Former Liberian Dictator Finds Judaism

Charles Taylor hopes Judaism will set him free.

Former Liberian Dictator Finds Judaism

JTA –Former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor has decided to convert to Judaism, one of his wives told the BBC.

Taylor, who is set to go on trial for war crimes in the Special Court for Sierra Leone, apparently discovered Judaism in prison in the Hague.

“He’s now a Jew. He’s practicing Judaism,” Victoria Taylor told BBC Radio June 2 after a three-week visit with her husband. “When he got to the Hague, he got to know that he really, really wanted to be a Jew, wanted to convert to Judaism.”

Victoria Taylor said her husband “does believe in Christ,” and that “he hasn’t rejected Christianity. He has always been a Christian. He just decided to become a Jew. He wants to follow the two religions.”

Comments

[Yochanan Lavie]

Why not try Chabad and get the best of both worlds?

[Isa]

Charles Taylor was some lunatic blood sucking homicidal (literally) dictator.
Accepting him would be like accepting some real death camp guard

[maven]

As long as he pays for the amount of hours requested by the appropriately certified Rabbi, and perhaps pays for a few extra home lessons at an even higher price, I'm sure he'll be accepted :)

[yidandahalf]

YL, BRILLIANT!

[Yochanan Lavie]

Thanks, Yid. Good to hear from you.

[yidandahalf]

Likewise, my friend. I am in school now as you might remember and so I have little time for anything much besides study. I credit my participation in this blog and many of my fellow yidden here with my decision to return to the hallowed halls as it were. This blog may be one of the more remarkable blogs in existence. It makes a difference on many levels.

[The Monsey Tzadik]

If any of his wives was a Jewish damsel I am sure Beheima Tropper and its EJF would be all over him trying to convert him.

[mo]

Is there a shalich in Loberia?

[MisterApikoros]

My sources told me that Adolf Hitler, Hermann Goering, and Dr. Josef Goebbels all converted to Judaism while serving eternal afterlife sentences in Holle, the Teutonic version of Hell.

O.J. Simpson, who isn't German but whose soul was sent to Holle even before the death of his corporeal body, did the honors of circumcising the three, as Holle was a bit short of mohels.

Chucky, you're next on the Juice's list.

[Dr. Dave]

He reminds me of my 8 yr old who wants to be a doctor and a nurse and a lawyer and an astronaut and a ballerina...

Next he'll become a hindu and a buddhist...

[Yochanan Lavie]

Apologies; Bob Marley:

No, Taylor, no kvetch; (4x)

Said - said - said: I remember when we had a brit
In the government jail in The Hague,
Ob- observing the mitzvot
As they would mingle with Christianity, how neat.
Good friends we have, oh, good friends we've stewed
Along the way.
In this great religion, you can't forget Mountain Dew;
So dry your tears, oy vey.

No, Taylor, no kvetch;
No, Taylor, no kvetch.
'ere, little dictator, don't shed no tears:
No, Taylor, no kvetch.

Said - said - said: I remember when-a we had a brit.
And it hurt so hard, with metzitzah.
And then Rebbe would make the fortunes told,
As it was learn'n Tanya through the nights.
Then we would cook cornmeal chulent,
Of which I'll share with Jews;
His Ohel is his only palace,
So I've got to push on through.
But while I'm gone, I mean:
Everything's gonna be mixed up! (8x)

So, Taylor, no kvetch;
No - no, Taylor - Taylor, no kvetch.
Nu, man, little dictator, don't shed no tears;
No, Taylor, no kvetch.

I remember when we used to sit
In the Rebbe's yard in Brooklyn.
And then the shamash would make the Eternal light,
As it was Tanya learning through the nights.
Then we would drink Dew and Vodka,
Of which I'll share with you;
My feat is now I am not a "schvartze",
I'm a newly minted Hasidic Jew.
But while I'm gone:

No, Taylor, no kvetch;
No, taylor, no kvetch.
Taylor, little dictator, say don't say no kaddish;
Rebbe "Jewsus" is alive.

Eh! (little dictator, don't shed no tears!
No, taylor, no kvetch.
Little dictator, don't shed no tears!
No, taylor, no kvetch.)