Howard Dean Commemorates the Start of Yom Kippur

[FORD]

For Immediate Release
October 12, 2005

Contact: Amaya Smith - 202-863-8148

Dean Commemorates the Start of Yom Kippur

Washington, DC - Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean
issued the following statement today commemorating the start of Yom
Kippur:

"Tonight at sunset, Jewish families in America and around the world
will begin observing Yom Kippur, one of the most important holidays of
the Jewish year.

"Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is a day set aside to reflect on the
previous year and amend past trespasses. Honored with prayer and
fasting, it serves as a sacred reminder of our own humility and a
reflection of a higher ideal for humanity.

"Through repentance, communal prayer and self-sacrifice, this is a time
to remember the less fortunate among us and to commit ourselves to
working for a more peaceful world.

"On this holy day of Yom Kippur, my family and I express our best
wishes to the members of the Jewish community in America and around the
world."

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[RuzDNailz]

I guess that means Dave is fasting too. That makes the 2 of us!

[ELVIS]

Woo hoo...

[DrMaddVibe]

http://www.msu.edu/~santosdo/dean-freaks.mp3

[BigBadBrian]

[FORD]

Always nice to hear from the Anti-Semites in the thread about a Jewish holiday

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by FORD
Always nice to hear from the Anti-Semites in the thread about a Jewish holiday

I guess the lid is off the pot about starting useless Howard Dean threads, huh?

Get ready for a whole slew of them.

[FORD]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
I guess the lid is off the pot about starting useless Howard Dean threads, huh?

Get ready for a whole slew of them.

What's "useless" about the commemoration of an important holiday in a major religion?

As I told an Army member who thanked me privately for posting this thread, you don't have to be Jewish to appreciate the idea of taking a day to atone for your sins. Even those who don't believe in the concept of "sin" could benefit from at least the introspective part of it.

While Howard Dean himself is not Jewish, his wife and children are, so that makes Yom Kippur an important holiday in his family. I doubt he would consider the discussion of it "useless".

[ELVIS]

Who is it that Yom Kippur sings for again, I can't recall at the moment...

*yawn*

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Who is it that Yom Kippur sings for again, I can't recall at the moment...

*yawn*

Gregory, I would hope that ye are not mocking the Jewish holidays

[ELVIS]

Well, I am...

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Well, I am...

Have ye forgotten that I, the Messiah, am Jewish??

Something else about the Jewish Holidays & festivals, Gregory..... If ye really take a look at them, they all point to Me

[ELVIS]

Tell the Jews that...

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by ELVIS
Tell the Jews that...

I will, when I return to Jerusalem one day soon.

Meanwhile, they can read about it here as ye can do thyself.

[ashstralia]

i think it's time to reflect....


Jesus was way cool
Everybody liked Jesus
Everybody wanted to hang out with him
Anything he wanted to do, he did
He turned water into wine
And if he wanted to
He could have turned wheat into marijuana
Or sugar into cocaine
Or vitamin pills into amphetamines
He walked on the water
And swam on the land
He would tell these stories
And people would listen
He was really cool
If you were blind or lame
You just went to Jesus
And he would put his hands on you
And you would be healed
That's so cool
He could've played guitar better than Hendrix
He could've told the future
He could've baked the most delicious cake in the world
He could've scored more goals than Wayne Gretzky
He could've danced better than Barishnikov
Jesus could have been funnier than any comedian you can think of
Jesus was way cool
He told people to eat his body and drink his blood
That's so cool
Jesus was so cool
But then some people got jealous of how cool he was
So they killed him
But then he rose from the dead
He rose from the dead, danced around
Then went up to heaven
I mean, that's so cool
Jesus was way cool
No wonder there are so many Christians