Sometimes, it's best to pretend that one agrees
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posted by Shira Salamone at 6:00 PM
Thursday, December 24, 2009
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Once upon a time, I belonged to a left-wing egalitarian Conservative synagogue, where I was one of a number of women who wore a tallit—and one of the few members who used an Orthodox prayer book (adding the Mothers, of course). Having moved since then, I now belong to a right-wing traditional Conservative synagogue, where I’m almost always the only woman wearing a tallit—and one of the few members who adds the Mothers. I seem destined to be forever . . . on the fringe.
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6 Comments:
See next comment.
Kindly keep going.
Please be patient.
Just a little further.
One more, please.
This is another of my (in)famous "hidden" posts, published in the comments so that my co-workers would not only have to click, but to scroll, as well, in order to read it. I cherish the delusion that I'm still "in the closet" as a blogger at the office.
Note that this post was actually published on January 24, 2010.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Sometimes, it's best to pretend that one agrees
A few of us were having a conversation at the office when the talk turned to food, at which point one woman expressed her gratitude that we Jews had always had potatoes with which to cook. I disagreed, telling her that potatoes were of Peruvian origin. Her reaction took me by surprise--she went on the attack, insisting that, while Europeans might not have known about potatoes, they appeared in the Bible, and had always been used by Jews. Not wishing to make enemies at the office, I beat a hasty retreat, telling her that I'd check further. Needless to say, I did a search on the computer at the first opportunity, and found that potatoes are originally from the Andes Mountains of South America (which is where current-day Peru is located). Am I going to inform her of my findings? Not on your life. It's not wise to contradict someone who values (what she considers) Torah over truth.
posted by Shira Salamone at 6:00 PM
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