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Rep. Anthony Weiner, seen here next to Huma Abedin
A source close to the couple confirmed that Weiner, 44, proposed to Abedin, 33, over Memorial Day weekend.
No date's been set, but the power couple is "thrilled" about the upcoming nuptials, the source said.
So is another woman in Weiner's life.
"I think it's wonderful," the pol's mother, Fran, told the Daily News. "She's lovely. What more can I say?"
She said it wasn't clear how their wedding ceremony might accommodate the pair's different faiths. Weiner, a staunch defender of Israel in Congress, is Jewish; Abedin is Muslim.
"Anything that makes them happy," Fran Weiner said.
Weiner, who went public with the romance last spring after brushing off months of rumors, ran for mayor in 2005. He mulled running again this year, but ruled it out in May, claiming a desire to focus on Congress - and "build a family."
Abedin was born in Michigan to a Pakistani mother and an Indian father. She grew up in Saudi Arabia and attended college in the United States.
After interning in the First Lady's office in 1996, Abedin became a linchpin of Clinton's entourage, and was described by admirers as maintaining both her flawless couture and her calm in the throes of Clinton's presidential campaign.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
I guess its like shabbos, you cant tell anyone when to drive or whom to marry, I guess the ony good part is that she could do the driving on shabbos, I'm not sure if the issur of shvisas baiso applies to arabs
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:00 AM Anonymous Says:
Mazal tov and alla akbar
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:00 AM worried jew Says:
what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:56 AM Anonymous Says:
Another intermarriage, sad.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:16 AM oncefrum Says:
maybe this will be the start of friendly relations between jews and muslims, why is this so bad
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:12 AM Anonymous Says:
Remember this on Election day
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:11 AM Anonymous Says:
Yuch. Like his mother, my grandmother always says about her family, "Anything that makes them happy." While my extended secular family marries goyim and does other toevos.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:51 AM nebach Says:
He is his own worst enemy
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:51 AM Anonymous Says:
I guess its like shabbos, you can tell anyone when to drive or whom to marry, I guess the ony good part is that she could do the driving on shabbos, I'm not sure if the issur of shvisas baiso applies to arabs
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:11 AM Anonymous Says:
Antony is not Jewish. is mother was "convertd" by a conservative clergyman.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:20 AM Anonymous Says:
i dont no y anyone would b surprised about this unfortunately we no hes not a religious man- this is what happens
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:18 AM HaLeiVi Says:
“ what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage ”
O sure, yeah, the Rabbonim again. You sure sound like you're full of love.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:39 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Antony is not Jewish. is mother was "convertd" by a conservative clergyman. ”
B"H
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:38 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Mazal tov and alla akbar ”
Thank you, #2.
That was my Good Laugh of the Day.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:26 AM Anonymous Says:
“ what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage ”
Stip being so critical on rabbanim.. For some reason, I don't think he asked a rabbi before he agreed to mary her. What do you think ?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:44 AM Anonymous Says:
Ok so he doesnt keep kosher, at least now he'll eat halal !
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:42 AM smartypants Says:
His father is jewish his mother is not. The intermarrige took place in the last generation. He is a goy just as she is.He flaunts his "jewishness" for political puposes only.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:41 AM JD Says:
Zein Mamah is a Yid? Ich meint nisht.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:04 AM Anonymous Says:
The only fight between them will be, he will eat ham, but she as a Muslim never! Leider.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:03 AM a yid gitszich an eitza Says:
now he can sell her the
chametz erev pesach
how convenient!!!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:57 AM Anonymous Says:
Abi nisht tzvishen yidin
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:54 AM Raphael Kaufman Says:
Is he the guy who looks like Jabba the Hutt?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:53 AM Avrohom Abba Says:
If he went to shul, he would have heard this week's sedra about what Pinchus did and why.
