Re: [ha-Safran]: Thomas Friedman donates prize $ to synagogue library

2004-01-23 Thread goldman
Hello: It seems to me we live in America and one can donate his/her money to anyone. Why don't they get off Friedman's case? He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Shabbat Shalom! Elaine Goldman == HaSafran -

Re: [ha-Safran]: Thomas Friedman donates prize $ to synagogue library

2004-01-23 Thread Joshua Sharf
I wish I could agree, but the target of the piece is clearly Friedman. But the path by which she gets to her conclusion is so tortured that whatever freight she sees has been dumped by the roadside long before then: Friedman donates to a shul library; that shul is Conservative; it's part of the

Re: [ha-Safran]: Thomas Friedman donates prize $ to synagogue library

2004-01-22 Thread Erika Zeitz
Shalom all--this is very disturbing--but not surprising-- coming from the Voice. Cotts really doesn't criticize Friedman that much--after all--he can donate his money to whomever he chooses. She seems to especially take issue with Kol Shalom's rabbi and his relationship to financial matters, but