Chutzpah Award of the Day
Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum:
“Opposition to the building of the mosque is not an issue of religious intolerance or a matter of us versus them…People of all faiths should be appalled by the Imam’s remarks and very frightened at the possibility of terrorist monies funding this endeavor.”
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Rabbi Tannenbaum is Director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. The Head of the Rabbinical Alliance, Rabbi Abraham Hecht, was the Rabbi who issued a fatwa against Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shortly before his assassination The Yeshiva World Hikind Calls On Bloomberg To Withdraw Support Of Ground Zero Mosque « » Frum Jewi www.theyeshivaworld.com
How far is far enough? Perhaps Jersey–no that's within the site lines of the old Trade Center. Perhaps Mexico would do.News finds alternate sites for Park51 but they don't pass muster with mosque opponents ww.nydailynews.com
At last, a liberal even angrier than I am about the Coat Factory imbroglio. Stephen Budiansky's Liberal Curmudgeon Blog: Victimization and vengeance budiansky.blogspot.com
It's not prejudice, but it would be insensitive to build so close to the hallowed ground where Lundy's once stood. Three, Four … Twenty Blocks? Ctd – The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com
Carl Paladino can't tell the difference between sending six million poor Jews to their death and sending six million dollars to poor Jews (AKA Met Council). GOP Gov. hopeful Carl Paladino compares Dem. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to Hitler, Antichrist www.nydailynews.com
The man who once accused State AG Robert Abrams of masturbating over Tawana Brawley's picture is now promised first dibs instead of sloppy seconds, with his own Annex in the House of the Rising Sum. Eric Schneiderman: Al Sharpton's House Of Justice Will Have Albany Annex If I Become Attorney Genera www.nydailynews.com
Will any of the politicians who formed the backdrop to Senator Huntley's press conference about the purported threats on her life (an event at which she took no questions and had a Minister say “those who condone it need to be taken off the ballot.”) condemn her effort to link the supposed threats to the LGBT community.
Senators Sampson, Smith, Klein, Stavisky and Kruger, and Assemblywoman Pfeffer, are you going to remain silent in the face of this gay baiting? State Sen. Shirley Huntley Mailer Links Death Threats To Gay Marriage Supporters www.nydailynews.com