Comments on: Battle of the beards: ultra-Orthodox sects clash in Israel over rowdy youths

By: frankyv

frankyv — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:37:59 +0000

‘They behave inappropriately. They sit idly in the street’. This from people whose religion prevents them from working for a living and have to be supported by the state. Parasitism seems to be common among the true believers.

By: MrGronk

MrGronk — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 22:50:37 +0000

@Stoneyground

I dunno, Stoney, I think the beards and ringlets suggest “idiot” rather clearly.

By: Stonyground

Stonyground — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:38:02 +0000

It would appear that the youth’s unruly behaviour consists of simply being youths and bothering nobody. The unruly behaviour seems to come from the two rival factions of godidiots.

Oh for a sane world where idiots could be easily spotted because they are behaving like idiots.

By: CybrgnX

CybrgnX — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:56:58 +0000

Jews-Islam-Xtians!!!! They all bow to the same g0d and kill each other and themselves over REALLY really stupid schite. The fundies are ALL crazy and there are no REAL moderates because they still believe the schite in the holey books and act as breeders for the fundies. The ONLY REAL religious moderates are the ones that say ‘If g0d is then it is beyond here, we will find out soon enough so stop the BS & be happy!’

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:30:35 +0000

Once again we have two groups of people, each supposedly worshippimg the same God, and each supposedly following the teachings of the same Holy Book, but with widely differing views. Is it any wonder, then, that the rest of us get somewhat confused?

By: chrsbol

chrsbol — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:21:48 +0000

Time to throw in my favourite Jewish joke.

Two Rabbi’s walking past a church displaying a sign saying Convert to Christianity and get Â£10 voucher.One of them decides to take up the offer and 30minutes later comes out.”Have you done it” says his friend.”Yes I’ve converted”he reples.”Have you got your Â£10″says his friend.”Is that all you people think about”he says.

By: sailor1031

sailor1031 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:37:13 +0000

well the sephardic guy has a nicer hat….and a shorter, trimmer beard; all in all though, grooming standards seem to have gone to hell among the ashkenazim, no wonder there are fights. Does anyone’s mum wear israeli army boots, i wonder?

By: barriejohn

barriejohn — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:22:24 +0000

Which is better though: the Sephardic or the Ashkenazi? THERE’S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT…!!!

By: mikespeir

mikespeir — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:20:57 +0000

Surely, the guys with the longer hair must be more orthodox.

By: Neuseline

Neuseline — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:07:05 +0000

“pamphlets were distributed in a synagogue on Saturday calling on haredim to protest against the youthsâ€™ unruly behaviour” Oh my, doesn’t that amount to work? On the sabbath? What next? Switch on lights, make a cup of tea? Tut tut.