Israel’s News Blog Magazine: Daily Stories Video and PhotosCan a Rabbi Say God is Dead as a joke?
I was sent this article from Newsweek, written by Rabbi Marc Gellman and the first sentence I read was this:
The arrival of the World Series this year convinced me that God is dead (proof: the Mets are gone) and that God is not dead (proof: the Yankees are also gone).
So I went to his bio page and this is what it said:
Gellman holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Northwestern University. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and is the senior rabbi of Temple Beth Torah in Melville, New York. Gellman is a past President of the New York Board of Rabbis.
That’s it really… I know its a joke and I read the article but just thought it was interesting to hear a Rabbi say god is dead even in jest. I guess its a cultural think, its just that when I think Rabbi I think of someone like this….
(Hat Tip: Manu)
Ed Gordon said,
October 26, 2006 @ 8:41 pm
I prefer Gellman over the second option….
nominally challenged said,
October 27, 2006 @ 12:14 pm
What Ed Gordon said …
When I see option 2, I think of, oh, Ayatollah Khomeini, or someone of that ilk …
Norm Jacobs said,
October 28, 2006 @ 3:28 pm
Fortunately, Jews are more willing to question things, rather than be
blindly led as followers of those ayotollahs seem to be. Otherwise,
‘Option 2′ might very well be the norm.