tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post2674453357449523877..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: The Asifa: What Do We (the other half) Do?Orthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-27284566008064419372012-05-30T01:21:34.237-04:002012-05-30T01:21:34.237-04:00Short correction of typo: You typed "exaspera...Short correction of typo: You typed "exasperate" when you meant "exacerbate." So close, and yet so far away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-89201243622001137962012-05-15T23:32:49.855-04:002012-05-15T23:32:49.855-04:00I think you have to get over the two million dolla...I think you have to get over the two million dollar cost. How much do Jewish organizations spend to get their message out? It costs money. Your real problem is the message not the millions.<br /><br />Besides, think of it this way, it's one-tenth of a percent of what JP Morgan lost in two weeks!ClooJewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-52580329040686299992012-05-15T22:48:19.563-04:002012-05-15T22:48:19.563-04:00Our righteous and honorable Rabbis are very zealou...Our righteous and honorable Rabbis are very zealous to attack television and the internet; and sometimes those things deserve to be attacked.<br /><br />Where are the Rabbis who advocate for kosher consumers by criticizing kosher supermarkets, kosher take-out food stores and kosher restaurants that charge rip-off prices that are sometimes double the prices of their non-kosher counterparts?<br /><br />Where are the Rabbis who advocate for kosher Jews by criticizing landlords who charge sky-high blackmail rents to their hapless tenants?<br /><br />Where are the Rabbis who fight to expose crooked tzedakah collectors and unworthy Jewish non-profit organizations who extract millions of dollars from generous but gullible Jews?<br /><br />Where are the Rabbis who defend vulnerable Jews from nursing homes that charge insane blackmail prices that make their owners millionaires many times over by making their customers bankrupt and penniless?<br /><br />Where are the Rabbis who work to keep arba minim prices reasonable?Mr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-33273398168021274022012-05-15T22:46:04.790-04:002012-05-15T22:46:04.790-04:00Gotta love this. Someone is selling two Asifa tic...Gotta love this. Someone is selling two Asifa tickets on Ebay auction now at $105! Not bad for a small profit of 500%. But using the Internet (Ebay) to sell tickets to an event that bashes the Internet just shows you how shallow this will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-32442377496238454332012-05-15T22:41:04.400-04:002012-05-15T22:41:04.400-04:00Teenage girls are tough to motivate.Teenage girls are tough to motivate.bat mitzvah gifthttp://yaldah.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-50631913534620580082012-05-15T14:38:15.138-04:002012-05-15T14:38:15.138-04:00car pool dad - Having hundreds of kids in diff gra...car pool dad - <i>Having hundreds of kids in diff grades all coming out at once is a disaster.</i><br /><br />I know of some public schools with more than 2000 students, most of which finish school at the same time. And even if a large school such as that has 3 staggered finish times, that's still about 700 students finishing at the same time.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-16481543904153096532012-05-15T13:16:32.269-04:002012-05-15T13:16:32.269-04:00You can hear R. Matisyahu Salomon say exactly the ...You can hear R. Matisyahu Salomon say exactly the quote in this post by calling 1-732-551-3351, press 2 and then 1. It's far in the interview but he says it. But I think you are reading too much into the word "whatever".Gil Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776831546758682126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-32651820041765192302012-05-15T11:04:19.988-04:002012-05-15T11:04:19.988-04:00Then try using the example of your local X County ...Then try using the example of your local X County Day School, a small to medium secular/non Jewish religious school. They all don't have buses or busing.Yael Aldrichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-32826025349358684892012-05-14T21:10:21.143-04:002012-05-14T21:10:21.143-04:00This may be true, but many public schools have lar...This may be true, but many public schools have larger student bodies than yeshivot; how do public schools manage it?<br /><br />It's called busing (at least here in NY)aunt of nephew aka female life actuarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-28883455132274362242012-05-14T19:54:33.869-04:002012-05-14T19:54:33.869-04:00Did you ever go to school on a day with one pick u...<i>Did you ever go to school on a day with one pick up time? it takes longer than two, or at least it seems that way! Having hundreds of kids in diff grades all coming out at once is a disaster.</i><br /><br />This may be true, but many public schools have larger student bodies than yeshivot; how do public schools manage it?tesyaanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-78818799448275905532012-05-14T19:01:57.993-04:002012-05-14T19:01:57.993-04:00Sorry to hear you've been so busy lately.
I w...Sorry to hear you've been so busy lately.<br /><br />I wonder how much of this directly affects you though. If you subscribe to the fact that a "local rav" and "super-rav" have the right to proscribe every aspect of your life no matter what, then I suppose it does affect you.<br /><br />I feel silly even writing the words "super-rav" and I would feel even sillier abiding by the rules that emerge from this asifa - especially given all the background information coming out about the people and forces behind it.<br /><br />But, forget about this Internet nonsense for a moment. The attitude towards women is a part of this story that really gets no attention.<br /><br />There's a lot of Stockholm syndrome going on here - or, better, battered woman syndrome. I really wonder how much longer women are going to put up with the constant denigration and belittling and lack of respect all while being asked to do more and more for the men.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-76674842046158943292012-05-14T18:49:49.639-04:002012-05-14T18:49:49.639-04:00Who is going to teach the women looking for a job ...Who is going to teach the women looking for a job "or something" the dangers of work-at-home get-rich-quick schemes promoted on the Internet*? Why is the Rabbinate so focused on porn for men?<br /><br />*http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/10/2984893/scamworld-get-rich-quick-schemes-mutate-into-an-online-monsterAvi Greengarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14267040237664555562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-37234526196723390002012-05-14T18:11:26.979-04:002012-05-14T18:11:26.979-04:00Sorry but they need to have different pick up time...Sorry but they need to have different pick up times. Did you ever go to school on a day with one pick up time? it takes longer than two, or at least it seems that way! Having hundreds of kids in diff grades all coming out at once is a disaster.car pool dadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-10789282427917900482012-05-14T16:52:33.017-04:002012-05-14T16:52:33.017-04:00One thing your post reminded me about yeshivot is ...One thing your post reminded me about yeshivot is that they engender the maximum number of carpools. Kids from one family usually go to different schools (preschool in one building or a playgroup in a private house; girls' building; boys' building; different dismissal times for middle school - enjoy having a 4:00 pickup and a 4:45 pickup on the same day - your infant will love that one!)<br /><br />Convenience of parents (and as you point out, ability to hold down a job) is NOT a priority for yeshivot.tesyaanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-86665504368609739812012-05-14T16:31:10.508-04:002012-05-14T16:31:10.508-04:00Having Daas Torah means you don't have to know...Having Daas Torah means you don't have to know what the little people actually do.Mighty Garnel Ironhearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571194550300367249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-64541137725758964932012-05-14T16:30:54.901-04:002012-05-14T16:30:54.901-04:00Some advice:
(1) Stop reading Hamodia. Same for Ya...Some advice:<br />(1) Stop reading Hamodia. Same for Yated. <br />(2) If you do read it, remember that in the jewish press there are no ombudspeople or watchdogs of any sort. No one is making sure they quote others properly, so even direct quotes have no meaning. The Yated had a front page story of a godol saying something that was proven to be total hogwash. (i.e., Rav Chaim K proved that a Bar-ilan search program had an error.) The apology two weeks later was strange to say the least. <br /><br /><br />best wishes on your tough day(s).Noodlenoreply@blogger.com