Re: Making Judaism Cool

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

  Tayere Lorele:
  Oh touche...as opposed to tuchas!
  And...why not...I'm sure she'd have something to say about it!!!
   Trrrrrudi the G

>From: Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Making Judaism Cool
>Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 15:02:55 -0400
>
>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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