Sunday, December 20, 2020

Meeting Place

I read this somewhere. It doesn't matter by who or about who. 

"The first time I saw him in Manhattan was in September 2015 at a meeting of the Downtown Va’ad – a group of rabbinic colleagues serving communities in the neighborhood. The location? A sports bar on Third Avenue with pounding music, dozens of screens, and free-flowing alcohol (the Israeli owner had recently agreed to stock only kosher wines)."

Jaw-dropping. 

Why would a group of Rabbis [at least some if not all Orthodox], choose to conduct a meeting in such a venue?? Is it even permitted to walk into such a place???

I am shaking my head in wonderment.