Comments on: Jewish Education & Thinking http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/05/jewish-education-thinking/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jewish-education-thinking A potpourri of: Highland Park; Jewish topics; Central New Jersey; art, nature, WordPress, health, photography ... Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:01:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larry Lennhoff http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/05/jewish-education-thinking/#comment-901 Larry Lennhoff Wed, 14 May 2008 20:03:25 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=350#comment-901 Depends on who and where I am with. In general I am not an evangelistic free thinker - as soon as someone informs me I am not arguing with them but with Chazal/Hashem (and for these people there is no difference) I stop talking. I want to be right, I have no strong need to be acknowledged to be right. This results in many fewer arguments than those who need validation from other people. Depends on who and where I am with. In general I am not an evangelistic free thinker – as soon as someone informs me I am not arguing with them but with Chazal/Hashem (and for these people there is no difference) I stop talking.

I want to be right, I have no strong need to be acknowledged to be right. This results in many fewer arguments than those who need validation from other people.

]]> By: Leora http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/05/jewish-education-thinking/#comment-899 Leora Wed, 14 May 2008 17:06:35 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=350#comment-899 Larry, I would be curious to hear more about how you react/deal with the group-think phenomenon of Jewish schools. Or generally in the Jewish community. Larry, I would be curious to hear more about how you react/deal with the group-think phenomenon of Jewish schools. Or generally in the Jewish community.

]]> By: Larry Lennhoff http://www.leoraw.com/blog/2008/05/jewish-education-thinking/#comment-898 Larry Lennhoff Wed, 14 May 2008 17:03:18 +0000 http://www.leoraw.com/blog/?p=350#comment-898 I have to support independent thinking - my parents and my teachers all insisted on it. I have to support independent thinking – my parents and my teachers all insisted on it.

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