Rabbi Weiss

by on May 10, 2009 17

Weiss This is Rabbi Dovid Weiss, of the anti-Zionist group Neturei Karta, protesting outside AIPAC's policy conference last week. Photo from Dana Goldstein's flicker portfolio on AIPAC.

About Philip Weiss

Philip Weiss is Founder and Co-Editor of Mondoweiss.net.
Posted in Israel Lobby, US Politics

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  1. David_F says:
    May 11, 2009 at 12:49 am

    I admire Rabbi Weiss a great deal. He is a remarkably courageous man. Why don't you interview him, Phil? You are both anti-Zionist, yet you come to the issue from completely different sides of Judaism. I think your blog needs a discussion of the theological objections to Zionism.

  2. Richard Witty says:
    May 11, 2009 at 12:49 am

    Did you see the interview by Bill Maher in "religulous"?

  3. hasbarablaster says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:08 am

    Bill Maher is a smart, funny guy but he's a Zionist. He defends murderous, militaristic, apartheid "Israel" and mocks Jews who refused to abandon Judaism in favor of the blasphemous Zionist religion.

  4. DICKERSON3870 says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:16 am

    Israel might well be the death of Judaism.

  5. hasbarablaster says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:16 am

    That would be a great interview and Phil could learn some things from Neturei Karta and the Satmars. Like the story of Rabbi Weismandel and Zionist role in the Holocaust: Ten Questions to the Zionists: http://www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/ch24.htm Zionism in the Age of the Dictators; 24. The Wartime Failure to Rescue: http://www.marxists.de/middleast/brenner/ch24.htm

  6. Richard Witty says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:22 am

    If Phil interviewed Rabbi Weiss comprehensively (not just the anti-Zionism element), most likely he would never refer to him again. (Maybe I'm wrong.) For example, Phil might want to ask the rabbi his impressions of inter-marriage.

  7. hasbarablaster says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:34 am

    That could be but Phil has made a good point previously in saying that political change happens when coalitions are formed between "strange bedfellows." Like Menachem Begin and Jerry Fallwell, for instance. I don't think they had a whole lot in common either outside of their philo-Zionism.

  8. MRW says:
    May 11, 2009 at 12:17 pm

    Initially, all Begin and Falwell had was their anti-homosexualism. That''s how Begin figured he could nab Falwell's imaginationm and turn Falwell into a Zionist.

  9. Citizen says:
    May 11, 2009 at 12:45 pm

    He sure hates Christians, especially Catholics–makes a viscious crack against them every chance he gets–you can take that to his bank; ditto, he avoids attacking Israel and Jews like the plague. If I recall correctly, one of his parents is from a Catholic background. Not that the Christians don't deserve his attacks, just that they are verbally clubbed while his chosen people are revered–he attacks all (once) sacred cows except Israel and Jewish activity generally. I remember once he had a guest, a former US military inspector who's well-known name I forget–when, during the conversation the guest blasted Israel, Maher looked completely astonished, his usual smirking self dumbfounded–even though what the guest said should have been common knowledge to Maher.

  10. Citizen says:
    May 11, 2009 at 1:38 pm

    Here's a video debate about the pros and cons of religion between Maher and Huckabee: http://jewishatheist.blogspot.com/ Huckabee points to religious faith as a doer of good works, giving examples like ML King & Mother Theresa, soup kitchens, etc. Maher points religious faith as a doer of bad works, e.g., The Crusades, witch hunts, etc. Back and forth; finally Maher says, yes lots of good works, but at a terrible price throughout history. Maher then asks, in essence Ivan Karamazov's question regarding the suffering of the innocents–not that Maher ever read Fyodor D. Huckabee says God allows such suffering of innocent babes, etc–because God doesn't want humans to be deprived of free choice to have faith, or not. Bill must have forgotten his childhood catechism on free will. He makes no further rejoinder. I was thinking what if Jeffrey Dahmer did what he did just to give his parents the free will to decided whether to love him or not?

  11. jon says:
    May 11, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    Fanatic Islam might be the death of all people.

  12. jon says:
    May 11, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    who better to critic a book critiquing AIPAC than someohttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1241719494789... Arctic winds are blowing into Jerusalem from Washington these days. As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's May 18 visit to Washington fast approaches, the Obama administration is ratcheting up its anti-Israel rhetoric and working feverishly to force Israel into a corner.ne connected to AIPAC

  13. Mooser says:
    May 11, 2009 at 4:18 pm

    Jon, I believe there is a special on sheets and bed-linens at K-Mart. Their Martha Stewart line is good, solid, reasonably priced stuff. Be sure to get a plastic cover for the mattress, and have plenty of towels and spare sheets on hand. What you will do about this peeing-in-fear compulsion at work will have to be addressed by a safety expert, all those electrical cords.

  14. Mooser says:
    May 11, 2009 at 4:19 pm

    Besides, the fanatic Communists have already killed me so many times I just can't care anymore.

  15. rykart says:
    May 13, 2009 at 4:03 am

    What debate? Maher is an israel-firster through and through. He'd not have his own show were that not the case. So any meaningful debate is precluded before it can begin.

  16. DICKERSON3870 says:
    May 13, 2009 at 5:32 pm

    Zionism might well be the death of Judaism.

  17. hasbarablaster says:
    May 20, 2009 at 2:36 am

    I recall a Maher show with Janeane Garofalo who is a bit odd but is a well informed critic of Zionism. Seems Maher was none-too-pleased with her anti-zionism. I think he attacked Michael Scheuer also when he appeared on the show.

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