Anti-Jewish hate group protesting in Great Neck, NY this weekend
 

A hate group from Kansas is traveling to New York this weekend to demonstrate against Judaism.

Article from The Jewish Star, an Orthodox Jewish paper based on Long Island

Article from Newsday

Great Neck is about 90% Jewish, and has about 15 synagogues, including the Great Neck Synagogue, which is an old Orthodox shul and is one of the planned protest sites. There are a lot of Orthodox Jews in the immediate neighborhood, as Orthodox Jews cannot drive on the Sabbath and must therefore live within walking distance of a synagogue.

It is, of course, no coincidence that the protests coincide with Shabbat Shuvah and Yom Kippur.

:mad:

On a personal note: My parents live in Great Neck. I'm concerned for them, but they plan to attend church as usual (they are Catholic) and otherwise to stay away from the protests. I hope they stay safe.

westborough AGAIN. as someone who was born and raised baptist...i really hate these people. i kinda wish there wasn't going to be a counter rally, but that is their right. i hope it remains peaceful.

I hope no one on my side gets hurt, but if gets violent, it gets violent.

I hope the JDL and all of their affiliates are out in full force.

I know that sounds mean, but sometimes morons need a good ass kicking.

They were here last week for Rosh Hashanah. It was disgusting, but most of the community/school supported us, and it was a great opportunity for education.


How are they picking their protest sites, dart board?

Last year, we performed The Laramie Project- one of their hatreds. In response, a friend of mine organized a giant silent protest. We all just stood there, in silence. Shirts were made that said "Love, Not Hate". There were some with signs, but most of us just stood there. It was amazing.

They left early, and only had about 3 people there. They couldn't come onto campus, as it is private property. But the counter protest was still amazing.

Groups like that are an embarrassment to believing Christians. :mad:

Agreed. Tolerance is one of the biggest things that we teach, but zelots like that seem to forget it.

I don't think Christianity (and most mainstream religions) teaches tolerance. It is difficult to teach tolerance and acceptance when there's an understanding of "to dos" and "not to dos" to get into the Kingdom. So, it should come as no surprise when zealots get a hold of all of these religions and their texts to suit exclusionary purposes.

I also don't think that people have to love in order not to hate. They can be apathetic. Many people are apathetic until there is some threat to their sense of balance and normalcy. That's when groups like this tend to be formed. So, preaching love to them silences them at the time but does not erase what they perceive to be their founding purpose.

This group has the right to nonviolent protest. I hope it remains nonviolent on the part of the protestors and the community.

Can I call "Race War"?

or is this one called "Culture War"?

Let me know so I can play the right card.

Someone needs to get out there with a big ol' "JESUS WAS A JEW" sign!

"Religion War"?

O yeah!! I gotta see if I have that deck next to the old Magic TG ones...heheh

I double dog dare you to do it.

They don't like Catholics either.

They tried to protest a funeral here a few years ago of an Iraqi war soldier. It didn't work out so well for them.

They protested outside my (Episcopal) church in Boston a few years ago. It was kind of weird - they were there when we were walking in before the service started, but when we left, they were gone.

They coming all the way from Kansas huh...?


http://www.thegreenhead.com/imgs/wic...the-west-2.jpg

She'll get you my pretties...

yup.

so...bump???

I didn't hear anything about any riots, so I guess they're okay.(the residents, I mean. I don't give a crap about westboro.)

Even if the protesters are awful people, I don't know that I've heard of a community reacting violently to them. People are usually pretty well-behaved, and try not to give these groups more attention than is necessary.

I'm from Long Island, but being away at school I've only actually heard about it through GC. My father works in the Great Neck/Kings Point area; he never mentioned anything about it though. I would assume they were largely ignored.

Describing Westboro Baptist as an "Anti-Jewish Hate Group" is like describing the plot of the first Godzilla movie as "Tall Foreigner visits Japan". Accurate, but in many, many ways insufficient. :)

This cracked me up.

The title field can only hold so many characters. :)

The protests pretty much fizzled out. There was a bit of counter-protesting, but that was all. Article from Newsday.

I still don't even get what they were protesting this time. Just being Jewish in general? Or was it some specific thing?

They were pretty aggressive at the Virginia Tech memorial, and actually crossed the street a few times. Luckily, it didn't get physichal.

That is why my earlier suggestion about bringing hard ass JDL types along. I'm not saying violence is always the answer, but I am saying that when violence is the answer, it's the only answer. And when someone says that someone else's religion should be wiped off the planent, that is usually a precrussor to violence. That could almost be construed as a threat.

These people are scary.

:rolleyes:

There is a difference between a lack of tolerance and teaching about sin. True Christians know that you tolerate everyone, but sin is sin.

Westboro comes down here every so often. My feeling is that it's best to ignore these goobers. The only way they exist is for us to validate them by continuing to comment on their existence. I think the first few times they came to OKC, I was outraged, angry, etc. Since they're not going away, I figure the next best thing to do is to pretend they don't exist. They'll probably never actually do anything besides act like buffoons. They have zero political clout, so who really cares what they say or do?

I'd guess it's around 50 people.

http://www.vimeo.com/6552578

That's probably all of 'em.

:rolleyes:

There is no difference between teaching about some of the "sins" that many "Christians" consider to be "sins" (based on their interpretation of Scripture) and being intolerant. And notice I said "to dos" and "not to dos," which is not exclusive to "sin."

"True Christian." :rolleyes: