tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post3788169973265825010..comments2023-11-03T01:13:22.719-07:00Comments on The Rabbi Is IN with Rabbi Rami: Great JewsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-60646162828171816662012-01-19T19:57:06.512-08:002012-01-19T19:57:06.512-08:00I wrote a bit about this in my book Cutting Throug...I wrote a bit about this in my book Cutting Through the Mountain, because all of The Jewish activists in it were greatly aculturatedManohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506899902475428331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-67985045668063340192012-01-07T07:46:47.379-08:002012-01-07T07:46:47.379-08:00Wow! You should create this Yeshiva. I would come!...Wow! You should create this Yeshiva. I would come!!Red Tulipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546144713477594777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-28347609248427332792012-01-07T07:46:41.383-08:002012-01-07T07:46:41.383-08:00Wow! You should create this Yeshiva. I would come!...Wow! You should create this Yeshiva. I would come!!Red Tulipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546144713477594777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-68029824415914658742012-01-06T15:40:33.417-08:002012-01-06T15:40:33.417-08:00This could very well be one of the best blog posts...This could very well be one of the best blog posts you've ever written.<br /><br />Re [i]"Rabbi Wolpe notes that the kind of mind rabbinic Judaism requires—a mind devoted to critical thinking, reason, analysis, argument, and doubt; a mind at home with paradox and aflame with possibility and imagination—explains why so many non-observant Jews rise to the top of their respective fields: they still have that kind of mind."[/i]<br /><br />You (or you and Rabbi Wolpe between you) have done a wonderful job of verbalizing exactly what it is about being Jewish that is most valuable and irreplaceable. But that unique quality of mind is in danger of being lost forever if the Jews were to assimilate completely. And that would be a great tragedy, both for us and for the world.<br /><br />The big question is, what to do about it? Your post is somewhat synchronistic because I've been struggling with this same question for weeks, although I couldn't have verbalized it half as well. I really like your idea of a postmodern yeshiva, which of necessity would include traditionally secular subjects along with religious ones. That's only a starting point, of course. But half the battle towards solving any problem is correctly identifying it, and I think you've done that.<br /><br />--LindaRakshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11280365011937595321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18968172.post-58540024943526478652012-01-06T09:22:16.383-08:002012-01-06T09:22:16.383-08:00Shalom Rav,
Actually, the question, "what ma...Shalom Rav,<br /><br />Actually, the question, "what makes a Jew" precedes the one you posed, "what makes a great Jew?"<br /><br />What makes a Jew beyond an accident of birth, anti anti Semitism, and being politically liberal?<br /><br />Glad to see you reference Rabbi David Wolpe. I've always<br />liked his writing and the thinking behind it.<br /><br />Biv'racha,<br />Jordaneashtovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15270513385083767093noreply@blogger.com