tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post7877902835869350988..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Weinstein, Mayim Bialik and the Perils of Religious InstructionThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-19915036581491630722017-11-03T16:05:33.422-04:002017-11-03T16:05:33.422-04:00Hi Joseph,
Writing briefly:
1. I think sexual abus...Hi Joseph,<br />Writing briefly:<br />1. I think sexual abuse must be discussed publicly. But I think strategies for dealing with it must be discussed in a setting where dialogue can take place. A give-and-take is necessary, precisely to enable people to express their problems with what is being said, and to enable the speaker to respond.<br />2. I don't see why one cannot present the statements of Chazal sensitively, even when the original source was not written sensitively. One must not change the message of the text (a la ziyuf hatorah), but I think this can be done, and it's what I try to do.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-46003966271929936982017-10-30T19:06:15.977-04:002017-10-30T19:06:15.977-04:00R Torczyner: First, thought-provoking post. Second...R Torczyner: First, thought-provoking post. Second, if these issues are not addressed publicly, how can they be resolved? Third, and most importantly, you write that while you do not think this is what Hazal meant, the Hazalic statements you cite can be read as blaming the victim. But how can you present such material sensitively, especially if you are one who reads Hazal as doing precisely that based on the plain meaning of the words, which, as you note, they never qualify (one major reason these Hazalic statements always made me cringe)? Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-50689074726502666782017-10-22T16:41:16.830-04:002017-10-22T16:41:16.830-04:00Are aspiring actors and actresses so clueless abou...Are aspiring actors and actresses so clueless about what awaits them in Hollywood or in the the show world in general? Do they need warning labels or something to help them access the common knowledge of many decades? This is not the best line of work for a moral person and never has been.RAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-36098297031343105812017-10-19T21:45:47.155-04:002017-10-19T21:45:47.155-04:00As I said to R' Joel - I don't think sensi...As I said to R' Joel - I don't think sensitive issues can be addressed meaningfully and productively in a public forum. These issues need back-and-forth and dialogue.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-64241941376142061982017-10-19T21:43:54.269-04:002017-10-19T21:43:54.269-04:00Which is why I suggest that public fora aren't...Which is why I suggest that public fora aren't places to address sensitive issuesThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-70770748253304921222017-10-19T11:17:09.612-04:002017-10-19T11:17:09.612-04:00When I park in a rural area with a low crime rate,...When I park in a rural area with a low crime rate, I might skip locking my car. And yet when parking in Manhattan, I double-check the door after locking to make sure.<br /><br />Did I just tell everyone who got their car stolen in Manhattan that it's their fault? Did I blame the victim? What if I add "Nothing — absolutely nothing — excuses theives for stealing cars"?<br /><br />Autonomy in dress is a cultural hot-button issue. Religion is another. So, the left was bound to hear Mayim Bialik's parallel statement as saying something she didn't intend.<br /><br />She's the victim of bias. Perhaps she shouldn't have published what she did, since the outcome could have been predicted. But to say she's at fault for saying it is also blaming the victim.<br /><br /><br />On the issue itself...<br /><br />A cause of the Holocaust was the centralization of so many Jews in a single part of the globe.<br /><br />That's true, no?<br /><br />Is it blaming the victim?<br /><br />No, because there are other causes. Some causes have moral weight, some don't. Identifying real causes does not mean one is declaring them blameworthy.<br /><br />Except in the eyes of those predisposed to see any traditional religious perspective as oppressive. The post-modernist bias: Once one trades the notion of objective truth for "his truth" and "her truth", anyone who has the gall to suggest that there might be an actual objectively more correct position is oppressive. They are imposing "their truth" on me.<br /><br />Dr Bialik didn't even say her way of doing things is objectively better. But since she advocated the traditional Jewish position, that's what they heard.<br /><br />And with those ears, they not only hear her identifying a cause, but they hear her as talking about a blameworthy cause. Even when the article outright says she isn't.<br /><br />Next on this tirade... Post-Modernism and the rise in dropout rate among college students and 20-something millennials.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-48265930661642479902017-10-19T09:29:53.358-04:002017-10-19T09:29:53.358-04:00true but istm that some issues are such that no ma...true but istm that some issues are such that no matter how carefully one phrases their words, they will be seen through a filter that allows for no deviation from the party line<br />kt<br />joel richAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com