Re: Making Judaism Cool

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Nu, does anyone have Roseanne's email address so we could ask her?

Ari Davidow wrote:

> 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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