ZK, I commend you for your obvious passion in your opinion on the matter, but I must say, since I’m one of the people here who have said “I understand her”, that it with a lack of familiarity that you have called us out on that. I said that I understand her because I easily could have turned out like her. I grew up in a very difficult situation, and truly needed support and help from my community and community leaders, and got none. The only real role model I had was my mom. Without her, it would not be a stretch to say that I would have turned out like this woman, and would have had a strong dislike for Judaism. Thankfully, my mother showed me by example how Judaism can be a beautiful religion, and that is what I’ve clung to. As for the other things you have said, I respect you greatly for your passion, but I can NEVER bring myself to hate her, and I won’t. If you do, that’s fine. But as I said in an earlier post, such hate and contempt for her is exactly what caused her to go off in the first place. We can’t know for sure, but it is possible that if even one Rav or respected community member showed her love, and showed her how one can love and be happy in Judaism, she may have been inspired. Calling her names and saying bad things about her, in my opinion, is the wrong way of dealing with this situation.
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