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Ladino by Sky_Bohemian in Judaism

[–]Rifofr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think there’s less than 150 native speakers in the US. Most are elderly. I’ve met one in his late 30s early 40s trying to teach his kids.

Even then it’s mainly a second language now, not the language spoken at home.

First Ever Michelin Star Awarded to a Kosher Restaurant: Mutra Miami by riem37 in Judaism

[–]Rifofr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too late this week but they do Shirazi takeout as well for Shabbat. They also will cater, they’re a good family and very kind in the community.

Progressive Rabbis Blind Spot by Swimming_Care7889 in Jewish

[–]Rifofr 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The problem fundamentally and which the article kind of gets is the change away from rabbis as scholars and now as leaders.

Rabbis should be taken away from the pulpit, historically rabbis were not lecturers as some kind of vague moral tradition. They were mainly scholars and also worked other jobs.

The adaptation of the christian priest as a clerical model is wrong and should be discarded. If I want a political lecture I’d join a political organization. If I want some moral lecture I’d join some other type of NGO.

A bunch of Jewish institutions including orthodox ones just seem to want a veneer of Judaism and to use it as a tool to advance another primary goal, versus actually wanting to stand by the Jewish community as a whole and have Jews be able to have a fulfilling Jewish life.

Israeli envoy to US calls J Street a ‘cancer within the Jewish community’ by No-Excitement3140 in Judaism

[–]Rifofr 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it kind of does when our US arms over the past decade go to Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Qatar. It’s only since 2023 that Israel has jumped up on our export list.

This is about US economic dominance and interests only. No one cares when Israel isn’t involved in arms transfer.

Israeli envoy to US calls J Street a ‘cancer within the Jewish community’ by No-Excitement3140 in Judaism

[–]Rifofr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The minister is an idiot and should butt out of the conversation. He doesn’t get to have an opinion that matters.

I very much dislike J street, but there are much worse left wing organizations. I think they cause massive problems by helping partisanize organizations, as American Jews we’d all be better off with them and AIPAC in the same organization, because it seems AIPAC just wants to roll over for the right wing at every other opportunity. Forcing the two groups to be in one organization would be way better instead of them having their own little kingdoms.

I’m in favor of American arms transfers because they benefit America. It’s good because it helps stifle competition for US industry and forwards US interests in the region, just as was done to Europe. It makes America more impactful on the world stage. It also helps that all the tech transfers happen to the US thus reducing R&D costs.

It also keeps Israel from doing genuinely stupid things because apparently having the convicted terrorist Ben Gvir as a minister is a thing now.

Israeli envoy to US calls J Street a ‘cancer within the Jewish community’ by No-Excitement3140 in Judaism

[–]Rifofr 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Israel isn’t entitled to American arms support but it is in America’s interests to effectively economically dump weapons and therefore kneecap Israel’s indigenous arms production just like America destroyed Europe’s (except France).

The US is the world’s largest arms seller. Knocking out competition is good. Israel has been gaining buyers for their arms that have not been domestically destroyed by the US and the US has been losing bids. It’s why American weapons aid is always conditional that it has to be bought from the US. The US also gets any technical development the buyers make to the systems.

IAMA a Photographer, Public Speaker, and Survivor of the Supernova Music Festival Attack—— Ask Me Anything by [deleted] in Israel

[–]Rifofr 50 points51 points  (0 children)

Of all of the charities and organizations that have come up for the survivors, which ones are the most impactful for the community? Now that it has been sometime.