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From: mls@wxlvax.UUCP (Michael Schneider)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Jewish Singles
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 08:38:36 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  7 08:38:36 1985
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> ... the "party" starts at 8:00; Shabbat is over at
> around 9:00 on that day....  
> 
> Now, I may be reading Asher wrong.  He may simply be saying that
> Singles Dances sponsered by YM/YWHA's and other non-frum organizations
> shouldn't have the word "Jewish" in the title.  
> 
> All joking aside, I would like to pose the question again:
> 
> What is the best way for non to semi-frum Jewish Singles to meet?
> ( I am using frum as an alias for "fanatic")
> 
> David Seth Green  AT&T Bell Labs   path:  ihnp4!mhuxi!dsg

The above abstract of David's posting brings forward two questions and answers.
First, should a Jewish organization have activities on Shabbat?  And, second,
are frum people fanatics?  I know a number of high ranking people in industry,
education, and government who consider themselves frum.  They are, by no means
fanatics.  They simply follow the laws of the Torah.  What happens when a
Jewish organization holds activities on Shabbat?  For those who follow the
Law, it can cause problems.  Non-Jews do not distinguish between frum and
non-frum, they only see that a Jewish organization holds activities at the
same time a frum person says he or she is unavailable.  I have had to
face this a number of times; it made me look like the fanatic David 
mentions above - a self-fulfilling prophecy.  I realize that not everyone
is observant, but why should "official" organizations, seen by non-Jews
as a representatives of the Jewish people, act in violation of Jewish law
and cause problems for those who are observant?

M. Schneider