Comments for David A.M. Wilensky http://www.davidamwilensky.com Or the website thereof, anyway. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Two posts for the Forward: ‘Whither Occupy Judaism’ and my first crack at food writing by Xanax http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/08/two-posts-for-the-forward-whither-occupy-judaism-and-my-first-crack-at-food-writing/#comment-10069 Xanax Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:16:12 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2118#comment-10069 When some one searches for his required thing, thus he/she desires to be available that in detail, thus that thing is maintained over here. When some one searches for his required thing, thus he/she
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]]> Comment on What the Orthodox think about us… and what we think about them by Jeff http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/09/what-the-orthodox-think-about-us-and-what-we-think-about-them/#comment-6472 Jeff Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:45:15 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2142#comment-6472 What's going on at YCT? What’s going on at YCT?

]]> Comment on What the Orthodox think about us… and what we think about them by Yonatan http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/09/what-the-orthodox-think-about-us-and-what-we-think-about-them/#comment-6153 Yonatan Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:15:28 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2142#comment-6153 Alter, While I do not drive on Shabbat or Yom Tov, I am 100% certain that there is no text in Torah explicitly forbidding this action, as the Torah never mentions the automobile, let alone what one may or may not do with it.  It may be considered forbidden d'oraita as a form of kindling fire, or because it is functionally the same as riding an animal, but that was an interpretation that could only be made after the thing was actually invented. I read David's post as underscoring the yawning gap in understanding among Jews of different persuasions, the same one that apparently requires you to testify about Reform Jews wearing leather shoes on Yom Kippur as if you have returned from a foreign country none of the rest of us have visited.  Perhaps he and Simi are breaking rare new ground by actually discussing this instead of engaging in further stereotyping.  Reminds me of a discussion I had in a guard booth in the shtachim many years ago, explaining the essential idea of the Masorti movement to an Orthodox (specificaly used the English and not the Hebrew "dati", since I would also call myself, a believing and practicing Masorti Jew, "dati") man from the settlement.  He was fascinated, actually speaking to someone who lived that way instead of the straw man that was being vilified in the billboards and pamphlets. The gap gets bigger as we move out of the Jewish world.  I had a brief talk with the president of my (Conservative) shul this morning about a tour she gave to a group from a local Catholic university.  Apparently several of the students could not fathom the idea that Jesus did not celebrate Christmas, and neither did we (though I am fairly certain that Jesus, Mary and Joseph did, in fact, celebrate with cupcakes and presents every December 25th - who ever heard of Jewish parents not celebrating their son's birthday?).  Several did not understand the role of a rabbi, or how we achieved "salvation."  And I would venture that plenty of Jews, while knowing that we don't observe Christmas and Easter, don't understand what it is that we are so assiduously not observing. In the words of Pirkei Avot: "V'eizehu chacham? HaLomed mi kol Adam."  "Who is wise?  One who learns from every human being." Alter,
While I do not drive on Shabbat or Yom Tov, I am 100% certain that there is no text in Torah explicitly forbidding this action, as the Torah never mentions the automobile, let alone what one may or may not do with it.  It may be considered forbidden d’oraita as a form of kindling fire, or because it is functionally the same as riding an animal, but that was an interpretation that could only be made after the thing was actually invented.
I read David’s post as underscoring the yawning gap in understanding among Jews of different persuasions, the same one that apparently requires you to testify about Reform Jews wearing leather shoes on Yom Kippur as if you have returned from a foreign country none of the rest of us have visited.  Perhaps he and Simi are breaking rare new ground by actually discussing this instead of engaging in further stereotyping.  Reminds me of a discussion I had in a guard booth in the shtachim many years ago, explaining the essential idea of the Masorti movement to an Orthodox (specificaly used the English and not the Hebrew “dati”, since I would also call myself, a believing and practicing Masorti Jew, “dati”) man from the settlement.  He was fascinated, actually speaking to someone who lived that way instead of the straw man that was being vilified in the billboards and pamphlets.
The gap gets bigger as we move out of the Jewish world.  I had a brief talk with the president of my (Conservative) shul this morning about a tour she gave to a group from a local Catholic university.  Apparently several of the students could not fathom the idea that Jesus did not celebrate Christmas, and neither did we (though I am fairly certain that Jesus, Mary and Joseph did, in fact, celebrate with cupcakes and presents every December 25th – who ever heard of Jewish parents not celebrating their son’s birthday?).  Several did not understand the role of a rabbi, or how we achieved “salvation.”  And I would venture that plenty of Jews, while knowing that we don’t observe Christmas and Easter, don’t understand what it is that we are so assiduously not observing.
In the words of Pirkei Avot: “V’eizehu chacham? HaLomed mi kol Adam.”  “Who is wise?  One who learns from every human being.”

