tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post261160974672470437..comments2024-02-08T00:38:57.594-05:00Comments on Talmud תלמוד by Tzvee Zahavy: Gay Decision Not "Tragic" or "Sad"Tzvee Zahavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-2511280845603580612006-12-11T22:41:00.000-05:002006-12-11T22:41:00.000-05:00not wanting to split hairs here my points are that...not wanting to split hairs here my points are that CJ is not halakhic in the same way that AI is -- you can use the term halakhic in different ways as these two very different movements do use it. and yes to be saddened is not the same as to say it is sad -- but it also is not so different.Tzvee Zahavyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15833902273722124103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3523041.post-17085788353509190082006-12-10T22:09:00.000-05:002006-12-10T22:09:00.000-05:00Tzvee,
You wrote that the RCA was wrong, but if y...Tzvee,<br /><br />You wrote that the RCA was wrong, but if you had pointed out that four members of the (Conservative) Rabbinical Assembly's Committee on Jewish Law and Standards resigned following the vote, then you would've had to blast some Conservative rabbis. Heaven forbid.<br /><br />Further: You wrote: "Any attempt to characterize this decision of the Conservative movement as ... "Sad" is wrong and must be rejected." Reading the RCA announcement carefully, I noticed that they they didn't say the Rabbinical Assembly's decision was sad, but rather, that the RCA has "taken note" with sadness the decision. Slightly different nuance from what you report. <br /><br />Also: You wrote: "It kinda reminds me of Eve extending "don't eat from the tree" to "don't touch the tree."<br />If you read about a Orthodox group criticizing a Jewish restaurant because they served milk and meat together, would you argue back and say that the Torah only says you can't cook a kid in its mother's milk?<br /><br /><br />One further point: You wrote: " the Conservative movement is not a fundamentalist Halachic movement. To say that it is and then to condemn them for not being that - that is insulting rhetoric." You don't like insults?<br />The Conservative movement -- at least that part that claims it IS following halacha -- would take great offense at your charge they're not a halachic movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com