Jewish geography: I know Benjy, he is a member of the community here (his dad is one of the chazzanim).
Yes, his name badge said he was from Sweden; I was going to ask him if he knew you, but I got confused since I'm sure I know him from somewhere else; Assif, I think. Maybe he's over here and occasionally and attends Assif when he does?
He often gives drashes like this, where he comes up with a rather novel interpretation of a Torah passage, but it's based in homiletics, not a rigourous presentation of either the real world facts or of rabbinics.
I'm afraid he got quite a bit of a savaging at the hands of the audience.
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Date: 2007-02-10 10:26 pm (UTC)Yes, his name badge said he was from Sweden; I was going to ask him if he knew you, but I got confused since I'm sure I know him from somewhere else; Assif, I think. Maybe he's over here and occasionally and attends Assif when he does?
He often gives drashes like this, where he comes up with a rather novel interpretation of a Torah passage, but it's based in homiletics, not a rigourous presentation of either the real world facts or of rabbinics.
I'm afraid he got quite a bit of a savaging at the hands of the audience.