tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post4260868926400913755..comments2024-03-15T20:20:40.718-06:00Comments on Rabbi Joe Black: Opening Prayer For the Colorado State House in the Aftermath of a Tragedy February 15, 2018Rabbi Joe Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09392641515181150108noreply@blogger.comBlogger97125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-14545185145337549572019-04-30T20:41:21.419-06:002019-04-30T20:41:21.419-06:00You have written a helpful post to spent your time...You have written a helpful post to spent your time. So i really appreciate it. I always read your blog post cause your post are very interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02709040268073226281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-84405970354359148532018-12-04T20:44:13.976-07:002018-12-04T20:44:13.976-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Lily Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04273944587131068751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-57869128862769692492018-10-01T22:34:14.171-06:002018-10-01T22:34:14.171-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Clipping Solutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16126945506709626936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-56513820402725756102018-03-14T23:23:35.236-06:002018-03-14T23:23:35.236-06:00Thank you.
Thank you.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-7579703132203083232018-03-14T23:22:52.069-06:002018-03-14T23:22:52.069-06:00Thank you Donna. I felt the same way. Everything i...Thank you Donna. I felt the same way. Everything is not about Jesus... and Jesus would say the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-6418355005731571632018-02-21T17:41:16.805-07:002018-02-21T17:41:16.805-07:00Thank you Lisa - your support means more to me tha...Thank you Lisa - your support means more to me than you can know.Rabbi Joe Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09392641515181150108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-22170650853301230402018-02-21T14:06:18.362-07:002018-02-21T14:06:18.362-07:00Shame on you Unknown, for proselytizing to this go...Shame on you Unknown, for proselytizing to this good and sincere Rabbi. You are not God's emissary. Mind your own self. A fellow gentileDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10443000757241799938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-65207258140891861262018-02-20T13:37:46.291-07:002018-02-20T13:37:46.291-07:00Thank you for saying this. People who are ignorant...Thank you for saying this. People who are ignorant to the fact that the same old same old won’t change anything are it helping a thing. My hope is that the kids of the school in Parkland continue the activism and the movement they have started, vote as soon as their age allows them to and that they also encourage friends to. Their encouragement to fellow generation -Z’s and the Millenium Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078432968135524805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-56858852582846178882018-02-19T19:56:21.109-07:002018-02-19T19:56:21.109-07:00By population -- Chicago is not the top of the hea...By population -- Chicago is not the top of the heap for murders. Try Baltimore, or Alaska... Just because Trump decided to pick on us, doesn't make us worse -- we are better than many cities and states - it's just with our population, the numbers are easy to make look worse. Illinois as a whole and Chicago are both more towards the middle of gun violence, not at the top.<br /><br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392418057719095533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-86502599823918361252018-02-19T19:12:31.353-07:002018-02-19T19:12:31.353-07:00Thank you it's beautifulThank you it's beautiful<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10532109309542363461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-77349552148690443772018-02-19T09:24:49.962-07:002018-02-19T09:24:49.962-07:00This is a truly beautiful reflection, R. Black. I...This is a truly beautiful reflection, R. Black. It is raw and sincere and comes from a kind, beautiful, compassionate soul. We all have the right to be bitter and angry and full of theological doubt and uncertainty at times such as this. But as we slowly emerge from the rawness of what happened, I have a theological suggestion. Reform Judaism affirms a good deal of doubt about whether God, Jordan Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426273265318144444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-16584682980940988782018-02-19T07:14:32.878-07:002018-02-19T07:14:32.878-07:00Yes by all means let's bicker about the last p...Yes by all means let's bicker about the last president, the current president, the makeup of Congress. That will help for sure. Keep doing what you're doing, keep getting what you're getting.<br /><br />Here's an idea: I bet if we stopped name-calling and actually held discourse on this issue, we would find a lot of common ground.