Tel Aviv-born Moshe Matsri, 49, charged in LA federal court on slew of money laundering, drug and extortion charges
ed note–please note the defense offered for “Moshe the Religious’, as he is known amongst his fellow gangsters–
‘a loving husband and father, and a deeply religious and caring man, cooking for his entire synagogue every Friday.’
Whilst flowery, emotionally-laden language is typically used by defense lawyers in trying to get their clients off the hook, despite the fact they themselves know there isn’t a hint of truth to it all, in this case, it is more than likely the case. Judaism has no issues with its adherents engaging in criminal activity, and for the simple reason that all the founding fathers and patriarchs (and indeed, as in the case of Deborah and Esther, some matriarchs) were goombahs themselves. Abraham–at least as he is described in the Torah, the Jews’ ‘holy book’–was a pimp who sold his wife Sarah into prostitution. Isaac, Abraham’s only son, did the same with his wife Rebecca. Jacob engaged in identity fraud to steal his brother’s inheritance. Lott–Abraham’s nephew–sold his 2 virgin daughters into sex slavery.
And it just goes on, and on, and on…
Moshe’s poor parents had to flee Iraq back in the 1960’s due to persecution at the hands of the Muslims.
Then poor Moshe had to, himself, flee Israel for racist America due to Palestinian terror.
Looking to make his way in this evil land, poor Moshe got caught up with the wrong crowd and was led astray into a life of crime. An all too common occurrence for immigrants facing institutional racism endemic in all strata of American life.
Despite his occasional lapses of judgment, poor Moshe spent plenty of time at his synagogue and fed many hungry fellow Jews on Friday nights. He was well known at the synagogue for his godly behavior and for his generosity of time and spirit. He was a giver.
Poor Moshe overcame great trauma and generational racism and now his reward is 30 years in prison?? Is this the way we treat those less fortunate in America? I’m ashamed.
Moshe should be freed today and reunited with his lovely wife and beautiful children. I hope there’s a Kickstarter fund established for his subsequent release so poor Moshe can get back on his feet on that blessed day.
Hopefully at some point we reach a day when Jews aren’t treated as third-class citizens here in America. It’s wrong that they’re consistently fighting their way up from the bottom of the heap. All poor Moshe wanted was a hand up and instead he gets slapped in the face by what passes for justice in this dark and blighted land. I hear your wails, Moshe!
kpatrickryan, a comment after my own heart! I’ve been struggling for years to draw attention to the plight of the most oppressed minority, eternally hated for no other reason than being Jews.
Yes, you are right: nowhere else is the hate more striking than in America, where they have been forced to even form a defense league to protect themselves. Well, two actually, the JDL and the ADL but the former was outlawed! Moshe is clearly a victim but how many voices, except yours and mine, will really rise up in protest? Will this persecution ever end? Will the slaughter of Jews ever end? Or will 6 million of them be sacrificed periodically to satisfy the Jew hatred in Goyim?
Funny thing, the Jewish gangster in the illustration looks like Sean Penn…. I guess there is such a thing as a “Jewish look.”
Even funnier, years ago I had a friend who adopted a cat which he promptly named “Moritz.” I asked him why “Moritz” and he said “Isn’t it obvious? This cat looks Jewish.”