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Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz | 06-24-26 · Sid & Friends In The Morning

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  Speaker 1: On the phone with this right now is a rabbi
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  Speaker 1: of a major, important congregation here in Manhattan. I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to say it one way that no one call, No
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  Speaker 1: one calls a kilt ya shu run, but it's kJ.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone calls a kJ. His name is Rabbi ein Steinmetzen.
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  Speaker 2: Rabbi.
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  Speaker 1: We've been talking all morning about the situation. First of all,
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  Speaker 1: we have this denial of service, a vow from a
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  Speaker 1: coffee shop. I mean, this is like Germany in nineteen
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  Speaker 1: thirty eight. Because Dan Goldman supposedly supports Israel. There is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a protest outside that shop today at
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  Speaker 1: nine am, by the way. But still, Rabbi, it seems
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  Speaker 1: to me, and you know, I know you're a leader
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  Speaker 1: of an important community, but an important congregation, but it
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  Speaker 1: just seems to us in this studio, Jews and non
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  Speaker 1: Jews in the studio right now, that the Jewish community
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  Speaker 1: is not responding strongly enough to this.
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  Speaker 2: Well. I think I agree. I think we need to
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  Speaker 2: stand up, even if it won't necessarily influence the people
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  Speaker 2: who are out to get us, because I don't think
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  Speaker 2: it will. It may even encourage them further. But I
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  Speaker 2: think we need to stay so that our own community
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  Speaker 2: understands that we're not weak, we're not frightened. We absolutely
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  Speaker 2: need to stand up just so that we can launch
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  Speaker 2: our protests say that this is immoral and that we
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  Speaker 2: will not accept that. This is the United States of America.
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  Speaker 2: This is not Germany in nineteen thirty three, This is
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  Speaker 2: not Poland from the eighteen hundreds. This is the United
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  Speaker 2: States of America. And we will stand up for our rights,
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  Speaker 2: and we will let our community know that we have
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  Speaker 2: the strength and courage to get through this.
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  Speaker 1: Rabbi, you're the leader of a very prominent congregation here.
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  Speaker 1: For those of you who may be somewhat familiar with it,
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  Speaker 1: this is the very famous congregation that Rabbi Ukstein's, both
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  Speaker 1: Joseph and Haskell Lukstein were rabbis there and led those congregations.
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  Speaker 1: I got to ask you, though, we're talking about a
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  Speaker 1: strong response, though, but are some of your prominent congregants
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  Speaker 1: talking about getting the heck out, moving to Florida, moving
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  Speaker 1: to Israel, getting away from all this?
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  Speaker 2: Not quite yet. I mean, there are always people who
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  Speaker 2: will talk about it. I think obviously the conditions in
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  Speaker 2: the city matter right now. Look, crime is down, which
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  Speaker 2: is thank God. Let's hope that doesn't change the city
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  Speaker 2: more or less is clean. So I think that is
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  Speaker 2: as long as this is livable, they're willing to stick
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  Speaker 2: it out. I don't think they're taking flight just yet.
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  Speaker 2: I think that if this situation changes, people will leave.
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  Speaker 2: People will leave if they feel that they're they're not
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  Speaker 2: completely safe. Right now, my people are saying, and my
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  Speaker 2: people are willing to stick it out. And by the way,
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  Speaker 2: my people are willing to fight.
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  Speaker 3: Well, a Rabbi, this is Fernanda Matteo. First of all,
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  Speaker 3: they're not your people. They're our people.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, well, I mean my congregation.
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  Speaker 3: I understand. I'm just kidding.
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  Speaker 1: I may take you up on that. Some good connections
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  Speaker 1: is in a funeral on Queen's later today that Rabbi
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  Speaker 1: Simon would rather not go to. I think you can do.
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  Speaker 3: It for I'll fill in for you. Listen, I say,
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  Speaker 3: you know, the Jewish community has contributed so much to
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  Speaker 3: New York in the real estate market, in the retail market,
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  Speaker 3: in every market whatsoever. It's mainly led by Jews, and
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  Speaker 3: you unite when it comes to all of that stuff.
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  Speaker 3: Why haven't you united when it comes to fighting for
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  Speaker 3: your rights?
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  Speaker 2: Fighting for what's right.
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  Speaker 3: For the for the Jewish community. I want to see
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  Speaker 3: a big turnout today protesting what happened to the congressman,
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  Speaker 3: because it's not right that you stay home. Come out,
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  Speaker 3: show force and let people know that, Hey, the Jewish
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  Speaker 3: community comes together for big investment, but we're also going
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  Speaker 3: to come out together for for human justice.
