HERE AND THERE

JOE LOBENSTEIN WRITES IN LAST WEEKS TRIBUNE 24TH NOVEMBER 2011:
"IT IS OVER THREE  WEEKS SINCE THE LAMENTED PETIRAH OF THE MIRER ROSH YESHIVA,
YET NOT A WORD IN THE JEWISH CHRONICLE ."
THE OLD RAV PADVAH  ZT,L. TOLD YOU OVER FORTY YEARS AGO
NOT TO HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE BOARD OF DEPUTIES
AND IT ASSOCIATES.

AND YOU ,STUPID FOOL, WITH A WITH A FEW OTHER PEOPLE,
STILL LOOK UP TO THE ENGLISH JEWISH PEOPLE.
AND RUN AFTER THEM AND SHOW INTEREST IN THEM.
WHAT DO THEY KNOW OF TORAH AND A TORAH YID.

YOU ARE OVER EIGHTY AND IT IS TIME
YOU LEARNED AND TAUGHT THE YOUNGER AGUDA LEADERS
WHO ARE THE LEADERS OF KALAL YISROEL
AND WHAT ARE THE VALUES OF A FRUM TORAH LIFE.
WE NEED TO BE PROTECTED FROM PEOPLE LIKE YOU.
NOT THE JEWISH CHRONICLE THE CHIEF RABBI AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

WE HAVE A GREAT G=D

NEARLY TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR ROSH HASHANA
I WENT TO UMAN.
I WANTED TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AT THAT TIME THERE WERE NOT EVEN 5000 PEOPLE
THERE FOR ROSH HASHANA.

ONE DAY A MAN DRESSED ALL IN WHITE GOT UP ON A TABLE
AND STARTED SHOUTING:
" WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D
WE HAVE GOT A GREAT G=D! ! "
I ASKED HIM WHY.
HE SAID ," I WAS BORN AND LIVED IN UMAN
WHEN THE GERMANS CAME, THEY  MADE US DIG A BIG HOLE
AND SHOT US ALL INTO THE HOLE.

I WAS ALSO SHOT AND FELL INTO THE HOLE.
I THOUGHT I WAS DEAD EVEN THOUGH I COULD MOVE,
I THOUGHT ALL DEAD PEOPLE COULD MOVE
I NEVER KNEW WHAT DEAD WAS,
AFTER A WHILE I  REALISED THAT THE GERMANS HAD
MISSED AND I WAS ALIVE.
I GOT OUT OF THE HOLE AND I AM HERE TODAY TO TELL THE TALE.

IF OUR G=D CAN SHOW THAT AFTER SUCH A DESTRUCTION,
5000 PEOPLE CAN COME TO UMAN FOR ROSH  HASHANA
THEN WE HAVE A GREAT G=D ! !
WHEN I SEE TODAY ON  THE INTERNET
THE REBUILDING OF PAST CHASSDIC HOUSES AND
100,000 TORAH LEARNING JEWS BY THE FUNERAL OF RABBI FINKEL
WE HAVE A GREAT GREAT G=D! ! .

JEWS

THE CHASSIDSHE AND LITVISHE ORGANISATIONS REMIND ME
OF FOOTBALL CLUBS IN ENGLAND.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEM APART,
ONE CLUB CAN NOT SEE THE OTHER WIN
SO THE FANS FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
I AM SURE AN  ARSENAL GIRL WILL NOT MARRY
A TOTTENHAM BOY OR VISE VERSE.
AND IF THEY DO, THE PARENTS WILL NOT TALK TO EACH OTHER.

IT SEEMS THE SAME IS IN CHASSIDISHE
OR LITVISHE YESHIVOS.
ARE WE ALL  NOT SERVING THE SAME G=D?
I AM MOCKING AS I READ AND HEAR FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD AN INTOLERANCE
OF ONE ORTHODOX  JEW TO HIS FELLOW MAN.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE NON RELIGIOUS
THEY HATE THE ORTHODOX ANYHOW.
WE WANT THE NON JEW TO LIKE US?

THE JEWISH PEOPLE

I HAVE BEEN AWAY FOR A FEW WEEKS,
TRAVELING AND MEETING JEWISH PEOPLE,
FRUM, AND NOT FRUM,
RELIGIOUS, AND NOT RELIGIOUS,
ONE THING THAT THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS
THE IGNORANCE OF WHAT IS A JEW.

WHAT MAKES US INTO A JEWISH NATION IS
THAT WE HAVE A SAYING IN THE JEWISH WORLD,
I HEARD THIS FROM MY REBBE ZT,L
"IF YOU DO NOT LEARN, YOU DO NOT KNOW ".
IF YOU DO NOT LEARN HOW TO DRIVE A CAR
YOU CAN NOT DRIVE, EVEN IF YOU THINK YOU CAN.
IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU  ARE NOT ORTHODOX,CHASIDISH.
OR OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT LEARN
YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO BE A JEW,
WHAT G=D IS, AND WHAT HE WANTS FROM US.

THAT IS WHY THE NUMBER ONE THING
WE HAVE TO DO IS LEARN TORAH HOW TO BE A JEW.
I SEE LOTS OF RELIGIOUS AND  NON RELIGIOUS JEWS
THINKING THEY ARE PRACTICING THE JEWISH RELIGION
WHICH THEY HAVE LEARNED FROM THEIR FATHERS HOME.
THAT HAS NO CONNECTION TO THE JEWISH RELIGION AT ALL.