There is a humorous piece on CiF today by Josh Howie about a telephone helpline set up by ultra-orthodox (Haredi) Jews in London to help people connect with a minyan or find the nearest kosher deli.
CiF allows readers to “thumb up” comments they agree with. What do you suppose are the two most highly-rated comments so far? Can you guess?
This one:
Prodigy
29 May 09, 12:10pm (33 minutes ago)
“You’re an ultra-Orthodox Jew. Your car breaks down and you’re out in the middle of nowhere. Lets say south London. You are starving and utterly isolated. Who you gonna call?”Trick question, you won’t call anyone. You’ll simply flag down the next passing Arab, evict them from their vehicle and drive off claiming it as your own.
And this one:
OneTooMany
29 May 09, 12:13pm (29 minutes ago)
Does it take questions on Palestine?
So, no confusing just plain old ordinary Jews and Zionism there!
CiF is usually quite swift to delete racist comments. These have stood for quite some time now. Let’s see how long they last. Meanwhile, the antisemitic… sorry, I mean ‘anti-Zionist’ brigade can keep thumbing them up.
