Interesting
article from the New York Times about China's efforts to recruit more male
teachers. Why? They're worried that a shortage of male teachers has produced a
generation of timid, self-centered and effeminate boys. Chinese educators are
working to reinforce traditional gender roles and values in the classroom.
"Men have special duties, they have
to be brave, protect women and take responsibility for wrongdoing." .
. . The crux of the matter rests upon the idea that, "It isn't the responsibility of schools to teach boys to be boys. It's
the responsibility of the parents." Read Rabbi Leynor’s complete blog
at -- http://tovcenter.blogspot.com/2016/02/state-sponsored-manliness.html
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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