“as far as she is concerned right now she never wants to have anything to do with judaism again, but that term ambivalent is telling–it means that she has feelings either way. therefore i conclude that rather than trying to vilify her, we should be trying to show her the beauty that judaism has to offer–the beauty she never saw as a child.”
“i cant even blame her for writing the book; why should she not write a book being negative about judaism if she never experienced anything positive in judaism?”
“she never once mentioned experiencing a shabbos…not ONCE! shabbos is one of the most beautiful parts of judaism and she only ever mentioned it to refer to the day of the week. she grew up in a system–satmar in williamsburg. systems fail. in her case it failed wherever and whenever possible. what do you expect from someone like that? positive feedback? how?!”
“we all know that there IS beauty in judaism; we’ve all experienced it. so why should we keep it all to ourselves? why not share it with this person who unfortunately had difficult life?”
You seem to believe that there are two kinds of people in the world. Those with easy lives (who consequently have an easy time appreciating the beauty of Yiddishkeit), and those with difficult lives (who are excused should they find Yiddishkeit to be an unwanted burden.)
Guess what? There are plenty of us who had/have difficult lives. She is not the first one to have grown up in such a home. She made a choice to abandon Yiddishkeit, rather than figure it out, and she made a choice again when she decided to lie about her community to the public.