kvetch \KVECH\, intransitive verb: To complain habitually. noun: 1. A complaint 2. A habitual complainer.

I was so shocked to read of continued Big Aish deception that I wrote about the situation on Jewcy. Frankly, I just can’t believe that an ultra-Orthodox kiruv organization is resorting to such tactics.

Family members of mine are going to attend a wedding of two Lesbians (neither is family). They are not thrilled about this, and like me, see no rationale for same sex marriages in so-called “traditional” Judaism. (Note to my social-Left readers: not seeing a rationale for same sex marriages under traditional Jewish auspices is not the same as stoning gays to death — thanks in advance for recognizing this subtle, but important distinction.) What I find so grating is that the Conservative Movement has moved towards endorsing same-sex marriage even as they continue to rail against intermarriage. That’s just weird. At least the Reform are consistent in their absolute rejection of the need for any semblance of a traditional Jewish family unit. (I guess).

Of course, the Modern Orthodox are not exactly consistent either. They have little problem with adoption of half of Korea by Orthodox Jews who can’t have kids and dumping them in the mikvah, but God help you if you marry out.

Then there are the haredim, who are so busy keeping converts who don’t reject an “Old Earth” science or macro-evolution, that they are destined to accept no one but freaks, and will then dutifully whisper to each other how converts tend to be nuts, even worse than BTs (baal teshuvahs).

The fall of the Conservative movement to this nonsense was quite natural, of course. Their young rabbinical types are frequently dour, humorless types whose only pleasure in life is pushing the envelope on social revolution issues against dour, sometimes quite funny people whose only pleasure is differentiating the Conservative movement from the Reform.

If you have ever had a debate with well-to-do racial or gender Marxists, you will find that they often protest at the idea that white men could ever be discriminated against in any significant way. They can’t be bothered empathizing. They want to help the underdog. Because they’re soooooo wonderful.

Leaving aside the many other significant and deleterious effects that affirmative action has upon our society, the reality is that affirmative action disproportionately comes out of the hide of the lower classes.

Who is Frank Ricci? And why was he so determined to get promoted instead of offering his future as a sacrifice to the insatiable black hole of redressing historical grievances? Isn’t he a patriotic person? Is he a Klansman?

Well..not quite. George Will explains that Ricci…,

had prepared for the exams by quitting his second job, buying the more than $1,000 worth of books the city recommended, paying to have them read onto audiotapes — he is dyslexic — and taking practice tests and interviews. His efforts earned him the sixth-highest score.

No wonder this man was so infuriated that he didn’t get what he had coming to him when the city of New Haven scuttled the test scores.

So you may be wondering…what’s the Jewish issue here? Well, I wish there wasn’t one. I wish it was a stretch. But there is one, and it’s critical. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg dissented, noting, “they had no vested right to promotion. Nor have other persons received promotions in preference to them.”

But that’s simply not true. It was a promotional whitewash. How can Ginsburg claim differently?

On one foot. On Jewcy.

Anyone opposed to mass immigration — legal or illegal — is “beyond comprehension.”

The NJJN reports,

The American Jewish Committee has been given a $500,000 grant by the Ford Foundation to help create new pathways to citizenship for immigrants.

Some $50,000 of that grant is being earmarked for the AJC’s Metro New Jersey chapter, funding a part-time employee to organize workshops and advocacy training with community groups around the state.
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NJIPN executive director Shai Goldstein said the state and federal measures are “a demonstration that those of us promoting immigrant integration are promoting America at its best.”

Exactly. The more diverse, the better. Why are whites so resistant to being displaced? Where do they think they are? Israel?

“They want the immigrant workers, and they say their businesses are going to do very badly if they lose these workers,” she said. “It is a combo of groups.”

Who would guess that businesses want cheap labor? And in today’s booming economy, there’s nothing this country needs more than a greater labor surplus to help drive wages down.

“A lot of organizations in the Jewish community have ways played a crucial role in promoting human rights, and this is another incident of that,” he said. “Being opposed to this is beyond my comprehension.”

It really is mind baffling. I can’t think of a single reason why anyone would disagree with the liberal Jewish community on this issue, or any issue, frankly. We have generously done all the thinking for them, and and if we haven’t come up with solid counter-points ourselves, they probably aren’t worth worrying about.

Did you know that the Chazon Ish could have cured cancer? Oh, yes. Yes he could have. Cross Currents has this absolutely true story. And did you know that, “the Chazon Ish was head and shoulders above Einstein?” He sure was! And so, in fact, are most of the Gedolim. That’s why the Chazon Ish spent his energy figuring out how much more matzoh we have to swallow on Pesach night to sufficiently fulfill the commandment than did previous generations.

Being that the Chason Ish declined to cure cancer even though he so easily could have obviously done so in the 1950s is serious stuff, and Cross Currents explains with an appropriate parallel.

If Rav Soloveitchik zt”l had beaten Wilt Chamberlain in a one-on-one match, would you really consider that a kiddush Hashem?

Pshhh…I hadn’t considered this question before in that way. This is an excellent point. You’re right. I had thought it would be…longed for it to happen, even…but alas, it would “simply might not make the grade for kiddush Hashem.”

