Comments on: The Egos Have Landed

By: Man in the Mirror : Israellycool

Man in the Mirror : Israellycool — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:12:20 +0000

[...] takes place in Jerusalem this coming Sunday and unlike last year, there does not seem to be much whining or seething. In fact, the only negative post I have seen on the conference comes from none other than [...]

By: ralphie

ralphie — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:05:10 +0000

2 things:

1. Gomel – he just misspelled “Shmarya.” That’s all.

2. Zzzzzzzzzzzz

By: Ben-Yehudah

Ben-Yehudah — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:56:10 +0000

B”H

Excuse me, you’re right.

He said “shmatah guy.”

I would then be interested in hearing him elaborate what that means.

By: Aussie Dave

Aussie Dave — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:37:58 +0000

Ben-Yehudah,

Gomel never said “Shmata head.”

By: Ben-Yehudah

Ben-Yehudah — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:33:52 +0000

Gomel,

“Shmata head?”

Just to let you know (because it doesn’t seem like you do), that there are Jews who also wear some kind of cloth head covering such as a turban or massar (Yemenite). Such head coverings certainly have more of a basis in Jewish tradition that a black hat (European) or Shtreimel (Ukrainian).

By: Aussie Dave

Aussie Dave — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 06:08:19 +0000

Mo-ha-med,

You made the ridiculous statement that it would be an “ultra-homogenous crowd.” My point is that even within a crowd that is majority “religious”, there is real diversity.

Gomel,

Mega-blog? Heh!

I won’t remove the hyperlinks since I have forgotten about the guy. If anyone wants to read his blog, they are welcome to do so. It certainly is not my cup of tea.

By: Gomel

Gomel — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:55:42 +0000

Dave if you really wanna piss off this Shmata guy or whatever he’s called, all you need to do is remove the links to his blog from his name. It will give this poor guy an aneurysm! He is intentionally belligerent because his “blog” is obviously unrecognizable to most, that’s why he feels the need to come to a mega-blog such as yours in order to “promote” himself.

By: Mo-ha-med

Mo-ha-med — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:53:35 +0000

Ah. You used to have an earring.
That’s diversity alright. Did you have someone who wore sunglasses, too? Because that would be off-the-charts diverse as well.

In any event – I hope you had an enjoyable conference.

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Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:09:42 +0000

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By: Aussie Dave

Aussie Dave — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:57:56 +0000

Mo,

You seem to have taken a firm position on this.

Lisa and Liza were not going to come to this conference, regardless of Steve’s comment here. This was clear from the Ha’aretz article and subsequent discussion.

Ultra-homogeneous crowd? Boy, you got that wrong. I bet I am the only ex-secular-now-observant Aussie blogger who used to have an earring, and lived in a place almost completely devoid of any other Jews. And that’s just me. Everyone brings their own story.

No doubt there will be many “phenomenal people” attending this conference, so I won’t feel the loss too much.