How dare the Dutch queen vex the Chosen?
Parasitism
A Dutch chief rabbi said his community was “vexed” because a farewell event for the Dutch queen was scheduled on Yom Kippur.
“Jews
are again faced with a reality in which they don’t belong and that is
painful,” Holland’s chief interprovincial rabbi, Binyomin Jacobs, told
NRC Handelsblad on April 26. On Yom Kippur, a day of atonement and inner
reflection which is Judaism's most holy date, observant Jews refrain
from eating, drinking or operating machines, among other restrictions.
The
Dutch daily reported that Jacobs said officials from the Dutch Royal
House should have made sure Jews would be able to attend the Sept. 14
event next year, when thousands are expected to gather in Rotterdam to
wish Queen Beatrix a happy retirement after 33 years on the throne.
Beatrix,
who celebrated her 75th birthday on Jan. 31, announced the abdication
in January in favor of her oldest son, Prince Willem-Alexander.
The
committee planning the event is aware of the problem, NRC Handelsblad
reported, but the date will likely not be changed because of “agenda
issues” and because of limited availability of the conference center
scheduled to hold the event - the massive Ahoy complex in the port
city’s south, which has a capacity of 15,000 people.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2013/04/28/3125306/dutch-jews-vexed-by-royal-even-on-yom-kippur-rabbi-says#When:10:53:00Z
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Dutch Jews ‘vexed’ by royal event on Yom Kippur, rabbi says
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