I can think of a few examples of this, here’s one to start with…this man I knew took a crash course online and now claims he can fill in as a Rabbi when needed
Is it just me, or does this seem like a bit of a stretch?
When his son was in a hospital, he wanted to visit outside hours and just told the front desk he is clergy and they let him in
My freshman year of college, a friend of mine and I were walking through the student center and realized we weren’t hearing any sound coming from the radio station. Investigation found a record on the turntable with the needle in the circular groove at the label, and no one to be found. We deduced that the previous deejay, unable to wait any longer for his relief had just put on a record and left hoping for the best.
That night we became deejays. Later, we were given real time slots and everything.
My wife once worked with a guy who loved to eat out, particularly Chinese. He would go to a new Chinese restaurant and, after eating dinner, tell them that he was an independent reviewer and would like to give them a (pre-printed) certificate that said they were running an awesome restaurant. He used prettier words, but that’s the general idea. The people running the restaurant were usually so thrilled to have a review to frame and put up on the wall that they comped his dinner.
So, by printing up a bunch of generic reviews, he got to eat out for free a lot. Years later, you’d still be seeing these framed reviews behind the cash register all around the Bay Area.
I guess you could put the word independent in front of alot of other.things and voila there you go…independent chef, independent geriatric specialist, independent financial advisor, independent health coach etc. I think the self appointed rabbi so far beats all and is somthing that I doubt anyone ever questions his credentials, funny thing is he only morphs into rabbi when he wants some type of perks like visiting son outside hospital hours
This is genius. It works for the business, it works for the guy.
Which reminds me of the opening sequence of the movie FM… Impatient DJ puts a record on and announces, “That’s it for me, Doc Jones is up next and you’ll be hearing from him in six minutes and forty-three seconds…” and leaves. Cut to guy hearing this on his bedside clock radio; title sequence is six minutes and forty seconds of him driving like a madman, only to slide into the saddle just in time to VO the next cut.
Loved it then, love it now.
Sorry, hijack. As you were.
“Certified Guarantor.” Props to anyone who can identify the title without resorting to Google.
Oh, hey, it doesn’t Google. Good.
I think any studious Jew can call himself a rabbi. Not necessarily “get hired by some institution that needs a Rabbi” or “get ordained as a Rabbi” or “get clergy parking privileges” or “be recognized by states that care as being qualified to perform marriages” (though I seem to recall Cece saying that if people think their marriage was properly solemnized, the state isn’t going to argue with them), but claiming the title is fine.
I think I get what your saying, although I’m not sure I agree any studious Jew can call himself a Rabbi. But I get what your saying is the loose sense of the word. If I spend time reading to my kid and teach them things, I suppose in the loose sense of the word I am a teacher, …but if I ask a bookstore for a teachers discount, based on that, well…I don’t think that’s what is meant by that. In the bible it talks about how believers are ministers to each other, but thats not what a hospital means by “visiting clergy”