tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post115463499961035895..comments2023-07-08T09:08:14.478-04:00Comments on Divinity is in the Details: JITW articleZThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1154702064014353022006-08-04T10:34:00.000-04:002006-08-04T10:34:00.000-04:00it's an important question eako. i do not agree wi...it's an important question eako. i do not agree with the idea put forward in the article that we were careful about not having people no one had ever met because that was more authentic or grounded in a search for authenticity. <BR/>The point of that care was primarily connected to safety. We knew the community was very open and the people in the community were making themselves vulnerable in their quest to connect with other people in deeper ways. it would have been irresponsible to bring people into that environment who would have abused it and abused people's trust. we couldn't think of a way to approach that question besides asking the members of the community to take collective responsability for making sure people who were interested were safe. <BR/>the question of what makes a community authentic or inauthentic is not one i think about much and i am not sure i can give a good answer about how the voucing system impacted the autheticity of the community.ZThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00389399563327644386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12959942.post-1154660415973109682006-08-03T23:00:00.000-04:002006-08-03T23:00:00.000-04:00"striving for authenticity also led the group to r..."striving for authenticity also led the group to restrict entry to people who already knew at least one current attendee"<BR/><BR/>Having just spent a summer working in isolated and underserved Jewish communities, I ask you: how do we make the authentic Jewish communities we create in or out of smoke-filled rooms truly accessible to Jews who are not similarly interested in eternal self-reflection and re-creation?eakohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16880762614321831116noreply@blogger.com