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Ask JTF for Sunday, December 5, 2010

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BritishSword:
Just a quick one.

Maybe you answered this somewhere else but...
Why the heck do you call youtube zoo tube?

Is it full of caged leopards?

Thanks

Baltimore:
The biggest news story in Jewish Baltimore this week is the alleged "attack" by a member of a Jewish Citizens on Patrol group (in a mostly Jewish neighborhood surrounded by many black neighborhoods) against a "black student" who happened to be walking far away from his school in the middle of a school day. The black was injured in the altercation.  The Jewish group says that the black was carrying a 2x4 with a nail in it. Black "religious leaders" are now calling for the Jewish group to be disbanded, one so-called "Reverend" said this about the incident:"a horrific situation, and quite frankly, this kind of activity has caused riots in other parts of the country "

Link to an article about this here:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-shomrim-assault-follow-20101202,0,6768365.story

Have you heard about this incident and do you think that such Jewish patrol groups are necessary in large American cities with substantial Jewish populations? Fell free to share any thoughts that you have about the incident with us.

Thanks

harel156:
Dear Chaim
I am not sure if you follow the huge immigration (surpassing Jewish Aliya of the best of times) of all kind of beauts like 'Sudanese, Eritreans’, and others so called 'refugees' who are crossing the Egyptian border to the sum of 1,000 per day, or 365,000 per year. Last Wednesday a record 1,900 crossed into Israel! It is a fact already that the cities of Arad and Eilat are 'conquered' by Sudanese. These Kushai's are bringing crime, disease and are a very serious problem for Israel in the short and long term. The Israeli government instead of shooting them on site decided to erect an 'open' detention center ‘ to hold 8,000 of these!  (Feeding  them,  medically  treating  them etc. ) The stupidity of this center is almost criminal, since it will be filled in 8 days and what next? It is ironic that Chaim Ben Pesach can not enter Israel in view of this mass immigration. I would appreciate your analysis of this serious situation?
Thank you – Harel 156

imaknick:
Do you have gratitude for the Dominic Republic for being one of the only countries to allow Jews to migrate there to escape the holocaust?
It is unbelievable that the US turned them away and the Dominican Republic took them in.

Gimatria:
Chag Sameach Chaim ha noaz, ha rahoot ve ha mechoobad!

I know you said that speaking German is a serious avera - I will do my best to refrain from speaking that hideous language. On the other hand, isn't there an advantage in "knowing your foe?". I.e., isn't it beneficial for Israelis to learn arabic?

On a similar note - what do you think of Yiddish? Longtime listeners will be familiar with some of your favorite Yiddish sayings (the arabs breed like Vantzim, the schvartzas are schmutzlich, etc). Isn't the so-called "momma lashon" a gutter language that closely resembles german? Does the language remind you of Jewish European-wannabes who for centuries chose to live in the Galut and didn't learn Hebrew? Should we learn and preserve Yiddish or put it in the trash with its german cousin?
(Personally I hate the sound of the "saf" rather than "taf" in Hebrew)

Recently a Jewish acapella group (The "maccabeats") from Yeshiva University released a video on zootube where they take a filthy degenerate "hip hop" song and sing it with different lyrics (supposedly about Chanukah). The video has gone viral and everyone is praising it - what a disgrace. Was YU always such a moral cesspool? Wasn't the wannabe Oberkameradschaftsführer Alan Dershowitz associated with the school?
 
Lastly, speaking of Chanukah - have you ever given someone a gift for this holiday? I used to before I realized it was avoda zara - sometimes i have trouble convincing other Jews NOT to give gifts for Chanukah - what should I tell them?

Toda Chaim Hashra'a sheli
Gimatria

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