<br /><br />Blaming one person (the President) for Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16555100924414280005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-14476276113985894762018-02-18T12:26:13.383-07:002018-02-18T12:26:13.383-07:00I'm Canadian, living in Canada, but I will pos...I'm Canadian, living in Canada, but I will post this to my Facebook page because our country mourns for your losses and rages against the terrible gun laws in the U.S. I pray that letters like yours and the cries of the student survivors may somehow, this time, penetrate the deafness of the NRA sycophants.Fredahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17558272202437970592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-66301870572130603552018-02-18T12:05:21.222-07:002018-02-18T12:05:21.222-07:00Eloquent and powerful. Don't suppose there...Eloquent and powerful. Don't suppose there's any way to get this read to Congress. I'm sending a request to my local Congress critter to do just that.Daveohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13898665939400630785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-1209739318466778052018-02-18T11:27:01.719-07:002018-02-18T11:27:01.719-07:00No. There was a Democratic majority in both the Ho...No. There was a Democratic majority in both the House and the Senate only for the first TWO years of President Obama's presidency. After that Republicans held the House.LadyFromTheLakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06857630286794696408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-44254501105345907412018-02-18T10:10:53.676-07:002018-02-18T10:10:53.676-07:00Do you not realize that the former president had c...Do you not realize that the former president had control of both houses and was pres. for 8 long years and did nothing? Maybe, finally, like so many other things that this Pres. has had to clean up, something will get done so that this won't happen again. Plus, continue to pray and never stop! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181895442621683312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-61753075575373139842018-02-18T08:47:17.848-07:002018-02-18T08:47:17.848-07:00Thank you for this- it is exactly what we need to ...Thank you for this- it is exactly what we need to hear to make change. We are the community and the embrace and change to rid ourselves of the gun violence. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06831969454880298175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-36762290758257417692018-02-18T08:40:46.970-07:002018-02-18T08:40:46.970-07:00Wealthy Republican donor Al Hoffman is answering y...Wealthy Republican donor Al Hoffman is answering your prayers. He is refusing to pack any candidate who does not publicly state support of bans on assault rifle’s. Let’s hope your prayer gets through too many and pushes an end to the insanity. L’Sholom. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122942365804538757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-65695999723450918122018-02-18T07:38:14.714-07:002018-02-18T07:38:14.714-07:00Thank you Rabbi. Cantor Marcy Kadin shared this wi...Thank you Rabbi. Cantor Marcy Kadin shared this with us at Temple Beth Am in Pearl River, NY at Shabbat services this past Friday evvening. Hashem's ears are always open. We need to open the ears and close the coffers of our elected representatives. Failing that, we need to CHANGE OUR VOTES!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317268547651111812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-204763114139211732018-02-17T20:24:13.701-07:002018-02-17T20:24:13.701-07:00Prayer offered and flowing from heart and mind. Am...Prayer offered and flowing from heart and mind. Amen and amen.janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01720463123236212392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-47198733032398574062018-02-17T19:46:41.830-07:002018-02-17T19:46:41.830-07:00This cry from the heart will be shared at my congr...This cry from the heart will be shared at my congregation, Prince of Peace Church of the Brethren in Littleton, CO where the victims of another school shooting lay open again like a wound.Professor Valeta Blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12151378943635547205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-29957259706132321652018-02-17T17:20:27.397-07:002018-02-17T17:20:27.397-07:00"From the Rabbi's mouth to G-d's ears..."From the Rabbi's mouth to G-d's ears"!!!!!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18345474394963394629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-49738715764356416092018-02-17T14:51:26.979-07:002018-02-17T14:51:26.979-07:00Amen!Amen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902909192147400608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-11914241881656712852018-02-17T14:30:11.066-07:002018-02-17T14:30:11.066-07:00I have shared this on Facebook, hoping it reach th...I have shared this on Facebook, hoping it reach the ears of those who need to hear. Yasher Koach, Rabbi Black.Lynne Henesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316066247494087109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-313695036114939210.post-77662650585702392052018-02-17T13:35:57.933-07:002018-02-17T13:35:57.933-07:00Thank you for this beautiful prayer. I believe it ...Thank you for this beautiful prayer. I believe it captures the anguish and crushing sadness felt by many while challenging us to be accountable. And thank you for your courage to speak truth to power. Into the Wild Blue Yonderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06474797384350296520noreply@blogger.com