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  Speaker 2: Fernando, your words our music to my ears. This is
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  Speaker 2: what we need.
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  Speaker 3: Are you dancing?
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  Speaker 2: Are you dancing yet? I'm not dancing just yet, but
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  Speaker 2: it is music to my ears. We need a coalition
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  Speaker 2: of people who will stand on principle, who will not
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  Speaker 2: allow those who demonize any community to get into power.
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  Speaker 2: We need to stand together. And by the way, there
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  Speaker 2: are people in every community, and I want to say
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  Speaker 2: that even in the Muslim community, although sometimes they're bullied
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  Speaker 2: by others, there are people in every community that understand
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  Speaker 2: what it means to have New York that is safe,
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  Speaker 2: the New York that is open to investment, because that's
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  Speaker 2: the only way that New York will work, the New
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  Speaker 2: York in which everyone should come together. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: that's the New York we have. We just had it
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  Speaker 2: a couple of years ago under Mike Bloomberg. Why would
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  Speaker 2: we throw this away and need to all come together
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  Speaker 2: and pull together a coalition not of any political strike,
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  Speaker 2: just as people who are like minded, who are moderate,
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  Speaker 2: get and understand what we need to do for the future.
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  Speaker 1: Just have about thirty seconds left, Rabbi. But you know,
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  Speaker 1: the historical report card is out there. When you do
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  Speaker 1: these kinds of things to the Jews, it ruins the
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  Speaker 1: whole nation. Spain, Russia, even England lost some prominence at
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  Speaker 1: some point.
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  Speaker 2: When Spain is in deep trouble right now.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, So, I mean, honestly, this isn't just about New York.
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  Speaker 1: It's about the whole country, isn't it.
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  Speaker 3: They have a worthless prime minister in Spain.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, look, there's an analogy. They always call it
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  Speaker 2: the canary in the coal mine, where they would put
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  Speaker 2: canaries in coal mines that they would be ones that
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  Speaker 2: are sensitive and die because of the noxious fumes in
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  Speaker 2: the coal mine. The Jews are the canary in the
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  Speaker 2: coal mine. We're the easiest to demonize, we're the easiest
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  Speaker 2: to attack. But once one group is attacked, then the
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  Speaker 2: next group is attacked, and the group f to that
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  Speaker 2: as attacked. And we know that and so I turned
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  Speaker 2: to old people of a good will in New York
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  Speaker 2: City and say, let's get together because this what is
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  Speaker 2: happening now, the rhetoric the mayor has pushed out is
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  Speaker 2: unacceptable as actually reckless, and it's an invitation to islands.
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  Speaker 2: So please, old people of a good will, let's get together.
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  Speaker 2: Let's make this city what it really truly can be.
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  Speaker 4: All right, go ahead, Jedge, real quick, Robby, it's Judge
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  Speaker 4: Richard Winberg. I want to share with you and our
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  Speaker 4: audience the famous words of Martin Emeier, the German pastor,
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  Speaker 4: who said, first they came for the communists. I did
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  Speaker 4: not speak out because I was not a communist. Then
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  Speaker 4: they came for the socialist and I did not speak
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  Speaker 4: out because I was not a socialist. Then they came
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  Speaker 4: for the trade unions. I did not speak out because
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  Speaker 4: I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for
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  Speaker 4: the Jews, and I did not speak out because I
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  Speaker 4: was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and
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  Speaker 4: there was no one left to speak out for me.
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  Speaker 4: That's the message, that's the important thing people have to understand.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, so let's let's get together. Let's try to build
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  Speaker 2: a coalition. I know that in the Jewish community, everyone
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  Speaker 2: has woken up because we're the ones that are in
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  Speaker 2: la crosshairs. Now let's start pulling other communities in.
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  Speaker 1: Grabec Emsteinmetz from kjlat Yeshurun. I'm saying no one says
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  Speaker 1: that it's always just kJ.
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  Speaker 2: You're saying it with the Hebrew pronunciation wonderful.
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  Speaker 1: I know once in a while it comes like, well,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a flatbushcrat. So tell that to the remase kids.
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  Speaker 1: We learned Hebrew properly at Flatbush. I gotta get that in.
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  Speaker 1: time for a new episode, so you never have to
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  Speaker 1: wonder what the heck is going on here.