JEWS STEAL PIPE ORGANS

RABBI GEHEMNIK: Welcome to the Rabbi's one on one chat room, how can I help you today?

PASTOR FRED: How can I protect my church's pipe organ from Jewish organ thieves?

RABBI GEHEMNIK: please explain

PASTOR FRED: I heard that a lot of Palestinian organs got stolen

RABBI GEHEMNIK: I don't know what to tell you
this is the first I have ever heard of this

PASTOR FRED: it was in the newspaper
in the Swedish newspaper
IDF soldiers stole organs

RABBI GEHEMNIK: As a general rule I do not believe everything I read in the papers
especially a story that speaks negatively of Jews printed in Sweden

PASTOR FRED: the organ in my church is very heavy
so it would be difficult for them to steal it
maybe the Palestinians have small organs

RABBI GEHEMNIK: as I said I do not believe the story

PASTOR FRED: do people at your synagogue ever discuss church organ music and maybe talk about taking the organ
because it's difficult to steal an organ without anyone noticing
they're very large and make noise when you move them
usually they build them inside the church because if they built them beforehand they would need a crane to get it in the church
but it was in the newspaper, so I don't know why they'd put it in there if it wasn't true.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: this would not be the first time that an antisemetic story found its way into a swedish paper
as to whether people at my synagogue ever discuss stealing organs
the very question is libelous
and I will not answer that even to say that the answer is no because I have no wish to be thrust into a position where I must defend my people against a libel
the onus needs to be on the newspaper to show that this is true
before people accept this rediculous accusation

PASTOR FRED: i thought it was ridiculous too
but maybe that's just because in America we're used to big pipe organs
but the Palestinians are very poor. they might have to use small casio keyboards for their church services. those would be easy to steal
some of them don't even have the full 88 keys of a piano
or an electric organ. but that's not used so much in church services. that's mostly in the pub for drinking songs

RABBI GEHEMNIK: you have missed the point
the question is not whether it is easy or hard to steal it
the question is whether people such as yourself are quick to believe the rediculous libel that soldiers of the most ethical army in the world would stoop so low as to desecrate the Christian religion by stealing their organ of worship
did you know for example that Arab Christians are free to worship in Israel but are persecuted under the Palestinian authority?
yet people are quick to print and to believe this rediculous accusation against soldiers of the very country that protects the rights of Christians
that is scandelous

PASTOR FRED: Yes, it seems the Muslims don't like organ music.
They have the acapella singing from the towers in their mosques.
But also Orthodox Jews don't use organs in their worship services.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: is that a reason to steal some else's organ?
do you live in a society that steals whatever they don't approve of in their neighbor's home?
would you do a thing like that?

PASTOR FRED: I guess we make a lot of people angry with our joyful, musical services. Perhaps people don't think we're being serious.
No. I certainly wouldn't steal a musical instrument. There's Scottish Christians who use a bagpipe in their worship service.
I don't like it, but I certainly wouldn't steal their musical instruments.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: would you be offended if someone accused you of stealing the bagpipe and your neighbor believed it and asked you to defend yourself?
without even checking his facts?

PASTOR FRED: If anyone accused me of stealing a bagpipe, I'd be very upset.
a bagpipe would be hard to steal if it was in its inflated state.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: why Fred do you believe that Israeli sodiers stole the organ?

PASTOR FRED: there was a rabbi who got caught selling stolen organs.
And he had to get the organs from somewhere.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: you are getting confused between musical organs and human organs
but shame on you for believing a story without any kind of proof

PASTOR FRED: I feel bad for those Palestinians who went to church one Sunday morning, anxious to worship to the Samba beat on a casio organ, and found it stolen.

RABBI GEHEMNIK: I feel bad that you still believe this rediculous fabrication.