Re: Making Judaism Cool

[Trudi Goodman <goobietheg...>]

  I'd be happy to..But first I'd like to get a consensus about how the query 
should be worded.
   Let me know...
   Trudi Goodman


>From: "Marvin" <physchem (at) telocity(dot)com>
>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 15:37:15 -0400
>
>I searched for Rosanne and, much to my suprise, quickly found her personal
>home page at http://members.tripod.com/~eskrae/.  There is a link to the
>Rosanne Show if you scroll down, and a place there to send
>e-mail.  Now, who wants to be the one to ask her?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lori Cahan-Simon" <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
>To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 3:02 PM
>Subject: Re: Making Judaism Cool
>
>
> > 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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