You can bring a horse to water but you can't make him drink.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:51 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Zein Mamah is a Yid? Ich meint nisht. ”
Ah yid nisht, efsher ah yidina.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:51 AM ggoalieg Says:
they will call thier children abdul i bangha weinner
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:50 AM merkin Says:
Oy Vaiz Mir. Two goyim get married and they blame the rabbis!!!!!!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:48 AM Anonymous Says:
“ maybe this will be the start of friendly relations between jews and muslims, why is this so bad ”
Once frum, always frum!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:45 AM smartypants Says:
His father is jewish his mother is not. The intermarrige took place in the last generation. He is a goy just as she is.He flaunts his "jewishness" for political puposes only.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:06 AM yosse nathan Says:
everybody out there talk is cheap and action speaks louder then words. throw that bum out of Congress. we do not need such a person to represent us religious yidden by a person who does share our same values.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:53 AM jj Says:
anthony weiner is probably fed up with the shidduch scene, so he had no other option but to marry a goy.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:50 AM Anonymous Says:
wow what a story. there poor children. According to her the children will be jewish because the father is jewish. And according to him the children will be muslim because she is muslim. Wow what a mixed up child
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Is he the guy who looks like Jabba the Hutt? ”
no, thats nadler
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:37 AM The real deal Says:
Look, when Noach Dear ran against him, he (Noach) stumped in shuls on shabbos saying that wecouldn't allow a faigele to represent us in Congress. Guess he was wrong!!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:36 AM Anonymous Says:
Just waiting to see how many "frum" politians will attend the wedding, which is clearly assur
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:33 AM Anonymous Says:
"everybody out there talk is cheap and action speaks louder then words. throw that bum out of Congress. we do not need such a person to represent us religious yidden by a person who does share our same values."
Please don't elect someone like yourselves, it would only give justification to anti-semitism.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:31 AM Anonymous Says:
The real lesson here is -- we now know the end result of his father's choice. The chain was broken back then and who knows where it will end up.
So the mother likes the daughter in law.... I suppose she's happy this will end the rumors about all the men... or at least for a while.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM Anonymous Says:
Just because his last name sounds Jewish, that doesn't make him one. He's allowed to marry a non Jewess, he's not Jewish. What's all the fuss about. His father was the baal aveiroh, not him.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:30 AM Anonymous Says:
"what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage"
Maybe some rabbonim are too focused on our heritage and not enough on loving our fellow human being that people have lost interest in our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:29 AM Anonymous Says:
Probably will name their son Barak Hussein Weiner
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:07 AM Anonymous Says:
“ maybe this will be the start of friendly relations between jews and muslims, why is this so bad ”
are you crazy? Ain mitzva ba beavaira
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:07 AM tzoorba Says:
“ "what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage"
Maybe some rabbonim are too focused on our heritage and not enough on loving our fellow human being that people have lost interest in our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion. ”
I don't believe I've seen a comment so biased and ignorant as this one.
Your Judaism hating, warped, self centered, antiquated and false attitude towards toward G-d's true religion reveals your kumbaya loving idiocy in its purest raw form.
It is you who has swallowed the post modern false love potion that causes you to smear the truly spiritual and righteous people that have the true and proper love of man and G-d.
Go spread your poison on one of the numerous Judaism hating sites that would appreciate your foul venom.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:05 AM Anonymous Says:
what a nice shiduch.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:05 AM Milhouse Says:
“ maybe this will be the start of friendly relations between jews and muslims, why is this so bad ”
Because such "friendly relations" we don't want. Antisemitism is far better than this. We have laws against getting too friendly with goyim, precisely to avoid disasters like this. Ein orur misdabek bevoruch.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:09 AM Milhouse Says:
“ Antony is not Jewish. is mother was "convertd" by a conservative clergyman. ”
If true, boruch hashem.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:17 AM Anonymous Says:
If they have a daughter they can call her Hagar! A boy Ibrahim!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:14 AM Anonymous Says:
“ If he went to shul, he would have heard this week's sedra about what Pinchus did and why.
You can bring a horse to water but you can't make him drink. ”
Somehow, I doubt this week's sedra would have changed his mind...