Rav Hutner zt”l makes an interesting observation. If one saw Sir Isaac Newton or Copernicus or Stephen Hawkings on the street, one would be obligated to make the berachah of shenasan michachmaso l‘basar vedam – He gave of His wisdom to flesh and blood.. However, if one saw Einstein, one would not recite a berachah. Why? Was Einstein any less brilliant than the other three? The answer is that one only recites a berachah on a Jew when he is outstandingly learned in Torah. When he has devoted his efforts to another field, he has not reached the pinnacle that would obligate us to see him as being the recipient of God‘s wisdom, for he – unlike the non-Jew – could have made himself the receptacle for even greater wisdom, Torah

Rabosai…when you see an example of Jewish genius in the secular world, remember…he should be learning Torah. He is not applying himself properly. Not that he is as smart as any of the gedoylim, of course, but still…

Orthodox Judaism is kind of like drugs. A little recreational use of the mild stuff on rare occasion can be helpful to some people, though it is certainly not necessary. But extensive and heavy use threatens to destroy your mind and reasoning abilities. Just look at the poor bastards on Cross Currents. And “just say no.”

The controversy over Pat Buchanan continues, and I do intend to explain my position later at length if this whole bruhaha doesn’t die down, but I would like to point out that the sanctimonious screechings of the (usually) Jewish social-Left against “hate” are often just as shrill and, well, hateful, as those they are attacking.

Take Ben Cohen’s screed at Huffpost. This guy has spittle running down his chin.

Though conceding that, “Buchanan is technically right about discrimination,” Cohen never the less can’t figure out why anyone would be “dedicated to bemoaning ‘reverse discrimination’ and the rise of ‘unqualified’ minorities.”

Well, that would be anyone dedicated to a modicum of meritocracy, actually.

And after all,

“Every minority in America has suffered at the hands of white people.”

This is a real whitewash. Every minority has suffered at the hands of every majority or the ruling power since time immemorial, particularly when we are discussing “suffering” according to the expansive definition of Ben Cohen.

And everything is Holocaust related for Cohen, of course.

It is a country founded by white people, built by white people and controlled by white people. To pretend otherwise is akin to holocaust denial. It is a fact.

Cohen notes,

Buchanan is part of a vocal minority that prey on white people’s fear.

Every advocate for an ethnically based group in some way preys upon that group’s fears. That’s how it works. And that is exactly what Ben Cohen himself is doing.

The MSM’s penchant for a tear up is one thing, a man dedicated to furthering the cause of the white race is another.

Right. Everyone else is allowed to do that, on MSNBC or anywhere else, but not white people. Right, Ben?

The embattled white man is angry, and he’s not going to go down without a fight.

Cohen’s mockery of white men is unremitting and utterly unsympathetic. He finally notes,

There’s no debating with ingrained racism like this.

I couldn’t agree more, Ben.

The Forward reports,

When a predominantly gay synagogue in Manhattan learned that a group of ultra-Evangelical Christians were planning a protest outside their building, the congregation decided to turn the hate rally into a fundraising event.

Parishoners from the Westboro Baptist Church, a Kansas-based institution, gathered on Sunday outside Congregation Beth Simchat Torah with signs reading “God hates fags” and “Jews stole the land.”

The synagogue heard several days in advance of the church’s planned demonstration and decided to counter the protesters’ publicity drive with one of their own, rather than pursuing legal action.

The congregation encouraged its supporters to donate at least $1 for every six minutes that the demonstration lasted.

Following the 51-minute protest, the synagogue was able to raise more than $10,000 in donations.

And as I’m sure you know, Missouri State officials renamed a highway after Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel to undermine its Nazi sponsorship.

Why limit our freedoms or institute even more double standards? Just be smart and creative. So much better! For instance, I have a Black Hebrew two doors down who is filled with rage. But as long as he doesn’t spit on me, that’s his prerogative. I’m not going to take away his right to hate on the ice devil descendants of the nefarious imposter-angel Yaqub…I’m going to get rid of section eight housing!

I have seen many an unfair frum interpretation of the JDF my time. But Steve Brizel’s, a RWMO friend of ours on Beyond BT, may have penned my favorite to date.

Steve Brizel left the following comment on the article, “Why do Frum Jews Purchase Anti-Orthodox and Anti-Israel Periodicals?”

The Forward, IMO, is a LW secular newspaper that includes a mix of predicable LW opinion, culture and sops to what passes for Jewish hipster culture, which was just panned in the latest issue of Commentary.

CNN reports,

The French National Assembly announced Tuesday the creation of a inquiry into whether women in France should be allowed to wear the burka, one day after President Nicolas Sarkozy controversially told lawmakers that the traditional Muslim garment was “not welcome” in France.

I would also suggest outlawing black hat wearing in the summer and winter months for underage kids, in order to send a message to the frum that society frowns on fundamentalist child abuse. Remember when they first started when Beyond BT used to have post after post pretending how our objection to dressing penguin was because we critics are all a bunch of punk rock teens with that “spikey hair” and “pierced eyebrows” who “look down” on everyone who aren’t “non-conformists” like they are? Yeah, they dropped that one like a pasul esrog alright.

“Learning, Growing!”