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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 10h

Yesterday's attack on the LNER train was horrific, but we need to know if it was a one-off or one of many (albeit less violent) incidents. If the latter, then safety needs to be stepped up, but if not then let's support the victims but not go over-drive into knee-jerk reactions.

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't it time that - instead of concentrating on former Prince Andrew - the FBI released the names of the other men it already has evidence against and it started legal proceedings? What could possibly be delaying them (except for powerful vested interests)? Victims first please

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 3d

So the Andrew formerly known as Prince has lost his home & title, but what about all the other (?) men who abused women under Jeffrey Epstein's control. The fall of Andrew should not take the spotlight off them and the hunt to discover those hiding more fearfully than before. Who's next?

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 5d

On Monday I was part of the @unherd panel on Israel & British Jewry. A key point was the meaning of 'Zionism': Very simple: originally it meant the creation of the state of Israel; since 1948 it meant its maintenance - that's all, nothing about where are its borders. That's why I am a Zionist.

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 6d

The "black adverts" row shows why Reform is both appealing and dangerous; see today's Times:

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 7d

Reading FC have just sacked our manager Noel Hunt. The fans were not calling for his dismissal, as he's still popular, but I guess the new owners wanted better results. So the manager-merry-go-round means we'll probably get someone who is free as he was sacked by his last club!!

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 8d

thanks for the update! ....but at least the fact that I hadn't heard about it till now means that such voices have limited currency and bigotry "just isn't wot it used to be"

Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 8d

I'm afraid this is almost exactly what happened. Just with a different member of the Paisley family.

King Charles should abdicate if he prays with the Pope, says Kyle Paisley

The son of Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) founder Ian Paisley says the King would not be

www.bbc.co.uk

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 8d

There were no thunderclaps when the King met the Pope this week, but go back a few years and an Ian Paisley would have fulminated about abominations & praying with the devil; so a sign of religious progress, though it took a few centuries, but can we move faster in future please

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 10d

Lord Winston, who has done so much medically for so many people, is spot on when he surmises that it'd be wrong for those of faith to impose their views on assisted dying on people of other faiths or no faith. Bishops beware! Hold your own views but don't force them on others.

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 11d

What a contrast! The Supreme Governor of the Church (the King) will pray with the Pope today.....a few days after many Anglicans broke away from the Church over female Archbishop & same-sex marriage. Differences within a faith are often even more toxic as those between faiths.

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 12d

So good to see the King visit the Manchester Synagogue that was attacked - a picture says a thousand words - in this case: the attack was atrocious, anti-semitism needs to be condemned & combatted, Jews have full protection of the law as much as anyone else, the royals care too.

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 13d

Is the Maccabi Tel Aviv ban due to sheer stupidity, over-nervousness, being anti-Israel or anti-semitism? They probably vary according to the different decision-takers. Banning individual trouble-makers is fine, but a blanket ban smacks of all of the above.

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 13d

Well done the Met police in stopping investigations into non crime hate incidents. We should be free to opine - even if it is taken as an insult - so long as we don't encourage hate or harm. If people want to be rude about me, ok, big deal, not pleasant but it's their right.

rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 15d

I wonder how people like Prince Andrew & former Archbishop Justin Welby cope after being humiliated so publicly & having to live with being constantly reminded of their downfall - although John Profumo (devoting the rest of this life to good works) may be a good example for them

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 17d

If her husband had taken his own life in the UK, the police would have supported Louise; but because he did it in an orderly safe medical way abroad (at Dignitas) & she went with to look after him, she was nearly prosecuted. How fair or just is that? Let's make assisted dying legal here.

Kim Leadbeater MBE MP @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social · 18d

The blanket ban on assisted dying in this country has put Louise - and too many like her - through more than any grieving widow should have to experience. I join Louise in her relief that this process is over. But it should never have happened.

news.sky.com/video/assist...

Assisted dying: Woman 'does not regret' taking sick husband to Dignitas

Louise Shackleton who took her sick husband to end his life at Dignitas in Switzerland says it is "unfair to be treated like criminals" and she "doesn't regret it".

news.sky.com

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 17d

What does Uruguay and so many other countries around the world appreciate that some in the House of Lords do not and are trying to obstruct? Those peers don't have to have an assisted death if they don't want - I may not either, but I do want other people to have that option. It is human right.

Sarah Wootton @sarahwootton.bsky.social · 18d

Uruguay has legalised assisted dying with a 2/3 majority in the senate.

Uruguay follows Colombia and Ecuador, which decriminalised assisted dying through Supreme Court decisions.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Uruguay legalises euthanasia

The Dignified Death bill was passed in the senate, with 20 out of 31 legislators voting in favour.

www.bbc.com

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 17d

Not sure if that's true...but even if it is and there are Maccabi fans who cause trouble, then do what happens elsewhere (and also to unruly English fans abroad): ban those fans who have been arrested for offences, but don't do a blanket ban on all fans

eoinmac @inamac73.bsky.social · 17d

Maccabi fans have a long history of racist, violent behaviour. They very recently in Amsterdam attacked locals and chanted their usual sectarian bile. If they were a European club they would have faced sanctions many times over. Spare us the fake moral outrage

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 17d

The police rarely ban potentially difficult marches or demonstrations, but ensure they avoid certain routes & are well monitored, so why can't the same approach happen with Maccabi Tel Aviv fans coming to the Aston Villa match? Or is it discrimination. Or giving into threats?

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 17d

If Israelis & Palestinians are going to be neighbours in a 2-state solution, they had better start gradually moving away from that mutual suspicion & hatred, & instead learn to accept each other's existence & at least have a 'cold peace'. It applies to nation states as much as ordinary householders

Any Way You Want Me @anywayyouwantme.bsky.social · 18d

So, you are suggesting that those who march in support of Palestinian statehood should carry the flag of the country that has denied and continues to deny Palestinians that right?

Should Jews who believe that Nazis have a right to exist carry Nazi flags too?

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 18d

Here's a challenge to all those who went on marches for peace in Israel or Gaza, be you Jewish, Muslim or any other background & if you believe in a two-state solution: from now on whenever you march, hold both an Israeli and a Palestinian flag. And if not, what does that say?

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 19d

Dear President Trump
Well done on Gaza ceasefire (sort of, so far)....you're on a roll....so now do the same to Ukraine please

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 20d

If, as Harold Wilson said, "A week is a long time in politics" - then all credit to Donald Trump for using this week well.

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 22d

Yesterday I did my turn for two hours standing outside my synagogue on security duty...I hardly gave it a thought....it's what we do every week...& long before the Manchester attack occurred...but, actually, it's extraordinarily depressing that we take the need for it for granted

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 24d

I wish the Manchester synagogue attacker had not
been a Muslim, which reinforced the mistaken narrative that Jews & Muslims are enemies. An attack by a mentally unstable atheist would have been heartbreaking, but, somehow, less troubling. See my article:
www.thetablet.co.uk/features/a-c...

A climate of fear - The Tablet

The attack on the Heaton Park synagogue in north Manchester last week during Yom Kippur brought home several unpleasant truths – and not just the obvious ones.

www.thetablet.co.uk

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rabbiromain.bsky.social @rabbiromain.bsky.social · 25d

So easy to be skeptical about today's Gaza peace deal - what could go wrong now and how much could fall apart later on - but let's put that aside for as long as possible, celebrate the moment and rejoice in the re-appearance of that long-time-not-seen friend: hope.

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