As a recently born again Brooklynite (though I lived on the Upper West Side until a month ago, I was born and raised in Canarsie- farther down the L line than any hipster is willing to go), I go to the Altshul minyan on Saturday mornings, which is kindly given prayer space by Temple Beth Elohim in Park Slope.
Well on this morn, the folks from the Westboro Baptist Church stood on outside the synagogue to remind us that God does not love us Jews, but especially hates the homosexuals among us. Or is that we're all gay? I don't think that's it- if it was true, we'd be better dancers. Sigh.
I didn't catch any of the protest (which you can read about here in greater depth) since I arrived late, um, just a little after Torah reading- right around Anim Z'mirot. Don't the Westboro protesters know that real Jews show up late for services? If you're going to hate us, at least take the time to learn our customs. Is that too much to ask?
The hateration was a brief topic of conversation at our Shabbat picnic lunch, which is when I resolved to do my part to combat their hatred. I would keep an important domain out of their gay bashing hands. Dear readers, www.hashemhatesthejews.com is now safe, owned by yours truly.
A lot of Orthodox Jews refer to the ineffable Diety as "Hashem," which literally translates to "the Name." so saying that Hashem hates us is yet another way of stating that Gdashd ain't a fan. Wait, the Westboro people didn't know about the lateness rule. Mabye they don't know about Hashem either. Have I just let Hashem fall into their grasp? Oh no, what have I done?!
Deep breaths- even if I did just give them a new way to hate us, I have deprived them of a useful domain name unless they decide to go with .net, .org, .info, etc. Or unless they make an eligible bid for my domain name because as the anti-Semitic rhetoric goes, Jews do love money.
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