I was raised as a conservative Jew which is between Orthodox and Reform.

Which is why I love Reform Jews. They are inclusive instead of being exclusive.

Look upon Israel and what it was founded upon and what it has now become. Israel needs more Reform Jews. It is unfortunate that to really be a Jew in Israel one must be Orthodox.

The Jewish religion is without a doubt the most rigorous one in existence. We prize intelligence above all else and when you go to Sunday School and whatnot they school the crap out of you. It is no doubt that Jews get so far in life because of their religion. The Jews at the top caused this crisis to further solidify world power, they were smart enough to realize how this could happen because they were Jewish.

Greed is the root,true, but if these men were not Jewish and were not raised in a Jewish setting they would not have made it this far. Ask any Jewish person about this and they will tell you the same thing; jews are one smart religious/ethnic group and it certainly shows.

It’s not because they are Jewish. It is because they (and we) are victims of greed.

Christians have proven they can be just as greedy.

Little David, I do not blame all Jews. I blame the small percentage of Jews who run our monetary and financial systems. It is beyond comprehension that they were incompetent enough to let this happen. Just like the Madoff fraud, no way that was a fraud, it would have been impossible to commit. Jews are not capable of this level of incompetence, they are too smart for it.

as far as the other comments on this thread I’m not sure if its chaotic order or ordered chaos. how do these threads go so far off topic?

I am guilty of prejudging Jews. I happen to prejudge Reform Jews very favorably while prejudging Orthodox Jews unfavorably.

However even with this prejudgment I will allow each individual’s spoken voice to break through my preconceived notions. I do the best I can to not be a bigot.

OK, if I follow YOUR logic Christians should once again engage in a pogrom like Hitlers.

Since the Jews occupying high places did not get there through merit, only because they were Jewish, we should exterminate them.

Is this what you want?

I love criticism, especially when it is not based in any logic or facts because it means what I had said has remained unchallenged.

Jews run the media, Jews control the money supply.

I was proud of those facts until I realized how corrupt both our monetary system and media are.

Please forgive me while I have some fun.

You stated:

“…my dads PR and Communications Director for everything South of Richmond and he says they are hurting pretty bad.”

You also made mention that your last name must be Jewish. I do not know, could have been Italian as far as I know (ending in a vowel) but you claim it is Jewish.

Let me go with this sarcastic comment:

Now we have to put up with them damn Jews running the Red Cross. They were not happy running the banking industry, now they are going to undermine our charities.

Didn’t the Bible say something about the two edged sword?

The Red Cross is certainly a worthy charity. One of my favorites.

I do not do the blood thing, but my daughter sure does. Every time the Red Cross is facing a shortage of platelets she gets a call from them asking her to come in again.