tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post5713118969675155879..comments2024-03-02T03:29:09.759-05:00Comments on SerandEz and Friends: Tefillin in the AirportEzziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-63851584925839057822010-01-25T10:12:55.833-05:002010-01-25T10:12:55.833-05:00A 17 year old boy is just a kid. This experience m...A 17 year old boy is just a kid. This experience must have been pretty traumatic for him.Mystery Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261372717440893787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-6620584211029899432010-01-22T14:55:28.765-05:002010-01-22T14:55:28.765-05:00ProfK, just as well there weren't a lot of pic...ProfK, just as well there weren't a lot of pictures of tefilin printed in the papers. A real terrorist might figure he could use a fake set of tefilin as a decoy, and no one would suspect him because "he must be a religious Jew who's getting ready to pray."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-57059473831543209532010-01-22T13:10:47.021-05:002010-01-22T13:10:47.021-05:00Why would it be so odd that the flight crew had ne...Why would it be so odd that the flight crew had never seen tefillin? Just because the flight originated from NY? The fact that we have so many Jews living here is irrelevant. You see many male Jews walking around the streets of NY wearing tefillin? Of course not! You see any pictures of Jewish groups in Jewish and/or secular publications where the men are decked out in tefillin? Nope. And it's quite possible that, since the flight was going to Kentucky, the flight crew originated from there. If you don't see tefillin displayed in NY all that often, just how often do you suppose they are seen in Kentucky?<br /><br />What the news report should have had was a picture of tefillin. At least that way people who otherwise would have no idea of what they were would now know in case such an incident were to happen again.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-78245286473459472802010-01-22T03:05:02.987-05:002010-01-22T03:05:02.987-05:00This was leaving NEW YORK and no one in the flight...This was leaving NEW YORK and no one in the flight crew had ever seen t'fillin? Isn't that odd in itself?<br /><br />There's an upside and a downside here. Upside: The young man was polite, and now everyone knows what t'fillin are and that they're not threatening. Downside: Orthodox Jews look really weird and backward for putting such strange things on their arms and heads to pray. Could be a chillul Hashem, G'd forbid!Northern Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969094667907320393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-88188213736768877272010-01-22T01:00:22.328-05:002010-01-22T01:00:22.328-05:00I just feel really bad for the guy. He must feel t...I just feel really bad for the guy. He must feel traumatized! Imagine being the cause of an emergency landing and then all this media coverage.<br /><br />Poor guy!Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-44585831428180949572010-01-21T17:25:34.626-05:002010-01-21T17:25:34.626-05:00most people haven't!
But of a group of people...<i>most people haven't!</i><br /><br />But of a group of people flying out of New York City, surely many knew exactly what was going on. NYC has more Jews than any other city in the world!<br /><br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-28042522127376825562010-01-21T16:57:29.633-05:002010-01-21T16:57:29.633-05:00Anonymous - most people haven't!Anonymous - most people haven't!the applehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04756184353010645018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-41728829642905153572010-01-21T14:42:16.232-05:002010-01-21T14:42:16.232-05:00I can't believe the lack of responsibility sho...I can't believe the lack of responsibility shown by the news media. Several have referred to this poor bochur as "dispruptive" and the FBI spokesperson said the "average" person would never have seen this ritual. Apparently Jews aren't everyday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13326001.post-57271615778217499082010-01-21T14:01:19.117-05:002010-01-21T14:01:19.117-05:00on the Times blog (where many comments were outrag...on the Times blog (where many comments were outrageous) i loved comment #17 "they did say strap yourself in"<br /><br />or #72 "I always feel a need to pray a little extra when flying to Louisville."harry-er than them allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957506180776134351noreply@blogger.com