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A good pill against professional politics.
Also a chance to compare rich synagogues for lawyers and such and poor Habad synagogues for everyone.
Update. Now that I am back at my computer, I will try to explain.
1. There were hundreds of Israel-supporting mostly Jews in the audience. Politicians and, uh, community leaders (politicians too) were getting up the scene and saying how they stay by Israel and praising themselves for having visited Sderot. It's all very nice of them, but what am I supposed to do? Just clap and sign petitions?
There was an anti-anti-Israel counter-demonstration in Boston a few days ago, too bad I was not aware of it. Going there would be useful.
2. A synagogue is primarily a religious institution, but I am not a religious person. A synagogue is also a community center. How much does it cost to be a member of a Reform or Conservative synagogue in an affluent neighborhood? And how does it compare to Habad?
Now, I am not a member of any synagogue. I do not need their religious services, but I support their community building efforts. Habad has a strong reputation in this respect. The others, depends.
When Katrina hurricane destroyed New Orleans, two reputable charity groups were at the place collecting donation and immediately doing something to the victims: American Red Cross and Habad. I donated to both.
I regularly visit a Habad synagogue joining a group of people who sing Russian bard songs (you know the type). It has nothing to do with religion and nothing, or very little, to do with being Jewish. But it helps to keep the community together, and I am thankful to the rabbi for letting us use the room for free. And, as far as I know, this is consistent with the spirit. As far as the religious and political issues, Habadniks do not question me; all they ask is that we respect the place as a Jewish institution (do not eat nonkosher food etc), which is normal.
Also a chance to compare rich synagogues for lawyers and such and poor Habad synagogues for everyone.
Update. Now that I am back at my computer, I will try to explain.
1. There were hundreds of Israel-supporting mostly Jews in the audience. Politicians and, uh, community leaders (politicians too) were getting up the scene and saying how they stay by Israel and praising themselves for having visited Sderot. It's all very nice of them, but what am I supposed to do? Just clap and sign petitions?
There was an anti-anti-Israel counter-demonstration in Boston a few days ago, too bad I was not aware of it. Going there would be useful.
2. A synagogue is primarily a religious institution, but I am not a religious person. A synagogue is also a community center. How much does it cost to be a member of a Reform or Conservative synagogue in an affluent neighborhood? And how does it compare to Habad?
Now, I am not a member of any synagogue. I do not need their religious services, but I support their community building efforts. Habad has a strong reputation in this respect. The others, depends.
When Katrina hurricane destroyed New Orleans, two reputable charity groups were at the place collecting donation and immediately doing something to the victims: American Red Cross and Habad. I donated to both.
I regularly visit a Habad synagogue joining a group of people who sing Russian bard songs (you know the type). It has nothing to do with religion and nothing, or very little, to do with being Jewish. But it helps to keep the community together, and I am thankful to the rabbi for letting us use the room for free. And, as far as I know, this is consistent with the spirit. As far as the religious and political issues, Habadniks do not question me; all they ask is that we respect the place as a Jewish institution (do not eat nonkosher food etc), which is normal.
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Я предполагаю, что средний доход в congregation, которое в Los Altos довольно высок
но имеет ли смысл там искать, чт-то иное?
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Увольте-с
Upd.: a, понял, израильские.
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все равно, как хасид будет сравнивать дорогие французские рестораны, где все жарят на сливочном масле, скажем, с дешевыми венгерскими, где все на смальце :)))))))))))))
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http://www.jewniverse.ru/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=721
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разумеется, авторской песни :) типа, вечно живет ребе наш
рулевойкороль мешиях, царь и бог :-)никто не даст нам искупленья, ни бог, ни царь, и не тиран, а только ребе вечно живой :))))) еще, говрят, ребе любил чеченского имама шамиля :)))
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But I happen to belong to one of those "rich" synagogues and the level of intellectual and musical aspects of service + community-creating efforts is really very high. Luckily, it is not a synagogue just for lawyers, it is mostly for "such" - MIT & Harvard professors and other pillars of society.
And you are right, frankly, I should not belong there because I literally can not afford it, even after their moderate discount. Probably I will have to leave after my daughter's bat-mizva and till then - my credit card and other credit lines will suffer :(
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But it is on par with other average members :)
It is very liberal Reform synagogue as well.
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Some of them I do share, some - do not.
The fraction of political views that I do not share is significant, but culturally - it is negligible.
It is all part of a bigger personal compromise - being a centrist myself (or some would say "right-to-center") I strongly prefer to socialize with left-to-center crowd. Long story.
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on stage?
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