Monday, February 22, 2010

Where are the Haredim Headed?

Airplane Mechitzahs, ritual laptop smashings, unabashed and self-righteous blackmail. How much longer can this trend last? Is there a point when Haredism will regain its balance, or will they continue getting crazier? What will the Haredim of our children's generation look like?
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25 comments:

  1. Just like a guyFebruary 22, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    I'm sure the airline thing is a joke.

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  2. eFebruary 22, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    I'm very gullible. But the questions I've raised are still good. I just gotta look bit more for other examples of haredi craziness.

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  3. fakewood inc.February 22, 2010 at 11:13 PM

    its not a joke.

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  4. bonneFebruary 22, 2010 at 11:53 PM

    Where did you find that laptop clip? It was a bit anti-climatic, I was hoping for at least some small explosions.

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  5. eFebruary 22, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    fakewood. I shoulda hatipped him.

    the mehitza one was from awm. He mentioned it in a comment on trb.

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  6. nostalgic for good old daysFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:30 AM

    They will look like our ancestors. Very frum. Very holy. Very ignorant.

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  7. eFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:46 AM

    our ancestors may have been frum, holy, and ignorant, but they weren't at all like these modern haredim.

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  8. nostalgic for good old daysFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:58 AM

    In what way were they different? Because they used stones instead of toilet paper? Who knows how far the chareidi hatred of technology goes.

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  9. Va'ad Shmiras Hadas VhatarahFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:20 PM

    Dear "e"

    The Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Purity has seen your weblog, and we would like to respectfully request you to follow some very simple rules:

    1. You will not allow females to frequent or comment on your blog.

    2. You will not post derogatory or insinuating commentary about the Jewish religion.

    3. You will post complementary material about Chabad Lubavitch and the Crown Heights Community.

    Thank you for your cooperation in this matter,

    The Committee for the Furtherance of Jewish Purity

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  10. Arguing with MyselfFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:49 PM

    Pwn3d!

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  11. eFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    1. To all my girlfriends: there's a party at my place tonight. If you can't make it, I'll make sure to blog about it.

    2. Purim is a Jewish adaption of a Persian fertility festival.

    3. The Crown Heights community is evil because it allow rats like the va'ad hatznius to flourish.

    Now please excuse me, I gotta hop over to Applebee's to flirt with the waitress and grab dinner....

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  12. SebastionFebruary 24, 2010 at 2:10 AM

    Thanks vaad for your chillul H-shem. Will we see you in applebees once you've been put in cherem for forging a beis din's signatures?

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  13. SebastionFebruary 24, 2010 at 2:16 AM

    If, that is, this whole thing isn't just the worlds lamest purim trick anyway ;)

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  14. Anarchist ChossidFebruary 24, 2010 at 8:41 AM

    Of course it’s a joke. In their letter on my blog, they called me a chossid. Now we know these guys are faking. (I deleted the letter and will delete it again, because even though I think this is a joke, it’s still chillul Chabad, and nowadays, we don’t need extra effort for chillul Chabad to happen.)

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  15. Arguing with MyselfFebruary 25, 2010 at 7:22 PM

    So, are we getting back to real blogging now?

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  16. Anarchist ChossidFebruary 25, 2010 at 7:23 PM

    The less intense chillul Hashem?

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  17. CheerioFebruary 25, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    i agree.

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  18. Modeh B'MiktsasMarch 1, 2010 at 11:43 AM

    the phrase "chillul chabad" strikes me as pretentious.

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  19. Anarchist ChossidMarch 1, 2010 at 11:50 AM

    And?..

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  20. eMarch 2, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    lubavitchers specialize in being pretentious.

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  21. Anarchist ChossidMarch 2, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    You can’t do your job as a Jew/chossid properly if you are not capable of telling the world “kishen tuches”.

    On the other hand, since you’re also trying to elevate the world (which sometimes includes influencing it and getting it to agree to do something on its own accord), one has to be wary of chillul Hashem/Chabad.

    It’s a fine balance.

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  22. Anarchist ChossidMarch 2, 2010 at 11:18 AM

    MBM, it can hardly be a surprise to you that Lubavitchers have the attitude that Chabad Chassidus is pnimiyus haTorah, and that we have something in our avoida/goals/tools that other groups don’t. So, there is stam chillul Hashem, but there is also specifically chillul Chabad.

    It’s the difference between interfering with a war effort in general vs. interfering with the specials-ops mission that involves taking out the enemy’s top general directly (taking the capital, striking in the heart... whatever moshol you want to use).

    In our defense, this attitude is a result of the Rebbe’s teachings, not (just) our snobbism.

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  23. eMarch 2, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    2. Oh, so the Rebbe is also a snob?

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  24. Anarchist ChossidMarch 2, 2010 at 1:34 PM

    1. The confusion between imperative and infinitive haunts me so.

    2. It’s not snobbish if it’s true.

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  25. Modeh B'MiktsasMarch 3, 2010 at 3:01 PM

    CA: it is snobbish even if it's true.
    e: apparently so.
    CA again: Kish in tuchus. (you had to see that coming)

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