Over at Horses' Ass, Goldy has started a thread offering advice to anyone interested in Judaism.
Apparently the important credentials are that David Goldstein is secular (I guess that means he does not want to be considered a Jew by belief) and he was married to a Roman Catholic woman. Somehow, this is mixed up with his living near two orthodox shuls and his wife's wanting the toilet seat put down.
Not exactly impressive. What does Judaism or intermarriage have to do with anatomic issues like peeing forward vs downward?? Which is Jewish?
Anyhow, Goldy posts a Seinfeldesque self doubting pose. Kinda like imagining Dr. King dismissing his fervor as the product of eating too much watermelon. Can anyone imaging Cesar Chavez w/o the church? Imagine Kennedy w/o catholicism or Bushie w/o his identity. Why can't Jewish liberals just accept the Jewish liberal tradition? Jews can't be proud of Gompers? BTW, while his wife is described as Roman Catholic, Goldy never tells us if she was secular too? Are there secular Catholics or just lapsed Catholics vs secular Jews?
The remarks are followed n the comments threads by the chorus of a few choir members, assuredly goyische choir members, who applaud the Jew for the remarks .. rather condescending that bit, well it is hard to be nice.
"Hey look .. isn't the Jew funneee? He makes fun of himself!!"
OK OK .. we all need to make fun of ourselves, but do we need praise from others for doing so?? Goldy is a good guy and it would interest me more to know what part of that goodness came from Judaism, but then I am Jew. Maybe the goyem don't care what we have to offer?
Instead of sharing with others the part of Goldy that is Jewish, it is politically correct to turned that into a self deprecating joke.
Sad, you want a funny Catholics/Jews story?
Patrick and Sam grew up on neighboring streets. One went to parochial school while the other attended public school but the two remained lifelong friends. Beside public school, Sam went to Hebrew school and found that he enjoyed very much. Soon after Sam's bar mitzvah, the two boys decided to follow a common path .. Pat would become a priest and Sam a Rabbi. They vowed to remain friends.
Both did very well. Soon they each had a suburban congregation. They co-chaired the Catholic-Jewish civil action group and even hosted visiting Southern Baptists. After awhile, however, Pat was recognized by the church and became a bishop. Sam married, had two kids and wrote a book about a Jewish guy married to a catholic girl from Seattle. The book became a TV show and Sam was very famous.
Pat's career progressed too ... soon he became the Archbishop. The consecration and beautiful robes thrilled Sam, but it was still, after all just Pat. IN the meantime Sam's congregation was fine and even provided a Buick for their popular rabbi. Sam wasn't jealous at all of the large manor house that Patrick occupied.
Then Patrick was called to Rome for a red hat. Pat invited his Jewish friend but Sam couldn't go ... after all it was high holiday season. When the new cardinal came back, he invited the Rabbi to dinner. The joked about Rome and the aging Pope, and then Patrick asked, " Just think, if we had just switched houses 50 years ago, you could've become the cardinal!" Sam laughed. "And then? no wife, no kids! Patrick, all you have is your church." Patrick wrapped his cape a bit closer, a bit chilled by Sam's remark. "But then, look it is possible that when this Pope passes on I could become the Pope. I could have the power of the entire church!" The Cardinal smiled and sipped at his sherry. There was tension in the room. But Sam looked at his friend and said " and so? You get a white hat! Big deal." Patrick was mad. "You are just jealous! What more could anyone achieve, becoming God?"
Sam turned to him and said, "It happend once before!."
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