Monday, December 12, 2005

RabbiCops

I wonder if Ah-nold will be cast in the starring role when they make the movie.

RabbiCops

Also called the "Latvia affair 2."

Apparently Israel has a curious practice of giving employees saalry increments solely on the basis of the possession of an academic degree. Here we have a case of the rabbinate giving out bogus rabbinical degrees to, of all people, police officers.

I can see it now: "Stop thief!! Or I'll make you listen to my sermons!"

or "Sir, with those malfunctioning winshield wipers, this vehicle is pasul, and it is 'not recommended' for religious Jews to ride in it."

We sometimes joke about the "kosher police" at shul, but this is gpoing a little too far.

3 Comments:

Blogger chuck said...

hey CA i read it
may i quote?
thanx

"My diploma says that I was ordained as a rabbi for salary purposes only."

sound like a typical rabbi to me
ha haha

6:05 PM  
Anonymous SMB said...

it could be pointed out thatrecently, there are many in the orthodox community in israel who have lots of issues with the rabbinate.

11:27 PM  
Blogger Michael said...

I just linked to your blog (I suppose I should do this via email but I couldn't find your email address).

Mine is at

http://lewyn.tripod.com/blog

Visits and links appreciated

9:57 PM  

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