Comments on: Veneer of tolerance http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/22/5128 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Marc Gopin http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/22/5128/comment-page-1#comment-32738 Marc Gopin Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:33:40 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5128#comment-32738 Thank you so much for correcting my spelling error. And thank you for critically responding to my blog, marcgopin.com. If you want to respond to the full article it is at http://www.marcgopin.com/?p=34 Change comes slowly to many intolerant societies, and the most important thing is to celebrate positive change, unless you are afraid of losing your enemies and not knowing what you stand for as an American or a Jew without enemies. I have grown up surrounded by much intolerance in American society and in my native Jewish society. But I cherish the positive developments, as we should for Arab societies, even the most conservative, without ignoring the challenges ahead, in terms of their intolerance and anger--and our own. I know exactly what is going on inside Saudi Arabia, as they know exactly what is happening to Arabs in the West Bank. We must all face our failings. By the way i would never have been considered a successor to Rabbi Lamm and he was not my advisor. marcgopin.com Thank you so much for correcting my spelling error. And thank you for critically responding to my blog, marcgopin.com.
If you want to respond to the full article it is at
http://www.marcgopin.com/?p=34
Change comes slowly to many intolerant societies, and the most important thing is to celebrate positive change, unless you are afraid of losing your enemies and not knowing what you stand for as an American or a Jew without enemies. I have grown up surrounded by much intolerance in American society and in my native Jewish society. But I cherish the positive developments, as we should for Arab societies, even the most conservative, without ignoring the challenges ahead, in terms of their intolerance and anger–and our own. I know exactly what is going on inside Saudi Arabia, as they know exactly what is happening to Arabs in the West Bank. We must all face our failings.
By the way i would never have been considered a successor to Rabbi Lamm and he was not my advisor.
marcgopin.com

]]> By: Soccerdad http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/22/5128/comment-page-1#comment-32733 Soccerdad Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:01:50 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5128#comment-32733 Heh. I should have noticed that. Great catch. Rabbi Gopin was in YU the same time I was and but is a few years older. At the time I think some people discussed him as a successor to Rabbi Lamm. (I think that Rabbi Lamm was his thesis adviser.) It's a reasonable personification of the famous <a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgeorwe161223.html" rel="nofollow">Orwell quote</a>. Heh.

I should have noticed that. Great catch.

Rabbi Gopin was in YU the same time I was and but is a few years older. At the time I think some people discussed him as a successor to Rabbi Lamm. (I think that Rabbi Lamm was his thesis adviser.)

It’s a reasonable personification of the famous Orwell quote.

]]> By: Rahel http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/22/5128/comment-page-1#comment-32732 Rahel Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5128#comment-32732 From Rabbi Gopin's quote: <blockquote>This is the essence of how and when religion can become a bridge of <em>piece</em> in a complicated world.</blockquote> (Emphasis mine.) No further comment. From Rabbi Gopin’s quote:

This is the essence of how and when religion can become a bridge of piece in a complicated world.

(Emphasis mine.)

No further comment.

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