Comments on: Putin to Visit Israel

By: josh

josh — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 10:04:39 +0000

We know that the messiah can come either:
ahisemah – like, strolling down Ben Yehuda and redeeming us like kings of the hill,
or
b’eeta – in time, i.e. year 6000 at which time the world will cease to exist as we know it after a massive apocolyptic world war.

Israel’s eternity is guaranteed,
But the redemption/geulah defeinitely shouldn’t be taken for granted.

By: Ephraim

Ephraim — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:19:04 +0000

I understand the impulse to gallows humor, believe me.

Maybe I’m being superstitious, but I just think some things should not be said.

By: ck

ck — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 01:13:27 +0000

Jeez Ephraim. Relax. I am super critical of recent Russian machinations in the middle east. The point I was trying to make was the reason I am so damned critical is that what they are doing threatens the viability and continued survival of the state. That’s what’s at stake when Russians provide Iranians with fissionable material. I think perhaps you might want to reread what I wrote. Sometimes I like to couch my message in subtle ways. I hope everything is clearer now.

By: Ephraim

Ephraim — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:38:19 +0000

Adar or no Adar, if you can say something like that, you need to get your head, among other things, examined.

How can a Jew say such a thing? For shame.

By: ck

ck — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:28:34 +0000

Josh: Guaranteed? Perhaps. But never to be taken for granted. That’s why you have to always love your fellow Jew – Hating is what got us booted out the last time!

By: josh

josh — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:46:24 +0000

Oh CK,
yes, at least you aren’t in denial that the shit will hit the fan bigtime in the near future, I’ll give you that.

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But FWIW, Israel is guaranteed to be around forever, but whoever’s stuck in the galut does not have that security.

Come before it’s too late.

By: T_M

T_M — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:10:20 +0000

Ephraim, I’m tired of you holding back on your feelings. If you need, we can hook you up with Shtreimel for some sessions so that you can learn to express your anger.

By: ck

ck — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:09:26 +0000

Trust me Ephraim. I was being dead serious, Adar or no Adar. I must have said chas veh chalilah a thousand times while writing it.

By: Ephraim

Ephraim — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 20:07:12 +0000

You know, the headline “Gotta See It While It’s Still There” is NOT funny. Gallows humor is one thing, but this crosses the line.

Bite your tongue and think before you speak, OK?

And I hope Sharon tells Putin to stick one of those cruise misslies the Ukraine sold to Iran up his ass and light the fuse when he goes to visit the reactor he’s helping those Persian madmen build.

By: Esther

Esther — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 18:13:46 +0000

Ooh. Stopka Vodka. I remember it well from my Hebrew U (“OMG! THey’re selling vodka in the Supersol and it’s only 10 shekels! Let’s marinate a watermelon for Shabbat!”).

And I may or may not have a bottle of the lemon-infused kind in my freezer right now.

So what you’re saying is I can’t have Putin in my apartment with that kind of swill. Oh darnit.

Why is he going end of April? He should go for Purim. Putin-n-Purim sounds like a match made in vodka heaven.