Comments on: How about a round of applause for us? http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/09/11/how-about-a-round-of-applause-for-us/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jewish Observer http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/09/11/how-about-a-round-of-applause-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-370436 Jewish Observer Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:15:44 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1585#comment-370436 I love this piece. Your preface really hit thespot. It ecellently articulates the context needed to properly understand your pieces and not overly criticize the criticizer-commender. I love this piece. Your preface really hit thespot. It ecellently articulates the context needed to properly understand your pieces and not overly criticize the criticizer-commender.

]]> By: Jonathan Rosenblum http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/09/11/how-about-a-round-of-applause-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-370306 Jonathan Rosenblum Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:18:08 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1585#comment-370306 Eli, come with me to Rabbi Ariev Ozer's Shabbos afternoon shiur, and let's see if you still think that the yeshivos are not producing original thinkers today. And he is far from alone. Eli, come with me to Rabbi Ariev Ozer’s Shabbos afternoon shiur, and let’s see if you still think that the yeshivos are not producing original thinkers today. And he is far from alone.

]]> By: Eli Turkel http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/09/11/how-about-a-round-of-applause-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-370172 Eli Turkel Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:24:38 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1585#comment-370172 I agree that we have a generation of many talmudic scholars who know shas and poskim inside out. They also give brilliant shiurim. However, I am more doubtful of scholars who are truly innovative with chiddushim that argue against previous generations. There is a stress in yeshivot on quantity but less on independent thinking I agree that we have a generation of many talmudic scholars who know shas and poskim inside out. They also give brilliant shiurim. However, I am more doubtful of scholars who are truly innovative with chiddushim that argue against previous generations. There is a stress in yeshivot on quantity but less on independent thinking

]]> By: elana http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2008/09/11/how-about-a-round-of-applause-for-us/comment-page-1/#comment-370132 elana Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:16:52 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/?p=1585#comment-370132 Rabbi, I was taught the answer to your question as a teenager by my great-aunt AH, an Auschwitz survivor whose husband and child perished in an act of unpeakable cruelty. She had a great yiddish expression, Torat Immecha, about a cow that gave milk every day, but when she tipped over the milk container, she got attention. At work, I hear ten "atta boys" are wiped out by .... The news this week is about more milk on the ground, and not by accident; worse yet there is no outrage. Forget the guilty, sin is a fact of life; when it is justified, or even left alone, a society must worry. Rabbi, I was taught the answer to your question as a teenager by my great-aunt AH, an Auschwitz survivor whose husband and child perished in an act of unpeakable cruelty. She had a great yiddish expression, Torat Immecha, about a cow that gave milk every day, but when she tipped over the milk container, she got attention. At work, I hear ten “atta boys” are wiped out by ….

The news this week is about more milk on the ground, and not by accident; worse yet there is no outrage. Forget the guilty, sin is a fact of life; when it is justified, or even left alone, a society must worry.

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