Moldovan Christians Tear Down Hanukkah Menorah

[SoulSearcher]

Jewish News Agency reports that a group of some 200 Christians, led by a priest tore down the Menorah and replaced it with a cross in the public square of the Moldovan Capital.

News footage showed a bearded priest leading the group in chanting anti-Semitic slogans during Sunday's incident. The menorah had been installed by the Jewish community in the Moldovan capital, Chisinau.

The group removed the large, metal menorah, which had been set up on downtown Europe Square, and placed it upside down on Stefan cel Mare Square, at the base of a statue of King Stephen the Great. Neither police nor onlookers intervened.

Watch the whole spectacle here: http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/exclusiv-momentele-profanarii-video-73432/

 

[Seasoned]

Now, that's Christian!

 

[Txgoodoldboy]

Stupid is as stupid does.

Shame, shame, shame.

How do you know a Christian? If they love, one another.

 

[Royal Heart]

The three big religions make me facepalm. They just cause so much ridiculous trouble.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

That'll teach those uppity Jews!

 

[White Eagle]

And the kids they brought with them think this is right!

 

[SoulSearcher]

Why wasn't this reported in the main stream media? Just another example of the barely veiled antisemitism in the west...

There's certainly widespread veiled anti Jewish sentiments in the West, but I think the mainstream media is pretty sympathetic to Israel and Jews in general. International news in general is not covered that well in the US, except that which directly affects American interests or American people.

 

[justapixel]

Tell me again why I should care what hapens in Moldova?

I remember the military coup that happened during the royal wedding in 1985.

 

[cityboy-stl]

How would these "Christians" feel if Jews took down their cross and put up a Menorah?

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Matthew 7:12

 

[josher]

What did you expect from the people who tried to kill the cast of "Dynasty?"

On a more serious note, the Orthodox Churches have always been extremely anti-semitic.

 

[josher]

^^No, he's from one of those "stan" countries that used to be part of the Soviet Union. A Muslim country.

 

[SoulSearcher]

Isn't Moldova where Borat hails from?

No, Moldova is where in July of 1941 and after, Jews went through some of the worst nightmares of the WWII, and specifically in the city in which this Menorah incident happened.

 

[SoulSearcher]

Tell me again why I should care what hapens in Moldova?

I remember the military coup that happened during the royal wedding in 1985.

Damn, Menorah abuse, now that's important. And in Moldova, even more important. How could a story this huge escape the world's notice. (yawn)

Well, you don't have to care at all, you don't even have to care about what happens in your own country if you don't want to, but if you did, might I please you with similar incident from inside your bubble? Connecticut and New York: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/134986

 

[SoulSearcher]

Am I ordered to be interested exclusively in Jewish news? Pretty presumptuous of you. I can imagine the response if a Christian mirrored your actions.

Nobody ordered you to do anything. Read your own initial post on here. And if you don't like my original post, move past it, there are plenty more on this forum.

 

[chatolandia]

Is Moldova part of the EU?


does it want to be?


is this how the new EU will be? anti-Muslim on the East and anti-Jews on the West?


How much have Europe changed in the past 2000 years!


No one expects the Moldovan Inquisition

 

[SoulSearcher]

Anti-Jew? More like Anti-Anything-That-Does-Not-Look-Northern-European, even non Slavic Russians get killed or beaten in Western Russia.

That is right, Russia currently has more neo-Nazis and neo-Nazi skinheads than any other country in the continent. There is a lot of violence against Caucasians including Armenians and Azerbaijanis, and lots of random attacks on Africans, Indians, Kazakhs, and of course, Jews. Caucasian is almost an insult in Russian, it's used to refer to darker peoples (as in of the Caucasus).

 

[justapixel]

Where's this? In 1985, there's no way those two would ever have happened in Moldovan SSR.

Yet it did.

At least two people were killed. Luke Fuller (a gay man) and Lady Ashley Mitchell.

 

[Jack Springer]

Jewish News Agency reports that a group of some 200 Christians, led by a priest tore down the Menorah and replaced it with a cross in the public square of the Moldovan Capital.



Watch the whole spectacle here: http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/exclusiv-momentele-profanarii-video-73432/

SoulSearcher -- after watching the video -- I have no clue what happened. I don't speak the language or understand what is going on. Maybe they were honoring the menorah by laying it in front of the statue.

A question -- where did you find this -- do you speak the language?

Please enlighten everyone about Hannakah? How does it compare to Christmas?

 

[SoulSearcher]

SoulSearcher -- they probably shouldn't have done what they did. There is usually more to a story than what is reported -- may be the same in this case too.

Please enlighten everyone about Hannakah? How does it compare to Christmas?

You just enlightened me on another thread with your "Christian love" that Jesus is my Saviour and that I needed to repent for my sins. I choose not to enlighten you on anything.

 

[Kulindahr]

Watch the whole spectacle here: http://www.jurnal.md/ro/news/exclusiv-momentele-profanarii-video-73432/

Awfully moderate for a demonstration.

How do you know a Christian? If they love, one another.

Yep. Massive fail.

I'm sorry.

Where you expecting something else in the World Capital of Enlightenment?

Our people moved to the US and Israel for these reasons, and in a historical perspective this is rather mild.

Very mild. From the thread title, I expected to see hammers applied to the Menorah, and the pieces thrown at a crowd or something.

How would these "Christians" feel if Jews took down their cross and put up a Menorah?

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Matthew 7:12

This Christian feels pretty pissed that those ignorant souls acted this way.