tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post5278530833456705377..comments2023-10-30T08:40:59.016-04:00Comments on Wolfish Musings: Embarrassed To Be A Jew...BrooklynWolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-66463480307525889552009-08-02T01:46:37.345-04:002009-08-02T01:46:37.345-04:00>It's embarrassing that before Bernie Madof...>It's embarrassing that before Bernie Madoff came along, America's best-known Ortho was Jack Abramoff.<<br /><br />Madoff an Ortho? Who knew?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-36052614333418268962009-07-30T15:12:53.057-04:002009-07-30T15:12:53.057-04:00I'm not sure about that last paragraph. I als...I'm not sure about that last paragraph. I also grew up at a time when a kippa made you a walking target, and some of my friends were attacked. I can't control "yenem's" ethics, but I can control me. I "fixed" my build in the summer of 1967 (look at my profile pic). And throughout the 1980s I ran through every rough 'hood in Brooklyn with my kippa proudly and securely (with a pair of bobby pins) on my head. People sometimes looked and did double takes, but they left me alone. I switched to a baseball cap only when I no longer had enough hair on my head to hold the kippa in place.Zev Sternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424730129824148277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-9148117408027157992009-07-30T10:07:49.388-04:002009-07-30T10:07:49.388-04:00Yes, being an OJ is often embarrassing. It's e...Yes, being an OJ is often embarrassing. It's embarrassing that before Bernie Madoff came along, America's best-known Ortho was Jack Abramoff.<br /><br />I would guess that Wolfish's friend wasn't embarrassed by our religion, but by some of our coreligionists. It's embarrassing that we can be so open among ourselves about our petty larcenies. It shows that those who brag about this stuff are confident that they won't get any serious disapproval except from a few cranks. This is a community problem, not just an individual one.Michael Koplowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334251239196640565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-12318495610284026042009-07-29T13:50:53.680-04:002009-07-29T13:50:53.680-04:00Clearly Av is not a good month for Jews.Clearly Av is not a good month for Jews.Ariella's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409352047101582583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-56156126383271095422009-07-29T13:29:05.682-04:002009-07-29T13:29:05.682-04:00There's two ways to look at this: 1)hide your ...There's two ways to look at this: 1)hide your frumkeit, your "jewishness" so you don't get tarred and feathered because you physically resemble someone in how you are dressed or 2)wear your "jewishness" openly so that others can see that it is not all Jews who are doing things wrong. It may be easier to hide but, for me, being open is the way I choose. I've worked for years in programs where I am the lone Jew and so get asked the Jewish questions when things like the news articles come up. My answer has been an unequivocal "It's wrong when you break the law, it's wrong when I break the law, it's wrong when they break the law. And every group on earth has their share of lawbreakers, unfortunately. It's not a Jewish thing, it's not a Catholic thing, it's not a New York thing, it's just the wrong thing, done by an individual." <br /><br />Either you shine your light, to be a light unto the nations, or you hide your light, and are a light unto no one, yourself included.<br /><br />And no, it's not easier for a woman to blend in today--just look at the styles prevalent and look at a frum woman and it's obvious who we are.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-80045723493963689042009-07-29T12:51:56.665-04:002009-07-29T12:51:56.665-04:00People have to remember that the religion isn'...People have to remember that the religion isn't to blame, there's no reason to be embarrassed of being a Jew, Judaism doesn't say to act this way, if anything it's all about honesty, and one of the questions your asked after 120 is "did you deal honestly in business" so Judaism doesn't condone this kind of behavior, it's the individuals who may have done something wrong.Jewish Side of Babysitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792110478994916775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11425059.post-42832164840516390012009-07-29T11:07:21.407-04:002009-07-29T11:07:21.407-04:00To the previous commentator:
I really don't l...To the previous commentator:<br /><br />I really don't like to censor my comments section. I believe in keeping as open a discussion as possible. <br /><br />However, I don't allow off-topic spam. Had you even made a comment that was relevant to my post, I probably would have left it up, even with the link to your blog.<br /><br />The WolfBrooklynWolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994285019137108636noreply@blogger.com