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Subject: Re: Akeelah

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Kylopod

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Date Posted: 23:00:28 09/15/07 Sat
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In reply to: Jimmy 's message, "Akeelah" on 23:15:43 09/12/07 Wed

>"Kabbalah (there are many accepted spellings; it would
>therefore not be a good spelling bee word, though
>"Akeelah" pretends that it would be, in one scene)"
>
>Really!? Okay, now that begs the question: Is there
>something inherent about Judaism and Spelling Bees?

Heh, sure. The real answer is more mundane. There is something about words from Semitic languages not transliterating well into the Roman alphabet. Arabic words like Koran and Qadaffi have the same problem.

>Seriously. Before I go any further, Happy Rosh Hashana

Thanks.

>"Later, when Hasidism emerged in the eighteenth
>century, it was a return to Kabbalah for the Jewish
>masses, and it was very controversial among the
>rabbinic establishment."
>
>I have to admit I'm no longer tracking. I know what
>Hasidism is but I'm not clear if you're stating that
>Hasidism is the hybrid Judeo-Islamic Faith.

It isn't. I was worried you'd make that connection, which is why I stuck in the "Later..."

>"There's no official rule that Orthodox Jews have to
>believe in Kabbalah (it is not one of Maimonides'
>thirteen tenets of Judaism, which are usually taken as
>a good description of Orthodox belief today), but it
>still maintains a strong influence over Orthodoxy (in
>theory, if not in practice)."
>
>I'm tracking you. What I'm amazed at is this divide
>though I'm not entirely sure I read you right on the
>Hasidic Jews being the Muslim sect. Correct me if I'm
>going to far with this assumption but it seems that
>Orthodox Jews devoutly believe yet they maintain an
>intellectual approach to their beliefs yet could risk
>the charge of seeming detached to those who feel a
>more mystic connection in their day-to-day lives.

That's not too far off.

>"...though I suspect that conservatives like Michael
>Medved praised it as a film that encouraged a
>hard-work ethic for minorities."
>
>Ha-ha...but I do see your point, I just don't
>understand why you had to make it at the expense of
>Medved.

Because he's the most well-known conservative film critic.

He also strikes me as far more sincere and far less self-serving than Limbaugh, Hannity, O'Reilly, etc.

>But that begs the question of why Pat Morita chose to
>play the part that way?

I don't think it was his choice.

>Now tell me this: was the catalyst of his claim due to
>Homeschoolers success at Spelling Bees? Are they the
>usual winners?

A disproportionate number of the spelling bee winners are homeschooled children.

>"I did try to write something on the message board
>following his column, but it was rejected, probably
>because it consisted simply of a link to my blog post.
>I might have tried to post a condensed version of my
>arguments, but by the time I realized my first post
>hadn't been accepted, the discussion had devolved into
>a boring creationism debate."
>
>What the fuck? Who is this guy?

I have no idea who he is. Which is why I didn't want to spend too much time bothering with him.

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