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:55 AM Anonymous Says:
“ Is he the guy who looks like Jabba the Hutt? ”
Nadler is Jewish and his children are Jewish so stop with the derogatory comments, not in the three week
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:39 AM Milhouse Says:
“ "what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage"
Maybe some rabbonim are too focused on our heritage and not enough on loving our fellow human being that people have lost interest in our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion. ”
Since you are clearly not a religious Jew, what are you doing on this site? This is a site for the Orthodox Jewish Community, not for self-admitted shkotzim.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:37 AM Anonymous Says:
“ I guess its like shabbos, you cant tell anyone when to drive or whom to marry, I guess the ony good part is that she could do the driving on shabbos, I'm not sure if the issur of shvisas baiso applies to arabs ”
She is not an Arab.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:29 PM berel Says:
#48.. probably not jewish either
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:28 PM berel Says:
#16 who says shes religious muslim...shes also marrying out of faith
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:24 PM berel Says:
the posters here prove the they dont care for chilill hashem only when it suits them. when stones were thrown etc at the demonstration against chilill shabbos boy were the 'so called' chilill hasem complians so vemonous, but here where there is a true chillil hasem (for those who know the true meaning of chillul hadhem), as the oilom thinks he's jewish, where is the outcry for chilill hashem? not one poster. this prooveswhat we always say, the anti frum dont care for chilil hashem , loshen hora moitzi shem rah ahavas yisroel etc only whem they can use it for their propaganda against shomrei torah..
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:22 PM Anonymous Says:
“ I don't believe I've seen a comment so biased and ignorant as this one.
Your Judaism hating, warped, self centered, antiquated and false attitude towards toward G-d's true religion reveals your kumbaya loving idiocy in its purest raw form.
It is you who has swallowed the post modern false love potion that causes you to smear the truly spiritual and righteous people that have the true and proper love of man and G-d.
Go spread your poison on one of the numerous Judaism hating sites that would appreciate your foul venom. ”
Thank you Tzoorba. I could never have said it this well.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:08 PM Anonymous Says:
Boruch Hashem he is going to marry a goy, just like him and not a Jewess, 'cuz he's not Jewish.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:35 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Mazal tov and alla akbar ”
that is funny
i give u all the credit
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:57 PM Anonymous Says:
“ "what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage"
Maybe some rabbonim are too focused on our heritage and not enough on loving our fellow human being that people have lost interest in our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion. ”
Here we go again, blame it on the Rebbes.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:53 PM Anonymous Says:
At first I was disappointed that we were losing another Jew to intermarriage. However now that I learn that he is a goy, I don't mind
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:50 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Boruch Hashem he is going to marry a goy, just like him and not a Jewess, 'cuz he's not Jewish. ”
100% correct. I remember Weiner 10-20 years ago when he was just the side-kick for then Congressman Shumer. There is nothing Jewish about Wiener. It's all a bunch of bologna. It's a good thing he is not marring a jewish girl.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:49 PM Anonymous Says:
“ "what can one say? it can happen to any jewish family . this intermarriage is a scourge on our religion. we live in a society where many of us run away from our heritage .Maybe some rabbonim are focused on the wrong things and not teaching us to enough to love our heritage"
Maybe some rabbonim are too focused on our heritage and not enough on loving our fellow human being that people have lost interest in our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion. ”
May I ask you to admit what religion you belong to? please stae clearly, christian muslim or buddhist..
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Jul 12, 2009 at 12:58 PM Anonymous Says:
“ everybody out there talk is cheap and action speaks louder then words. throw that bum out of Congress. we do not need such a person to represent us religious yidden by a person who does share our same values. ”
What a silly non sense comment, who are you tho "throw out of office"? if you don't like his marriage planning don't give him an aliya to the Torah and don't be meshadech with him. we are in golus we don't control someone's personal life and of course we don't control "office".
