tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post3404402788468182190..comments2024-01-23T12:49:03.885-05:00Comments on Jewbiquitous: On Institutions, Part IIAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-30873385373996524282007-03-09T12:02:00.000-05:002007-03-09T12:02:00.000-05:00I really, really hate synagogues that sermonize ab...I really, really hate synagogues that sermonize about money and membership.<BR/>If you find out about such a sermon in advance, let me know and I'll come heckle the rabbi.Sholomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01173800537101767984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-68781280811991714182007-03-01T10:27:00.000-05:002007-03-01T10:27:00.000-05:00I totally empathizing with your annoyance of being...I totally empathizing with your annoyance of being encouraged to use every opportunity to do kiruv. <BR/><BR/>I'm fine with and frankly quite happy with my secular family and friends. Besides, if I don't give them the right to be secular/liberal/in between/or whatever else, why I should I ask to be tolerated in my 'weirdly' traditional/liberal ways? It's a two way street. The suggestion that I should always be doing kiruv is quite offensive to me as well. I hate it when those suggestsions are made. I give them mishloach manot if I want and that makes me happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-33004003419403709622007-02-28T09:21:00.000-05:002007-02-28T09:21:00.000-05:00Avi- I have different needs/desires for different ...Avi- I have different needs/desires for different services. I don't think that any single institution can (or should, at this point) cater to all of them. Although you make a good point about contributing to them on my own.<BR/><BR/>Amishav- cookies and bbq work, but as the simpsons' taught us, you don't make friends with salad.<BR/><BR/>Sarah- I didn't mean that hamantaschen translates to haman's ear, but that the cookies are either called hamantaschen, or hamansozen. I got my wires crossed a bit.<BR/><BR/>Michael- I give mishloach manot to secular Jews, but the only cards read: "Happy Purim" and information on whether the contents contain dairy, wheat, or nuts. <BR/><BR/>TR- what?<BR/><BR/>Rokhl- sorry, I don't speak any Yiddish, so I am stuck with the lashon kodesh for all of my religious needs.<BR/><BR/>LJ- I think that I get the joke you're trying to make. Two things: "don" not "dawn", and even in my frummest days I never wore jean skirts with new balance sneakers.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-80581416454632253792007-02-28T00:25:00.000-05:002007-02-28T00:25:00.000-05:00Perhaps you can get other folks who are active Jew...Perhaps you can get other folks who are active Jews but not Frum to dawn jean skirts, north face jackets and new balance shoes. I am for one would put on my new sneakers for some yummy cookies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-12760595004377869212007-02-28T00:19:00.000-05:002007-02-28T00:19:00.000-05:00well, as a mostly secular, yiddishist jew, i am de...well, as a mostly secular, yiddishist jew, i am definitely offended by your use of mishloach manot, instead of the much tastier shalokhmonis. yumm, i can practically taste the poppyseeds (and patronizing card)...rokhlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15442447160759343139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-7079618913147824372007-02-27T22:25:00.000-05:002007-02-27T22:25:00.000-05:00Interesting post, but some of these comments make ...Interesting post, but some of these comments make me tremble with fear.<BR/><BR/>-The RoosterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-20309236856664768212007-02-27T17:04:00.000-05:002007-02-27T17:04:00.000-05:00You know, it wouldn't kill you to TRY to give mish...You know, it wouldn't kill you to TRY to give mishloach manot baskets to secular Jews. I mean, let's say me, for example. I love hamantaschen and peanuts! Oh, um, and Hashem. See? It's working already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-24391681655478115722007-02-27T16:21:00.000-05:002007-02-27T16:21:00.000-05:00Hamentaschen actually means "Haman's pockets." Whi...Hamentaschen actually means "Haman's pockets." Which confused me for a while (triangular pockets?), but then it was pointed out that, duh, they're pockets of poppyseeds (or what have you).<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure why everyone thinks taschen means ears. Is there something written about Haman's ears?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-47833174954070713322007-02-27T15:28:00.000-05:002007-02-27T15:28:00.000-05:00If they can be convinced to join a shul with a coo...If they can be convinced to join a shul with a cookie, just think what kind of cult you could get them to join if you offered them a free dinner! Look! The church of Zeemu the Galactic Overlord is having a bar-b-que! They'll join in droves. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that's the best strategy for getting people to join.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-23690012057027336652007-02-27T14:02:00.000-05:002007-02-27T14:02:00.000-05:00First of all, there is nothing stopping you from m...First of all, there is nothing stopping you from making donations to shuls without joining. All the shuls on the upper west side encourage donations to their dinner/Yom Kippur appeal for non-members as well as members. So take the amount you want to pay for membership and split it up among all the shuls that you frequent.<BR/><BR/>Although, I don’t even think shul hopping is a positive. Shul hopping discourages loyalty to institutions, and provides no incentives for people to commit to improving institutions. If everyone picked their shul and were committed to its success then every shul would have a new pool of volunteers to improve the shul for everyone. That’s the point of Shul Shopper, to find the right shul for you and to improve it, not to hop around to different shuls every week.Avi BenJakobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763667909112063975noreply@blogger.com