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my three words are
needed to intro-
duce the theme of
this week's column:
from science.
— Rabbi Brian D. Fox,
Manchester, England
I was wrong.
Wendy could have sug-
Below is the question that
gested that this was an oppor-
elicited such a vigorous
tunity for a good-spirited
response from readers. There
debate over the nature of mir-
is no need to reprint my
acles, the relationship between
WENDY
original advice since the gist
science and religion, the possi-
BELZBERG
of that answer will become
bility (or the purpose) of
Special to
immediately obvious upon
"proving" the miracles, or the
the Jewish News
reading these excerpts.
different views within Judaism
Suffice it to say that there
regarding miracles ...
is no conflict between Judaism and a
Stripping someone of their teach-
scientific explanation for the Passover
ing job simply because they expressed
miracles. I do, however, stand by the
ideas with which you disagree respects
last line of my original column: "To
the rights of no one: not the teacher,
all you Hebrew school directors out
not the students and not the modern
there: Class is in session. Do you
Jewish community, which derives
know what your teachers are teach-
strength from its pluralism. I pray to
ing?" Hebrew school teachers should
God the mother did not act on
not be setting curriculum. That
Wendy's advice and endanger the
responsibility belongs to Hebrew
teacher's job. As for Wendy Belzberg,
school directors, in consultation with
she has a long and public history of
an active parent body. Which may
dispensing inappropriate and ill-
mean you.
informed advice that ranges all the
way from grotesque and dangerous to
Dear Wendy:
the merely banal.
My 10-year-old daughter attends
— Jeremy Jacobs, Valhalla, NY
Hebrew school at our synagogue. She
recently reported that her religion
". .. A lost opportunity by you to
teacher said that the Passover miracles
stress that the importance of the story
never happened and that she saw a
is not its literal, but rather figurative,
TV show "proving" that the splitting
metaphoric value. This would allow
of the Red Sea was the result of a vol-
for the teacher to stress healthy skep-
canic eruption. The teacher intends to
ticism about the biblical stories being
show the video to the class.
"absolutely" true ...
Meanwhile, my daughter is distraught
Instead, you chose to judge the
and feels that she won't enjoy the
teacher and pit the child against that
seder this year, thinking that the story
teacher, siding with the notion of the
of Passover is a fraud. I'm not sure
literal truth of the story. I hope the
what to do.
mother did not take your advice for if
— Not sure what to do
she did, and the child later recognizes
* * *
what the real meaning of all of the
As an admiring reader of your col-
stories are, alienation from her her-
umn, I could not believe that you actu-
itage is a possible outcome — her say-
ally advised the firing of a teacher in a
ing "none of it is really true, so why
religious school for teaching 10-year-old
bother with any of it." You missed a
children the scientific basis of the split-
golden opportunity!
ting of the Red Sea. Surely the survival -
- Dr. S.H. Kardener, Santa Monica,
of the Jewish people is a miracle in
Calif: Calif:
itself! Is that not reason enough to enjoy
the seder? The teacher should be con-
Write to "Ask Wendy" at 954
gratulated for making the lesson excit-
Lexington Ave. #189, New York, NY
ing and living. The child took some-
10021, or e-mail
thing of value home to the parents: the
askwendy@thejewishnews.com
lesson that Judaism has nothing to fear