A little while ago, Rabbi Josh Joseph of the Orthodox Caucus contacted me about a publication they were putting out about dating. Someone tipped him off to this website,1 and they decided to publish the post called Mixed Blessings about the phrase “Im Yirtzeh Hashem By You.” I had no idea it was going to be distributed in this past week’s edition of the Jewish Week.
I haven’t had time to look at all of the articles just yet, but some of them seem worth checking out. In addition to the website, you can download the PDF version.
It’s an interesting development considering I never expected this blog to have any such effect and I’m curious to see how this might develop. Of course, I suppose I’ll have to get more consistent about posting….
1. Apparently, I’ve written a few times about my take on dating.
(כִּי לֹא מַחְשְׁבוֹתַי מַחְשְׁבוֹתֵיכֶם וְלֹא דַרְכֵיכֶם דְּרָכָי (ישעיהו נה:ח
YUTOPIA In Print…Sort Of
September 26, 2004 Articles, Papers, and Publications, Jewish Dating
A certain Gushie and I had what to say on it during break fast.
We saw the main headline on the pullout section in the JW – “Orthodox. Single. Oy Vey” – and straight down the chute it went. Anything else worthwhile I missed?
Worth considering: All the anonymous submissions came from denizens of the UWS.
I almost tossed it as well, but was glad I didn’t. Some of the articles were meatier/more resonant than others, but, IMHO, many good points were raised.
However, I wished that all the anonymous writers would have felt comfortable sharing their opinions–I think these issues are taken more seriously there are names attached. But obviously that’s part of the problem, that lots of people are unhappy, but most of them aren’t comfortable expressing dissent and discussing what’s wrong.