Judy.
Very interesting article.. If nothing else, if a Jew and a Muslim can work together there may actually be hope for this planet. Maybe we could tell George Bush that his system may not be the best !!
Did some searching on this mortgage issue and found it is nothing new. Lots of info on sites in the U.K.
I only wonder however how one can trust people who twist the rules to get that they want. The reality is that these mortgages are not interest free.
I experienced similar hypocrisy many years ago when I lived in a predominantly Jewish building in the centre of Toronto. My wife and I were the only non-Jews so it was interesting to see the things we were asked to do
. As you may know many Jews cannot "Create Fire" from sundown Friday to Sundown Sat. This means they cannot turn lights off and on, open a fridge door which would cause the light to come on or turn on their stove. They also cannot operate an elevator so one of the two in our building stopped automatically at every floor.
You cannot imagine the number of times I was asked to turn on a light which a child had turned off, open a fridge and unscrew the bulb so they could have access to the stuff inside and of course they just loved to get on the non Jewish elevator to take advantage of the fact I could make it go to the bottom without any stops.
I once asked one of the people asking for my help why it was acceptable for them to ask me to break their rules.
Never really got an answer. I could say lots more about this but I think you get my point..
Keep up the great articles,,,,
Ric East
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