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Showing posts with label charedim. Show all posts
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Monday, November 1, 2010

Pamela Anderson and the charedi photo-shoot


Recently, Pamela Anderson wrote a letter to a number of charedi MK’s in support of a ban on fur garments, mainly targeted at the shtreimel industry. Ms Anderson admitted that she is writing from purely a fashion standpoint. In a candid interview with Rabbi Yitzchok Meir Senderson, Pamela admitted that she has never liked men with hairy chests, facial hair or side burns. What bothers me the most is what Senderson was doing in a room with only Pamela and interview materials, whatever they may be. Rabbi Senderson is currently denying that he had any knowledge that she starred in the TV show ‘Baywatch’.

Ms. Anderson is scheduled to have a meeting regarding this matter in the coming days. Ms. Anderson will be meeting with the leadership of the charedi movement as 'women' have not been acknowledged as an official species, consequently allowing men and ‘women’ to be in the same room together. This halachik loophole was found by some of the biggest rabbis of our generation.

When I approached an educator in the charedi community regarding how the charedi community interprets the seemingly ‘female’ characters in the chumash, for instance, Rachel, he responded that some characters and stories were placed in the chumash to test our belief in God, even though they may not be completely truthful.

UPDATE: The above photo is what Ms Anderson was spotted wearing in Mea Shearim hours before the meeting. She was praised for her simple yet elegant shapeless black dress. 
 

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Who doesn't like Mr Men?

Everyone loves the Mr Men series of books by Roger Hargreaves, so much so that the charedim have begun publishing suitable Mr Men books for their own community. The Charedi Foreign Service to the Outside World (CFSOW) announced that Mr Men books are now acceptable to read if they have the Kosher V'yosher hechsher symbol, however, if they contain the Kosher Australia symbol they are not acceptable and must be put in charem, along with Rambam's Moreh Nevuchim.

When I approached the charedi foreign minister regarding why these new publications were acceptable, he responded that these books would contain no depictions of females. Moreover, the 'Little Miss' series will no longer be published for it advocates pritzus or any books which denote bad middos, for instance 'Mr Angry'.

What I am most shocked about is that the charedim are willing to publish a book without a haskomoh, an ‘approval’ from a godal hador, a leader of our generation. Maybe the charedi world is finally moving forward.

For those who appreciate the show Mad Men and Mr Men books, this may not preclude charedim, may want to check out the new Mr Draper book, a new series from Mr Men…http://www.thepoke.co.uk/index.php/2010/10/26/mad-men-mr-men/