Re: Augsburg commentary

[pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Alex:
What have these details of loshen harah got to do with democracy? Especially 
during the Days of Awe.
Judy




Quoting Alex Jacobowitz <alexbjacobowitz (at) yahoo(dot)com>:

> B"H Bamberg
> 
> --- Judith Pinnolis <pinnolis (at) brandeis(dot)edu> wrote:
> and I´m glad she did.
>  
> > Alex wrote: 
> > > > TO BE CONTINUED
> > 
> > Well, I really wish you wouldn't. Genug.
> 
> Isn´t democracy great, everyone? Feel free to delete
> whatever you choose, unread. This story is my life
> currently, and I´ve already published the
> first volume of my memoirs in German. This
> story, as disagreeable as it undoubtedly is,
> is true. Shall we then suppress truth while
> it´s uncomfortable? Does anyone here really expect
> that? Should "A Bintele Brief" be suppressed?
> 
> Schweig = toyt - that´s an expression I
> heard somewhere recently. Do you know it?
> People are people, and will not be suppressed.
> Neither Jews nor Palestinians nor women
> nor you. Your objection has been noted.
> 
> Music and words and ideas are what this list
> is about, from what I can tell. My current
> participation as Cantor in this synagogue
> is a direct result of a feud between competing
> factions. I´m trying to stay out of the feud,
> and trying to bring the community together,
> through a combination of music and prayer.
> I am neither the cause of this conflict,
> nor its solution.
> 
> And this "geschichte" is relevant for at least some
> members of the list. The process by which
> one becomes a chazan almost overnight should interest
> many, if not all. I didn´t seek this position,
> you know.
> 
> Isn´t democracy great?
> 
> Shalom, and have an easy fast. Really.
> 
> Alex
> > Judy
>  
> 
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