Rainout?

tkihshbt wrote:

Let's hope.

Darth, is Passover completed?

Almost. The prohibition on levened bread lasts another day or so, I think. It's not a big deal here because my wife is on a gluten-free diet anyway and Zach hasn't been bar mitzvahed yet, so he's not subject to any dietary restrictions.
It's hard for me to get behind a celebration of an event that involved the slaughtering of children.

"do they STILL slaughter children to celebrate this holiday?"

No. These days, it's a longer process that involves being nagged to death.

Jewish community furious over NYPD’s Passover ticket spree
More than 100 tickets were written and about 30 vehicles were towed on a day when observant Jews do not drive
By Larry Celona, Jamie Schram and Bob Fredericks
The New York Post

NEW YORK — The Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg was furious yesterday over the NYPD's Passover ticket and tow blitz, in which more than 100 tickets were written and about 30 vehicles hooked.

"We have a lot of respect for the Police Department, but we're looking for just a little sensitivity," complained Isaac Abraham, a leader of the neighborhood's Orthodox community.

"Summonses I can see, but there's no reason for the towing. You're towing a guy's car when you know he can't move it," he said.

Alternate-side parking rules were suspended Tuesday and Wednesday for the first two days of Passover - when observant Jews do not work or drive - but cops still wrote a slew of tickets for other offenses.

A bitter Zev Deutsch, a married father of eight, had to shell out $205 for towing and storage to get his family's Toyota Sienna minivan from the pound and faces two tickets, at $115 each, for parking in a no-standing zone.

"It ruined my holiday," Deutsch fumed. "I'm calling all around and wasting my day when I should be with my family. This is a hard pill to swallow."

Abraham said the towing was especially tough on people who traveled to Brooklyn to celebrate and didn't have the cash or credit cards to get their cars back.

"If a father of nine kids has to raise $350 cash early in the morning, that's tough," he griped.

"And a lot of our guests that come in from upstate don't even know what a credit card is."

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said no cars were towed for alternate-side-of-the-street violations.

"Parking rules that are never suspended, such as hydrants, bus stops and no parking during rush hours, for example, remain in effect, are not suspended and may result in summonses and/or tows," Browne said.

A police source said the cars were towed for violations involving no parking, no standing and expired registrations.

Abraham charged that the unprecedented towing blitz violated "a gentlemen's understanding" between the Orthodox community and the NYPD that had been discussed at community-outreach meetings.

I dont really understand.  Can jewish people not drive or work during passover?

"I dont really understand.  Can jewish people not drive or work during passover?"

That's more associated with Yom Kippur, but you have to remember Orthodox Jews are nuts. They don't do anything from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. You're supposed to lie down and rest, except when you're in temple. Some of them don't even brush their teeth.
Also, one of the guys in the story is bitching about getting a ticket after he parked in a no standing zone. In New York City.

I hate to call a religion stupid but t kind of is.  It is dumber then Catholics not being able to eat fish on fridays.  We cant eat one hamburger but can eat all the fish we want.  You know what goes well with fish?  Beer.  So we eat fish and drink in the name of religion and call it fasting.

"I hate to call a religion stupid but t kind of is."

I can't think of one religious tradition that doesn't defy common sense, starting with a rabbit distributing painted hard-boiled eggs and ending with the notion that if you off yourself you'll be able to have sex with virgins.

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Some Orthodox Jews take it to a level that's not just stupid, but dangerous.

The municipality I worked in had a pretty large Orthodox Jewish section of town.  One Satuday evening, I get a call to meet a family regarding a burglary.  Turned out, they were in the house when the burglary was occurring, but because it was Friday, they couldn't use modern technology, i.e., the telephone, to call for help.  They waited until after sundown on Saturday, by which time the burglar was long gone.

Wow. Not calling the authorities while you're being robbed may replace free ham as the ultimate Jewish dilemma.

Even worse--it was after sundown--minutes are free.   (grin) (grin) (grin) (grin) (grin)

forsberg_us wrote:

artie_fufkin wrote:

forsberg_us wrote:

Some Orthodox Jews take it to a level that's not just stupid, but dangerous.

The municipality I worked in had a pretty large Orthodox Jewish section of town.  One Satuday evening, I get a call to meet a family regarding a burglary.  Turned out, they were in the house when the burglary was occurring, but because it was Friday, they couldn't use modern technology, i.e., the telephone, to call for help.  They waited until after sundown on Saturday, by which time the burglar was long gone.

Wow. Not calling the authorities while you're being robbed may replace free ham as the ultimate Jewish dilemma.

Even worse--it was after sundown--minutes are free.   (grin) (grin) (grin) (grin) (grin)

You guys who have never lived with Jewish people have no idea how funny this is.

If this thread bothers anyone, I apologize, and I'll stop. I usually get cynical during a Jewish holiday, especially the week my mother-in-law is atoning for treating anyone who isn't Jewish like a mentally-retarded 6-year-old the other 51 weeks of the year.