tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post5567838955617564079..comments2024-03-14T02:22:26.957+00:00Comments on Point of No Return: Jewish Refugees from Arab and Muslim Countries: The haredi school affair: a rebuttal to Rachel ShabiUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12677825.post-58996147878234013712010-06-24T06:52:18.960+01:002010-06-24T06:52:18.960+01:00There is a disturbing tendency of "moving to ...There is a disturbing tendency of "moving to the right" on religious matters, accompanied by a corresponding decrease in respect for differences. We are discovering new chumras all the time and blackballing kids from yeshivas who don't measure up. We are throwing kids out and hurting ourselves in the process. This is an issue that goes beyond intra Jewish ethnicity, although there is not a total disconnect between the two.<br /><br />We need a greater tolerance of differences, an ability to practice our varied strains of orthodoxy without blackballing each other.<br /><br />Those who hate us see us as a united entity. If we could embrace this unity in love on apractical level, then Moshiach would be hereMagdeburger Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14605628777800576106noreply@blogger.com