tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post1272372692178316281..comments2024-02-23T04:39:49.329-05:00Comments on Conversations in Klal: People and PicturesProfKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-9246177579723532672011-03-15T16:05:38.238-04:002011-03-15T16:05:38.238-04:00Frayda,
As to hiding the women and girls in their ...Frayda,<br />As to hiding the women and girls in their rooms, there are indeed places in the NYC area where, if there are strangers/non-family members in the house, the men and the women eat separately, not at the same table, and not necessarily in the same room.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-14160045337698152802011-03-15T11:38:39.683-04:002011-03-15T11:38:39.683-04:00Wow, I hope this is post is Purim shtick. I can...Wow, I hope this is post is Purim shtick. I can't imagine why someone would not show pictures of their family in their own home. If it is for the benefit of guests, do they also hide the women and girls in their rooms? Come on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-58195586930978578502011-03-14T15:58:45.520-04:002011-03-14T15:58:45.520-04:00you're lucky you have all those photos from eu...you're lucky you have all those photos from europe. (i've hoarded most of my grandparents old photos, much to the chagrin of my aunt. they are among my prized possessions.)<br /><br />i've never heard of taking down pictures for the reason stated, although i did know about the ban on publishing pictures (and even names) of women. this is actually one chumra i can get behind. i'm not a fan of displaying portraits and family pictures in general, and i really hate wasting a morning at sears. although i guess now i might have to waste even more time at sears if we need to take separate pictures.Abbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06147724170190982376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-91730213292089656682011-03-14T12:01:35.780-04:002011-03-14T12:01:35.780-04:00I confess I don't understand how any of this c...I confess I don't understand how any of this can be considered as being frum. Somewhere in the far future--although I hope not too far future--our seichel gene is going to start working again. Maybe then actual halacha will once again replace chumrahs based on who knows what.Allannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-3297636799022690232011-03-14T09:37:09.641-04:002011-03-14T09:37:09.641-04:00In my last post, strike out "your friend"...In my last post, strike out "your friend" and replace with "your friend's wife's relative." (*mumblemumble* getting older and reading retention obviously ain't what it used to be).efrexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-6300047877854522012011-03-14T09:17:25.335-04:002011-03-14T09:17:25.335-04:00Stupidity like this is what unfortunately is proml...Stupidity like this is what unfortunately is promlugated as "frum". My friends wife wrote an article about this in the Flatbush Jewish Journal last week. However, just for kicks, maybe you shouldmake separate walls for men & womens pictures somewhere in your home and tell people it's a chumrah, and see how many people believe it. Alternatively, you could take random pictures of Jewish singles and put them facing each other. Any couple that ends up married can be used as poster people for using cosmic carma to end the shidduch crisis. Of course you would be labeled a rasha, but why would that bother anyone in this day and age?Lakewood Falling Downhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14483392684657880997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-88587294430758679852011-03-14T09:11:10.939-04:002011-03-14T09:11:10.939-04:00Methinks the lady doth protest to much. I'm no...Methinks the lady doth protest to much. I'm not sure which part of Brooklyn he's from, but in my parts, as well as in Lakewood, family pictures of the whole family are proudly displayed. It feels like almost every house has a wall /area with wedding pictures of each of their married couples (that's the chosson and the kallah)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-3476982350909428182011-03-14T08:48:53.286-04:002011-03-14T08:48:53.286-04:00Efrex,
Obviously wasn't clear from what I wrot...Efrex,<br />Obviously wasn't clear from what I wrote but our friend was being sarcastic in his comment. He lives in our area and looks at Brooklyn as a foreign country with truly strange customs and observances, despite having been raised there many many years ago.<br /><br />He also once made the comment that he now fully believes that there are little green creatures in outer space that regularly come to earth. They obviously abducted all the real inhabitants of Brooklyn and replaced them with the robots now there.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096776708897685863.post-83879484358973480422011-03-14T07:41:44.505-04:002011-03-14T07:41:44.505-04:00Not to beat this point further, but you really hav...Not to beat this point further, but you really <b>have</b> been out of the loop. Women have been written out of the public sphere in certain parts of the <i>charedi</i> world for several years now. Pick up a copy of certain <i>charedi</i> publications and you won't even see women's NAMES written ("Rabbi Yankel Shapiro's wife, Rebbetzin Yankel Shapiro... " and the like). A recent postcard that I saw raising money for a widow of a chasid showed a picture of his younger children with the 3-year-old girl's face deliberately blurred (naturally, the older girls and the widow herself were completely eliminated from the picture).<br /><br />As one of my personal heros noted in a recent shiur: soon, our extremists will be censoring the Tanach to get the women's names out from there as well...<br /><br />At the same time, the reality is that your friend has made a choice: Being accepted by his community is worth the discomfort and inconvenience. Obviously, he finds enough positives in that sphere (or has enough invested in it) to maintain his membership.efrexnoreply@blogger.com