Father Riskin
Rabbi for Jesus?
Although this is an old topic, I still firmly believe that it is an important one. For your convenience, I have provided a visual aid which you can find above. As some of you may know, Shlomo Riskin, who henceforth on my blog will be known as Father Riskin (or Our Holy Father), decided, in his infinite wisdom that Jesus is a rabbi and deserves to be called as such. This is after various leading Talmudic figures have described the evil that Jesus had imposed. Our Holy Father, feeling that these Talmudic scholars’ education and qualifications simply couldn’t compete with his YU smicha, decided to make a video to show how much he can suck up to the gouyim. It was actually quite sad to watch his 5 chins wiggle around as he bragged about how learned he is on Christian texts. Maybe if he had spent his time studying Gemara instead of the Gospels, he wouldn’t have made such an interesting video. He seems to have forgotten how the Jews ratted out “rabbi” Jesus to Romans and had him killed, and about how Jesus is in hell burning in a pot of feces (according to the Gemara), but why are the minor details so important anyways?
After he got blasted for this fiasco, and the Orthodox Union finally backed away from him (which should tell you everything you need to know about that organization, because nothing in this video shocked anyone who actually knew Stevie), he released an apology video. It reminded me of the kind of apology you get from a guy who is caught on camera screaming at a barista. He does not suddenly believe in kindness, he just realized the internet is about to ruin his week. That is all this was. Father Riskin still believes every word he said. The apology was nothing but damage control. Whenever I go to the city of Efrat, I can’t help but laugh whenever I hear someone say “Rav Riskin” with a perfectly straight face (yes, they still call him that there).
Whenever you read about Stevie, it is customary to make the following blessing:ברוך אתה, הרב ריסקין, מלך מואב, מתיר אסורים.