Dara Horn addresses the historical problem of self-blame within Judaism, and talks about what that means in terms of creating a new theology for the future.
There’s another aspect to what she’s saying that she doesn’t talk about, actually two. One is that we not only assume that antisemitism is somehow our fault, it’s that we assume we have the power to stop it. The other is that the question of what to do about antisemitism is not only a divine one. The question of Were we too nice or too mean to our neighbors? is not necessarily a moral question but a practical one. What do we need to do to stop this, not only from a divine standpoint but from a secular cause and effect standpoint. Even without God in the equation, what works? The difference now sometimes is that there is now credible force behind our answer. In Israel it’s military and in the US it’s judicial or related.
The whole time I was watching this, I was thinking, "What was she wearing? Did she have a drink? Was she flirting?" and remembering Patrick Stewart's comment about how wife beating was not a woman's problem but a man's problem because it's men who are doing it. This is the same, and equally true.
Heard a poem yesterday written by an Israeli after the barbarity Ein Milim is the concept of being without words, you just pointed out a secondary meaning, none of my gentile friends and only one person in my family and none of the Jews in my life checked in to see how my two daughters were doing in Jerusalem, silence...
Very disappointed to hear Dara slam the Talmud, slam the Rabbis. Oy, nebuch, that is tremendous arrogance. 3500 years of Jewish history, but you have the answers. Is this what you learned getting your 2 PhDs? Respectfully yours, rsr.
I dont think i was commenting on questions. I was responding to biased uneducated slams. I thought Dara's book was excellent, and i share that. But why the attacks on subjects without knowledge? But truly, we now certainly know we are all on the same team. May Hashem help us achieve success!
