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Date: July 24, 2019 08:13AM
Thanks, Tevai, for sharing some of the links above.
While he doesn't seem to be a racist (I searched some of his Twitter topics, Q&A,) he is promoting his book on how to live prosperously through spiritual principles.
He says there are "No poor people in America, albeit there are plenty of people living in poverty." Then devotes an entire podcast to explaining himself on why he chose that for a title.
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/How-many-poor-people-do-you-know---Podcast.html?soid=1113800665814&aid=OqvJZxjmiB4Which I haven't listened to nor have the inclination to at the moment. Maybe later. Some of his views are a real doozy. While he calls himself a rabbi and heads a not-for-profit called the American Alliance of Jews and Christians; he is not your typical Messianic Jewish Rabbi (fooled me!) He's an Orthodox rabbi to this day, which I find most intriguing given the television stations he's hired to broadcast from.
He is very conservative in his views religiously and conservatively. From wikipedia his bio reads the following:
"Lapin promotes conservative political principles, intermixed with traditional religious observance. Lapin was one of the Jewish voices in support of Mel Gibson's controversial film The Passion of the Christ, and was a strong supporter of the efforts by Terri Schiavo's parents to keep their daughter alive. He is also a strong supporter of Pope Pius XII as a righteous gentile, a term he believes should be renamed "righteous Christian". Lapin has called the United States the most "Jewish-friendly" state in history because of its Christian heritage. He argues that it is better for Jews to promote shared Judeo-Christian values with the majority than promote solely Jewish values. He has also called secular liberalism a danger to Judeo-Christian values, and claimed that the Holocaust Memorial Museum presents anti-Christian propaganda; he says that the museum ignores, for example, the work of Corrie ten Boom's family in unconditionally saving Jews during World War II. Lapin has declared that the Anti-Defamation League and its allies are "dangerous organizations that are driving a wedge between American Jews and Christians". Referring to ADL national director Abraham Foxman, Lapin claimed that by calling The Passion of the Christ anti-Semitic, "what he is saying is that the only way (for Christians) to escape the wrath of Foxman is to repudiate (their own) faith". Lapin also rejects the idea that the Jewish left represents Judaism. He has excoriated Jewish liberals for their promotion of ideas he views as contrary to traditional Judaism, such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and socialism. He argues that Jewish-born liberals have redefined "Judaism" to mean "liberalism" - and redefined "anti-liberalism" as "anti-Semitism". Lapin has said: "It is time for us to recognize the charge of anti-Semitism for what it often is: a political weapon intended to silence critics of liberalism."
Public celebration of Christmas
Lapin has spoken against the secularization of Christmas, saying that, "We see obsequious regard for faiths like Judaism and even Islam, while Christianity is treated with contempt". He is opposed to replacing the "Merry Christmas" greeting with "Happy Holidays", saying, "Let us all go out of our way to wish our many wonderful Christian friends a very merry Christmas ... Nationwide, Christmas Nativity scenes are banned from city halls and shopping malls, but Chanukah menorahs are permitted."[33] [Note: I don't find this true in my area as elsewhere. Where Nativity scenes are banned so too are Chanukan menorahs, etc.]
Wealth
Lapin asks: "Does God want people to be rich?" ... "Yes!", he says, because God "wants us to be obsessively preoccupied by one another's needs", a habit that the commerce relationship fosters. "Wealth is a consequence of doing the right thing", he says. He argues that the Torah supports the free market and opposes punitive taxation, and wants people to pass on assets to their descendants, rather than being taken by the government by inheritance taxes."