--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wayback71" <wayback71@> > > wrote: > > > > > > I suggested the Torah because those who study it usually have > > analytical minds and enjoy > > > debating the possible meanings etc. From reading her posts here > I > > am only guessing that > > > she would be a natural at the law, philosophy or Torah study, if > > they interested her. I am > > > not anti-Semetic, I am female, and I have many Jewish friends and > > relatives, altho I am not > > > Jewish.> --- > > > > Don't be so defensive. > > > > Just because one assumes someone is Jewish doesn't automatically > > make them anti-semitic. > > > > I think Judy would concur with this: if she has spent a lifetime > > having people assume she is Jewish because of her last name (and, > > in some cases, her first name) doesn't mean this people were anti- > > semites. > > > > Is this correct, Judy, regarding your experience? > > It is indeed. > > But your question did sound as though you thought > Wayback's putative assumption could have been > anti-Semitic. > > I took it as a compliment, myself. >
I didn't mean to; I wanted to know why the Talmud (or Torah? I forget which by now) was invoked...was it the name or the law- intensive nature of it... ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
