Sports Thoughts

1) In my opinion, Washington, Washington State and Gonzaga all NEED to fire their basketball coaches after this season. These coaches are too "nice and polite" and aren't demanding of championship caliber performance enough. That is why Gonzaga always loses early in the NCAA tournament, Washington doesn't win big games and Washington State had one two-year stretch of decent performance before the coach left for Virginia. Gonzaga needs a Bobby Knight-coach who will motivate and occasionally berate referees. You need that in order to gain an edge.

2) How come the NHL Owners and media don't come out against Gary Bettman and demand that this jerk IMMEDIATELY resign for acting like a dictator and alienating players and other sponsors? He is a first-class megalomaniac with a Napoleon complex who has ruined hockey, as an American he doesn't truly understand hockey and is trying to make it sissier. Are people that cowardly against Bettman, Selig and Stern? I suppose so. These men are Napoleon wannabes and I fail to understand why other people don't stand up to them. Just because they went to law school doesn't make them the King of the Universe.

Bachelor versus Bachur

There is a HUGE difference between being a bachelor and a bachur (Yeshiva guy). A bachelor has a profession, or is preparing for one, whether in University or Graduate School, a bachur "takes college" to make a Parnasah (livelihood).

 

Another difference is that for a bachelor, Judaism is a nice hobby, not an all-inclusive lifestyle, to be spent at all hours. A bachur spends his time learning and studying and other "Jewish activities". If it means that Shabbos ends an hour and half after Sundown, so be it. It's not like he has a hot date or a boss who wants him to come into the office to work on a trial or big business deal.

Difference #3: Bachelors and Single Jewish guys are NOT supposed to be eunuchs. That means that we need some socializing time with members of the opposite sex. Because of this, it is UNREASONABLE to expect us to spend 4.5-6 hours EVERY SHABBOS with you older couples and younger couples with young children. It doesn't do us any good. Your priorities are different than ours. It's NOT OUR JOB to be the "community fall-back option" if a Jewish organization needs a "Rabbi" or Chazzan". There's more to that position than reciting the words or singing the notes without vowels.

Difference #4:  Basically, other than being a donor and occasional participant in synagogue, we aren't meant for the Orthodox world. Our priorities are our jobs/careers, living quarters (houses, apartments), transportation (bus, car or trying to buy and maintain one) and socializing with guys and women.Additionally, the types of women and men that we find interesting WON'T BE FOUND in the synagogue and Orthodox Jewish Community. Accept it and move on.