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By: What a wonderful mayor Porush would have been for the City of Gold — The Kvetcher

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:54:55 +0000

[...] Porush recently lost his recent bid for the mayorality of Jerusalem. Which is a shame, because this haredi candidate has a real eye for talent and [...]

By: ck

ck — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:52:45 +0000

Remember it? We’re still dealing with the ramifications of that retarded “psak.” The Haredim seem to have skipped that lesson on ahavat chinam and achdut and even derech eretz kadma leh Torah. Don’t get me wrong, I still love them without reservation as I love all my fellow yiddles, I just pray to hashem that they wake up one day and do something positive for all Jews with that Torah lurnin’ they got going on. In the mean time, I’m not going to vote for a candidate that embodies that spirit of divisiveness. And again, this is not motivated by an anti-Haredi impulse – this is motivated by pro-haredi sentiment. If this city falls apart due to exclusionist policies, political favoritisma dn myopic policies, all will suffer and I believe haredim will suffer disproportionately more.

So there.

By: Batya

Batya — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:49:32 +0000

Now to answer the question that ak asked. You should know that we’re “national religious” of lower case letters, never having been in Bnai Akiva or NRP.

Before moving to Shiloh we lived in Bayit v’Gan, Jerusalem. It used to be a strong NRP type neighborhood with an excellent Mamlachti-Dati, state religious school. The chereidim treated us like we were sinners, and Agudat Yisrael, of Porush’s family, invested a lot there in schools etc, at the expense of the MMD. They helped “their people.” One year when my husband had miluim from Tzom Gedalia I tried to call some of their “help” organizations to find someone to build our succach, but they refused.
Also don’t you remember the recent chareidi psak that Rav Drukman’s converts aren’t Jewish?

By: Batya

Batya — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:39:15 +0000

Oh, my it’s posted!
A miracle.

By: Batya

Batya — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:37:57 +0000

OK, after Jupitor the comments do show up. So, nu, an experiment. It’s now just about 7:45pm. I’m going to add the link and click “submit” which does sound a bit k i n k y. I put spaces between the letters, since I don’t know what turns on your filter.
shilohmusings....

When will this show up?

By: ck

ck — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:07:04 +0000

Batya! We don’t delete your comments! You know you can always just call me if there’s a problem.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:04:05 +0000

“why did the religious zionists vote for him?? ”

Religious Zionist vote was split – it wasn’t all for him. But the reason why a lot voted for him is because they feel that the Haredim didn’t do a good job in power for the last 5 years, and some of them feel that Haredi politicians only care about their own sector, and not the overall well-being of the city.

Did you guys see the City Council results?

From Ynet:

Of the 31 total seats,

UTJ (Porush’s party) – 8
Jerusalem will succeed (Barkat’s party) – 6
Shas – 5
NRP -3
Meretz – 3
Jerusalem Revival – 2
Likud – 1
Israel Beitenu – 1
Pisgat Ze’ev is on the Map – 1
For the sake of Jerusalem – 1

By: ak

ak — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:13:58 +0000

barkat won but why did the religious zionists vote for him?? aaronkatsman.b...

By: Batya

Batya — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:41:08 +0000

I would post my post’s link explaining why the percentages weren’t what the pundits said. But you know that your “filter” would send it to Jupitor, so check out Shiloh Musings for the explaination.

I guess it gave nb’s fans and staff heartburn for awhile, or worse.

It seems like the guy with the grey stringy hair didn’t even get a *