Offense Taken

To the Editor:

It's disturbing to see that The Commentator, with the publication of its recent Purim issue, has continued to perpetuate the time-honored Jewish tradition of being an "am m'forad," by promoting divisiveness and dispute within the YU community. I guess I shouldn't be surprised to see such offensive trash coming from a publication that doesn't even need to rely on the mythical heter motzi sheim ra of Purim in order to call others "twisted fools" and "trolls." I, for one, will be happy to be leaving this campus at the end of the semester.

Reuven Weiser

MYP, YC '99

To the Editor:

Most of us have been to a comedy club or two here in the city. Now I don't know about you, but I can laugh at jokes on many topics, so can most of my friends. However, one can spot a bad comedian right away, especially when that comedian resorts to terrible jokes on sexual and promiscuous topics. It gets even worse when that comedian has no material prepared and therefore reverts to a monologue where every other word is inappropriate, and hopes for a cheap laugh. Usually, the comedian looks back at his audience and realizes he has made a big mistake. The Commentator however, just keeps the bad jokes coming. I have to say that I am disappointed with the Commentator staff. This year's Purim issue had the potential to be one of the funniest ever. Some of the concepts for the articles were pure genius. Unfortunately, the Commentator had to cross the line from funny to offensive. YU is a Jewish Orthodox institution. While The Commentator may voice the opinion of their staff, I doubt that the majority of Yeshiva College thoroughly enjoyed the extremes to which it was taken. Maybe other universities can throw in some garbage language, but we are supposed to have some ethics here, especially when in comes to our rabbis. Please try to remember that in the future. I guarantee more people will laugh.

Jennie Weiss
SCW ‘99

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