I have become suspect of the intent of one time posters, posting one post ( which casts the “group” of the poster in a negative light) about something potentially controversial, and then not returning to the thread. The jury is out on this one. My Jewish kids have had room mates from all backgrounds, many of them becoming good friends. If there are any issues, they are the typical ones- sharing food, messy or neat, friends in the room. In none of them has religion ever been an issue in how they get along. IMHO, there are few better ways to learn about people than to live together and have a chance to see things through their perspectives. I treasure my own experiences in college with room mates who are different from me, and hope that my kids have them too.
I’m curious how the topic of religion even came up. It’s not something that would have been listed on the roommate profile and definitely not something typical teens discuss when they get in touch with future roommates by FB or e-mail.
Just to correct the story in @katliamom’s post above, it was the roommate who moved out, not Michelle Robinson (Obama). http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/15/learning_to_be_michelle_obama/?page=full
Assuming this is suspect for the same reasons as @Pennylane2011 but if not, OP, you should be aware this is a big chillul hashem.
Thanks, @Erin’s Dad!
I would not go request a transfer away from someone due to the person’s religion. That (1) is not right, (2) will deprive your child of a learning experience and (3) would not create a good impression to others. Go into it with an open mind.
Please define/translate your non-English phrase in post #23. Many of us are not privy to it.
Just google it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chillul_Hashem
I don’t understand.
Is it a chillul hashem to live with a Moslem roommate or to try to change roommates?
Thank you @marian - I had the same question…
It’s chillul haShem to act publicly on the assumption that sharing a room with a Muslim would cause too much stress. It makes you, and by extension the Jewish people, look smallminded, touchy, and bigoted.
I’m suspicious that this is a summer and there is a lot of these similar threads.
Posters shouldn’t require others to Google terms from a foreign language. I did do the link and still don’t get it because I don’t understand the cultural reference. I never will understand it either- can’t see why it exists. Yet another reason to outgrow ancient mindsets.
It seems easy enough to grasp as a non Jew here, and she is speaking (ostensibly) to someone who would know what it means. At any rate, it’s a good concept. You’ve got to represent. Don’t do things in the name of God that run counter to the will of God as understood in your faith. Christians could use such a term
Thank you for the explanation, @JHS.
Yes sorry for the ambiguity! Of course I meant what JHS said.
@DrGoogle -while I understand your suspicion, maybe the OP hasn’t been back because he/she is embarrassed as he/she encounters nearly unanimous questioning of his/her thought process.
It’s the one post poster is what I’m always suspicious of.
Yes, how dare people use non-English words… only a schmuk would dare to have the chutzpah to schlep out “Jewish” terms.
(Note: this is a ridiculous post for a ridiculous thread. If the OP’s legit, I have pitty on their child.)
@momof3sons the OP hasn’t been active on CC since Juky 21, the day this thread was started. So unless the OP is reading the responses through someone else’s account, they have no idea what the responses are.