techboy Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 How much is eating bacon worth to you? DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Larry Blumberg is looking for a few good Jews to move to his corner of the Bible Belt. Blumberg is chairman of an organization offering Jewish families as much as $50,000 to relocate to Dothan, an overwhelmingly Christian town of 58,000 that calls itself the Peanut Capital of the World. Get involved at Temple Emanu-El and stay at least five years, the group's leaders say, and the money doesn't have to be repaid.More Jews are living in the South than ever — about 386,000 at last count in 2001, according to Stuart Rockoff, a historian at the Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Miss. But young Jews are leaving small places like Dothan in favor of cities like Atlanta and Birmingham, Rockoff said, and dozens of small-town synagogues have closed. "A lot of the older people have died, and not many of the younger ones have stayed," said Thelma Nomberg, a member of the Dothan temple who grew up in nearby Ozark, where she was the only Jewish student in public school in the 1940s. "We are dying." Being outside the Christian majority was never a problem, Nomberg said, even six decades ago: She won the Miss Ozark beauty pageant at 14 and sometimes attended church with friends after sleep-overs. Now a widow, Nomberg has watched two of her four adult children leave for Florida as Temple Emanu-El lost nearly half its membership, down to about 50 families. She can only hope the recruitment plan hatched by Blumberg Family Jewish Community Services of Dothan works for her synagogue. Launched in June, the Blumberg program has put advertisements in Jewish newspapers in Boston, Miami, Providence, R.I., and Washington, and it plans to expand the campaign. "I think it's important that we try to find young people that we could use in our religious school, our Sunday school and help in the way of trying to create more of a family-type atmosphere in our temple," Blumberg said. Rest of the article here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Increased diversity is rarely a bad thing, just strange that he's offering money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUSkinsFan Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Increased diversity is rarely a bad thing, just strange that he's offering moneyI'm trying to work out the right joke for this...although I'm tempted to add a "stein" to my name and move south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 Increased diversity is rarely a bad thing, just strange that he's offering money McCain and Palin are probably behind it, trying to move liberal voters into "safe" states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 McCain and Palin are probably behind it, trying to move liberal voters into "safe" states. Their plan will be foiled when AFC is the only one to take them up on the offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I think they consider Jews to be Midi-chlorians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjTj Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Increased diversity is rarely a bad thing, just strange that he's offering moneyHe's not offering money for diversity; he's offering money to save his synagogue. Apparently he's sitting on a lot of cash and not a lot of parishioners ... and it's probably a pretty good business model, since if he raised enough money to now be giving it away, the $50k should pay for itself in no time at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 How much is eating bacon worth to you? Adult circumcision would be a bigger deal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 How much is eating bacon worth to you? Oh yeah, look at Captain Christian trying to lay claim to bacon of all things. Bacon belong to everybody man, well, except the Jews.(making your claim true I guess) (Missing the OLS a lot right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 When I was first stationed in the Army I was stationed in Kentucky. Friends of mine used to joke to me about how the locals would mess with me if they knew. Glad things like that have changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 How much is eating bacon worth to you? would I have to sign a contract that I won't eat bacon? will they be keeping a camera on me 24/7 to make sure? Because for 50k..I think I can stick to eating bacon behind closed doors If I get caught I'll claim its Turky Bacon....:laugh: <<<seems appropriate for a bacon thread... ...wait it wasn't a bacon thread? :doh: damn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgold Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 10k a year? That won't even pay for the matzh balls!!! (And barely enough to pay for the satelite set-up to watch my Redskins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMK9973 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I'm MOVING!!! Just kidding. But I found it odd that it's a REFORM temple is doing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 But I found it odd that it's a REFORM temple is doing this. It is? Well then agonize no longer, we all get to keep our bacon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
APBT Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Oh yeah, offering money for ethic colonization. That's just grand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSmith Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Oh yeah, look at Captain Christian trying to lay claim to bacon of all things.Bacon belong to everybody man, well, except the Jews.(making your claim true I guess) (Missing the OLS a lot right now) Muslims do not eat it either maybe this is a new rapture thing, all jews must be in Ala and israel first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Do they really think Jews would be motivated by money? (Can someone explain to me why the ADL is calling me right now?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lombardi's_kid_brother Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 By the way, there is a section in Confederates in the Attic on the decline of Judaism in the rural south. It's interesting, particularly about places like Vicksburg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoony Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 The south could use more Judaism, imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xameil Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 It is?Well then agonize no longer, we all get to keep our bacon! mmmm bacon.... and why does this thread suddenly remind me of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 The south could use more Judaism, imo Seriously. I was shocked to read that More Jews are living in the South than ever — about 386,000 at last count in 2001. Less than 400k is a LOT? Sheez. I knew the number was low, but I didn't think it was THAT low. I wonder how many of them live outside Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Reform? Heck, I can be covered in tattoos, eat bacon and get paid. Sign me up, the Quakers I don't talk to any more will understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted September 9, 2008 Author Share Posted September 9, 2008 But I found it odd that it's a REFORM temple is doing this. Sweet! I am so there! Saturday Night Live once had a skit where a "spokesman" of Reformed Judaism finished his statement with "... and we in the Reformed Synagogue will continue to worship Jesus Christ, just like everybody else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Sweet! I am so there! Saturday Night Live once had a skit where a "spokesman" of Reformed Judaism finished his statement with "... and we in the Reformed Synagogue will continue to worship Jesus Christ, just like everybody else." :rotflmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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