Comments for ALEVY JEWISH STUDENT SERVICES http://socaljss.wordpress.com Supported by the Deanna and Allen Alevy Family Foundation Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on La Jolla says NO to new Hillel by Deborah Shaul http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/la-jolla-says-no-to-new-hillel/#comment-855 Deborah Shaul Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:43:14 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-855 In answer to the last two listings: I wrote about anti-Semitism because of the accusations that went flying around the meeting and subsequent meetings downtown, the comments made to my Jewish neighbors who weren't supportive of Hillel's monstrous building plans. I'm not comfortable with the idea that being Jewish means I have to blindly favor any and all building projects designed by Jews, regardless of location and effectiveness for the neighborhood as a whole, as the email responses above infer. I was asked directly by a leading member of the Hillel board to put the future of the San Diego Jews ahead of the future of my Jewish children--when my children are going to be the ones who live and practice Judaism in the area, while the UCSD and SDSU students will move through every few years and go about their business elsewhere. I fully support Jewish education across campuses and across the world--in fact, I work assiduously in my own life to reinforce that fact--but agreeing to an oversized building in a single family home neighborhood does not automatically become part of that support. And to "Jane Doe," you should actualy come to the meetings and learn something, for the property isn't on the UCSD campus. It's across the street from our homes, in a spot that would only add street and foot traffic at dangerous levels to the area. Jewish students aren't prevented from convening anywhere--there are two amazing synagogues in the immediate vicinity (and only one church, by the way), and it's not a freedom of religion issue. It's a zoning issue. Once you make it about freedom of religion you change the entire tenor of the discussion. In answer to the last two listings: I wrote about anti-Semitism because of the accusations that went flying around the meeting and subsequent meetings downtown, the comments made to my Jewish neighbors who weren’t supportive of Hillel’s monstrous building plans. I’m not comfortable with the idea that being Jewish means I have to blindly favor any and all building projects designed by Jews, regardless of location and effectiveness for the neighborhood as a whole, as the email responses above infer. I was asked directly by a leading member of the Hillel board to put the future of the San Diego Jews ahead of the future of my Jewish children–when my children are going to be the ones who live and practice Judaism in the area, while the UCSD and SDSU students will move through every few years and go about their business elsewhere. I fully support Jewish education across campuses and across the world–in fact, I work assiduously in my own life to reinforce that fact–but agreeing to an oversized building in a single family home neighborhood does not automatically become part of that support. And to “Jane Doe,” you should actualy come to the meetings and learn something, for the property isn’t on the UCSD campus. It’s across the street from our homes, in a spot that would only add street and foot traffic at dangerous levels to the area. Jewish students aren’t prevented from convening anywhere–there are two amazing synagogues in the immediate vicinity (and only one church, by the way), and it’s not a freedom of religion issue. It’s a zoning issue. Once you make it about freedom of religion you change the entire tenor of the discussion.

]]> Comment on La Jolla says NO to new Hillel by Jane Doe http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/la-jolla-says-no-to-new-hillel/#comment-782 Jane Doe Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:53:56 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-782 I think its despicable that San Diego prevented a Hillel building from being built. There are churches and church groups around campus. Quite frankly I think this is a violation of freedom of religion. If I were on the board, I would speak to the local courts, because it is preventing Jewish students from convening. I think its despicable that San Diego prevented a Hillel building from being built. There are churches and church groups around campus. Quite frankly I think this is a violation of freedom of religion. If I were on the board, I would speak to the local courts, because it is preventing Jewish students from convening.

]]> Comment on PIZZA FOR HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS by mike http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/pizza-for-high-school-clubs/#comment-781 mike Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:35:27 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-781 I am a Christian who supports Israel, and for you to outright blast Jewish clubs as an "alternative" to evangelical, and missionary groups, is very bigoted. You'd be smarter to understand that evangelical Christians are your closest allies. We always speak up when Muslims and other groups come down on Jews. Jesus was a Jew, the first Christians were all Jewish. Your prophets, prophesied of the suffering servant in Isaiah. What a sad show of words. I am a Christian who supports Israel, and for you to outright blast Jewish clubs as an “alternative” to evangelical, and missionary groups, is very bigoted. You’d be smarter to understand that evangelical Christians are your closest allies. We always speak up when Muslims and other groups come down on Jews. Jesus was a Jew, the first Christians were all Jewish. Your prophets, prophesied of the suffering servant in Isaiah. What a sad show of words.

]]> Comment on La Jolla says NO to new Hillel by rabbiyonah http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/la-jolla-says-no-to-new-hillel/#comment-779 rabbiyonah Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:27:09 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-779 Who said ANYTHING about anti-Semitism? Jews don't want other Jews coming into their hood is a familiar story, sadly. Thanks for your comments, but truly that fact that Jews were the main opponents of the project that would help Jews is a fact that cannot be ignored. Who said ANYTHING about anti-Semitism?

Jews don’t want other Jews coming into their hood is a familiar story, sadly.

