tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post5977784197391716372..comments2023-06-21T10:52:34.013-04:00Comments on Jeremy Rosen's Blog: UK Chief RabbiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17043970242427877089noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-60280829813953538692014-08-14T20:56:01.461-04:002014-08-14T20:56:01.461-04:00You must have lost all sense of reality.
If there...You must have lost all sense of reality. <br />If there are undernourished children in Gaza why is Hamas spending billions on tunnels and arms or villas for its leaders?<br /><br />My religion believes in self defence not in turning the other cheek.<br /><br />Just because Israel spends money protecting itself doesnt mean that Hamas firing rockets and missiles at civilian targets is not a war crime that should be responded to far more aggressively than Israel has so far.<br /><br />Oslo offered peace. All it produced on the Palestinian side was an intifada.<br /><br />Gaza didnt like the Palestinian government. It kicked them out and then became the aggressor itself.<br /><br />Of Palesrtnians have seen that violence doesnt work, if they refuse Ghandi or Martin Luther Kings tactics but still try violence thats their problem.<br />I dont know what the Chief Rabbi said. But you sir are talking nonsense.Rabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-68052777862716371162014-08-14T15:25:42.605-04:002014-08-14T15:25:42.605-04:00Was that you whose views on Gaza and Israel were a...Was that you whose views on Gaza and Israel were a news item on Radio 2 at 5p.m. ?<br />I thought it was a disgrace: shame on you, think of your self as religious and condone Israeli killings.<br /><br /> For a man who is expected to be highly moral and a religious thinker, to make a justification for killing by mass retaliation - you lost my respect.<br /><br />Why start your reported comments with ,"Gaza fire rockets" ? You could have started with chronic malnutrition affects 10% of under-5s in the Palestinian territories, or 50,000 children in Gaza are malnourished, or 11% of children are stunted, or 43% of pregnant women are anaemic, or in Gaza and West Bank nearly half of all children have seen their school besieged by Israeli troops; more than 10% have witnessed the killing of a teacher in school or half the population of Gaza is under the age of 18. I thought you disgraced your self.<br /> <br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-1287183605519181262011-07-20T18:33:50.570-04:002011-07-20T18:33:50.570-04:00Sabine:
I dont think 'doormat' is the righ...Sabine:<br />I dont think 'doormat' is the right expression but I do think the terms "cautious, conservative, inhibited, even scared" would be appropriate.<br />JRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-83515222241368001402011-07-20T18:33:10.120-04:002011-07-20T18:33:10.120-04:00Barry:
Thanks for youir comments but I think, if ...Barry:<br /><br />Thanks for youir comments but I think, if I may say so, you are wrong in that I attack all establishments and all Chief Rabbinates wherever they are. You will I hope notoice I did not criticize Rabbi Sacks personally. It is the role I object to. I think for example Rabbi Lau is another good speaker, teacher and representative but I still think he was an ineffectual Chief Rabbi.<br /><br />Warmest regards,<br />JeremyRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-70582040625167601262011-07-15T11:10:39.893-04:002011-07-15T11:10:39.893-04:00I have heard of authorities being accussed of bein...I have heard of authorities being accussed of being a doormat. I cannot tell you who it was. Some people in higher position just do what is expected of them but not use their own brain and start to do things differently because of fear losing votes or popularity. I don't know how much is true who did this mistake.<br /><br />SabineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-71289412489797644042011-07-15T10:10:39.750-04:002011-07-15T10:10:39.750-04:00Abba
I agree the position is pointless but the US ...Abba<br />I agree the position is pointless but the US will never do away with it because it gives them more prestige than they deserve. The whole institution was a Victorian attempt to ape the Church of England and the US will no sooner give up its symbols and positions than they will. I ask you, the Queen, Head of the Church?????<br />And one might also take the lesson from Government bureaucracies. They still trundle on even when the reason they were set up for no longer exists.<br />Its a dead letter. Most Orthodox nowadays disregard the position let alone the non orthodox ( regardless of who holds it). And remember Brirtian loves old traditions like Changing the Guards when they are no longer guarding anything.Rabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-77301794249669451962011-07-15T07:25:21.541-04:002011-07-15T07:25:21.541-04:00Rabbi Rosen
Do you not think it is time to do awa...Rabbi Rosen <br />Do you not think it is time to do away with this position. The Reform and Liberals will be at loggerheads with whomever is chosen and the Chareidim don't listen to him let alone recognise him. Let there be a head Rabbi of the United Synagogue as there is of the Union, the Federation, the Reform and the Liberals and as and when required let them each represent British Jewry. Unfortunately the religion is not unified in Great Britain so why pretend it is?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-28041505303559001302011-07-15T01:50:53.633-04:002011-07-15T01:50:53.633-04:00Hello Jeremy
I am a regular reader, and I have not...Hello Jeremy<br />I am a regular reader, and I have noticed that you never fail to knock Britain whenever and wherever you have the opportunity.<br />Sure Britain has changed, and so have you, we all have, but it doesn't me we are any worse off than we were before. <br />I am attaching a link which i think you should read and take note.<br /><br />http://www.chiefrabbi.org/ReadArtical.aspx?id=1728Barry Bowalskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872671174957437014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-3382753656508484042011-07-14T18:26:45.372-04:002011-07-14T18:26:45.372-04:00Leila
Thats very sweet of you. Some 25 years ago...Leila<br /> <br />Thats very sweet of you. Some 25 years ago I was invited by the then President of the United Synagogue to allow him to put my name forward as a candidate ( I am not suggesting I would necessarily have got the job ) and I turned it down because I did not feel I wanted to be restricted and straightjacketted by the nature of the job as he defined it. <br />The only way it seems to me anyone could take the job in the hope of change would be if the Honourary Officers of the United Synagoue actually gave a mandate and a pledge of support for a more aggressive and radical approach. As I cannot see that happening and as one cannot rely on Eliyahu coming in time, I fear we must all accept our pipe dreams for what they are. <br />But thanks all the same.<br /> <br />JeremyRabbi Jeremy Rosenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12723608669485173271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6141014.post-59228340382858411742011-07-14T15:48:38.922-04:002011-07-14T15:48:38.922-04:00I know it's not conducive to your happiness or...I know it's not conducive to your happiness or beliefs to be a Chief Rabbi but in my opinion it is your duty to come back to the not-so-United Kingdom, take the job and flush out the Beth Din! I am aware that it is only a pipedream of mine but I live in hope.Leilanoreply@blogger.com