QUEENS (VINnews) — Yeshiva Har Torah, an orthodox Jewish day school in Queens, posted a tweet Tuesday, poking fun at the US military’s losing track of an F-35 fighter jet.
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The amusing tweet read: “We once again remind you to label your child’s F-35 before sending it in to school.”
We once again remind you to label your child’s F-35 before sending it in to school.
— Yeshiva Har Torah (@HarTorah) September 19, 2023
The satire didn’t stop there. When another Twitter user replied: “Do you suggest iron-on labels? self stick? Laundry Marker?”, the yeshiva account responded: “Iron-on is usually a good option, but check your labels’ heat resistance before applying to an F-35’s carbon fiber/epoxy skin.”
Iron-on is usually a good option, but check your labels’ heat resistance before applying to an F-35’s carbon fiber/epoxy skin.
— Yeshiva Har Torah (@HarTorah) September 19, 2023
When a different user, unaware of the recent news story about the fighter jet, asked what was being referenced, the Har Torah account sharply replied: “You wouldn’t believe us if we told you.”
The account is known to have a sense of humor. Its bio says: “Our Head of School isn’t on Twitter. He doesn’t need to know about this.”
Although it is not clear if the twitter feed is the yeshiva’s official account or if it’s run by the administration, the school’s home page links to the account using a Twitter icon, suggesting it’s legit.
Prior to Rosh Hashana, the account posted the following two messages:
“You’re really going to make us post a picture of an apple like Every. Single. Organization. Aren’t you?
“Seriously though, what happens if a Jewish nonprofit organization does not post a picture of an apple before Rosh Hashana?”
A pomegranate is ok as a b’dieved
— בן סורר ומורה (@BenSorer) September 14, 2023
Or a “shofar, so good” pun
— Yeshiva Har Torah (@HarTorah) September 14, 2023
I don’t see why this is being featured here. Some people may consider it not in good taste. If someone was joking around, that is their issue, but it doesn’t need to be put in a spotlight, given more attention.
Publicizing this story can only make non-Jews hate us,
and accuse us of being disloyal or bad citizens.
Therefore, this entire article is Lashon HaRa.
The military losing a $100 million dollar plane is generally not funny and friends and family of military may find this offensive.
Wouldn’t want to be the guy that vetoed the $25 Apple AirTag option.
I think I would love to interact with this yeshiva they sounds like enjoyable people to be around
Lighten up folks life has enough depressing things
It shows the absolute incompetence by our beloved government and its agencies.
A member of the military almost got killed, and all they can do is joke about the loss of a $50,000,000 warplane.
Not much Hakaras HaTov to the military, or concern for a human being who is risking his life on your behalf.
I once attended a Chumash Shiur given by Rabbi Shmuel Berenbaum, and that week there had just been a parade down 5th Avenue for the Yankees who won the World Series.
This was during the war in Iraq, and the Rosh Yeshiva said, “They should be making a parade for the soldiers who are risking their lives to protect us, not for people who are good at hitting baseballs.”
If there was a person hurt, missing or killed in this incident I can understand those who feel such a joke is in bad taste. But we are talking about a plane. I don’t see anything wrong with this joke.
I’m baffled at how this is considered news, to be honest.
Insensitive, and in poor taste. This article and the post by the school shows how very insensitive and disrespectful folks truly are.
This is wrong to do in galus.
I have not read the headline, I came away with a bad taste in my mouth.
The REAL news is that it snowed at that Yeshiva in Queens in September.
This reminds me of a story I heard after the 6 Day War, about an Israeli pilot who, running short on fuel, landed on a US aircraft carrier. He said to the crew “I’m so sorry, I thought this was one of our carriers.”
Bet you apples to donuts, this bozo pilot was one of the new transgender recruits.
DemonRats, not only destroyed our country but managed to completely destroy our armed forces
Just wonder if they would find it funny if federal funding got lost to this institution