Comments on: What’s your Jewish volume? http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/ Synagogue 3000 Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:50:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Synagogue 3000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-13960 Synagogue 3000 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:39:30 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-13960 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Shawn Landres's idea of "Jewish volume," and urges us all to turn it up. Read the post...read the original blog post on Jewish volume... Emerging Patterns of Interreligious Conversation: A Christian-Jewish Experiment S3K Director [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] Shawn Landres’s idea of "Jewish volume," and urges us all to turn it up. Read the post…read the original blog post on Jewish volume… Emerging Patterns of Interreligious Conversation: A Christian-Jewish Experiment S3K Director [...]

]]> By: sgluskin http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-4070 sgluskin Thu, 25 May 2006 17:20:23 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-4070 I'm all for metaphors! The problem with this one is that it doesn't work so well. In the audio world its usually a bad thing when you have the volume turned all the way up. It generally causes distortion, has the potential for causing hearing loss and all other kinds of bad things. Actually, the metaphor works better for those Jews who would suggest too much Jewish activity could cause a person to stop listening to non-Jews or non-Jewish ideas. The volume metaphor would suggest that having a high Jewish volume gives you a distorted outlook on reality. I agree that "affiliation" has lots of problems, but "volume" has some problems of its own. Shai Gluskin I’m all for metaphors! The problem with this one is that it doesn’t work so well. In the audio world its usually a bad thing when you have the volume turned all the way up. It generally causes distortion, has the potential for causing hearing loss and all other kinds of bad things. Actually, the metaphor works better for those Jews who would suggest too much Jewish activity could cause a person to stop listening to non-Jews or non-Jewish ideas. The volume metaphor would suggest that having a high Jewish volume gives you a distorted outlook on reality. I agree that “affiliation” has lots of problems, but “volume” has some problems of its own. Shai Gluskin

]]> By: tielj http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 tielj Fri, 12 May 2006 16:08:40 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-2159 I think I'm all logged in now... May I link this post for the ProgFaithBlogCarn this weekend? I think I’m all logged in now… May I link this post for the ProgFaithBlogCarn this weekend?

]]> By: tielj http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-2120 tielj Thu, 11 May 2006 22:04:12 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-2120 I like that "volume" concept. May I link this post for the ProgFatihBlogCarn? (I'm at http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/ since you probably don't know me) I like that “volume” concept. May I link this post for the ProgFatihBlogCarn? (I’m at http://knockingfrominside.blogspot.com/ since you probably don’t know me)

]]> By: zt http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-1789 zt Fri, 05 May 2006 17:46:03 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-1789 i like the idea of moving away from affiliated/unaffiliated. its a troublesome bianary. i see a pair of problems with "volume" *it's linear *it is unclear how one would use the scale to describe oneself. it is fairly clear how tied one is to jewish institutions. though it might not be clear to other people it is a reasonably uncontentious fact and knowable. once you get into how people feel measurment is quite difficult. many people with low levels of religiosity likely rate their jewish volumes ahead of folks with higher degrees of religioisty and vice versa. this is not inherently problematic. it seems that in general people, especially funder, are more interested in jewish behavior than identity. ID is important insofar as it influences behavior but not as important by itself. all this to say, mazal tov on beating back the beast of affiliation/non-affiliation. i like the idea of moving away from affiliated/unaffiliated. its a troublesome bianary. i see a pair of problems with “volume”
*it’s linear
*it is unclear how one would use the scale to describe oneself. it is fairly clear how tied one is to jewish institutions. though it might not be clear to other people it is a reasonably uncontentious fact and knowable. once you get into how people feel measurment is quite difficult. many people with low levels of religiosity likely rate their jewish volumes ahead of folks with higher degrees of religioisty and vice versa. this is not inherently problematic. it seems that in general people, especially funder, are more interested in jewish behavior than identity. ID is important insofar as it influences behavior but not as important by itself.

all this to say, mazal tov on beating back the beast of affiliation/non-affiliation.

]]> By: rbarenblat http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-1192 rbarenblat Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:45:24 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-1192 My Jewish volume is turned up to 9 or so, these days, and I don't anticipate it dropping. (Something about enrolling in rabbinic school... :-) I like the volume metaphor. It gives me the sense that though my dial has moved around, over the last fifteen years or so, I've consistently been engaged in Jewishness -- it's not like one ever stops having a dial, right? My Jewish volume is turned up to 9 or so, these days, and I don’t anticipate it dropping. (Something about enrolling in rabbinic school… :-)

I like the volume metaphor. It gives me the sense that though my dial has moved around, over the last fifteen years or so, I’ve consistently been engaged in Jewishness — it’s not like one ever stops having a dial, right?

]]> By: Progressive Faith Con Blog http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-13604 Progressive Faith Con Blog Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-13604 <!--%kramer-pre%--> could help interpret. Soft wood and terrorism - guess which one is a more realistic sticking point for US-Canada relations. Maybe we should share a story and know each other better. Is it too loud? Should we turn upthe volume? Even with the volume low, there are some truths that cannot be denied. Sometimes they need to be revived with new language. But you cannot shut out people from remembering the holy or discovering the holy<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati could help interpret. Soft wood and terrorism - guess which one is a more realistic sticking point for US-Canada relations. Maybe we should share a story and know each other better. Is it too loud? Should we turn upthe volume? Even with the volume low, there are some truths that cannot be denied. Sometimes they need to be revived with new language. But you cannot shut out people from remembering the holy or discovering the holy

]]> By: Knocking From Inside http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-13605 Knocking From Inside Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-13605 <!--%kramer-pre%-->, in turn, explains why he's chosen to re-label himself. Sume writes about her struggle with the hijab, one of most visible and controversial forms of labelling. Meanwhile, from the Synablog comes a different andnot so black-and-white look at religious identity. As we study the groups in which we live and work, and study ourselves, we circle back to studying religion. Why? The Xpatriated Texan reminds us that religious decisions don't have to impinge on foreign policy<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati, in turn, explains why he’s chosen to re-label himself. Sume writes about her struggle with the hijab, one of most visible and controversial forms of labelling. Meanwhile, from the Synablog comes a different andnot so black-and-white look at religious identity. As we study the groups in which we live and work, and study ourselves, we circle back to studying religion. Why? The Xpatriated Texan reminds us that religious decisions don’t have to impinge on foreign policy

]]> By: The Last Trumpet http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-13606 The Last Trumpet Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-13606 <!--%kramer-pre%--> [IMG] Instead of asking whether someone is affiliated or unaffiliated, I propose to ask what his/her “Jewish volume” is. -Synablog While having dinner this evening at Panera, Kelly and I noticed that the man at the next table was reading a book completely in Hebrew (which is to say there was no translation). After a few minutes of awkward glances (my shirt was in Hebrew),<!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati [IMG] Instead of asking whether someone is affiliated or unaffiliated, I propose to ask what his/her “Jewish volume” is. -Synablog While having dinner this evening at Panera, Kelly and I noticed that the man at the next table was reading a book completely in Hebrew (which is to say there was no translation). After a few minutes of awkward glances (my shirt was in Hebrew),

]]> By: Moshav HaAm http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/2006/04/27/whats-your-jewish-volume/comment-page-1/#comment-13687 Moshav HaAm Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://synagogue3000.org/synablog/?p=44#comment-13687 <!--%kramer-pre%--> Links XML/RSS feed Synablog site <!--%kramer-post%--> links from Technorati Links XML/RSS feed Synablog site

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