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Caliman73

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9. You would think that if there was something in Judaic Law or Tradition...

Fri Oct 1, 2021, 02:49 PM

Oct 2021

That at least a Rabbi or some scholar would come out to discuss it.

Instead one random person comes out and they give her the full weight of one of the staple networks in cable news to present her "side".

This is what is wrong with media today.

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There's a teacher on CNN who says her belief in Judaism prevents her from being vaccinated [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 OP

There is a serious problem malaise Oct 2021 #1

It's crazy. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #3

Yep. If your choice is eating pork or starving, it's okay to break kashrut. sakabatou Oct 2021 #31

It's about doing the most to please God at the moment. Starving to death isn't pleasing God. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Oct 2021 #2

I hope it also prevents her from having a job Chautauquas Oct 2021 #4

Was this just now? moriah Oct 2021 #5

In the last fifteen minutes or so DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #6

You would think that if there was something in Judaic Law or Tradition... Caliman73 Oct 2021 #9

You are absolutely correct Mossfern Oct 2021 #11

Thanks for confirming that understandng. moriah Oct 2021 #23

and that rates an appearance on CNN stillcool Oct 2021 #7

The Media is scraping the bottom of the barrel for crazies, pwb Oct 2021 #8

After I saw an interview with a nurse on CNN earlier today, it became crystal clear their Vinca Oct 2021 #10

No, that's not it. Mariana Oct 2021 #21

Thats not religion. If god is talking to you its mental illness and I believe the institutionalized NightWatcher Oct 2021 #12

I agree. That "teacher" needs mental health intervention, not TV time as if valid traitorsgalore Oct 2021 #17

Try again frazzled Oct 2021 #13

You are allowed to violate the dietary laws if the choice is eating non-kosher food or dying. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #27

And CNN gives her a GD platform. MontanaMama Oct 2021 #14

Wisdom from Susan B Anthony Runningdawg Oct 2021 #15

I saw this segment. HoosierDebbie Oct 2021 #16

So, Israel isn't vaccinating its citizens? MineralMan Oct 2021 #18

And a Talmudic scholar would say you are full of shit. Aristus Oct 2021 #19

I know a Jewish diabetic who, as a child, refused insulin when she found out it was from pigs unblock Oct 2021 #20

RSO rso Oct 2021 #22

How Israel Persuaded Reluctant Ultra-Orthodox Jews To Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 Klaralven Oct 2021 #24

So, then, "God" pledges to smite her by "telling her not to be vaccinated?" hlthe2b Oct 2021 #25

GOD didn't tell her anything. She is manufacturing this so she doesn't get vaccinated. Trueblue1968 Oct 2021 #26

Jewish law, and most authorities, say get vaccinated. But... TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #28

Where in the Talmud or Torah does it say "thou shall not get vaccinated"? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #29

Nowhere that I know of. Ask in Crown Heights. TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #33

Fundamentalists are scary to me, regardless of their religion. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #34

Me too. When fundies get hold of a religion, peace and love go out the window. TreasonousBastard Oct 2021 #36

True. sakabatou Oct 2021 #37

A few years back I was at this town center in Woodland Hills. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2021 #38

I remember being prayed over while I was in the hospital. sakabatou Oct 2021 #39

Nowhere. They should know by now that life trumps your personal beliefs. sakabatou Oct 2021 #35

Apparently, my conservative Rabbi and Cantor were wrong to initiate calls to elders as they became karynnj Oct 2021 #30

Yeah, that was some lazy shit. She also admitted to having Maru Kitteh Oct 2021 #40