Beth Elisheva Synagogue in Thailand is the only place listed as a synagogue. The rest are Chabad, and the question is why not convert them to synagogues? 

3 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

It is a big problem there also.

 

 

 

Why not just start a website to collect and present all the anti-Israeli stuff that magically gets served to you?

I watched this. The narrator was kind of goofy. Not about a nationality but is about a nationality. Not about a religion yet mouthing ignorant Jew hating tropes.

Obviously there is no excuse for the bad behavior shown.

But there is also no excuse for people posting stuff like Hitler was right, as in the comments.

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Talks centred on the issue of six Chabad centres in Thailand, located in Pai (Mae Hong Son), Koh Samui and Koh Phangan (Surat Thani) and Kathu and Chalong (Phuket), which have been denying entry to Thai authorities.

 

So it was true!

 

Impressed the authorities are on it now. It's something.

33 minutes ago, Purdey said:

Beth Elisheva Synagogue in Thailand is the only place listed as a synagogue. The rest are Chabad, and the question is why not convert them to synagogues? 

Nope. Not the only one.

Chabad is Chabad. They act as Jewish community centers, not formal temples. Who exactly are you to suggest what Chabad should do? Talk about arrogance. 

I'm not a fan of Chabad but it wouldn't occur to me to tell them how to organize their affairs.

9 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

So it was true!

 

Impressed the authorities are on it now. It's something.

I'm not surprised that it would be true and of course that is unacceptable. They're not embassies.

On the other hand it's obvious that Chabad does and needs to have very tight security as to who enters to prevent terrorism.

Without knowing the details, how would they know if a terrorist wasn't faking being a Thai official? That problem is getting sorted out and that's a good thing. 

I remember years ago researching the Jewish community in Medellin and was both saddened and not surprised to learn that there was a quite an involved screening process to be invited even to just visit their synagogue. I think they even were trying to keep the location discrete, like a gay bar in Tehran.  The reason -- to prevent terrorism.

This is an issue all over the world in Jewish spaces.

14 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

which have been denying entry to Thai authorities. The centres are known for maintaining strict security protocols, with private guards preventing access by outsiders, including local law enforcement.

How is that legal? wtf is going on in there

If the police simply walk around areas like Pai they can simply see the astonishing levels of Isrealis working, running businesses which are clearly illegal. 

 

How on earth can they not see it ? Unless they don't venture into these regions. 

9 hours ago, DonniePeverley said:

If the police simply walk around areas like Pai they can simply see the astonishing levels of Isrealis working, running businesses which are clearly illegal. 

 

How on earth can they not see it ? Unless they don't venture into these regions. 

Anutin did go there.

 

But his cunning reconaissance mission led him to conclude "no action required". And yet now the government is meeting Chabd house officials. How does this even make sense? As minister of the interior Anutin said "Oh no issue here, no action required" and now there's a need for a high level team to inspect all Chabad Houses?

 

 

21 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Nope. Not the only one.

Chabad is Chabad. They act as Jewish community centers, not formal temples. Who exactly are you to suggest what Chabad should do? Talk about arrogance. 

I'm not a fan of Chabad but it wouldn't occur to me to tell them how to organize their affairs.

I think you have misunderstood. I can only find one official synagogue listed for Thailand was wondering why they don't convert Chabad to synagogues. I was not saying they should. How do you learn stuff without asking questions?

if you don't pay any attention, Hebrew alphabet can be easily mistaken for official Thai writing on government buildings. 

On 10/28/2025 at 2:18 AM, unblocktheplanet said:

Okay, Chabad. A Jewish friend took me to a Chabad synagogue one new year. There were two gates and two guards at each, dressed in camouflage and mercenary attire and carrying automatic weapons. Sorry, folks, but that's just not normal. Do they have legal permission to do this?

 

Which country was this and in what year?  I have never heard of Chabad security armed with automatic weapons.  After the terror attack on the Chabad House in Mumbai, India, in 2008 which killed six people  (the rabbi, his wife and four guests) and the kidnapping and murder of a Chabad rabbi in Dubai in 2024, all Chabad Houses have paid more attention to security.  In addition to the deadly atacks, there have been numerous lesse incidents involving assaults on Jews or vandalism against buildings.

