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JML alleged statement to the Jewish onlookers as he carried his cross through the very Jewish neighborhood of Montmartre: "Es Iz Shver Tzu Zein A Goy..."
אהרן לוסטיגער, ערב יום הכיפורים תרפ"ז - כ' מנחם אב תשס"ז
Correction: כ"א מנחם אב
well, i may want to to correct the correction but i wasted too much time on this already. Wikipedia lists his death as august 5th. the papers mention saturday but don't tell us what time... I don't know why I care.
Will YCT have a special memorial gathering for him at the Shloshim. With the Rosh Sanhedrin Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz -Even Israel as the guest maspid.
Stay tuned for details.
Wouldn't it be funny if he got a Jewish burial? Maybe not so funny.
Was he married? Did he have family? I think the law might have prescribed that the body be released to next-of-kin who would have rights to choose funeral proceedings. If they are Jews, they might decide on a Jewish burial.
"married, children?"
Catholic Bishop, hello?
A Jewish burial? A Catholic Bishop?
This gives meaning to the saying that one can be as frum as a galech.
Shem roshaim yerakev,
I know he was young and I know he went through the war... and that only emphasizes my comments above. I guess he wanted to be the same religion as the Fuhrer. In Europe Meshumadim by and large converted to advance their careers and or social status.
In My Uncle the Netziv R' Baurch depicts a conversation in which the Netziv was engaged. Apparently there was a meshumad that was still a yid at heart and even tried to help the yidden. I guess a crowd was discussing this guy and they asked the Netziv's opinion. He told a story of a woman that was sick and was ordered to eat treife meat she flatly refused until the Rav intervened. She relented with the condition that the meat was prepared as if it were Kasher with shechita melicha bedikus etc... After examining the beheima the Rav hesitated. When asked what was wrong the Rav stated that couldn't pasken KASHER on a chazir. The same said the Netziv, applies to the meshumad. I say the same applies to Lustiger. R"L
Actually Prof Daniel Chwolson a famous Meshumed in Czarist Russia was highly esteemed by such gedolim as rav Yitzchak Elchonon for his good works and shtadlanus on behalf of Russian Jewry.That does not justify his action.
SDR, the Furhrer persecuted and killed many priests if and when they protested him in any way. He was very far from being a religious person. Priest and monasteries risked of being wiped out if they found hiding Jews, as in this case French Catholics hid Jewish children. Lustiger was probably either grateful or inspired by these people and that was the cause for his conversion not because he wanted to be in the Fuhrer's fold.
SDR, i bet the good cardinal was better versed in the bible then some of unzere tzadikim. "vesheim reshoim irkov" it is. i must admit that i was very disappointed when Lustiger was not elected to be a pope. OH, a jewish pope! fun unzere!
and then he and the new US president, Joe Liberman and Elvis Presley could bench with a Mezumon!
one can dream, can't one?
LOL
His cousin will say Kaddish at Notre Dame
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