Being Read the Riot Act
Dear Jewschool*,
Kol hakavod for drawing everyone’s attention to this. I, too, share your indignation at the vicious murder of an innocent baby and the particular community’s outrageously inappropriate reaction to it. We can only hope that justice is swiftly served.
However…
Don’t use it as an excuse to impugn Orthodox Jewish bloggers, who have not posted on the topic. For starters, did you not consider the fact that Orthodox J Bloggers outside of Israel are still not able to access their computers? And those of us in Israel – and I am speaking for myself here – had more important commitments than catching up on the news and blogging. Like spending time with the family.
I resent having to feel obligated to post in a timely manner on certain topics, or risk being characterized in a negative manner.
By all means, vent your anger against those who deserve it, and continue to place the spotlight on the murderer and his apologists. But for goodness sake don’t try to drum up controversy by accusing Orthodox Jewish bloggers of “complicity by silence.”
Update: I now notice that the date of the Jewschool post was April 11th – already 3 days ago. So my comments about why Orthodox J Bloggers may not have posted about it are less relevant. But I’m sure many were occupied with Pesach preparations. For my part, the story escaped my radar, a radar which is covering less ground these days. In any event, bloggers should retain the right to post on topics they feel like covering, without being accused of “not caring.”
For instance, there are many who do not post in the aftermath of terror attacks in Israel. Does this mean that these bloggers somehow do not care about the victims?
* Hat tip: AbbaGav
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An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
I don’t think it’s an accurate post on Jewschools’ part. A few lunatics who print up flyers does not indict an entire community. Furthermore, the religious community in Jerusalem is made up of more than one or two elements.
Rabbinical sages issued a statement calling on the protesters to refrain from violence and from burning trash on the street.
Versus Members of the ultra-Orthodox community have demanded
Note that we don’t know in this article who those members are, how many there are or what not. I’ve had friends whose personal experience with one of the Israeli papers leads me to say quite bluntly that if they write anything, it’s usually more in the lines of “creative fiction” then having anything to do with reality.
There probably was a protest. There was probably some trash burned in a garbage can, but that’s a far cry from what is being portrayed.
Let me see JewSchool go after infaticide on all levels of society and then he can act all outraged when he sees it in his ideological opponents.
Tsk tsk Aussie Dave, I expected better of you!
(hoo boy. am I gonna get it now!)
-ron
I’m a bit confused by your comment. How did you expect better of me? You wanted me to support the Charedi community? Sorry, but the point of the post was to say how sickened I was by the death of the baby and the protesters actions, as well as the unfairness of the Jewschool Post in assigning blame to J-Bloggers.
You seem to be doing what I was speaking out against – forcing me to blog about something I did not want to.