"No longer feeling safe in my own house of worship.." (Plus-NY Post-'Why I always bring my Glock to Shabbat') 'James "Kimo" Rosen' (Kimo's world #286)

James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer

 and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.

Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i

with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama, The Bipartisan Dog!

Above photo;
James "Kimo" Rosen with Rabbi Moshe Klein during
a recent visit to Chabad of Kauai

Sunrise from Tuesday, April 30, 2019

(The photo made it to Hawaii News Now)

Photo courtesy,

James "Kimo" Rosen

Publishers note;
Aloha Readers,

   A mass shooting happens almost daily in America. Last year there were 340 of them.
Children are not safe at our schools,

Rabbi Goldstein officiates at 
Lori Kaye's funeral
only 2 days after the
horrific shooting

we are no longer safe in our houses of worship, even shopping is a risk that we could be gunned down by a terrorist or some nut case.
   If you can't find safety in your church, synagogue, or mosque where can you feel safe?
To find out how to remain safe, read the enclosed blog and feel free to express your comments.
           God bless,
James "Kimo" Rosen   
Publisher/Blogger-n-chief~dakinetalk blog

Blog #2039~Kimo's world #286

 No longer feeling safe in  my own house of worship

 Plus NY Post, 'Why I always bring my Glock to Shabbat'

The punishment for mass shooters needs to be extreme and immediate.  They need to die by a firing squad. This will be a way to help curtail the number

Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein said Lori Kaye
 threw herself between him and the shooter.

of shootings versus putting the shooter on the front page of  Time, Newsweek and every major news outlet. Without all the infamy, they will cease.

I no longer feel safe in my own house of worship.

The recent synagogue shooting at the Chabad of Poway synagogue hits close to home.

I am a member of Chabad of Kaua'i. Chabad is small, it's like ohana (family). Any Chabad house as

they are referred to welcome Jews of all denominations for any Sabbath service and a free meal called an Oneg after services to kibbitz (talk story) and to enjoy the Sabbath.  Members become Mishpachah (Ohana). Chabad is also known as a home away from home for any Jew no matter what their affiliation.

Although I do not frequent services as much as I once did. The recent shootings not only

Will religion now live in cyberspace
as does most of our shopping?

at Chabad but the Easter Sunday shootings at the Catholic church in Sri Lanka, and the recent mosque killings in New Zealand are a sign of the times that terrorists and crazies are out for us all.

Shopping malls where children are thrown off balconies, mass shootings of our youth in our schools and running cars into crowds and killing people is now accepted as just another day in America.  According to data from the  Gun Violence Archive, a total of 340 mass shooting incidents occurred in the US in 2018. (That's nearly one mass shooting a day)

https://www.abc15.com/news/data/mass-shootings-in-the-us-when-where-they-have-occurred-in-2018

If the Lord can't protect us in our own houses of worship, I am happy to watch religious services streamed on the internet. The stress and anxiety form sitting through a 2-3 hour service is too much for me.

The punishment for mass shooters needs to be extreme and immediate. 

Without  glorifying the terrorists, shooters and nut cases
and instilling stricter punishments for these heinous crimes,
 they will decrease dramatically...

It's a different world these days and just like Amazon.com has shut down many

department stores, I believe the new church, synagogue, and mosque will live in cyberspace and most people will go to services the same way they shop, via the internet.

Many will say, that by doing this we are raising the white flag and telling the terrorists and nut cases they have won, or is this just part a  New world order and inching closer to the end of times?

This blog also appeared this same day 05-06-19

as a guest column in the Garden Island news!

https://www.thegardenisland.com/2019/05/06/opinion/no-longer-feeling-safe-in-my-house-of-worship/

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 Special from N.Y. Post

Why I always bring my Glock to Shabbat

https://nypost.com/2019/05/04/why-i-always-bring-my-glock-to-shabbat/

Even before the synagogue shootings in Pittsburgh and Poway, Calif., a local Jewish Orthodox man had begun arming himself for Saturday services. The married father of three from Bergen County, NJ, has a concealed-carry permit, and his fellow congregants

Mourners paying tribute to
the victims of the Poway shooting

and rabbi have no idea he brings a handgun to shul. Here, the real-estate developer, who requested anonymity so as not to become a target, tells The Post’s Doree Lewak why Jews need deadly weapons to defend themselves.

As an Orthodox Jew, every Shabbat morning it’s the same routine: wake up at 8 a.m., get dressed in my suit and tie, and head out the door with my wife and three children for our 10-minute walk to synagogue.

But not before I open my safe and strap on my Glock, which I’ve been carrying to shul for the past year.

When I was growing up, synagogue was always a fun, carefree place to go. It was social, it was sacred, but it was never scary.

Now, it’s impossible to ignore the clear and present danger facing Jews. Last week when I heard about the Poway synagogue shooting, my first thought was, “I can’t believe it’s happening again.”

Only I could believe it.

The Jewish people are targets of hate — as individuals walking down the street and as a community in our synagogues.

My grief with the Pittsburgh and Poway shootings deepened because the congregants were unarmed. If there had been armed security in place, it could have saved lives.

I’m one of the lucky few in my community who can legally carry a weapon. And shul is actually the only place where I carry it.

That said, no one but a few close friends even know I’m armed. Even my rabbi doesn’t know.

That’s because, when I broached the general subject of armed congregants with my shul, I was — no pun intended — shot down. People were afraid something could go wrong: There’s the fear of an attack, and then there’s the fear of a gun being present.

I’m leery of someone with no training or experience bringing a gun to shul. But I have plenty of training. And the more trained you are, the more you treat guns with respect. I’m not trying to be a tough guy or a cowboy.

My top priority is protecting my family plus the hundreds of congregants at my synagogue, many of whom are friends.

We’re living in a dangerous world — Jewish people can’t bury our heads in the sand. We need to be prepared, not just reactive.

I don’t want to be a Henny Penny — ‘the sky is falling!’ — and I’m generally an optimist. But my gut tells me things will get worse for the Jews. Every time there’s a terrorist attack, it encourages other nut jobs, like the Poway attacker whose role model is the New Zealand terrorist.

I want to be prepared in case anything does happen. I know every door, angle and route in my synagogue, should we need to escape. I always tell my wife and kids to sit facing the door so they can see everything going on at all times.

I pray there won’t be another Pittsburgh or Poway, but I expect there will be. It gives me comfort knowing that if something happens in my synagogue, I’m doing my part to protect my family and the congregation.

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