 

After Dubai murder, Chabad balances open door policy with security concerns

More than 15 years after a terror attack on a Mumbai Chabad house led Chabad institutions around the world to tighten their security, the recent murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan in Dubai has Chabad emissaries on high alert

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/bjozflwnjl

 

Jewish man stabbed by attacker shouting ‘Free Palestine’ and antisemitic slurs in NYC

An antisemitic thug allegedly yelled “Free Palestine” and stabbed a Jewish man in a hateful attack near the Chabad Headquarters in Crown Heights on Saturday morning, according to eyewitnesses. 

https://nypost.com/2024/08/11/us-news/jewish-man-stabbed-by-attacker-shouting-free-palestine-report/

 

Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan, 28, Murdered by Terrorists in the UAE

https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/6676031/jewish/Chabad-Rabbi-Zvi-Kogan-28-Murdered-by-Terrorists-in-the-UAE.htm

 

This is sad, very sad. as Chabad Houses do no harm to anyone.  

On 10/28/2025 at 11:13 AM, ChaiyaTH said:

Your behavior is a mirror of what everyone hates. You prove the point each time just by showing up in this forum with your meaningless and unwanted + disliked replies. Perhaps learn to read the room for a start.

I believe he is Israeli.

On 10/28/2025 at 5:13 PM, Jingthing said:

I'm not surprised that it would be true and of course that is unacceptable. They're not embassies.

On the other hand it's obvious that Chabad does and needs to have very tight security as to who enters to prevent terrorism.

Without knowing the details, how would they know if a terrorist wasn't faking being a Thai official? That problem is getting sorted out and that's a good thing. 

I remember years ago researching the Jewish community in Medellin and was both saddened and not surprised to learn that there was a quite an involved screening process to be invited even to just visit their synagogue. I think they even were trying to keep the location discrete, like a gay bar in Tehran.  The reason -- to prevent terrorism.

This is an issue all over the world in Jewish spaces.

 

On 10/28/2025 at 5:09 PM, Jingthing said:

Nope. Not the only one.

Chabad is Chabad. They act as Jewish community centers, not formal temples. Who exactly are you to suggest what Chabad should do? Talk about arrogance. 

I'm not a fan of Chabad but it wouldn't occur to me to tell them how to organize their affairs.

Who funds these Jewry community centers?
 

On 10/28/2025 at 12:14 PM, bannork said:

Easy solution. Every Israeli has to deposit 20,000 baht for the rebuilding of Gaza with the Thai government. 

Any misbehaviour, and the government seize the lot, plus deportation.

For good behaviour, half is returned on departure.

I think better is to check if they’ve served in the IDF. If they have, just give them short visas. One problem I hear Thais mention is that they rarely tip, order one drink between two and it he acts of stinginess.

5 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

Which country was this and in what year?  I have never heard of Chabad security armed with automatic weapons. 

Bangkok, 2018

21 minutes ago, JimCM said:

I think better is to check if they’ve served in the IDF. If they have, just give them short visas. One problem I hear Thais mention is that they rarely tip, order one drink between two and it he acts of stinginess.

TBH, almost all Thais, sorry, Chinese-Thais, rarely tip. Consider all those delivery drivers. In North America, if you ordered a pizza, you'd tip $20. They've all served in the IDF!

15 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Bangkok, 2018

Heightened security after the 2012 bomb plot by Iranians on Israeli diplomats. Israel had killed Iranian nuclear scientists, despite having their own nuclear weapons. 

Off topic post about Gaza removed. 

13 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

TBH, almost all Thais, sorry, Chinese-Thais, rarely tip. Consider all those delivery drivers. In North America, if you ordered a pizza, you'd tip $20. They've all served in the IDF!

Not in my experience. Yes, Chinese are economic to put it politely.

 

2 hours ago, JimCM said:

 

Who funds these Jewry community centers?
 

 

Chabad Houses are non-profit religious charities funded through donations.  Funding is decentralized, meaning each Chabad unit is responsible for funding its own operations through the local community.   Donations are not sent back to international headquarters in NYC, nor does headquarters fund Chad Houses except in very rare circumstances.

 

On 10/28/2025 at 5:31 AM, Purdey said:

Beth Elisheva Synagogue in Thailand is the only place listed as a synagogue. The rest are Chabad, and the question is why not convert them to synagogues? 

 

Chabad Houses are intended as Jewish community centers, not synagogues.  The community center format allows for a more extensive range of operations and services for Jewish travelers..

