tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post7506669421742308352..comments2023-10-29T11:50:25.742+02:00Comments on My Obiter Dicta: Burka's LawJeffrey R. Woolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11315625918870195028noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-21293431272408807912008-04-02T22:06:00.000+03:002008-04-02T22:06:00.000+03:00I posted about this strange phenomenon January 200...I posted about this strange phenomenon January 2008: http://lady-light.blogspot.com/2008/01/hijab-for-jewish-women.html<BR/>I had not heard until today (been out of blogging mode, due to Israel trip & Pesach cleaning)that the 'leader' had been arrested. We Jews have a problem with a <I>chumrahs-of-the-week</I> mentality, and I believe that attitude is causing many of these problems. We are losing the 'forest' for the 'trees,' and creating 'trees' that aren't really there at all.<BR/>p.s., I would be honored if you would blogroll me (and of course, vice versa). Please email me & let me know, thanks.Lady-Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992305067771885711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-9590961470276506982008-04-01T12:58:00.000+03:002008-04-01T12:58:00.000+03:00There's very little difference between this case a...There's very little difference between this case and Marc Gafni. In a way they were both out to undermine rabbinical authority and were both femenists of sorts.<BR/><BR/>I don't buy into your arguments - one could just as easily suggest that those who would undermine rabbinical authority and hundreds of years of tradition and legal rulings will inevitably attract the crazies.....and sickos. Another reason to stay away from orgs such as Kolech......Ben Bayithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540723595738423002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-25084405860338518392008-04-01T04:58:00.000+03:002008-04-01T04:58:00.000+03:00herschel schachter said publicly that bts and ffbs...herschel schachter said publicly that bts and ffbs should not marry.<BR/>and it happens to make sense. i would not sacrifice a marriage on the altar of equality.<BR/>bts just have a different approach to frumkeit and the world. i could even see why a bt would prefer a bt to an ffb.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-70089450474292608992008-03-31T18:18:00.000+03:002008-03-31T18:18:00.000+03:00On the lighter side of this horrific story, see th...On the lighter side of this horrific story, see the video entitled Burka Babes made in honor of Purim BEFORE this story became known.<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhob7kZcjYkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-35384289126201220642008-03-30T12:06:00.000+03:002008-03-30T12:06:00.000+03:00Good post. Sort of like treating the symptoms but...Good post. Sort of like treating the symptoms but ignoring the underlying ailment...I believe you are saying we need to look at the underlying ailment.Leorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12303493764579879710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-83708914971304556482008-03-30T08:59:00.000+03:002008-03-30T08:59:00.000+03:00"Now, in light of the total break down of morality..."Now, in light of the total break down of morality (sexual and otherwise) in Western Society, I understand why there is great concern for modesty as a means of saving the family as an institution and protecting our children from a myriad of מרעין בישין."<BR/><BR/>I believe that this attitude of "the total breakdown of morality" itself leads to the extreme attitude displayed by the chareidim. Then the syagim themselves cannot be breached, so more safeguards are enacted and legislated. this leads to an unending cycle of villfication of society, and more extreme safeguards, and safeguards for the safeguards. <BR/><BR/>I do not believe that the general society is as morally corrupt as is portrayed. It is a dangerous attitude for us to have, as is portrayed by the frumka phenomenon.<BR/><BR/>It is time for all to realize that a woman showing her knees or elbows or hair, (or even her shoulders) or wearing pants is not going to lead to the total breakdown of morality in society.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-26769495859017832102008-03-28T19:13:00.000+03:002008-03-28T19:13:00.000+03:00The solution to every social woe (Drugs, promiscui...The solution to every social woe (Drugs, promiscuity, Gossip, Theft, and Talking in Shul) is always (as one therapist noted): 'Throw another smatte on the women.'<BR/>===========================<BR/>I get the impression it's more - separate the men from the women.<BR/><BR/>KT<BR/>Joel RichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8030144.post-66170013993474848912008-03-28T18:24:00.000+03:002008-03-28T18:24:00.000+03:00Great post. I will be coming back to read more in...Great post. I will be coming back to read more in the future. Thanks for the link.frumhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02735783157413222489noreply@blogger.com