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Jul 12, 2009 at 01:06 PM Anonymous Says:
“ the posters here prove the they dont care for chilill hashem only when it suits them. when stones were thrown etc at the demonstration against chilill shabbos boy were the 'so called' chilill hasem complians so vemonous, but here where there is a true chillil hasem (for those who know the true meaning of chillul hadhem), as the oilom thinks he's jewish, where is the outcry for chilill hashem? not one poster. this prooveswhat we always say, the anti frum dont care for chilil hashem , loshen hora moitzi shem rah ahavas yisroel etc only whem they can use it for their propaganda against shomrei torah.. ”
Berel you are so right.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 01:55 PM Milhouse Says:
“ What a silly non sense comment, who are you tho "throw out of office"? if you don't like his marriage planning don't give him an aliya to the Torah and don't be meshadech with him. we are in golus we don't control someone's personal life and of course we don't control "office". ”
Sure we do. (Or at least those in his seat do.) It's called voting.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 01:54 PM Milhouse Says:
“ the posters here prove the they dont care for chilill hashem only when it suits them. when stones were thrown etc at the demonstration against chilill shabbos boy were the 'so called' chilill hasem complians so vemonous, but here where there is a true chillil hasem (for those who know the true meaning of chillul hadhem), as the oilom thinks he's jewish, where is the outcry for chilill hashem? not one poster. this prooveswhat we always say, the anti frum dont care for chilil hashem , loshen hora moitzi shem rah ahavas yisroel etc only whem they can use it for their propaganda against shomrei torah.. ”
If he's takeh not Jewish, then what do you want? That he should marry a Jew, just so it shouldn't LOOK like he's marrying out?!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 01:47 PM shimon Says:
If his mother really isn't jewish than the chilul hashem would be if he WOULD marry a jewish girl.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 03:14 PM Yoelish Abdul Says:
I heard from my cat's dog's uncle's rabbit, that he thinks he heard from a chashuv Odom Godol (probably a concert ban rabbi) that this is a great Shidduch. See, this is the answer to the Shidduch Crisis.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 03:10 PM A. Says:
“ I don't believe I've seen a comment so biased and ignorant as this one.
Your Judaism hating, warped, self centered, antiquated and false attitude towards toward G-d's true religion reveals your kumbaya loving idiocy in its purest raw form.
It is you who has swallowed the post modern false love potion that causes you to smear the truly spiritual and righteous people that have the true and proper love of man and G-d.
Go spread your poison on one of the numerous Judaism hating sites that would appreciate your foul venom. ”
It's ridiculous how possibly you and some of the others who've commented feel as though if someone criticizes their religion they can't POSSIBLY be Jewish. I'm orthodox and I don't completely disagree with that poster. I LOVE my religion but am hating every day what I see going on, locally in my community and on a global scale. It's true, people focus on stupidity and "how frum is the next guy" and "how machmir can we be?" Petty foolishness that DOES drive people away, like it or not. And when someone says something about rabbonim, everyone sighs a collective 'ohhh blaaame it on the rabbonim again!!!' But that's a cop-out response because some of it IS the rabbonim. End of story. Do people tend to bring up rabbonim too much? Yes. But that doesn't make the truth less valid.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 04:15 PM berel Says:
#66 yes, you sound like those anti semites who always preface their vehmon with
'some of my closest friends are 'jewish' "
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Jul 12, 2009 at 04:24 PM Anonymous Says:
All these posts are really none of our business just his and hers, like towels in the bathroom! He picked her so I guess they will have a private wedding (civil ceremony) with a Judge officiating. That way they will keep religion out of their marriage! He can be whatever he is, she can be whatever she is!! That's the way the cookie crumbles! That's why we have to watch our kids!!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:31 PM Anonymous Says:
Just remember at the next election that neither is he Jewish, nor will he have Jewish interests in mind if he's married to an Arab. Just keep it in mind!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:51 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Just remember at the next election that neither is he Jewish, nor will he have Jewish interests in mind if he's married to an Arab. Just keep it in mind! ”
Well said - anyone who flaunts his Jewishness when he thinks it will help him politically cannot be trusted anyway. Best proof is how quickly he dropped the Jewishness , for an Arab. Let's see how long it lasts!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:48 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Just remember at the next election that neither is he Jewish, nor will he have Jewish interests in mind if he's married to an Arab. Just keep it in mind! ”
the democrat always wins in jewish brooklyn--we are retarded!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 07:56 PM WhatWillWeDo? Says:
The real "shayla" is what will all those in the frum community who "chanfah" to Weiner do? Will they remain his friends? Will the Agudah still take his money? Or will someone stand up and say "enough is enough." My bet, we'll see him at next year's Agudah dinner with his new wife.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 08:27 PM Anonymous Says:
“ Antony is not Jewish. is mother was "convertd" by a conservative clergyman. ”
That certainly explains things - I always found it wierd for a jew to be named Anthony !!
