Re: Making Judaism Cool

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

I think Trudele is the perfect person to do it.  Who knows, Gitele, maybe you'll
be invited on her show.  (Does she still have a show?)  But let's all contribute
to a well-worded, attention-getting, non-insulting message so it can say what
all of our inquiring minds want to know.

Lorele


Trudi Goodman wrote:

>   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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