How freaking bizarre is this . . . remember Bishop Eddie Long, the megachurch pastor and (alleged) seducer of young men? Just this morning CNN reports
“Long was wrapped in a ‘Holocaust Torah’ and crowned a king during a recent Sunday ceremony at New Birth Missionary Church, his suburban Atlanta congregation. . . . Messer said during the ceremony that the Torah was a ‘priceless’ 312-year-old scroll that had been recovered from the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.”
I was wondering about the follow up when the Youlus story broke last year. Thank you for posting this. Most interesting.
Also, the perfect excuse to re-post a link to one of the all-time great pieces of academic tenure review-themed humor:
My favorite is the section under “Meets professional standards of conduct in research and professional activities of the discipline”:
“I find it pertinent to note that Dr. Jones has been romantically linked to countless women of questionable character, an attribute very unbecoming of a Marshall College professor. One of these women was identified as a notorious nightclub singer whose heart he attempted to extract with his hands, and whom he then tried, and failed, to lower into a lake of magma. “
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:16AM
How freaking bizarre is this . . . remember Bishop Eddie Long, the megachurch pastor and (alleged) seducer of young men? Just this morning CNN reports
“Long was wrapped in a ‘Holocaust Torah’ and crowned a king during a recent Sunday ceremony at New Birth Missionary Church, his suburban Atlanta congregation. . . . Messer said during the ceremony that the Torah was a ‘priceless’ 312-year-old scroll that had been recovered from the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.”
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:20AM
Dave: Sometimes things really go over the top.
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:22AM
I did a quick check to see if Messer happened to get his “Holocaust Torah” from our friend Rabbi Youlus, but had no luck.
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:40PM
That thought occurred to me, Dave.
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:57PM
I was wondering about the follow up when the Youlus story broke last year. Thank you for posting this. Most interesting.
Also, the perfect excuse to re-post a link to one of the all-time great pieces of academic tenure review-themed humor:
My favorite is the section under “Meets professional standards of conduct in research and professional activities of the discipline”:
“I find it pertinent to note that Dr. Jones has been romantically linked to countless women of questionable character, an attribute very unbecoming of a Marshall College professor. One of these women was identified as a notorious nightclub singer whose heart he attempted to extract with his hands, and whom he then tried, and failed, to lower into a lake of magma. “
February 3rd, 2012 at 3:58PM
Whoops, here’s the link:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/back-from-yet-another-globetrotting-adventure-indiana-jones-checks-his-mail-and-discovers-that-his-bid-for-tenure-has-been-denied