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Post by pieter on Mar 9, 2020 17:48:38 GMT -7
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Post by pieter on Mar 9, 2020 18:34:50 GMT -7
Kai, interesting! I read the whole article. I did not realize that evangelicals did not go to the cinema theater and they believe that polio was a punishment for Catholics and others different... Pieter, at least it seems that Africa is still free of coronovirus. Jaga,
Nothimg new under the horizon. An Israeli rabbi blames Israeli Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals and Transgenders for the Corona virus in his country. Several crazy rabbi's in the past blamed the Holocaust to be a punishment of God for the secularisation of Judaism and Jewish atheists (Jewish Socialists, communists and anarchists). Now they target Israeli's Gays. to blame them for the Coronavirus in Israel. No doubt some Muslim and Christian fanatics will say the same in their Christian and Muslim countries.
The leader of the (Ultra Orthodox) Hasidic group Satmar Joel Teitelbaum wrote:
The leader of the (Ultra Orthodox) Hasidic group Satmar Joel Teitelbaum
"Because of our sinfulness we have suffered greatly, suffering as bitter as wormwood, worse than any Israel has known since it became a people.... In former times, whenever troubles befell Jacob, the matter was pondered and reasons sought–which sin had brought the troubles about–so that we could make amends and return to the Lord, may He be blessed.... But in our generation one need not look far for the sin responsible for our calamity.... The heretics have made all kinds of efforts to violate these oaths, to go up by force and to seize sovereignty and freedom by themselves, before the appointed time.... [They] have lured the majority of the Jewish people into awful heresy, the likes of which have not been seen since the world was created.... And so it is no wonder that the Lord has lashed out in anger.... And there were also righteous people who perished because of the iniquity of the sinners and corrupters, so great was the [divine] wrath."
Cheers, PieterIsraeli rabbi: Coronavirus outbreak is divine punishment for gay pride paradesMeir Mazuz falsely claims Arab states spared, because they ‘don’t have this evil inclination’; modern Orthodox group blasts him for ‘inciting against the LGBT community’Rabbi Meir Mazuz speaks at a press conference the 'Yachad' political party in Bnei Brak, March 27, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)An Orthodox Israeli rabbi has claimed the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Israel and around the world is divine retribution for gay pride parades.
The remarks by Rabbi Meir Mazuz, reported by the Israel Hayom daily on Sunday, drew condemnation from rights groups, including the Anti-Defamation League, which urged him to apologize.
An influential Sephardic rabbi, Mazuz is the former spiritual leader of the defunct ultra-nationalist and homophobic Yachad party, and is head of the Kiseh Rahamim yeshiva in Bnei Brak.
On Saturday night he gave a talk at the yeshiva, during which, according to the report, he said a pride parade is “a parade against nature, and when someone goes against nature, the one who created nature takes revenge on him.”
Mazuz said that countries all over the world are being called to account because of their gay pride events, “except for the Arab countries that don’t have this evil inclination.” That was why, he claimed — falsely suggesting there has only been one case of infection in the Arab world — they have not seen a spread of coronavirus.
The outbreak in Iran, one of the most serious in any country, he explained as being due to the wicked ways of Iranians and “their hatred of Israel.”
According to the newspaper, Mazuz had earlier claimed Israel would be protected from the coronavirus.
“It is regrettable that in times like these when the whole world comes together to eradicate coronavirus, Rabbi Mazuz finds it appropriate to blame the virus’s outbreak on the LGBTQ community. We harshly condemn his statements and urge him to apologize,” the ADL’s Israel branch said in a statement.
The modern Orthodox Ne’emanei Torah Va’Avodah group also condemned Mazuz’s remarks.
“Using this time of need to incite against the LGBTQ community is unacceptable. Trying to get people to return to religion cannot come at the price of harming others,” it said in a statement.
Israel has thus far had 39 cases of coronavirus, including 14 new cases announced on Sunday night, but no deaths.
Mazuz is no stranger to controversy or hateful rhetoric. In November 2015 he claimed gay pride parades and other forms of “sinful behavior” were the reason terrorists murdered Eitam and Naama Henkin on October 1, 2015.
At a memorial event for the Henkins, Mazuz said that their shooting death at the hands of Palestinian terrorists had been a form of divine retribution.
In 2016 Mazuz attributed the collapse of a Tel Aviv parking garage that killed six people and an explosion that destroyed the Amos-6 satellite to Shabbat desecration.
Israel has two major gay pride parades each year, one in Tel Aviv and another in the capital, Jerusalem, which is billed as promoting tolerance.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 10, 2020 22:48:08 GMT -7
In Poland there are 22 cases for now, three are serious. Italy is really a breeding ground for now. In Italy over 600 people are dead and over 10th are infected. This program from BBC tells the story - in Italy it is hard to travel even by train now. Italians have the second largest percentage of old people in the world, just after Japan. The virus was there since January silently circulating.
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Post by pieter on Mar 11, 2020 2:05:19 GMT -7
We have to deal with this situation as best as we can. It puts a lot of restrections in our lives in Europe. And it has serious consequences for the economy and the employment situation of many people.
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Post by Jaga on Mar 23, 2020 21:56:45 GMT -7
Pieter, as far as I know, the biggest outbreak of coronavirus in NYC started in the conservative Jewish district.
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