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Ask JTF for Sunday, September 20, 2009

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TruthSpreader:
Dear Chaim, were you aware of the deadly SARS disease that originated in China and Hong Kong back in 2003 that eventually spreaded to several other Asian countries such as Mongolia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Singapore?

Finally, can you tell me the difference between SARS and the so-called Swine flu?

ProudAndZionist:
Shalom Chaim,

What do you think, who / what is the biggest danger for Israel? (For example, Obama, Iran, United Arabs, self-hater government etc)

G-d bless you, and your family,
Peter

Americanhero1:
Dear Chaim,


What do you think will be Americas faith after Obama's term is up?
Do you think by then the American people will wake up and elect the right person to run the country?

Moshe92:
Hello, Chaim. Shanah tovah umetukah.

I'm a high school senior, and I go to a public high school in a Boston suburb which is about 30-40% Jewish. There are some students at my school who have Jewish fathers and gentile mothers, but they identify as Jewish. I think that they should be encouraged to convert if they were interested in torah and mitzvot. However, they are not interested in torah and mitzvot and know nothing about Judaism. One of them thought that shabbat is on Sunday and that religious Jews always wear a talit gadol, even when they are not praying. I would have no problem if they just called themselves gentiles, but they call themselves Jewish which I don't like. They identify as Jewish because they like secular Jewish culture, kind of like what you call "bagel and lox Judaism." Have you met any people like that? What should we say to them?

The One and Only Mo:
Dear Chaim,

Thank you very much for your kind words last week, it means a lot.
What is your opinion on people in showbiz who portray an image of somebody else in order to make money? Eminem, for example, portrays the image of a gangster, when in reality he's a just an actor. Some of his lyrics are meshuga, but the world buys it. Professional wrestlers put on acts and are nothing like the guys they pretend to be when the cameras are rolling. I think some people get confused between reality and acting and don't understand that most of the people that we consider scum, are just acting. Do you feel it's alright for an Eminem type character to put on an act just to make money, or is there a line? As a side note, somebody like Michael Moore may just be a marketing genius because he produces movies at critical times when he knows everybody will want to see it. He might not truly believe everything he sells, but he just wants to make money. Is it all possible that these people are just giving the public what it wants, and are capitalizing on society's gullibility, ignorance, and overall craving for conspiracy, but deep down are the exact opposite, and we should not treat them as harshly?  Thanks Chaim, Shana Tova.

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