tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post4061334996014271873..comments2024-03-29T09:34:59.827+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: Rabbi Adlerstein calls for less heated rhetoric and a greater understanding of the other sideDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-64411310358521837212013-07-02T15:18:40.871+03:002013-07-02T15:18:40.871+03:00Countries with an actively enforced Constitution (...Countries with an actively enforced Constitution (the US may not be such a place now) place limits on what a majority can impose on a minority.RAMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-16679732726217764372013-07-01T19:05:38.694+03:002013-07-01T19:05:38.694+03:00Thank you Rabbi Adlerstein for maintaining 'no...Thank you Rabbi Adlerstein for maintaining 'normative Toras Hashem'. My question, WHY did we need to wait for Rabbi Adlerstein's call for peaceful dialogue? Where was leadership when harsh rhetoric, mud slinging and name lashing was going on?cvmaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-77783518839589248682013-07-01T17:50:22.342+03:002013-07-01T17:50:22.342+03:00Here's what need to be said: those in a positi...Here's what need to be said: those in a position of weakness need to realize that compromise preserves some of what they wish to protect while arrogant blustering could cause everything to be lost.<br />Unless the plan is to bluster until the Chareidi parties are back in government and the old status quo is restored.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttp://garnelironheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-28746902025191409822013-07-01T17:47:14.275+03:002013-07-01T17:47:14.275+03:00All of R' Alderstein's columns are worth r...All of R' Alderstein's columns are worth reading. He has a very moderate and intelligent approach to current affairs.tzefanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-21498950297383493632013-07-01T17:08:23.097+03:002013-07-01T17:08:23.097+03:00Speaking of forced social change, seven scores and...Speaking of forced social change, seven scores and ten years ago this last week Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg marked the beginning of the end for the Confederacy of Southern states which rose in rebellion as the abolitionists increased in power and influence in the North.<br />The Civil War, among other things, meant that the writ of the Emancipation Proclamation would extend to every State. That ended chattel slavery, meant that the war-wrecked slave based economy of the South would not return, and would pose the still incompletely answered question of how the white population of the USA and the descendants of the freed slaves would get along. <br /><br />So, Rabbi Grylak, the United States has actually gone pretty far in forcing social change.<br /><br />Then there was Prohibition, the Civil Rights Act....<br />Yoel Bnoreply@blogger.com