Comments on: Commentary on Noah Feldman http://ajcwire.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/ blog of the American Jewish Committee. Articles on Jewish life, current events, and Israel. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:46:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: for loans http://ajcwire.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-7069 for loans Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:14:25 +0000 http://ajcblog.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-7069 wow )) its very unconventional point of view. Nice post. realy good post thx :-) wow ))
its very unconventional point of view.
Nice post.
realy good post

thx :-)

]]> By: geoff bethlehem http://ajcwire.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-1922 geoff bethlehem Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:55:51 +0000 http://ajcblog.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-1922 "To be sure his disingenuousness in claiming that he had been deliberately airbrushed out of the reunion photo badly undermines his credibility." Is it really disengenuous? Rather the person or institution who "air brushed" Feldman wears that hat. Perhaps a clear statement whether this was deliberate or not needs to be heard. If deliberate, it is a perversion of truth and certainly an act of this type does little to help sustaining the Jewish people. “To be sure his disingenuousness in claiming that he had been deliberately airbrushed out of the reunion photo badly undermines his credibility.”
Is it really disengenuous? Rather the person or institution who “air brushed” Feldman wears that hat.
Perhaps a clear statement whether this was deliberate or not needs to be heard.
If deliberate, it is a perversion of truth and certainly an act of this type does little to help sustaining the Jewish people.

]]> By: Howard Winter http://ajcwire.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-1921 Howard Winter Wed, 15 Aug 2007 22:46:20 +0000 http://ajcblog.org/2007/08/14/commentary-on-noah-feldman/#comment-1921 I read your piece on Noah Feldman with interest. I also read Shmuley Boteach's op-ed in a local Jewish newspaper. I fully agree with your characterization of the topic. What interests me is the focus of Feldman's animus on his school, his fellow students at that time---but nary a word about his family relationships. The point is one can go to the best of Jewish day schools and yeshivot---but if there is a problem at home; dysfunctional relationships with his parents for example---all bets are off. When I went off to medical school---my mother told me----let us not gain a doctor and lose a Jew. That was critically important to her, although she did not have to worry. What were the at-risk elements in Feldman's upbringing? Feldman in fact obfuscates that question when one realizes that the overwhelming majority of Maimonides alumni did not marry out of the fold (I'm sure there were many brilliant and discerning minds in that group that rival Feldman's) and faced the same or more profound trials without succumbing to the same choice. Since I'm a urologist by profession---I could say that he listened more to his corpus cavernosum than his corpus cerebrum---but that may be overly simplistic. As for Shmuley Boteach---he is a great speaker, very entertaining---and smart. But he is narcissistic ---no self-esteem problems there. And that leads him to making errant judgements about many issues. Howard. I read your piece on Noah Feldman with interest.
I also read Shmuley Boteach’s op-ed in a local Jewish newspaper.
I fully agree with your characterization of the topic.
What interests me is the focus of Feldman’s animus on his school, his fellow students at that time—but nary a word about his family relationships.
The point is one can go to the best of Jewish day schools and yeshivot—but if there is a problem at home; dysfunctional relationships with his parents for example—all bets are off.
When I went off to medical school—my mother told me—-let us not gain a doctor and lose a Jew. That was critically important to her, although she did not have to worry.
What were the at-risk elements in Feldman’s upbringing?
Feldman in fact obfuscates that question when one realizes that the overwhelming majority of Maimonides alumni did not marry out of the fold (I’m sure there were many brilliant and discerning minds in that group that rival Feldman’s) and faced the same or more profound trials without succumbing to the same choice.
Since I’m a urologist by profession—I could say that he listened more to his corpus cavernosum than his corpus cerebrum—but that may be overly simplistic.

As for Shmuley Boteach—he is a great speaker, very entertaining—and smart. But he is narcissistic —no self-esteem problems there. And that leads him to making errant judgements about many issues.

Howard.

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