tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post6934732085580037212..comments2024-03-29T09:34:59.827+03:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: 4th of July: Gratitude for America's freedom & lawsDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-79293870857063978652010-07-05T00:34:40.075+03:002010-07-05T00:34:40.075+03:00Much as I usually scoff at sincere expressions of ...Much as I usually scoff at sincere expressions of patriotism, Obama & Rubashkin have recently occasioned so much distasteful "frum" talk in the opposite direction that this post by R' Eidensohn putting things in perspective is very much welcome. <br /><br />Especially worth revisiting is Miriam Shear's open letter of a year-&-a-half ago, all too nogeia in light of so many recent Jewish scandals (H"y):<br />http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2008/11/kosher-retailer.html<br /><br />For background, the reader can find her run-in with Rubashkin covered around the same time by the Village Voice in an article that has been copied all over the J-blogosphere, esp. on sites none too friendly (for obvious reasons):<br />http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-12-03/news/the-fall-of-the-house-of-rubashkin/3<br />Her response to mailings prompted by the Voice is posted here<br />http://haemtza.blogspot.com/2008/12/mrs-miriam-shear-responds.html<br /><br />And as for the anti-govt vitriol specifically excited by Rubashkin's sentencing, I personally find Micah's Comment on this same blog most thoughtful:<br />http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2010/06/abuse-expressing-outrage-or-supressing.html?showComment=1277831419837#c6583342321462467339<br /><br />Americans, on this 4th July: Labriyut!No, she's not Rosa Parks, but STILLnoreply@blogger.com