tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post112417553781152524..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: To Live With One's SufferingJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1124298025687887912005-08-17T20:00:00.000+03:002005-08-17T20:00:00.000+03:00just thought I would take this opportunity to say ...just thought I would take this opportunity to say your blog rocks.<BR/><BR/>-longtime lurkerJewish Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06718707667376734531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-1124271818597245532005-08-17T12:43:00.000+03:002005-08-17T12:43:00.000+03:00When viewing the religious figures that have (or w...When viewing the religious figures that have (or will have) the capabilities you describe, I'm not so sure that's it's all that simple (or even possible) to distinguish between those who have "gone native" and those who haven't. By the same token, it won't be that simple to distinguish which "elites" are impeneterable and which are not. If I sit down to learn Torah with someone, who's to say that I won't be "personally betrayed" as well? Who's to say that "Ruth Gavison" today will not become "Avirama Golan" tomorrow - or that it's not an inherent condition from the beginning?<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that while you are correct in your assessment of the overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis in terms of wanting to be Jews, they still don't know how to translate this into political leadership and thus look to the elites as "big daddy" who will always bail them out. We need to stregthen our own house and build a viable, authentic torah minority before reaching out. Otherwise, OUR chidlren will become "couch potato" zionists as well (see Yair Sheleg's recent column). While I don't necessarily agree with the religious approach of the Mercaz Harav school of though, I think their cultural approach is what's needed right now for us RZ's (and ultimately the state as a whole). <BR/>We must reject Israeli culture - even if that means letting in a little foreign culture in order to blow off steam. My children will hear as much Marilyn Manson and Puff Daddy as they like (filthy lyrics non-withstanding) just to prevent them from wanting to seek out cheap imitators such as Hadag Nachash and Aviv Geffen who will undermine their Jewishness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com