Re: Roseanne

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

By all means let's seek out the facts, and maybe the author of the original 
article (which I'm still waiting to find time to read) should have done so 
first (though who knows if an inquiry will get a response, let alone a 
respectful/responsive/thoughtful one--let's see).  But that's why I 
qualified my comment maybe three times in three sentences.  In any case, I 
don't know that it's just a matter of "prejudices"--rather, one's 
impression--mine, anyway--of her (professional, anyway) demeanor--whether in 
re the Star Spangled Banner or otherwise.  Again, I'm entirely open to more 
knowledge about this and my mind *isn't* closed--but I don't think a 
much-qualified presumption here is so out of place.

--rlc



>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

> >>>...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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