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B&H and Adorama Closed!
none wrote:
John A. Stovall wrote: If Freedom means anything it should mean an employer can hire who ever he want's and the market will decide if he made the correct choice. Personally, I do not believe that libertarianism can be justified. In any case, hiring discrimination is against the law, so it is a reasonable concern, even if you disagree with the law's intentions. I think it quite likely that the bias is not on the employers' side at all. If a business is well known to keep Jewish holidays, then a large number people who take Jewish holidays seriously will have a strong motivation to work there. Thus the pool of applicants may be heavily biased towards observant Jews, and so no hiring bias is necessary in order to have a large number of observant Jews working there. Peter. -- |
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B&H and Adorama Closed!
That's the problem with stereotypes and profiles. They allow one
to make jump to conclusions that are flat-out wrong. That reminds me of the elderly Jewish man who was struck by a cab in NYC. A cop nearby saw the hit and run and attempted to comfort the old man as he lay in the street. While waiting on the ambulance to arrive, the cop tried engaging the old man in conversation so he wouldn't pass out. The cop asked, "So tell me, what business are you in, sir?" The old man replied, "I own a jewelry business across the street." Seeing the old man's pain, the police officer then took off his own jacket and placed it under the old man's head. "Are you comfortable?" the cop asked. "Eh, it's a living," the old man replied. |
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I like B&H, but......
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"Neil Harrington" wrote: I have never heard a Jew complain about Christians that close their businesses on Sundays. Ever heard of Christians closing their businesses for several days or a week at a time, for religious reasons? Several days, yes; a week, no. But normally, businesses owned by observant Jews are closed for the two days of Rosh Hashannah and the day of Yom Kippur, but are open during the week in between. If a business closes for the entire period, it's still only a week and a half, not for most of the month as some people here have said. And if they do close for that entire ten-day period, what is the big deal? This is not like "blue laws" where the *government* *forces* the businesses to close. |
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B&H and Adorama Closed!
On 22 Oct 2005 17:12:44 -0700, Annika1980 wrote:
"Are you comfortable?" the cop asked. It just happened that that line was at the bottom of my newsreader's window. But before I scrolled down for the rest, I *knew* what the next line would be, thanks to an uncle with a near limitless supply of those oldies. I think he said "Eh, I make a living.", as he'd turn his two hands palms up, tilt his head and shrug his shoulders just the right way. g |
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I like B&H, but......
On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:24:32 -0700, Nikon User wrote:
But normally, businesses owned by observant Jews are closed for the two days of Rosh Hashannah and the day of Yom Kippur, but are open during the week in between. If a business closes for the entire period, it's still only a week and a half, not for most of the month as some people here have said. All businesses are open for the week in between Rosh Hashannah and the day of Yom Kippur. The holiday that is going on now is Sukkos, which all observe the first and last days, and most, but not all, don't work on the days in between. Don www.donwiss.com (e-mail link at home page bottom). |
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I like B&H, but......
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B&H and Adorama Closed!
"(PeteCresswell)" wrote in message ... Per Neil Harrington: "shabbos goy" A guy straight from the shetel was staying with a relative in New York City. "How many Jews do you have in New York?" "Two million" "Oy!" "How many gentiles do you have in New York? "Ten Million" "Ten *Million*"???? "Yes, ten million". "But what *for*?" -- PeteCresswell :-) |
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I like B&H, but......
"Nikon User" wrote in message ... In article , "Neil Harrington" wrote: I have never heard a Jew complain about Christians that close their businesses on Sundays. Ever heard of Christians closing their businesses for several days or a week at a time, for religious reasons? Several days, yes; a week, no. What sort of business would close for several days? I am not religious and had to look this up on Google: The holiest week for Christians, particularly Catholics, is called ahem Holy Week. It's the last week of Lent and includes some holy days that I never heard of before (and I was born and raised Catholic). The only one of those days that's actually observed as a holiday, anywhere, as far as I know, is Good Friday. I live in one of the few states that observes Good Friday as a state holiday (lots of Catholics here). I don't know of a single *business* that closes on Good Friday, though there may be some for all I know, but state employees and perhaps municipal workers get the day off or comp time. But normally, businesses owned by observant Jews are closed for the two days of Rosh Hashannah and the day of Yom Kippur, but are open during the week in between. If a business closes for the entire period, it's still only a week and a half, not for most of the month as some people here have said. And if they do close for that entire ten-day period, what is the big deal? Other than inconveniencing customers, you mean? This is not like "blue laws" where the *government* *forces* the businesses to close. Right. But there aren't any blue laws that force businesses to close for several days or a week or more, so that's not a very helpful comparison. |
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