Yep. It causes those whose life and job is to be welcoming to have to be so cautious.
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Good question, I donât know. In hindsight, we probably should have stopped. But it was one of those split-second decisions where it didnât look inviting, so we decided not to stop and went on to the next thing.
I just looked this up, and they do offer tours:
âWe are happy to show our Temple. We have 10-minute drop-in tours if a staff member is available, but this cannot be guaranteed. If no staff member is available, we invite you to call us to arrange for a brief tour or to accompany a larger group on an already scheduled tour.â
Iâll remember this for next time. Hopefully, it wonât be another 25 years before I return to the area again!
But, yes, sad that it canât be as open as something like St Patrickâs Cathedral in NYC, where we visited last year.
If I recall correctly, they make you go through a metal detector at St. Patrickâs, or at least someone has a look-see into any bags youâre carrying.
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One word: scapegoating.
Inflation? Blame the Jews.
Canât get a job? Blame the Jews.
Lax border protection? Jews again!
Street crime? Jews!
Covid? Guess who?!
Sad but true 
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Oh, and another thing. I have nothing against this blue square campaign, but 100% Robert Kraft initiated it to rehabilitate his image.
This is exactly the type of thing that a reputation management firm would recommend.
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Honestly, donât care why he started the campaign. Just care that he did.
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Kraft won an award for the work he did after the shootings in Pittsburgh. He donated the money he received from the award (and I believe some of his own). He was just returning the money to benefit Jewish causes so started the blue square campaign.
You can believe he is trying to rehabilitate his reputation, but who is he trying to impress? I donât think he cares what anyone thinks about him. Most people in New England love him. My father was an original Patriots season ticket holder, loved Kraft. Forty years of misery, 20 years of happiness brought to him by Kraft.
Ridiculous comment. Sorry. He has nothing to rehabilitate. I take this as very genuine.
Yea he did something dumb. heâs not the only. And this has nothing to do with that, Iâm sure.
I canât believe someone would assume an ulterior motive here.
Very insulting comment imho
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The Krafts (especially Kraftâs late wife) have been supporting numerous Boston area charities for years. They donate to Mass General, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Womenâs as well as many other smaller non-profits like the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. I donât know all of the organizations, but Kraft has been making such contributions for many years. Iâm not so cynnical that I think all his philanthropic efforts are self-serving.
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His philanthropy goes back decades, and he was giving sizeable amounts even before he was as wealthy as he is now.
People gonna complain or ascribe self-serving motives- what can you do?
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Lock this cretin up and throw away the key Gunman found guilty in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial â NBC10 Philadelphia (nbcphiladelphia.com)
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âHis attorneys had offered a guilty plea in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors refused, opting instead to take the case to trial and pursue the death penalty. Most of the victimsâ families expressed support for the decision.â (emphasis added)
Beth Kissileff, wife of the rabbi leading services in the synagogue at the time of the shooting, felt strongly enough to pen a guest opinion in the NYT advocating against the death penalty. Is the death penalty a point of debate within the Jewish community?
The death penalty is a point of debate in general US society that Jewish people in the US are part of, of course. But also, there are specifically Jewish aspects in debates about the death penalty among Jewish people: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/the-death-penalty-in-jewish-tradition/
Pennsylvania is one of those states that issues the death penalty, but rarely executes anyone (only 3 since 1976, the last in 1999, with over 100 on death row recently), so a death sentence in Pennsylvania is probably largely equivalent to life in prison without parole, though with extra procedural and legal costs.
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The death penalty is a point of debate for religious people of all faiths. Itâs a matter of conscience for many.
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I donât think the death penalty is something thatâs commonly debated between Jews. At least Iâve never gotten into a debate about it with other Jews. My guess is Jews have the same variety of attitudes toward it as other groups.
Aw câmon, @simba9. We Jews will debate just about anything 
There was an actor on one of the morning talk shows yesterday where he was telling the story (and I am paraphrasing) of when he first brought his gentile girlfriend (now wife) home for dinner, she commented to him afterwards that she was a little uncomfortable with the family arguing. He explained that it wasnât arguing- it was the family having a typical enjoyable conversation. He called it âcreative overlappingâ. 
Ok back to topic
Here it is- interview with Joshua Malina on the today show- at about minute 1:35
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I must disagree with you, having seen posts on the board questioning how friendly historically Catholic schools, including BC and Notre Dame, are to non-Catholics.
And yet you do see posts all the time on CC from parents or students who are concerned that a college is âtoo conservativeâ (as though US universities are a hotbed of the right, which is laughable), and no one bats an eye.
I did not see Tucker Carlsonâs comments about Soros, so bear with me. Did he mention Sorosâ religion? Did he repeat any of the tropes about âJews controlling banking, media, globalists (pick one)â? Did Carlson mention Jews in any way? If not, why are you jumping to the conclusion that his criticism of Soros was anti-Semitic?
Love him or hate him, Soros is a public figure who has spent a fortune trying to change public policy and influence society. Can people not criticize Soros without being labeled anti-Semitic? I am sure that there are some people who donât like Soros because he is a Jew, but many more disagree with him because of his political activities.
Iâm didnât say Jews donât argue. Just that thereâs no particular Jewish perspective on abortion.