The Tenant vs the Rabbi

Sunday, February 19, 2006

Quotes from “Boychicks in the Hood”

Quotes from “Boychicks in the Hood”

“Boychicks in the Hood” by Robert Eisenberg

“They have no use for restaurants, nor for movie theaters, television, secular education, professional skills beyond basic craftsmanship, opera, symphony, literature (other than that spawned from the Torah) or conspicuous consumption.” Most of them have no more than a passing interest in politics,….
They couldn’t care less about United Jewish Appeal or other mainstream charities, and those who give to yeshivot, Jewish schools of higher learning, or other educational centers. They are insular, insulated, and when they look outside their world, they see Aids, crack, promiscuous sex, and a general breakdown of morals.”

Most Satmars think of Lubavitchers are damaged goods, idolaters.

At school, which children start at age three, there are no sports, no swimming. and no secular subjects other than state-mandated courses in civics.”

“The Lubavitchers are among the most militant of all Jewish groups in their desire to retain the territories in Israel”.

Medieval. That’s what they are, medieval people.”

“Developing a well-rounded personality is not, to put it mildly, a conscious objective. Intramural sports, theater, swimming pools and socials are all outside the realm of acceptability.”

“They’re into screwing the government!”

“I never met one who didn’t take advantage. Food stamps, ADC, Section 8 housing, you name it-and that’s just the millionaires. They own eight houses but they get welfare. Taxes? They don’t know the meaning of the word. They put all their assets on one big kitty- a yeshiva fund- and borrow on it. There is no law in Williamsburg”

An Orthodox doctor recalls “Eighty to ninety percent of her clients are on Medicaid”.

Assailed for running around on hot days in layers of black clothing, they are sometimes referred to as cockroaches.

Becoming religious with a thirst for Judaism is known as “turning black”

“But one thing is certain. The Hasidic population in America will continue to grow, in number, in confidence, and in economic influence. Fifty or seventy-five years hence, the ultra-Orthodox, along with their modern Orthodox brethren, will represent the majority of Jews in this country. A generation or two later, and they may very well be the only Jews left. What took fifty generations to build will mostly be gone in fifty years. But the Hasidim, against the backdrop of cyberspace, genetic engineering, and new forms of travel, will stand out as a monument to faith and tenacity, and a living memorial to another era. “

Quotes from “Boychicks in the Hood”

“Boychicks in the Hood” by Robert Eisenberg

“They have no use for restaurants, nor for movie theaters, television, secular education, professional skills beyond basic craftsmanship, opera, symphony, literature (other than that spawned from the Torah) or conspicuous consumption.” Most of them have no more than a passing interest in politics,….
They couldn’t care less about United Jewish Appeal or other mainstream charities, and those who give to yeshivot, Jewish schools of higher learning, or other educational centers. They are insular, insulated, and when they look outside their world, they see Aids, crack, promiscuous sex, and a general breakdown of morals.”

Most Satmars think of Lubavitchers are damaged goods, idolaters.

At school, which children start at age three, there are no sports, no swimming. and no secular subjects other than state-mandated courses in civics.”

“The Lubavitchers are among the most militant of all Jewish groups in their desire to retain the territories in Israel”.

Medieval. That’s what they are, medieval people.”

“Developing a well-rounded personality is not, to put it mildly, a conscious objective. Intramural sports, theater, swimming pools and socials are all outside the realm of acceptability.”

“They’re into screwing the government!”

“I never met one who didn’t take advantage. Food stamps, ADC, Section 8 housing, you name it-and that’s just the millionaires. They own eight houses but they get welfare. Taxes? They don’t know the meaning of the word. They put all their assets on one big kitty- a yeshiva fund- and borrow on it. There is no law in Williamsburg”

An Orthodox doctor recalls “Eighty to ninety percent of her clients are on Medicaid”.

Assailed for running around on hot days in layers of black clothing, they are sometimes referred to as cockroaches.

Becoming religious with a thirst for Judaism is known as “turning black”

“But one thing is certain. The Hasidic population in America will continue to grow, in number, in confidence, and in economic influence. Fifty or seventy-five years hence, the ultra-Orthodox, along with their modern Orthodox brethren, will represent the majority of Jews in this country. A generation or two later, and they may very well be the only Jews left. What took fifty generations to build will mostly be gone in fifty years. But the Hasidim, against the backdrop of cyberspace, genetic engineering, and new forms of travel, will stand out as a monument to faith and tenacity, and a living memorial to another era. “

Quotes from Postville by Stephen G. Bloom

Postville by Stephen G. Bloom
Published by Harcourt,Inc.


Professor at the University of Iowa, Iowa City

“I had become worse than the goyim; I was a Jew digging up dirt on other Jews.”

Lazar poured more red wine into our crystal goblets. After several Hebrew benedictions, Lazar returned to the discussion he and I had had in his backyard----rules of commerce. “I get bills and throw them away,” he said merrily.” The more bills I get, the faster I throw them away. If they want to get paid that badly, they’ll send me another notice, and then another. When I’m ready to pay them, I’ll pay them!” Lazar’s monologue confirmed everything the locals had said about the Postville Hasidim.

“And you know what? I had no intention of paying him in thirty days, not even forty-five days. Let them sue us! We’ll pay him----eventually but on our terms, not his.”

To Lazar bargaining was a thoroughly Jewish endeavor. Negotiation the lowest price wasn’t chutzpah, it was tradition. “I don’t feel like a Jew unless I bargain!”

