Re: Making Judaism Cool

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

*Nothing* at all to do with her being a woman--a bizarre inference?  
Everything to do w/ what I presume is her lack of appropriately deep layers 
of knowledge (for the gaining of which some Jewish education as a child or 
teenager would presumably *not* suffice).

I *might* be wrong about that--but it's not likely.

--Robert Cohen


>Nu?
>Why not?  Maybe she has the yeshiva education to do so? ... Is the problem 
>because she's a woman or what?
>One of the best Kabbalic scholars I ever met was a woman...and a 
>Lubavicher.
>  If they didn't have a problem with that why should you.

[--Trudi]


>>From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>



>>I'll sidestep the Judaism being cool debate until I've considered and
>>reflected more on the phenomenon (if then), but as a far as Roseanne, the
>>issue is not whether she cares about being Jewish, contributes to Jewish
>>causes (I'm delighted if she does), or, for that matter, wants to study
>>Judaism--though Kabbalah would usually be considered an inappropriate 
>>place
>>to begin.  The issue is whether she should be *teaching* (which is, I
>>assume, what is meant by "leading") Kabbalah studies (which, at least on
>>its
>>face, sounds absurd).  The answer is almost certainly No.
>>
>>--Robert Cohen

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