Comments on: Pope Benedict XVI’s teen years

By: Jewlicious » The Pope Has Landed

Jewlicious » The Pope Has Landed — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:18:59 +0000

[...] all indications are that my ribbing has been well received. From the adventures of the Pope as a teen in the Hitler Youth, to that one time when he liberated Jerusalem and that other time when he snuck into the Jewlicious [...]

By: Murat

Murat — Sun, 26 Jun 2005 13:07:34 +0000

benedict wil make everything worse(kindly)

By: Soferet

Soferet — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 17:13:38 +0000

BS”D
My sentiments exactly. I also wrote in my blog about my hopes that we would see our Lustiger in the Papal seat, as Pope Jewlicious I!
Glad to see a fellow Heeb is paying attention.

By: D

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 18:32:04 +0000

laya,
I’m not talking about war. I’m talking about submission. As in, all muslims would want to convert to christianity. That would be nice.

Jeez, you guys are like reporters!

By: Rafael

Rafael — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:58:00 +0000

The pic is in poor taste indeed.

By: sid sugar

sid sugar — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:57:13 +0000

At first I thought that it was Micky Rooney in the picture. My bad.

By: laya

laya — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:38:34 +0000

except that wasn’t too good for the jews the first time around, when it was called the crusades.

By: D

Wed, 20 Apr 2005 05:27:16 +0000

I think it would be great is all muslims became christian. The whole concept of Jihad would go right out the window.

Sigh…..wishful thinking….

By: shtreimel

shtreimel — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 04:26:49 +0000

Yikes GM, that’s twice in one week that you didn’t point out how far up my ass my head appears to be. Impressive. Must’ve warmed your heart with all those 80′s metal references. BTW, there’s a wicked on-line radio station entitled (Pirate Radio), which you can access via iTunes in the 70-80′s section. Ton’s ‘o metal faves and rarities.

By: Grandmuffti

Grandmuffti — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 03:28:53 +0000

Shtremiel’s got a point…Muffti was a little USY-er back in the day…

By: TM

TM — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:45:18 +0000

I dunno, I might be offended if I went into a Roman Catholic site and found a photo of, say, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, standing there with horns and a t-shirt that reads “We want to rule the world.”

I might laugh it off too. I guess it depends upon the Roman Catholic.

By: ck

ck — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:38:23 +0000

Yisrael – Of course I don’t pretend to claim that the issue is either all black or all white – I am capable of some nuance ya know. I am well aware of the checkered role of the Judenrat and the Sondercommando – thanks for the unneccessary history lesson. This post is part troll, part righteous indignation and mostly ironic musing. I thought y’all liked it when we were all ironical and stuff.

By: Yisrael

Yisrael — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 22:13:47 +0000

CK, what do you think of the Judenrat? The Sondercommando? What about the Sondercommando who blew up the ovens at Auschwitz? Even we Jews demonstrated a weakness and willingness to “assist” Nazis out of fear for our lives and the lives of family members. This man did nothing to imperil Jews. He shirked from what Nazis demanded of him and avoided contact whenever possible.

The advantage of a German Pope is that the Holocaust will haunt him. As he has already done, he will continue to repent for his sins and will try to repent for the sins of his countrymen and his church. A Latin American or African pope would probably just shrug off Jewish issues because they have much less connection to the horrors visited upon our people.

By: TM

TM — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 21:02:04 +0000

Dude, are you saying that youth can’t be influenced and then change as they mature? That pic isn’t fair, and I disagree with not giving the man an opportunity to show FURTHER of what he’s made.

By: ck

ck — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:46:16 +0000

Too bad we couldn’t extend the same sort of christian compassion to former UN Secretary General Kurt Waldheim … I mean what’s a guy to do? When the SS came a callin’, you couldn’t exactly say no! Sure, lots of people did and paid with their lives but then they never grew up to become Secretary General… or Pope.

I say fuck ‘em. I have no sympathy for anyone who ever donned a Nazi uniform. I’m hoping Ratzinger’s reign at the throne of St. Peter is brief.

By: Yisrael

Yisrael — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:40:14 +0000

ADL’s postscript on Ratzinger:
“Finally, much has been made of the fact that as a teenager, Cardinal Ratzinger was a member of the Hitler Youth in Germany. What is far more significant is that all his life he has atoned for this fact. ADL has had opportunities to work with Cardinal Ratzinger and we look forward to continuing that relationship.”

By: shtreimel

shtreimel — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:06:40 +0000

Actually that should read:

Think of all the ex-USY and BBYO ADULTS who can’t stand anything…

By: shtreimel

shtreimel — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 20:05:42 +0000

“What has he done since was 14 and was in the Hitler Youth? 60 years is a long time–one can change a great deal.”

Exactly. Think of all the USY and BBYO kids who can’t stand anything Jewish

By: celestial blue

celestial blue — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:58:25 +0000

I was just speaking to a Catholic co-worker and he just shook his head and muttered “they made the bigest mistake” when I told him who the new pope is. He made similar points… that this new guy is so conservative that he may well take the church back 2 steps when it desperately needs to find new ways to grow and move forward.

I personally wanted to see the black guy get in.. now THAT would have brought about some interesting change.
Oh well.

By: Ephraim

Ephraim — Tue, 19 Apr 2005 19:40:42 +0000

Ratzinger is the “Stop The Turk at the Gates of Vienna” Pope. His papacy wll be all about opposing Islam and re-Christianizing Europe.

Should be damned interestin’, however it turns out.