Reply To: “Kiddush Hashem” Does Not Mean Looking Good by the Goyim

I think there is general agreement that the term, as used by headline writers, has become a journalistic shorthand for expressing pride and respect for everything from little acts of kindness from a yid to a goy to significant professional and secular accomplishments by yidden. We tend NOT to use the term “Kiddush Hashem” when a yid achieves a significant milestone in limudei torah or new heights of hidur mitzvah (aka “Kiddush Hashem: 6 year old yeshiva bochur in Willy memorizes entire tanach with meforshim” or “Kiddush Hashem: Yid pays $13,000 for Calabrian Esrog”)