Berggruen gave money to OBAMA !
(04.20.12)
15. To nr 3 and 4.
Istvan ,   BUDAPEST HUNGARY   (04.20.12)
In the eye of hungarian antisemites he is jewish, regardeless his parents are germans, touaregs or hottentottas.
16. 12 Messianic Judaism is a lawful religion in Israel recogniz
Rivkah   (04.20.12)
ed by the Israeli Supreme Court. It is quite different from Christianity Sunday Sabbath, idol worshipping, religions. Read C.J. Koster's book, "Come Out of Her My People" to see how Emperor Constantine about 300 A.D. (CE) changed the Jewish Messiah Yahshua's religion to a paganized religion with a false sabbath day and a false god named JeZeus who was not Yahshua. The mother-baby worshipping religions go back to Egypt with Isis and Ra, to Babylon with Ishtar and Tamuz, etc. The Aramaic Pishitta text passes the ELS Scripture code tests for authenticity but it does not include the book of Revelation. The Torah and Tanakh also pass the ELS Scripture code tests for authenticity but the Talmud does not.
17. #16: you fail the test
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.21.12)
the torah clearly says: "you shall worship no other gods before me". which part of that are you having trouble understanding? the israeli supreme court could not possibly rule on questions of judaism, over which it has neither jurisdiction nor qualifications. did the chief rabbinate accept you as jewish? gee, i wonder why not? quit using pseudo-jewish terminology for your christian cult. go back to your christian friends, and take your christian "bible" quotations with you! "messianic judaism" is a front (created and heavily supported by evangelical christians) for tricking jews into conversion!
18. to #1: "kosher"
tom ,   toronto, canada   (04.21.12)
you write: "instead of halal meats that are dedicated to Allah, making it a curse for Jews and Christians and Messianics to eat the meat. Hopefully, he will keep pink slime out of Burger Kings, too. I will look for the kosher meat label before eating there again. I used to like the Whoppers before learning so many fast food chains use halal meats to get the Muslims to eat there. Kentucky Fried Chicken, Sizzler Steak houses, MacDonald's, etc. all use halal meats." why do you come here to spew your mindless bigotry? hallal meats are not "dedicated to allah", where did you get that malarkey from, some white supremacist website? it sounds like a retread of a very old, tired, anti-semitic canard originally against kosher meats. they are not a "curse" - they're just not kosher. but then neither is non-hallal meat. you can look for the "kosher label" all you like, in a place that serves "double bacon cheeseburgers" on shabbat - because you seem to know, or care, less than nothing about judaism. you didn't "learn" anything, if you don't really understand what "hallal" means.
19. 18 Tom, Toronto, Canada: Pig cannot be kosher. It is forbidd
Rivkah   (04.21.12)
en in the Holy Scriptures as an unclean food. How can one person clean up a restaurant chain and make it kosher? President George W. Bush did that for the White House kitchen: made it kosher during his terms in office. Switching to turkey bacon would be a start for Burger King. Changing the menu would help, too. As for halal meats, they are slaughtered facing Mecca and sacrificed to Allah. Scriptures says, "My people perish for lack of knowledge." I do not wish to perish for lack of knowledge but you don't seem to care if you do which is sad for you.
20. #1 Rivkah: Once again your ignorance rules!
(04.21.12)
The chicken sold by KFC in Karmiel, who customers are both Arabs, Christians and Jews, is from a company called OFF TOV. Check you local Mahadrin Supermarket and you will see OFF TOV! ALL meat in Israel is Kosher Killed and complies with Halal. If people like you would stop hating others who have different views the world might be a better place! I would suggest that you leave hatred to the Muslims - that is their way - and practice tolerance and understanding which is the Jewish way!
21. congratulations & good luck to you Mr. Berggruen
Moshe ,   Usa   (04.21.12)
22. 20 Anonymous: KFC in Karmiel may be kosher and that is good
Rivkah   (04.21.12)
But KFC in America is not and there are many Jews and others who read YNET from America and other parts of the world where KFC is not kosher and they need to know that to protect themselves from Satan's devices. You call love, hate. How odd. If I hated people, I would not care if they are halal meats since indifference is the absence of love. I do care, therefore I love to take the time and interest to warn them. You have a screwy idea on what love and hate are, so you should do a study of them both. King Solomon said no one knows love or hate by all that come before them. You can see in retrospect what is hate and what is love. If someone says he/she loves you and does not provide for you when that is an obligation for that person, then the person did not love you but hated you. Muslims follow a mass psychosis religion that is insanity. But you call that hate. Call it what it is: insanity.
23. Tom et al
Sagi   (04.21.12)
Why do you bother. The internal wiring in her cerebral cavity has become detached at various points. This is a natural occurence for folks who worship figments of their imagination. It is irreversible and gets worse as age progresses. I am not being facetious, I state this with utter conviction.
24. I agree with #21
Soaringdove777 ,   USA   (04.21.12)
Good luck B.
25. GOOD LUCK!
AMERICAN HINDU ,   USA   (04.22.12)
Good Luck in your business venture sir! I love the food there, though hope they had more vegetarian choices!
26. If It's Kosher, No Cheeseburgers, No Milkshakes
emanon ,   USA   (04.26.12)
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