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:01 PM Anonymous Says:
“ the posters here prove the they dont care for chilill hashem only when it suits them. when stones were thrown etc at the demonstration against chilill shabbos boy were the 'so called' chilill hasem complians so vemonous, but here where there is a true chillil hasem (for those who know the true meaning of chillul hadhem), as the oilom thinks he's jewish, where is the outcry for chilill hashem? not one poster. this prooveswhat we always say, the anti frum dont care for chilil hashem , loshen hora moitzi shem rah ahavas yisroel etc only whem they can use it for their propaganda against shomrei torah.. ”
As the other posters stated, he is not halachically Jewish, so if he marries a Muslim or any other non Jew, why is this a Chilul hashem? Or don't you beleive in Halacha?
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:15 PM tzoorba Says:
“ It's ridiculous how possibly you and some of the others who've commented feel as though if someone criticizes their religion they can't POSSIBLY be Jewish. I'm orthodox and I don't completely disagree with that poster. I LOVE my religion but am hating every day what I see going on, locally in my community and on a global scale. It's true, people focus on stupidity and "how frum is the next guy" and "how machmir can we be?" Petty foolishness that DOES drive people away, like it or not. And when someone says something about rabbonim, everyone sighs a collective 'ohhh blaaame it on the rabbonim again!!!' But that's a cop-out response because some of it IS the rabbonim. End of story. Do people tend to bring up rabbonim too much? Yes. But that doesn't make the truth less valid. ”
We weren't castigating him for complaining even though that should also be done in a respectful manner.
However, you apparently didn't read what he said. He said that Judaism was a "self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion" which as a grossly unfair total condemnation of the religion and not a complaint about some practices.
If this doesn't bother you, then there is something seriously wrong in your approach.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 10:11 PM Imposter Says:
This imposter used to speak at my shuls annual melava malka (before he was elected to Congress) and he always spoke about "we Jews" and "our Torah", etc. He should have come clean and said he was not a Jew halachikly.
Just to be clear, if he was a Gentile and didnt show up as an imposter of a Jew- I would not have any problems with him.
We dont need any more PHONY EREV Rav Jews.
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:39 PM power up Says:
I would be more concerned if this bum married a frum or anÝ kind of jew, atleast now we know what jew he is
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Jul 12, 2009 at 09:13 PM worried jew Says:
“ O sure, yeah, the Rabbonim again. You sure sound like you're full of love. ”
actually i do have love for klal yisroel just not love for some rabbonim who are too busy teaching everything but not respect and tolerance of other jews who are not like them . where is the tolerance and derech eretz that my rebbe and rebbes taught us when we were growing up in the sixties ? we forget the basics thats why so many of our children leave their heritage
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Jul 12, 2009 at 11:16 PM Slander Says:
I have known Anthony Weiner since we were kids. He is ABSOLUTELY Jewish al pi halacha. This rumor "against him" (that he's not Jewish) was started years ago to hurt his chances for running for office. I know that it may make you feel better to pretend that he is not a Jew but he is. Learn to live with the facts. This is galus.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 01:16 AM Milhouse Says:
“ I have known Anthony Weiner since we were kids. He is ABSOLUTELY Jewish al pi halacha. This rumor "against him" (that he's not Jewish) was started years ago to hurt his chances for running for office. I know that it may make you feel better to pretend that he is not a Jew but he is. Learn to live with the facts. This is galus. ”
So who's the slanderer? If he's a Jew then he knows marrying out is terribly wrong, and he's doing it anyway. That makes things worse, not better.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 06:26 AM Berl Says:
Will he convert to Islam? or will she convert to Judaism? Or will they make a new religion? Monday is still open and perhaps Obama can be their OFFICIAL god
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Jul 13, 2009 at 02:47 AM A. Says:
“ We weren't castigating him for complaining even though that should also be done in a respectful manner.
