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Ask JTF for Sunday, October 19, 2008.

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Menachem:
Hello Chaim,

As someone who was raised in a depressingly liberal home, I now find myself hungering for fearless, authentic Judaism. Recently, I ran across some videos by Rabbi Mordechai Friedman. Not surprisingly, they were selectively edited to make him look irrational and hateful, but even then I found him compelling.

Anyway, I found his website and noticed he sells his programs, but they're a tad pricey. What I'm wondering is: what are your opinions of his teachings? I'm only concerned with his merits as a rabbi, but of course anything else you're willing to add will be appreciated.

Thank you for all you do; you have no idea how refreshing your words are to those of us who grew up on "the wrong side of the tracks," if you know what I mean.

P.S. I'd also be grateful for any other tapes you might recommend, and I'd be especially interested in acquiring any lectures or speeches by Rav Kahane (HY"D), which seem to be impossible to find.

P.S.S. Sorry if this post breaks the one question rule.

SerbChicago:
Shalom Mr.Chaim.What do you think of attacks on you and JTF on YouTube and is there anything that we can do?Thank you.

TheCoon:
Hello Chaim, do self-hating Jews in Israel support muslim/arab candidates like self-hating whites in America support blacks like Obama? I'm curious as to whether the leftist parties in Israel support affirmative action and preferential candidacies for Arabs.

Also, please comment on Colin Powell's recent endorsement of Obama. It truly seems blacks are a monolithic voting block for anything that is evil.

Daniel:
This past Friday on 20/20, John Stossel had Walter Williams on who stated how the bailout plan by the government is actually a disservice to our economy and how businesses failing and going out of business has historically been a necessary factor to move towards economic progress. I think that Williams hit the nail on the head on this one. I think that this bailout is essentially operating as a mechanism of financial socialism, and what's most ironic is that it was mostly the republicans who seemed to be in favor of the bailout. I think the bailout also enables and rewards bad behavior by the banks. I personally think that the government should have let Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, AIG, and all the other big banks go down and let other banks start over again. It would have been a hard blow, but would have been better for the banks and the economy in the long run. This was also a point that Williams stated. Do you essentially agree with what I'm saying here?

Daniel

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