I doubt that as well. Hence my disinterest in a population that has .000000000001 per cent influence on the rest of America.
And Kook = Look in Yididsh. 
Anyway, it seems as though Miller would like to imply that I can’t read, or I’m an idiot, or that everytime I write something it is as if I wrote nothing, but all I pointed out was a) if you’re going to complain about what you view as sexist, at least get a grip on their intentions first and b) if you’re going to complain about someone’s stance on objectifying women, don’t uh, objectify women in response.
I think there’s sexism abound in various Orthodox communities…but I also don’t participate. The women in Hasidic communities who don’t like it either leave Judaism entirely or they join another stream…something a little less cut off from the majority. It’s kind of like my position on the burqa. You want to wear it, go ahead. But don’t force it on me.
That Herald ‘article’ was horrible. And they quoted a relatively unknown rabbi who criticizes orthodoxy all the time (and I only know this because I was wondering who this guy was so I went to his website to find out that he calls himself Conservative with a capital C but he’s part of the Recon movement) instead of getting a quote from, oh, I donno, the source? It was sensationalist. imho, it’s no better than Di Tzitung.
What the Haredi do (or more specifically, the Hasidim in Brooklyn, since the Haredi in Denver are a quite different group) is their business. If this were Israel and they were controlling the Cabinet (or Denver City Council or Senate or anything that I’m a constituent of) that would be different. They have a their own interpretation of Jewish law…but to suggest (as the Herald oh so eloquently quoted a speculation) that they don’t print images of women in power because it makes them uncomfortable is just, well, bad reporting.
I personally** like** having differences of opinion. As annoying as frum Jews can be (or Muslims or Evangelical Christians or atheists or Republicans or whatever) I do appreciate the discourse. My favorite rabbi is Yiddishe and I keep forgetting he was born here because of his accent. He’s Orthodox and teaches at my son’s school and the kids adore him. Everyone does. He’s great. Am I going to call him a misogynist because he’s a shade more frum than I? Uh, no. I’d prefer to hear something from his mouth first.
Some groups try so hard to not objectify women that it’s ridiculous. Now it’s just counter-productive. No doubt plenty of men in the Brooklyn communities take advantage of it. The Haredi of 2011 is not the Haredi of post-WWII. But…in a world where women are constantly objectified (remember the nutcracker jokes?) it makes them seem very grossly misguided, but not exactly backwards. In order for an idea to be backwards, the rest of the world would have to be…forward.
Clearly, we’re not that much ahead. 
