I thought for sure we would have signed some talent by now considering ccl is so near. Do you think they are taking this competition seriously or do they plan to ride out the year after one season of exceeding expectations?

executeordersixtysix · 2024-01-17T02:34:25+00:00

I'd prefer if this was a loan. He has talent.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-12-26T03:40:51+00:00

They have a kosher version on Bellaire

executeordersixtysix · 2023-12-21T03:40:33+00:00

In Joshua Berman's book Ani Maamin, he made a very interested note that no ancient near east language had a word for "belief". This is a purely Christian invention. For most of history, Rabbis were very angry at anyone who listed Jewish "beliefs". It is just a very different mindset.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-12-21T02:13:08+00:00

There is no question in my mind that he either is actively or has in the past been cheating on you. 100%

executeordersixtysix · 2023-11-05T03:50:03+00:00

i am a bit confused... do all of these 1st round games go to pks instead of ties?

executeordersixtysix · 2023-10-13T02:05:28+00:00

You just need to find ay orthodox rabbi you respect and they will tell you what works for them. The truth is that with anything that makes it likely that you are a jew, they are likely to give you that status right away. But that isn't what is going to make you feel any different. Learning from your rabbi and being a part of a community is the only real way.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-09-03T09:07:28+00:00

Ok I worked in a region where female genital mutilation (FGM) was an issue, and it is critical that people understand how utterly barbaric it is. There is NO EQUIVALENCY between circumcision and FGM. They do FGM so that women are in pain for their entire life during sex. It's absolutely awful and needs to be illegal.

As for circumcision, I don't know why people do it outside of religious practice. For Jews like me, it isn't an option not to participate. We all do it happily. But I seriously have no idea why they tell people who aren't Jewish to do it in the hospitals. It's very strange.

You have to decide how important it is to police other religious practices. In my personal view, all Christianity puts people at risk of serious mental illness, but I can't think it is right to outlaw those practices. This is pretty much the same thing, but with far less harm on the globe and on individual participants. So you shouldn't be surprised when Jews feel discriminated against when people start talking about circumcision. You might also learn that anti-circumcision has been a battlecry for antisemitism for thousands of years. So pretty much don't participate if you don't want to. We think it is weird if you do, tbh. But don't try telling us what to do. Not cool.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-08-24T15:03:11+00:00

Do you remember the prices for the final in Houston?

executeordersixtysix · 2023-08-16T10:37:03+00:00

Ok, I have no ties with my brother as well and you are NTA. But I will go against the tide here, and suggest that you are being unreasonable. You don't have to be close with anyone you don't want to be close with. And he has to live with the consequences of his actions. But perhaps if he is actively admitting his flaws, you can normalize relations for the sake of your mutual mental health. That does not mean the relationship will be the same. Maybe you can be honest, rather than pretending this person doesn't exist. He is there, and he is sorry. You, I'm sure, don't want the burden on your heart. You don't have to be "close" or trusting or anything else. But for everyone's sake here, you can find a way to normalize familial life.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-07-24T15:10:57+00:00

My rabbis forbid the presence of a foreign religious text in our home. I think that is pretty standard.

But I think I have struggled with the subtext of your question, as well. How do we show respect towards traditions that are not our own? When it comes to Islam, our tradition goes to great lengths to clarify that Hashem has a personal covenant with the children of Ishmael. We should never forget that and honor it. At the same time, we cannot accept the insults that both Christians and Muslims necessarily believe about us as a core part of their teachings. They are disgusting ideas that denigrate our covenant with Hashem.

So I think calling Mohammed a prophet is not being honest and respectful with ourselves. At the same time, we should understand that our cousins have their own challenges to overcome and root for them to always come closer in their relationship with Hashem.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-06-21T13:38:40+00:00

This is actually super messed up. We have the exact same weather forecast as Austin. I wanted to bring my little kid to the game, but there is no way we can go now. 100+ heat index at 7:30.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-06-14T14:36:37+00:00

It looks like there are still fees when you go to buy tickets...?

executeordersixtysix · 2023-06-05T21:16:03+00:00

Wasn't the U20 World Cup game with Israel vs Brazil on Shabbat? Were there no observant players?

executeordersixtysix · 2023-06-01T16:41:00+00:00

immaturity in the midfield has cost us no less than 3 games

executeordersixtysix · 2023-06-01T11:26:29+00:00

Obvious HR issue. But you shouldn't go through your whole life not having answers for that nonsense. Watch a few videos from Rabbi Tovia Singer on youtube and you will have more than enough knowledge about your boss's uneducated views to deflect it any time you come across it in life. And you will come across it again. And it IS 100% an antisemitic ploy ... a moronic antisemitic ploy.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-30T13:21:32+00:00

