Ask Wendy
Matchmaking Not Always Upbeat
Dear Wendy:
I like to play matchmaker and to
introduce single friends to one anoth-
er. Sometimes it works, sometimes it
doesn't. I recently set up one of my
close women friends with a work col-
league; they dated for about six
months, but their relationship ended
in a nasty breakup. Now my friend
won't talk to me. What. should I do?
— Caught in a bind
You know what they say: No good
deed goes unpunished. If you knew
there was something seriously wrong
with your colleague (you were aware
that he was an alcoholic with violent
tendencies, for example) and you did-
n't disclose this in advance, your
friend would have cause to be upset.
If, on the other hand, things just did-
n't work out, your friend is being
ungrateful. In the former case, you
owe your friend an apology; in the
latter, she owes you one.
In either case, you probabl should
recognize that doing others
this kind of favor is a risky
business. Stick to your day
job. (Or make your friends
sign a waiver in advance of a
first dace.)
Dear Wendy:
Do Jews and Christians
believe in the same God?
debate this question with
each other; elsewhere this
debate spills on to the battle-
field.
Dear Wendy:
Our rabbi came as part
of a package. She made it
clear when we hired her that
WENDY
— A Divine Query
she would take the job only
BELZBERG
My rabbi explains the
if we offered some kind of
Special to
answer to your query this
position for her husband,
the Jewish News
way: Christians believe in a
whom we put in charge of
God that can be thought of
our Hebrew school. The
in three different ways — Father, Son
rabbi is doing a terrific job, but her
and Holy Spirit. And different
mate is not. He is disorganized,
Christian denominations give differ-
unimaginative and seems to turn
ent meanings to these three divinities.
more children off than he turns on.
Jews believe only in the Father.
Is there a way to fire him without
Dividing God into three is for us
losing her?
incomprehensible. Whether you can
— In awkward position
say that the Father of the Christians is
No matter what the consequences
the same as the God of the Jews
may be, the rabbi's husband has to
depends on whom you ask. In civi-
go. The quality of your children's
lized countries, Jews and Christians
Jewish education is not negotiable.
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It is entirely possible that he knows
he is doing a lackluster job and would
willingly step down. But I wouldn't
count on it. Is there not someone in the
community who might be willing to
offer this man a job that he will excel at
or, at the very least, where his failure
will not have such a profound impact?
Depending on how much your rabbi
means to you, your community leaders
may need to put their heads together
and concoct — or underwrite — a new
position for her spouse.
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But first consult the contract. If
you discover a linkage clause — tying
the employment of the husband to
his rabbinical wife — you may have
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