Re: Making Judaism Cool

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

The only problem with that statement is that it =does= require you
to presume. Not that I'm entirely against presumption, but when it 
leads to dismissal, surely facts are in order? Most important, 
surely there is something to discuss here other than one's unsupported 
prejudices regarding whether or not Roseanne has qualifications to 
teach kabbalah -- perhaps the author's words? (But, maybe you're right.
The author of the article, too, seems to presume that coupling Roseanne
with the idea of kaballah study is sufficiently ludicrous as to be
worthy of a smirk, rather than checking the facts.)

ari

At 09:52 AM 6/22/00 -0700, you wrote:
>*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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