]]> Comment on Life updates: wardrobe changes, behind the scenes at The Forward, etc. by Raffi Darrow http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/07/life-updates-wardrobe-changes-behind-the-scenes-at-the-forward-etc/#comment-6076 Raffi Darrow Wed, 03 Oct 2012 23:44:47 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2095#comment-6076 Maybe you'd enjoy the kipah more if a friend crocheted a custom one for you.  If you lost a bunch of weight without meaning to, you should probably have a physical at the doctor's office. Bullet points in web allow the reader to easily skim. Oh well ;) Maybe you’d enjoy the kipah more if a friend crocheted a custom one for you. 
If you lost a bunch of weight without meaning to, you should probably have a physical at the doctor’s office.
Bullet points in web allow the reader to easily skim. Oh well ;)

]]> Comment on What the Orthodox think about us… and what we think about them by Alter http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/09/what-the-orthodox-think-about-us-and-what-we-think-about-them/#comment-6073 Alter Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:03:14 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2142#comment-6073 Most reform Jews have not heard of Shavuot. Most drive to the temple on Yom Kippur (despite the Torah's explicit forbidding of that.) They just don't consider the 5 books of Moses to be the word of God, or something that Jews are Divinely bound to keep. How on earth should Simi know that Reform Jews fast on Yom Kippur? After all - they don't keep Shabbat, most don't refrain from driving, or wearing leather shoes (I have seen this myself.) or other traditional behaviors. In fact, one who does not know the reform community intimately, but only historically, and through their reform acquaintances would wisely assume that if you mention any bit of Traditional ritual still preformed by the orthodox - that the odds are that todays reform Jew does not keep that. Wouldnt that be the most intelligent assumption? It is only when this is presented as "and thus I am a better human being than you" that this can be taken as offensive. Heres an example of something that one person might say about another group of Jews that could really be offensive "“I am almost always impressed by the trends of thought in Judaism. The only exceptions are anytime I encounter information about the Orthodox.”" Or another thing offensive just like that would be a blog post dedicated to showing another person, clearly not a malicious one at that, to be a backwards closed minded ignoramus, just because she is orthodox - despite her education and cultural acumen. Most reform Jews have not heard of Shavuot. Most drive to the temple on Yom Kippur (despite the Torah’s explicit forbidding of that.) They just don’t consider the 5 books of Moses to be the word of God, or something that Jews are Divinely bound to keep. How on earth should Simi know that Reform Jews fast on Yom Kippur? After all – they don’t keep Shabbat, most don’t refrain from driving, or wearing leather shoes (I have seen this myself.) or other traditional behaviors. In fact, one who does not know the reform community intimately, but only historically, and through their reform acquaintances would wisely assume that if you mention any bit of Traditional ritual still preformed by the orthodox – that the odds are that todays reform Jew does not keep that. Wouldnt that be the most intelligent assumption? It is only when this is presented as “and thus I am a better human being than you” that this can be taken as offensive. Heres an example of something that one person might say about another group of Jews that could really be offensive ““I am almost always impressed by the trends of thought in Judaism. The only exceptions are anytime I encounter information about the Orthodox.”” Or another thing offensive just like that would be a blog post dedicated to showing another person, clearly not a malicious one at that, to be a backwards closed minded ignoramus, just because she is orthodox – despite her education and cultural acumen.

]]> Comment on What the Orthodox think about us… and what we think about them by David A.M. Wilensky http://www.davidamwilensky.com/2012/09/what-the-orthodox-think-about-us-and-what-we-think-about-them/#comment-6013 David A.M. Wilensky Sat, 29 Sep 2012 14:25:44 +0000 http://www.davidamwilensky.com/?p=2142#comment-6013 <p>I agree with you about fault -- up to a point. There's also an element of chauvinism and willful ignorance on the part of both sides.</p> I agree with you about fault — up to a point. There’s also an element of chauvinism and willful ignorance on the part of both sides.

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