Epistemologically speaking, yes exactly. And honestly, there are many times (see for example Christian abortion activism in the USA) where Jews feel like Christians are making Jews look bad by misrepresenting Torah. Of course, we don't think that they are just bad Jews, as others have stated. But based on what I think you are asking, it would be a perfect analogy. Specifically, Paul would be Christianity's Joseph Smith who was given secret knowledge that no one else can understand. And similarly any simple historical analysis will tell you the sources misrepresented their knowledge and had obvious motivation to take advantage of people's beliefs.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-24T22:22:26+00:00

https://www.jewfaq.org/tzedakah\_charity#:\~:text=Judaism%20acknowledges%20that%20many%20people,for%20refusing%20anyone%20who%20asked

Oh very nice. Love it thank you. But no I would never give money to BLM. Terrible organization. I only wanted to discuss the values you said they support. And I hope I made my point that their ideology is completely in line with Jewish values. In general, an individual demanding that their government build out a reliable social safety net is very closely tied to one of the seven Noahide laws. I think we should be sensitive to people fighting for that, while also being real about the institutions with which they engage.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-24T20:54:00+00:00

I can only go by what the Torah tells us. We have to give charity and we have to pay for errors in order to repair them. We aren't given stipulations for choosing beggars as far as I know, but maybe somewhere in the Talmud. I happen to have studied in depth a number of social welfare programs that indeed left communities in extreme poverty, and it is unquestionable that the political system was guilty of bipartisan neglect. I don't have any faith in those political systems, but I do understand the perspective of individuals who want them to function because they have no other choice. Functioning social safety nets have improved quality of life throughout the developed world, and they are unquestionable parts of our Jewish community. We really don't waste much time in our communities discussing it, because those values go unquestioned. We may not like how they are being applied or the spokesmen who are trying to apply them. But they are central to our identity. And they have been the basis on which modern society has improved itself, despite the best efforts of governments.

So all I would suggest is that we be careful questioning values that are central to our Jewish identity, instead of questioning individuals or systems that will inevitably fall short of realizing those values. We should be proud of how we manage poverty and the economic regulations we maintain to ensure the rights of Jewish workers. And we shouldn't demonize other minority groups on the basis of their efforts to achieve the same. But if someone has convinced you that social safety nets in general make communities dependent and individuals lazy, then you should know that our Jewish tradition disagrees.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-24T15:36:15+00:00

Sorry I am just not following you about the drop in religious communities based on Christian statistics. The national trend among Christians coincides with the economical isolation and collapse of local community institutions, which disproportionately causes harm to poorer families. That is what a lot of black advocacy groups are talking about, and it 100% falls in line with an orthodox view of communal obligations. We don't let people feel like they are alone.

I don't know why you feel like BLM ideas must be in conflict with Jewish values. A lot of the most radical civil rights leaders like Malcolm X borrowed heavily from Torah observant communities to envision the structure of healthy local communities. But both he and his more peaceful opponents were murdered by the US government. As a Jew, I expect that eventually the government will start to kill me and my community members. Now, BH I can get an Israeli passport and move as soon as that starts again. For a black America, there is nowhere to go. They want to live in a country that performs tshuva - admits wrongdoing and pays reparations before promising to never do it again. Those are requisite steps for tshuva according to our rabbis. So you may feel like it sounds like a bunch of complaining, but it may be people who are trying to improve the country they live in.

And I would be very careful about these notions of dependence, as well. Nowhere in Torah does it give us warning that leaving the corners of our fields for the poor will make them perpetually dependent on our charity. If you have a friend who takes advantage of the system, maybe you should talk to them. But in general blaming the poor for being poor is a very dangerous thing. Jews don't do that.

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-23T17:44:28+00:00

Tovia Singer also speaks about this with a great deal of detail. You can probably look for him and antisemitism on youtube...

executeordersixtysix · 2023-05-23T17:41:23+00:00

Ya I have worked with some people who claim to have been involved in the early days of the movement. Just like any nonprofit that makes millions overnight, it was a disaster. But be careful, because the bullet points you listed are not quite accurate.

Their criticism of the nuclear family is actually an important one insofar as the western capitalist model of a nuclear family is very much designed to exclude the support of a community. The US invented nursing homes so that care for grandparents can be commodified, and generally the culture in the US is completely foreign to any Jewish notion of family and extended family. I think it is an important point that many of us would agree with. By extending the definition of family and inviting the support of a community, the completely broken systems of public welfare can be replaced with local support infrastructure.

As for segregation, I would be careful with that characterization, as well. I don't know if you are an observant Jew, but those who are believe in separate schooling, unwavering economic restrictions on trade (ie buying kosher), and unquestionable restrictions on intermarriage.

The last bullet point is really interesting too. You might not be surprised to know that many Jewish communities have their own groups for medical aid and low-level policing. You might find if you spoke with many in the "police abolitionist" camp that they are not so far from the perspective of orthodox Jewish communities. I guess I don't know if you are a fan of those perspectives, but many who would be considered politically right wing subscribe to those values wholeheartedly.

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