Leader of Conservative movement reflects on inauguration http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/leader-of-conservative-movement-reflects-on-inauguration/ The chancellor of the flagship institution of Conservative Judaism reflects on Obama, the inauguration and the echoes of Jewish prayer. en-us aeden@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-01-21T;21:42:01-05:00 Comment by George Lakehomer kingofgab@interlync.com For a minute I thought Dr. Zidonov was a racist, homophobic, devil fearing gentile.  Then I saw him using the words “us” and “we” and I realized he was spaking as a Jew. How unfortunate to have a Jew who thinks and writes like Dr. Zidonov.  He shames us all, regardless of where we live, where or how we choose to daven. For a minute I thought Dr. Zidonov was a racist, homophobic, devil fearing gentile. 

Then I saw him using the words “us” and “we” and I realized he was spaking as a Jew.

How unfortunate to have a Jew who thinks and writes like Dr. Zidonov.  He shames us all, regardless of where we live, where or how we choose to daven.

]]> 2012-05-23T;03:01:00-05:00 Comment by Jennifer P. jplunk@bellsouth.net I would like to respond to Dr. Zidonov who left a comment.  I did not vote for Barack Obama and have thought that everyone’s acting like the Messiah has come was ridiculous.  But then a close friend of mine who teaches in a predominantly black, lower income high school made me listen to 2 songs that some of her kids had been inspired to write, perform, and record (with limited logistical help by adults) by the election of Obama.  Those songs made me cry because their message finally made me get it.  Slavery, Jim Crow, racism, and poverty are intimately real for black people, no matter to what extent they have experienced them.  I have always believed that in today’s world you can do anything no matter your skin color, but black people didn’t know that.  They didn’t know it the way you know something in your soul and now they do, because the United States elected a black man to lead us.  I think that for the first time many black people feel accepted by American society now.  If Obama’s election does nothing besides help blacks realize they are valuable and accepted, then it was worth it. I would like to respond to Dr. Zidonov who left a comment.  I did not vote for Barack Obama and have thought that everyone’s acting like the Messiah has come was ridiculous.  But then a close friend of mine who teaches in a predominantly black, lower income high school made me listen to 2 songs that some of her kids had been inspired to write, perform, and record (with limited logistical help by adults) by the election of Obama.  Those songs made me cry because their message finally made me get it.  Slavery, Jim Crow, racism, and poverty are intimately real for black people, no matter to what extent they have experienced them.  I have always believed that in today’s world you can do anything no matter your skin color, but black people didn’t know that.  They didn’t know it the way you know something in your soul and now they do, because the United States elected a black man to lead us.  I think that for the first time many black people feel accepted by American society now.  If Obama’s election does nothing besides help blacks realize they are valuable and accepted, then it was worth it.

]]> 2012-05-23T;03:01:00-05:00 Comment by Dr. Michael Zidonov mztwinworks@hotmail.com It is patently stupid, and without doubt driven by satan himself, that we trust this Arab/Moslem, who pretends to be black in order to get the Guilty White Liberal vote, the black vote, the womens’ vote and the Homosexual vote ... This is going to bite us square in the ass worse than the disobedience of Joshua, and we will have no one to blame but ourselves ... Then who shall we cry to for help??? Do we REALLY believe that Ha’Shem is going to reward us for being disobedient??? The one thing history teaches us is, that we learn nothing, from History ... It is patently stupid, and without doubt driven by satan himself, that we trust this Arab/Moslem, who pretends to be black in order to get the Guilty White Liberal vote, the black vote, the womens’ vote and the Homosexual vote ... This is going to bite us square in the ass worse than the disobedience of Joshua, and we will have no one to blame but ourselves ... Then who shall we cry to for help??? Do we REALLY believe that Ha’Shem is going to reward us for being disobedient??? The one thing history teaches us is, that we learn nothing, from History ...

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