Comments on: The folly of the Moldovian ‘Righteous’ Speaking http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/12/23/the-folly-of-the-moldovian-righteous-speaking/ residence-in-exile of The Last Amazon Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:53:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Kateland http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/12/23/the-folly-of-the-moldovian-righteous-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-3584 Kateland Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:37:49 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4149#comment-3584 I heard hints of a political backdrop to this story but I do not have any kind of grasp on Moldovian politics to really comment so thanks for fleshing out the political. Although, regardless of the Church's political angst, the fact it manifests its protest as an attack on a 'Jewish cult symbol' reveals a distinctly warped pathology. I heard hints of a political backdrop to this story but I do not have any kind of grasp on Moldovian politics to really comment so thanks for fleshing out the political. Although, regardless of the Church’s political angst, the fact it manifests its protest as an attack on a ‘Jewish cult symbol’ reveals a distinctly warped pathology.

]]> By: shlemazl http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/12/23/the-folly-of-the-moldovian-righteous-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-3583 shlemazl Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:06:44 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4149#comment-3583 And btw, this gentleman who supported the Kishenev problem was made a Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church about 10 years ago: http://shlemazl.blogspot.com/2009/07/saint-john-of-kronstadt.html And btw, this gentleman who supported the Kishenev problem was made a Saint by the Russian Orthodox Church about 10 years ago:

http://shlemazl.blogspot.com/2009/07/saint-john-of-kronstadt.html

]]> By: shlemazl http://lastexiled.com/index.php/2009/12/23/the-folly-of-the-moldovian-righteous-speaking/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 shlemazl Thu, 24 Dec 2009 08:03:38 +0000 http://lastexiled.com/?p=4149#comment-3582 This story has a political background. As I understand it they had recent elections in which Russian Orthodox Church sided with the Communists. Communists lost to the "liberals" (not the same meaning as in Canada). The newly formed government authorized Menorah to be placed in the centre of Kishenev and then the whole fuss broke out. Should be noted that the government has nothing to be embarassed about - they behaved admirably throughout. Both the communists and the church are using this incident to attack the government; quite likely that was the whole purpose of the incident. The irony here is that 1. Church claims that it was upset by having Menorah next to St Stephan memorial. 2. St Stephan was a medieval patron of Jews; he even had Jewish ministers. Anyway, it's a nice way to mark the ~century since the Kishenev pogroms, the bloodiest of them all. Byalik wrote his poem about one of Kishenev pogroms; it was later translated into Russian by Zhabotinski and inspired the revisionst zionist movement. This story has a political background. As I understand it they had recent elections in which Russian Orthodox Church sided with the Communists. Communists lost to the “liberals” (not the same meaning as in Canada). The newly formed government authorized Menorah to be placed in the centre of Kishenev and then the whole fuss broke out.

Should be noted that the government has nothing to be embarassed about – they behaved admirably throughout. Both the communists and the church are using this incident to attack the government; quite likely that was the whole purpose of the incident.

The irony here is that

1. Church claims that it was upset by having Menorah next to St Stephan memorial.
2. St Stephan was a medieval patron of Jews; he even had Jewish ministers.

Anyway, it’s a nice way to mark the ~century since the Kishenev pogroms, the bloodiest of them all. Byalik wrote his poem about one of Kishenev pogroms; it was later translated into Russian by Zhabotinski and inspired the revisionst zionist movement.

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