tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post3430511821334366167..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Rav’s Vision: The Lonely Man of Faith, a DocumentaryChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-63770751413367741242010-10-15T13:59:12.160-04:002010-10-15T13:59:12.160-04:00professional answer to this insurance question: Do...professional answer to this insurance question: Do all states require car insurance? http://insuranceinstates.com/alabama/Birmingham/Isbell%20Insurance%20Services/35222/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-32311679713760639852010-10-01T09:29:30.046-04:002010-10-01T09:29:30.046-04:00http://restaurants-us.com/ca/San%20Jose/Prima%20Ta...http://restaurants-us.com/ca/San%20Jose/Prima%20Taste%20Inc/95131/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-37417409290221370772007-02-19T08:05:00.000-05:002007-02-19T08:05:00.000-05:00Anonymous, you might want to rethink your assessm...Anonymous, you might want to rethink your assessment of Belle. Modest and reserved don't <I>exactly</I> describe the girl who rode off on Phillipe to rescue her father, offered herself in his place, defied a Beast, defended her father, braved Gaston's wrath, and saved the Beast's life. Not quite the correct choice of expression. In fact, not quite the words one would use to describe me either.<BR/><BR/><I>But</I> if you're looking for modest and reserved...I have a whole lot of candidates for you. They attended Templars alongside me. They'd be more than happy to act meek and docile and tractable. <BR/><BR/><I>Or</I> you might recall that Beauty and the Beast have more than one type of relationship. Like in <I>King Kong</I>, that Arabian proverb that states, "And lo, the beast looked upon the face of beauty, and beauty stayed his hand. And from that day forward, he was as one dead." Or the ending, "It wasn't the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast." Perhaps you ought to be wary of me. Never know how you would react to the supposed stimulus, do you?Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-57080805002086123782007-02-18T01:12:00.000-05:002007-02-18T01:12:00.000-05:00Chana, a beautiful girl like you should be modest ...Chana, a beautiful girl like you should be modest and reserved while an ugly beast like me should be your marriage partner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-60328906487944910362007-02-18T01:10:00.000-05:002007-02-18T01:10:00.000-05:00Chana, will you marry me?Chana, will you marry me?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-83231755758441594292007-02-05T08:04:00.000-05:002007-02-05T08:04:00.000-05:00Lab Rab,
Far be it from me to impose my own ideas...Lab Rab,<br /><br />Far be it from me to impose my own ideas onto the Rav. Everything I wrote comes from a source.<br /><br />On the Rav's faith in the American Jew: "However, by exposing the American Jew to Torah Judaism you will touch his heart. Once he is sensitized, the American Jew is brave enough to respond to the moral challenge. The American Jew has heroic attributes and is much more courageous than the Lithuanian or Polish Jews were. The American Jew will have the courage to seek the proper alternative once he understands the demands of Torah and mitzvot[...]" (Volume 2, Rakeffet-Rothkoff, 18)<br /><br />"At that time in the 1940s, I thought that the American Jew had forgotten the concept of amkha-Yisrael. Now I am encouraged, and I am beginning to believe that a metamorphosis has taken place in the American Jewish community. There is pride and courage today. Particularly, there is the clear awasreness that we belong to a great and eternal people, and that our destiny and commitment are one. This is amkha Yisrael." (Rakeffet-Rothkoff, volume 2, 102)<br /><br />Certainly the Rav lambastes or criticizes American Jewry. Absolutely he does. But he concludes with hope, optimism and with his belief in our potential to grow, and when he criticizes, he does it because he believes we <i>can</i> grow. <br /><br />On the Rav being human and relating well to people: First, these are two separate things. So I will address them in two parts. The Rav was absolutely human. Could someone so far removed from humanity because of his character and intellect have written, "Let me give you a personal example. I am not bragging about myself, but I cannot draw on the experience of someone else. I have to draw on my own experience. I was very envious as a child, very envious. I was envious of my friends, because I was not a bright child. It is true. Some called me stupid. This impression was created because I was intellectually honest. I would declare that I did not understand a topic when I did not truly understand it?" (Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Volume 2, 192)<br /><br />Or, "During the more than eighteen hundred years of exile, the Jews lived in poverty and deprivation. I still remember my own life as a young boy. My father was a rabbi, a prominent rabbi. He used to get eighteen rubles a week. They never paid him; they were supposed to pay him. I Remember that I walked around in torn pants. My classmates at heder ridiculed me. Boys are very cruel. Children in general can be very cruel. It appeared funny to them that the rabbi's son should walk around in torn pants" (Volume 1, 262)<br /><br />The very depth of feeling expressed by the Rav in his passionate writing describes his humanity. He was human, he felt human pains. He understood ridicule and hurt, anger and envy. He was a child when he was a child, not some other being. <br /><br />About the Rav relating well to people: There is more leeway here. But the panel made it very clear that his personality was very warm, very caring, and the interest he took in his students very sincere. These do not seem the hallmarks of a man who could not relate to others because of his intellect.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-87195337163513146122007-02-05T04:35:00.000-05:002007-02-05T04:35:00.000-05:00A beautiful review; makes me almost regret missing...A beautiful review; makes me almost regret missing it. <br /><br />On the Rav being lonely: See also Rabbi Lamm's eulogy (Tradition 1994) whose main theme is this. I found it compelling when I first read it. <br /><br />On the Rav's faith in the American Jew: There is an essay in which he describes a visit to R. Hayyim Heller on the UWS (perhaps it is the hesped for Heller but I think it was something else in which he presents a less than rosy outlook on that community's Judaism. <br /><br />On the Rav being human and relating well to people: I would trust the testimony of those whose were closest to him. That said, one need not be a giant in chessed on the level of R. Shlomo Zalman Auerbach to be a supreme human being.Lab Rabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16548235776787443321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-6960369567328540712007-02-05T03:19:00.000-05:002007-02-05T03:19:00.000-05:00Chana, that was a wonderful movie review and synop...Chana, that was a wonderful movie review and synopsis of the evening.<br /><br />Thanks so much for sharing it with those of us who could not be there.<br /><br />Yasher Kochacheich!Jameel @ The Muqatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-11688007185533340272007-02-05T01:03:00.000-05:002007-02-05T01:03:00.000-05:00It was very good, enough said :)It was very good, enough said :)The Rashbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08417387457516475229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-21057618566675287372007-02-05T01:00:00.000-05:002007-02-05T01:00:00.000-05:00excellant review. I couldn't think of a more appro...excellant review. I couldn't think of a more appropiate forum for your work. <br /><br />~ Guess WhoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com