Ultimately, I discovered, carrying on a conversation with any of the Postville Hasidim was virtually impossible. If you did agree, you were at fault, part of the problem. You were paving the way for the ultimate destruction of the Jews, the word Chosen People. There was no room for compromise, no room for negotiation, no room for anything but total and complete submission.

The Hasidim like Lazar have a total disinterest in anyone who isn’t Jewish. The goyim are invisible.

Rubashkins refused to open up their financial records to anyone.

They’ll all about dollars,” one man said slowly, shaking his head. “They do what they please whenever they want, and everyone else be dammed!”

QUOTES FROM UNCHOSEN THE HIDDEN LIVES OF HASIDIC REBELS

UNCHOSEN
THE HIDDEN LIVES OF HASIDIC REBELS
BY HELLA WINSTON
(AGENT : ROB MCQUILKIN,EDITOR AT BEACON PRESS AMY CALDWELL

QUOTES:

“YIDDISH IS A LANGUAGE OF THE DIASPORA. IT IS THE LIGUISTIC MARKER OF A COMMUNITY IN EXILE AND, AS SUCH, IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE CELEBRATED OR EVEN PRESERVED. AS LONG AS JEWS SPOKE YIDDISH, HE TOLD ME, THEY WERE PERPETUATING THEIR OWN GHETTOIZATION.”

“THEIR PROFOUND LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE WAYS OF THE OUTSIDE CULTURE IS STRIKING, THEY DO NOT READ NEWSPAPERS OR SECULAR BOOKS, USE THE INTERNET OR ATTEND COLLEGE. WOMEN ARE CONSIDERED NOT TO HAVE THE “PROPER MIND” FOR STUDY. TELEVISION HAS NO PART IN THE HASIDIC HOME.”

“IT IS HARD TO BE A JEW, AND WE ALL MUST MAKE SACRIFICES TO LIVE AS GOD’S CHOSEN.”

“IRONICALLY, WOMEN’S EXEMPTION FROM RELIGIOUS STUDY GENERALL RESULTS IN THEIR BEING MUCH MORE COMPETENT THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS TO INTERACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD, WHEEN SUCH INTERACTION IS NECESSARY. “

“THESE WOMEN ARE VERY SECRETIVE, THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO BE HONEST, ESPECIALLY IN A GROUP. AND THERE IS A VERY HIGH RATE OF SUICIDE.
APPARENTLY, THERE IS A PROHIBITION IN THE TALMUD AGAINST TEACHING RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS TO WOMEN BECAUSE THEY ARE “DULL” AND BECAUSE THEY ASK TOO MANY STUPID QUESTIONS. “

“THERE ARE 80,000 TO 100,000 LUBAVITCHERS LIVING OUTSIDE THE U.S. “

“MOST YOUNG LUBAVITCH BOYS STOP STUDYING ENGLISH AND MATH AROUND THE FOURTH GRADE. SOME YESHIVAS WOULD GIVE OR SELL STUDENTS A TRANSCRIPT FILLED WITH CLASSES THEY HAD NOT TAKEN, LIKE PHYSICS AND HISTORY. “




“THE SIXTH LUBAVUTCHER REBBE TAUGHT HIS FOLLOWERS THAT THE HOLOCAUST WAS GOD’S PUNISHMENT FOR JEWISH ASSIMILATION IN EUROPE “


“AMONG THE HASIDIM RELIGIOUS SCHOLARSHIP CONFERS MORE PRESTIGE THAN EVEN WEALTH. “

“NOT UNCOMMON FOR MANY HASIDIM TO BE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND SOME OBTAIN A SECOND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER .THEY ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.IN 1984 THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL DESIGNATION OF THE HASIDIM AS A “DISADVANTAGED MINORITY” ENABLING THEM TO BENEFIT FROM THE SAME PROGRAMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO OTHER RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES.”

‘HASIDIC WOMEN HAVE TURNED THEIR BRAINS OFF COMPLETELY FOCUSING INSTEAD ON COOKING AND CLEANING AND DIAPERING AND SHOPPING. THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO THINK. “



“‘TOLERANCE IS, BY DEFINITION, NOT ONE OF THEIR VIRTUES.”

“LIKE THE MAN WHO DEALT WITH HIS INABILITY TO PAY HIS MORTGAGE BY CHANGING HIS NAME, PUTTING HIS HOUSE IN THE NEW NAME, AND THEN OBTAINING A DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR HIS OLD SELF. HE WAS REBORN A FEW DAYS LATER WITH A NEW SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, BUT WITHOUT HIS OLD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESSED FINANCIALLY WILL LEGALLY DESIGNATE THEIR BASEMENTS OR OTHER PARTS OF THEIR HOUSES AS SHTIEBLECH OR SMALL SYNAGOGUES, AND RECEIVE TAX BREAKS BECAUSE THEIR HOMES ARE HOUSES OF WORSHIP.”

“THEY DO NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL NEED FOR ANY DEEP EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS AND EXPERIENCES.”

“FOR CLOSE TO FIFTY YEARS, SCHOLARS HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THE DEMISE OF THESE COMMUNITIES, FORECASTING THEIR INEVITABLE INABILITY TO RESIST THE PULL OF THE VAST AMERICAN MAINSTREAM. SO FAR, THEY HAVE BEEN PROVEN WRONG.”