Thank you for taking the time to write to Mishpacha- even if it falls on dead ears. If the comment about being a 'grizzled veteran' wasn't so utterly tone deaf it might even be comical....
Guttentag’s proposal, though well-intentioned, is ultimately a non-starter. It rests on an assumption of mutual willingness, on the part of both charedim and non-charedim, to move closer to one another. In reality, the charedi worldview is grounded in the principle of purity through separation, with social and cultural “fences” deliberately constructed to limit exposure to irreligious influence.
Secular Israelis, albeit to a far lesser degree, often mirror this impulse in reverse: they are uneasy with the charedi worldview and resistant to what they perceive as moral judgement or intrusion into their own way of life. Under these conditions, proposals premised on voluntary convergence underestimate the depth of mutual resistance on both sides.
Thank you for taking the time to write to Mishpacha- even if it falls on dead ears. If the comment about being a 'grizzled veteran' wasn't so utterly tone deaf it might even be comical....
Guttentag’s proposal, though well-intentioned, is ultimately a non-starter. It rests on an assumption of mutual willingness, on the part of both charedim and non-charedim, to move closer to one another. In reality, the charedi worldview is grounded in the principle of purity through separation, with social and cultural “fences” deliberately constructed to limit exposure to irreligious influence.
Secular Israelis, albeit to a far lesser degree, often mirror this impulse in reverse: they are uneasy with the charedi worldview and resistant to what they perceive as moral judgement or intrusion into their own way of life. Under these conditions, proposals premised on voluntary convergence underestimate the depth of mutual resistance on both sides.
Please let us know if Mishpacha publishes it.
It will be right after you see pigs flying overhead.