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Chabad Houses are intended as Jewish community centers, not synagogues.  The community center format allows for a more extensive range of operations and services for Jewish travelers..

But offer synagogue services, like circumcision, prayer services etc.

2 hours ago, JimCM said:

But offer synagogue services, like circumcision, prayer services etc.

 

Prayer services, definitely, but circumcision would depend on the availability of a mohel (man)  or mohelet  (woman) with the appropriate medical and religious training to perform the ritual.  Today most mohelim are rabbis with medical training or Jewish medical doctors with religious training.

Everbody hates us. Why?

 

We are the ones chosen by God.

 

Didn't you know?  we are also the alltime "World's Biggest Victims". Poor me.

 

We do whatever the <deleted> we want to - because we are so special... and so hard done by. So anything we do is ok.

 

You know very well that our country is sactified by God and hence your lowly "national soveriegnty" means nothing to us. How could it?

 

I can't figure it out.... why TF does everbody hate us?

19 minutes ago, NoMoonLogistics said:

Everbody hates us. Why?

 

We are the ones chosen by God.

 

Didn't you know?  we are also the alltime "World's Biggest Victims". Poor me.

 

We do whatever the <deleted> we want to - because we are so special... and so hard done by. So anything we do is ok.

 

You know very well that our country is sactified by God and hence your lowly "national soveriegnty" means nothing to us. How could it?

 

I can't figure it out.... why TF does everbody hate us?

 

Who is this "God" fellow?

 

Without any physical proof, it is just another story, for the uneducated among us. 

19 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

Prayer services, definitely, but circumcision would depend on the availability of a mohel (man)  or mohelet  (woman) with the appropriate medical and religious training to perform the ritual.  Today most mohelim are rabbis with medical training or Jewish medical doctors with religious training.

Barbaric practice, completely unnecessary. Do we  know anything about babies' trauma from having your d*ck chopped off? Equivalent to female genital mutilation. And what does Abe have to do with this anyway? Is it done so Jews can recognize fellow believers in the shower? And then of course similar Abrahamites, the Muslims adopted the practice making the shower song unreliable.

On 10/30/2025 at 12:24 PM, JimCM said:

I think better is to check if they’ve served in the IDF. If they have, just give them short visas. One problem I hear Thais mention is that they rarely tip, order one drink between two and it he acts of stinginess.

 

   I cannot believe that .

Tipping isn't the done thing in Thailand .

Its not normal or expected to be tipped in Thailand .

That  USA practice .

Anyway , the Israelis in your story must be the generous ones   , as the stingy ones have one drink between the four of them .

   The one drink between the two of them are the generous ones 😉

On 10/30/2025 at 2:42 PM, Evil Penevil said:

 

Chabad Houses are non-profit religious charities funded through donations.  Funding is decentralized, meaning each Chabad unit is responsible for funding its own operations through the local community.   Donations are not sent back to international headquarters in NYC, nor does headquarters fund Chad Houses except in very rare circumstances.

 

 

Chabad Houses are intended as Jewish community centers, not synagogues.  The community center format allows for a more extensive range of operations and services for Jewish travelers..

I think truly religious Israelis should stay home and pray. Otherwise they make life harder for the secular Israeli travellers. 

3 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Barbaric practice, completely unnecessary. Do we  know anything about babies' trauma from having your d*ck chopped off? Equivalent to female genital mutilation. And what does Abe have to do with this anyway? Is it done so Jews can recognize fellow believers in the shower? And then of course similar Abrahamites, the Muslims adopted the practice making the shower song unreliable.

No. Not equivalent to female.

This isn't a place for a tired circumcision debate. Also, it's not only done for religious reasons. 

On 10/30/2025 at 12:24 PM, JimCM said:

I think better is to check if they’ve served in the IDF. If they have, just give them short visas. One problem I hear Thais mention is that they rarely tip, order one drink between two and it he acts of stinginess.

Maybe those who have been active in the IDF in the last two years should be denied a visa.

On 10/28/2025 at 12:14 AM, JoePai said:

Yes good idea  

Do we add  Churches to that list too?

Can we remove the  western  meeting  centers such as Lions, VFW, Legion and Friendship Circles too?

I would prefer that the western owned beer bar brothels were closed immediately and that all westerners found in them immediately deported.