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CNN Host Caught Off Guard

The Jewish-born Anthony Bourdain, host of a travel and food show on CNN, was caught off guard when visiting the Kotel. Video

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Anthony -
September 23, 2013 12:56 am

Your donning Tefillin has already affected another Jew
positively (see #16 above). I’m sure it will ultimately affect
you, too, if it hasn’t already in the same way, as well as
many, many more!

Coming back
September 21, 2013 6:06 am

You actually never denied your true faith, but never lived within it. As you grow older there’s a nagging feeling of what you truly are in the end…A Jew. Be proud Anthony.

Lehoniach Tefillin
September 19, 2013 1:51 am

Watching Anthony Bourdain putting on Tefillin was just the trick to get me to start putting on Tefillin on again.

g-d was happy to have him, he was touched no doubt
September 18, 2013 11:50 am
Wow!
September 18, 2013 11:13 am

Big Kiddush Hashem!

Mitzva Tfilin
September 18, 2013 9:30 am

To say that this one mitzvah performed by a Jew did nothing – is to deny basics of Yidishkeit. Any mitzvah done by a Jew on any moment is eternal and absolute and makes connection of the lower world to Hashem and person him/herself to Hashem. Bsides, are you all prophets to say it did nothing to him? maybe for a visible change he needs many more mitzvohs to do, but to say it did nothing is not to believe in Yidishkeit. To say that mitzvoh has no effect – is pure apikorsus. Of course he is hardly a tzaddik… Read more »

This program is mostly pro-palestine
September 18, 2013 1:00 am

Most of the show’s portrayal:

“The Israelis know what they’re doing to the poor palestinians – intentionally keeping them locked-up and oppressed behind walls and checkpoints. If only the Israelis would… there would be peace”

Yep, it’s a show by CNN for CNN-lovers.

What is the point of Mivtzah Tefilin? Does it really matter?
September 18, 2013 12:40 am

This is an excellent illustration of mivtzah tefillin. The guy walks up and is politely “attacked” by a chabadnik. I got the impression that the Chabadnik doing the wrapping does this so often that he was a bit distracted, going through a certain repeated motion that he does hundreds (?) of times a day. Anthony is filming a show. This makes for good material. Sure he’ll do it. But what actually happened? Did anyone really connect with the Divine? Is that what G-d really wants? a Tefilin machine? it all seemed so mechanical and ritualistic but void of meaning. It’s… Read more »

agree with 9
September 18, 2013 12:18 am

he wasnt moved in the slightest. he is saying that his very essence is doubt, he distances himself from certainty. and the devotion and non judgmental acceptance these people had on behalf of g-d, caused him to acknowledge the extent of his masquerade, his ‘treachery’ to this religion.

so it’s beautiful that they put on Tefillin on him Vechulu,
but he wasn’t really very moved by the experience.

He was actually saying he hated it.
September 17, 2013 10:04 pm

Anthony was saying that his treachery is complete, meaning, the certainty of the guy trying to put tefilin on him drove him nuts with his absolute certainty.

Anshel
September 17, 2013 9:54 pm

saw him live, speaking here in the mall, he was not very nice about Israel.

wow
September 17, 2013 9:30 pm

No words just wow!!!!!!

Giluy elokus!!
September 17, 2013 7:53 pm

you see a jew who never stepped in a shul and agrees to put on tfilin like that!!

nice!
September 17, 2013 7:30 pm

Wowwww bhhhhhhhhhh this is amazing- one yid closer to yiddishkeit!! and one more step closer to moshiach!

CNN
September 17, 2013 5:41 pm

They don’t give a very good impression on Jews – they are all supporting the arabs, muslims etc

Way to go!
September 17, 2013 3:42 pm

Both of them!

Yiddishe kop, yiddishe hartz
September 17, 2013 2:44 pm

Go, Anthony! Your neshama is alive and well!

Boruch N. Hoffinger BS"D
September 17, 2013 2:12 pm

G O C H A B A D !
BEAUTIFUL!
‘CHINUCH!’

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