However, you apparently didn't read what he said. He said that Judaism was a "self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion" which as a grossly unfair total condemnation of the religion and not a complaint about some practices.
If this doesn't bother you, then there is something seriously wrong in your approach. ”
You are right, that poster generalized in an extremely unfair way. Which is why I said I don't completely disagree with him; because I think some of the practices and ways that people are trying to run our religion are antiquated, self-centered, and soulless. My problem is the way everyone jumps on someone who points out a flaw or disagrees with the rest of the sheeple, the comment after mine, #67, a case in point. But yes, it is unfair to condemn the religion and people as a whole.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 02:27 AM berel Says:
#*) 'learn to live with the facts' ...can you explain? 'this is galus' can you explain .i dont understand your wording and what your saying
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Jul 13, 2009 at 10:36 AM Bugsy Siegel Says:
According to Islamic law, Abedin wouldn't be considered Muslim either as her father is Indian, because acc. to Muslim law the child is Muslim if the father is Muslim. However, it could be that Abedin's father is an Indian Muslim.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 12:12 PM Milhouse Says:
“ You are right, that poster generalized in an extremely unfair way. Which is why I said I don't completely disagree with him; because I think some of the practices and ways that people are trying to run our religion are antiquated, self-centered, and soulless. My problem is the way everyone jumps on someone who points out a flaw or disagrees with the rest of the sheeple, the comment after mine, #67, a case in point. But yes, it is unfair to condemn the religion and people as a whole. ”
What have people got to do with it? Commenter #38 referred to "our self-centered, antiquated, soulless religion". That was not an unfair generalisation, it was a criticism of the Jewish religion, and he had no right to do that. Toras Hashem temimah. The Jewish religion is perfect, and nobody has the right to criticise any part of it. By doing so, commenter #38 showed himself not to be an adherent of the Jewish religion, in other words, a sheigetz.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 01:27 PM Hakures Hatov Says:
as you all saw in the papers last week, out honored congressman was the one who helped more the 20 Yidish non for profit org. receive funding from the Homeland security to enhance the security in yeshivah's and moisdes,
we all wih him a happy and wonderfull life,
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Jul 13, 2009 at 12:52 PM Anonymous Says:
I don't judge the matter by whether he is or is not jewish or whether she is or is not muslim. I don't agree with his politics. He is a political leader, there is no personal connection there for me, as I imagine there is not for most of you out there.
I say, stick to the facts. Look at his voting records and what he says and does. I probably would not vote for him because he is a democrat and I don't usually like democrats for various reasons.
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Jul 13, 2009 at 03:11 PM Nesanel Says:
Who cares? Anthony is a liberal democrat. His moral and political positions have nothing to do with Orthodox Judaism. When are Orthodox Jews going to start backing Republicans? It is time for us to completely turn our backs to the Democratic Party.
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Jul 14, 2009 at 12:15 AM Anonymous Says:
He is Jewish in name only, and she is Muslim in name only. It makes for good public relations to throw in the "religiosity" adjectives. But that is all it is adjectives.
This is all a huge publicity stunt. Remember Weiner wants to run for Mayor and NYC has a lot of Muslims. Jew well, they by and large don't care who he marries so they will vote for him anyway. Two years from now after a good roll in the hay, when Weenie wants a new shtupper they will be divorced. Any bets on that?