Orthodox rabbi blasts vulgar Sarah Silverman
But Rabbi Yaacov Rosenblatt thought that Silverman might listen to him. And so, he published an open letter to the 41-year old never-married comedienne.
Here is the Rabbi’s letter:
And if you need any further evidence that the apple does not fall far from the tree, consider her father's response.
“You have made a career making public that which is private, making crude that which is intimate, making sensual that which is spiritual. You have experienced what traditional Judaism taught long ago: when you make sex a public thing it loses its potency. When the whisper is replaced with a shout there is no magic to speak about. And, in my opinion, Sarah, that is why you have had trouble forging a permanent relationship – the most basic desire of the feminine soul.
Human beings have many acquaintances and fewer friends, but only one spouse. Judaism celebrates the monogamous, intimate relationship with a spouse as the prototype of the intimate relationship with God. Marriage, in Judaism, is holy. Family, in Judaism, is celebrated. But for you, nothing is holy; in your world, nothing is permanent. Your ideology is secular. Your culture may be Jewish, but your mind is not.
I think you have latched on to politics because you are searching for something to build. There is only so much pulling down one can do without feeling utterly destructive. You want to fight for a value so you take your belief – secularism – and promote it. As an Orthodox rabbi, I disagree with just about everything you say, but respect your right to say it. All I ask, respectfully, is that you not use traditional Jewish terminology in your efforts. Because doing so is a lie.
Nothing you say or stand for, Sarah, from your sickening sexual proposal to a Republican donor to your equally vulgar tweet to Mitt Romney, has the slightest thing to do with the most basic of tenets which Judaism has taught the world – that the monogamous relationship is the most meaningful one and that a happy marriage is the key to wholesomeness.
You are driven. You are passionate. I pray that you channel your drive and direct your passion to something positive, something that will make you a better and more positive person, something that will allow you to touch eternity and truly impact the world forever. I pray that you pursue marriage and, if you are so blessed, raise children.”
After this piece was published, however, Silverman’s father Donald immediately came to his daughter’s defense in the Comments section, telling the rabbi not to “f**k with his family”.
“Hey Rabbi Idiot: Is your wife allowed to go to a minion or sit at the front if [sic] a bus or choose between abortion or birth...Check your wonderful bible and learn about your cruel god from a book you believe in literally,” Donald Silverman wrote.
The apple does not fall far from the tree. If one grows up with potty mouths, one learns to be a potty mouth. Once learned, that habit is hard to unlearn.
He continued with several other comments, featuring many expletives, pointing out his family’s strong connection to Judaism, most notably his eldest daughter, Susan Silverman, who is a Reform Rabbi in Israel and her husband, Yosef Abramowitz, who is a solar energy-pioneer.
Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Campaign 2012, Sarah Silverman
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:28 AM
7 Comments:
What do you have against apples?!
She's the turd which doesn't fall far from the jackass.
Thank you, Rabbi Rosenblatt. That letter serves the rest of humanity well.
"a solar energy-pioneer"
Bwahahaha! Of course he is.
Good letter from the Rabbi, shows wisdom.
Wow! That was a beautiful, powerful letter from Rabbi Rosenblatt. I've rarely read so powerful a defense of faith, Jewish or Christian, against the personal and societal degradation of Western secular liberalism. That it provoked a crude vulgarian response from Silverman's father just shows that they have no answer to the truth that the Rabbi wrote.
Interesting. So the Silverman family draws the line at a Man of Faith. No articles on her conduct, criticism of her material, outrage over her language gets any response. Only some kind words from a Rabbi are so objectionable to cause an outburst like that.
*Coughs*
Errrrrr, Carl's dumb know-nothing-about-Judaism readers, weren't told about the underlying reasons for Silverman's father's outburst. If he and his family are reform, then they're rejected by the Orthodox Judaism, as being authentic Jews. This is most probably the underlying reason for Mr Silverman's attack on Rabbi Rosenblatt and why they make a mockery of Orthodox Judaism. Orhtodox Jews see Reform as heretics.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3319253,00.html,
Jewish law forbids Jews from entering churches as Christianity is viewed as idolatry, while entering mosques, however, is permitted.
If one were to hold the new ruling to the light of that age-old Jewish approach, one would see Reform Judaism as equal to idol worship.
The question directed to the Rabbi was by a 12 year old girl whose American cousin was coming to Israel to celebrate the girl's Bat Mitzva. The cousin, who belongs to the Reform stream of Judaism, would also be coming of age soon and the Israeli girl would be expected to attend the right-of-passage ceremony in the US. "Can I pray in a Reform mixed synagogue? Can I even enter the synagogue itself?" asked the girl.
By 'mixed' the girl was referring to the Reform practice of treating men and women as complete equals and both sexes pray together as opposed to Orthodox synagogues where they are separated.
I think the rabbi's letter was quite poignant. I'm tired of people latching on to Judaism because of their ancestry while not holding it in their hearts. Howard Stern is a good example if this. Why not call yourself a lapsed Jew rather than proclaiming you are Jewish all the time while not following anything that remotely resembles Judaism?
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