tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post1258673492010852125..comments2024-03-28T21:53:53.990+02:00Comments on Life in Israel: Letter to the Editor of the WeekRafi G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-88141348105384186142012-11-05T16:50:38.892+02:002012-11-05T16:50:38.892+02:00Take a look at machonshilo.org It's basically...Take a look at machonshilo.org It's basically only for Israelis and it is the future of Judaism in Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-52973190745261271352012-11-05T03:49:42.631+02:002012-11-05T03:49:42.631+02:00I wouldn't worry too much about any monolithic...I wouldn't worry too much about any monolithic voting. Haredim factionize as quickly as prominent ones get yorshim. As for independent thinking- forbidden under daas torah doctrine. Osur. Worse than a college education.Yerachmiel Lopinhttp://frumfollies.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-68621029325854485702012-11-04T22:29:01.714+02:002012-11-04T22:29:01.714+02:00its a stretch, and it cant be anything more than a...its a stretch, and it cant be anything more than a guess. but you never know! it is possible..Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-13735392983103975072012-11-04T21:37:06.587+02:002012-11-04T21:37:06.587+02:00Rafi, do you think "M.M" is Moshe Montag...Rafi, do you think "M.M" is Moshe Montag who might be concerned that people are thinking too independently? Shimon Anoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-5429842943039810782012-11-04T20:54:04.984+02:002012-11-04T20:54:04.984+02:00Look back at this blog's recent post with the ...Look back at this blog's recent post with the YU source sheets concerning democracy for some very relevant sources that the leter writer most certainly isn't aware of, especially the quote there from the Maharam mi"Rottenberg. It's quite clear from that source that people came to their own conclusions.<br /><br />Here's the link again: http://download.yutorah.org/2012/1053/783111.pdfHerbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-80245311534500133562012-11-04T20:34:26.207+02:002012-11-04T20:34:26.207+02:00The sentiments expressed in the letter are yet ano...The sentiments expressed in the letter are yet another nail in the coffin of democracy in Israel. Within a very few years Israel will have become a blinkered and benighted theocracy along the lines of that in Iran.<br /><br />Is there <b>no one</b> among Israeli religious Jews who still retains even a vestigial sense of self-respect and an ability to use the intellect and the intelligence that HaShem gave them?<br /><br />Or is it an unwritten <i>chumra</i> that obliges charedim to let others think for them?Darth Zeidahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885872955106929227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-30218094127023092712012-11-04T15:54:01.465+02:002012-11-04T15:54:01.465+02:00That there should be a disconnect between the elec...That there should be a disconnect between the election instructions of gedolim and the results is a problem. The writer should have said take the complaints to the Gedolim. But I agree overall the letter that describes the ways of "every intelligent person" is entertaining.MiriamSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-22647796329284044552012-11-04T14:42:03.955+02:002012-11-04T14:42:03.955+02:00I read the original - the grammar was fine.I read the original - the grammar was fine.dlzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08269900740743979382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-15283055550052405612012-11-04T14:27:41.954+02:002012-11-04T14:27:41.954+02:00Ah ok, that makes more sense then. I still have an...Ah ok, that makes more sense then. I still have an issue with the whole idea that one should let someone else make every possible choice in life. But it would explain why I am not Haradi Zach Kessinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276155117746098546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-76706935141994771092012-11-04T14:20:15.663+02:002012-11-04T14:20:15.663+02:00the letter was in Hebrew. I translated it here. An...the letter was in Hebrew. I translated it here. Any grammar mistakes are probably due to my trying to get as close to a strict translation as possible, and I paid less attention to grammar. Rafi G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00699851287106903971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20257999.post-33419594180193376082012-11-04T14:15:10.455+02:002012-11-04T14:15:10.455+02:00Is it just me or is the grammar of that letter rea...Is it just me or is the grammar of that letter really bad? I had to read it 3 times until I was sure I understood it. Zach Kessinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04276155117746098546noreply@blogger.com