{"id":109,"date":"2009-06-04T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/06\/orthodox-jews-desperately-need-to-learn-how-to-communicate-for-public-consumption.html"},"modified":"2009-06-04T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T06:00:00","slug":"orthodox-jews-desperately-need-to-learn-how-to-communicate-for-public-consumption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/kingdomofpriests\/2009\/06\/orthodox-jews-desperately-need-to-learn-how-to-communicate-for-public-consumption.html","title":{"rendered":"Orthodox Jews Desperately Need to Learn How to Communicate for Public Consumption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the simple lesson from the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.forward.com\/bintel-blog\/#story-2\">Rabbi Manis Friedman affair<\/a>, which, if you haven&#8217;t looked into it, you&#8217;re probably better off. What on earth was he thinking? It will blow over quickly, but what a bad day for Chabad. And what a strange day when I find mysel<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forward.com\/articles\/107112\/\">f agreeing with the Anti-Defamation League&#8217;s Abe Foxman<\/a>. What was <span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-style: italic\">Moment<\/span> magazine, a very mainstream publication, thinking in publishing Rabbi Friedman?\u00a0Yet the funny thing is that I know from his admirers, among whom my wife counts herself, that he&#8217;s a riveting and illuminating speaker.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>This is why I often feel like Don Quixote trying to remind Jews of our mission as a Kingdom of Priests. Sigh.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s the simple lesson from the Rabbi Manis Friedman affair, which, if you haven&#8217;t looked into it, you&#8217;re probably better off. What on earth was he thinking? It will blow over quickly, but what a bad day for Chabad. 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