Thanks for your comments, but truly that fact that Jews were the main opponents of the project that would help Jews is a fact that cannot be ignored.

]]> Comment on Contact by Deborah Shaul http://socaljss.wordpress.com/contact/#comment-778 Deborah Shaul Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:31:31 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/contact/#comment-778 I read your comment about my community's concerns regarding a potential Hillel building in our single family home neighborhood. This community, made up largely of Jews, is concerned about traffic, safety, noise, violations of land use, and the precedent that would be set for all of San Diego by the inclusion of large student facilities in designated single family home neighborhoods. To make a flippant remark about the Jews in the neigborhood being Anti-Hillel (falsely implying Anti-Semitism) is a cheap shot and demonstrates your lack of understanding of the complexity of this issue. This is an effective website, which reaches out to many. Please offer intelligent responses rather than low blows that garner support for the wrong reasons. I read your comment about my community’s concerns regarding a potential Hillel building in our single family home neighborhood. This community, made up largely of Jews, is concerned about traffic, safety, noise, violations of land use, and the precedent that would be set for all of San Diego by the inclusion of large student facilities in designated single family home neighborhoods. To make a flippant remark about the Jews in the neigborhood being Anti-Hillel (falsely implying Anti-Semitism) is a cheap shot and demonstrates your lack of understanding of the complexity of this issue. This is an effective website, which reaches out to many. Please offer intelligent responses rather than low blows that garner support for the wrong reasons.

]]> Comment on La Jolla says NO to new Hillel by Deborah Shaul http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/la-jolla-says-no-to-new-hillel/#comment-777 Deborah Shaul Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:27:38 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-777 Don't comment on an issue about which you know nothing. The City of San Diego sold, without the due process necessary for all building in San Diego neighborhoods, land to Hillel. Hillel hopes to build a huge student facility two doors down from my home, where there are small children in virtually every house. They plan for 200-800 students but parking spots for 68; the facility offers no adequate parking, and is situated in a location that can cause not only traffic jams in this quiet, single family neighborhood, but also will expose the students who will walk to the facility to dangerous traffic patterns, I have a deep appreciation for all that Hillel has offered me and other Jewish students around the country, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for Rabbi Lisa Goldstein (the Hillel rabbi in San Diego), but none of the main supporters of this new student facility actually live in the area. They are not raising their families here, but they ask me and my neighbors to put our own children at risk while they deter larger buildings from being completed in their own SD neighborhoods. I have specifically been asked to "put the future of American Jewry ahead of your own family." This, from a Hillel supporter who does not have to face that same conundrum, for he won't have any large student buildings built next to his home. This issue is not an issue of anti Semitism, and to imply that is to demonstrate your own ignorance of the issue. Happy New Year to you, too. Don’t comment on an issue about which you know nothing. The City of San Diego sold, without the due process necessary for all building in San Diego neighborhoods, land to Hillel. Hillel hopes to build a huge student facility two doors down from my home, where there are small children in virtually every house. They plan for 200-800 students but parking spots for 68; the facility offers no adequate parking, and is situated in a location that can cause not only traffic jams in this quiet, single family neighborhood, but also will expose the students who will walk to the facility to dangerous traffic patterns,

I have a deep appreciation for all that Hillel has offered me and other Jewish students around the country, and I have nothing but the utmost respect for Rabbi Lisa Goldstein (the Hillel rabbi in San Diego), but none of the main supporters of this new student facility actually live in the area. They are not raising their families here, but they ask me and my neighbors to put our own children at risk while they deter larger buildings from being completed in their own SD neighborhoods. I have specifically been asked to “put the future of American Jewry ahead of your own family.” This, from a Hillel supporter who does not have to face that same conundrum, for he won’t have any large student buildings built next to his home. This issue is not an issue of anti Semitism, and to imply that is to demonstrate your own ignorance of the issue. Happy New Year to you, too.

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]]> Comment on Kevin MacDonald topic of Community Meeting in Long Beach by incogman http://socaljss.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/kevin-mcdonald-topic-of-community-meeting-in-long-beach/#comment-612 incogman Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:23:24 +0000 http://socaljss.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-612 Jews don't like MacDonald because he nails you with real facts. <strong>Any White person who dares speak up about what your race is up to in the Western world or even your behavior in Israel towards other religions, is slandered as a anti-Semitic. That's your gig to shut people up and we know it.</strong> You can't let White European people talk. You have no problem with racial pride for everyone else but whites. That scares you. Keep up the attacks on us, because it's only more proof of your perfidies. Jews don’t like MacDonald because he nails you with real facts.

Any White person who dares speak up about what your race is up to in the Western world or even your behavior in Israel towards other religions, is slandered as a anti-Semitic. That’s your gig to shut people up and we know it.

You can’t let White European people talk. You have no problem with racial pride for everyone else but whites. That scares you. Keep up the attacks on us, because it’s only more proof of your perfidies.

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