When you're at a Holocaust-deniers convention, you don't want to be the guy ordering the kosher meal

[oberliner]

“When you're at a Holocaust-deniers convention, you don't want to be the guy ordering the kosher meal," host Jon Stewart joked on his "Daily Show."

But the Orthodox world is hardly laughing at the participation of a fringe Chasidic group, the Neturei Karta, in a Holocaust-denial convention in Tehran last week.

The group drew immediate censure when video footage from the conference showed several members of the group in fervently Orthodox garb, long beards and side-locks embracing and kissing the conference's host, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Orthodox Union and Agudath Israel of America, two Orthodox groups, both distanced themselves from the Neturei Karta, emphasizing that Orthodox Judaism in no way condones Holocaust denial or the political stance of Ahmadinejad, who has called repeatedly for the destruction of Israel.

http://www.jewishtimes.com/News/6153.stm

[Critters2]

1. I saw these guys on the news and all I could think was

:wtf:

[Warren Stupidity]

2. They and some other orthodox chasidic groups such as satmar

are and always have been opposed to zionism and view the establishment of the Israeli state as a disaster for jews. The article makes clear that this group is not at all engaged in holocaust denial. Still it was stupid thing to do.

[Critters2]

3. I've known about the Satmar position on Zionism for some time,

but never heard of these guys. Still and all, it's a long way from opposition to Zionism to holocaust denial. I still say

:wtf: