Liel Lebowitz describes the cultural gap quite well -but that gap exists when the sole knowledge of Charedim is that of a stereotype. Even during the recent demonstrations orchestrated by the left, it was evident that the Charedi response of cholent, free bottles of water and Shalom Aleichem registered. As for judical reform which this writer believes is necessary, such reform will be achieved but incrementally, because that is how political change is effectuated- Readers should recall that in 1958 LBJ nursed the first civil rights law since Reconstruction through Congress , acknowledged that it lacked legal teeth, but stated in his classically ribald manner that once you get the first sucb act, subsequent legislation becomes far easier to pass.
I was disturbed to read the following article and the comments attributed to a Tablet editorhttps://www.jns.org/daily-princetonian-op-ed-refers-to-apartheid-israel-rebuking-israel-shabbat/ in the aforementioned linked article and on this individual's Twitter page https://twitter.com/isaacdecastrog/status/1651623158946971649
ThisTweet unfortunately reveals a level of Jewish education and knowledge about Judaism that has zero basis in any traditional sources: and reflect the post Zionist intellectual rot that claims to be Judaic studies:
"Shabbats can only be themed New York antizionist deli diasporacore or else they’re racist and exclusive."
I am sure that the author is aware that the cultural and political diviide in Israel is not of recent origin, but was the subject of a famous discussion between David Ben Gurion and the Chazon Ish, the great Charedi decisor and sage in the early 1950s. where the Chazon Ish noted the ignorance of Jewish values and practice in many areas of the State of Israel . Ben Gurion, who reached an informal agrreement called the status quo on issues of halacha with the Charedi world, never thought that the Charedi world would recover from the losses sustained in the Holocaust and dreamed of the tough Israeli Sabra as the model for Jewish continuity. Slowly,but surely and with the help of large families, the Charedi world rebuilt itself and presented the argument that the many Jews who were full time learners helped protect the security of the State of Israel as much as the IDF while Ben Gurion's notions of Zionism were attacked by the academic left at Hebrew U which has produced graduates who mistakenly think that Israel can survive by emulating the mores and values of Sweden at the expense of Jewish values.
Mr. Liel Leibovitz, have you not realized that Messiah has come and God has made a new covenant with His people and has extended it via the Abrahamic promise that "all peoples will be blessed through you." This, more than anything else, will color how you look at Israel, yesterday and today.
I think Liel Lebowitz provided an understandable explanation that validates the fervor in this fight. I worried American “team red or blue” groupthink crept in but the explanation proffered here makes much more sense. Unfortunately, it carries a higher stakes. I pray my brethren in Eretz Yisrael remember we are commanded to be an Or L’Goyim and avoid the Sinat Hinam which has always marshaled disaster for our people.
Uh... Robert F Kennedy Jr formally announced his candidacy for President of the United States. That doesn’t make it on your list?
THANK YOU! My exact same sentiments!!!
SERIOUSLY?
Very well written and inciteful. I believe I associate myself with the 2d Israel
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Liel Lebowitz describes the cultural gap quite well -but that gap exists when the sole knowledge of Charedim is that of a stereotype. Even during the recent demonstrations orchestrated by the left, it was evident that the Charedi response of cholent, free bottles of water and Shalom Aleichem registered. As for judical reform which this writer believes is necessary, such reform will be achieved but incrementally, because that is how political change is effectuated- Readers should recall that in 1958 LBJ nursed the first civil rights law since Reconstruction through Congress , acknowledged that it lacked legal teeth, but stated in his classically ribald manner that once you get the first sucb act, subsequent legislation becomes far easier to pass.
I was disturbed to read the following article and the comments attributed to a Tablet editorhttps://www.jns.org/daily-princetonian-op-ed-refers-to-apartheid-israel-rebuking-israel-shabbat/ in the aforementioned linked article and on this individual's Twitter page https://twitter.com/isaacdecastrog/status/1651623158946971649
ThisTweet unfortunately reveals a level of Jewish education and knowledge about Judaism that has zero basis in any traditional sources: and reflect the post Zionist intellectual rot that claims to be Judaic studies:
"Shabbats can only be themed New York antizionist deli diasporacore or else they’re racist and exclusive."
I am sure that the author is aware that the cultural and political diviide in Israel is not of recent origin, but was the subject of a famous discussion between David Ben Gurion and the Chazon Ish, the great Charedi decisor and sage in the early 1950s. where the Chazon Ish noted the ignorance of Jewish values and practice in many areas of the State of Israel . Ben Gurion, who reached an informal agrreement called the status quo on issues of halacha with the Charedi world, never thought that the Charedi world would recover from the losses sustained in the Holocaust and dreamed of the tough Israeli Sabra as the model for Jewish continuity. Slowly,but surely and with the help of large families, the Charedi world rebuilt itself and presented the argument that the many Jews who were full time learners helped protect the security of the State of Israel as much as the IDF while Ben Gurion's notions of Zionism were attacked by the academic left at Hebrew U which has produced graduates who mistakenly think that Israel can survive by emulating the mores and values of Sweden at the expense of Jewish values.
Mr. Liel Leibovitz, have you not realized that Messiah has come and God has made a new covenant with His people and has extended it via the Abrahamic promise that "all peoples will be blessed through you." This, more than anything else, will color how you look at Israel, yesterday and today.
I think Liel Lebowitz provided an understandable explanation that validates the fervor in this fight. I worried American “team red or blue” groupthink crept in but the explanation proffered here makes much more sense. Unfortunately, it carries a higher stakes. I pray my brethren in Eretz Yisrael remember we are commanded to be an Or L’Goyim and avoid the Sinat Hinam which has always marshaled disaster for our people.