Hey everybody. So, full disclosure, a lot of my commentary is actually 1st draft done.
But I'm wary to share it bc 1-im wary of sharing w/o the context of the rest of my commentary
2-sharing the piece doesnt illustrate the whole, so either ill be villified for what i DID share, or there'll be an expectation that ill be going in a certain direction but im not and thus disappointing folk.
so plz trust that im hard at work and [at least] attempting to produce something no one has ever seen before while balancing both expectations and hopefully [pleasantly] upsetting both
and, as i said in my very first video over a decade ago, im not on *anyone's* "side" but the truth [at least how i perceive and interact with it]
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hey gang. so im gonna hop a little bit out of my wheelhouse for a bit. lgbtq+ issues, esp as a frum person, are more competently handled by folk like @mike_rabbi, but i feel like i should take a swing on this one. (1/x)
many of us have probably heard about the pride emails sent out by two kosher restaurants recently. a 3rd party pr firm sent out both emails w/o telling either restaurant first. clearly there were communication issues. (2/x)
for example restaurant A had their old logo attached to the email. but the real problem is restaurant B, which sent out a follow up apology for those who mightve been offended by the pride email. (3/x)
THREAD: A year and two days ago I was a speaker at the No Hate, No Fear rally against antisemitism. And then you have yesterday.
With visible Jews pouring seltzer in people's eyes, Chabad flags flying amongst the chaos, posts and selfies of proudly visible Jews who attended, plus what I'm sure is a decent amount of non-visible Jews partaking as well.
And I'm not sure any of them--not to mention non-Trump Jews--fully realize the implications and magnitude of yesterday's disaster. So here's a few:
To lean in, imagine its 1998. You've spent 23 yrs being a star wars fan. Then the prequels come out, & a new bunch of fans crop up and start calling you "original trilogy" fans. You're like "wtf is this 'original trilogy' deal? It's *just* "star wars". I'm *just* a star wars fan"
"Ok whatever, I guess am an OT star wars fan now then." Then 20 yrs later, the new crop gets mad at Luke's force projection fighting kylo ren. "Its inauthentic and not star wars", they say.
Then all the OT fans reach into their EU source books, from before "OT" was a thing and say "uh, force projection was literally here the whole time"
For everyone in their feelings about the jewish view on the afterlife, plz quote one non Anglo reform responsa that states such. Then we can talk. Thx.
For reference, *Judaism* believes in a Gd. But there are *jews* who dont. And there is no atheist source or tradition in jewish text.
*jews* can believe/practice whatever they want. Doesnt change what *judaism* says
Alright. Jews and the afterlife. A thread.
Judaism has always talked about the afterlife and always had one. Its in fact codified into the first blessing of the Amidah with the concept of "tchiyat hametim/the resurrection of the dead."
Where are the dead being resurrected from? From the afterlife that they hang out in after passing and judgement, and where the wait until the coming of Mashiach. There is much discussion on the topic in the Talmud.
Now, do Jews *focus* on the afterlife? No. Bc the focus is the here and now which is building our afterlife "credit" as it were.