Reply To: Be nice!

daniela: I actually asked the waitress why she gets most of the kosher customers. She said that she is in culinary school, and actually studied about different dietary needs – whether kosher, halal, vegan, gluten free, or others. Because of that, the resort gives her those customers, as she knows a lot of the rules for each.

As for your comparison to African Americans, here’s the big difference. Let’s say she said something to a black person along the same lines. He would probably get upset. Why? Because to him, it’s an attack on all black people. This bothers him.

When she told that to me, I didn’t take it as an attack on all Jews. I actually felt sad that she’d had bad experiences with frum Jews.

Your refusal o believe anything bad about Jews is part of what leads to the issues we have these days, such as abuse. When people refuse to believe what they are told, it causes problems. Instead of trying to fix problems, they just ignore them. That leads to the problems becoming bigger. Take your head out of the sand and actually look around you.