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- From: Yigal Levin <Yigal.Levin AT biu.ac.il>
- To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Cc: "'R. Lehmann'" <lehmann AT uni-mainz.de>
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Offensive posts
- Date: Wed, 08 May 2013 14:45:49 +0300
Thank you, Isaac. I think that that certainly clarifies your position. Please be a little more careful with your choice of terminology in the future, keeping in mind that people have different levels of sensibility in relating to different issues. That advise, of course, goes for all members. I very much hope that we can call this an end to this "event" and move on to our usual squabbles, in which I hope that Dr. Lehmann will continue to participate. Yigal Levin Co-moderator, B-Hebrew From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu] What I meant is that after WWI Germany become a beacon of academic light to which the Professors at fledgling Hebrew University in Jerusalem looked up for approval and acceptance. Later the center of gravity of Hebrew studies moved, methinks, elsewhere. I don't think Prof. Lehmann, or his colleagues, needs any approval, in any shape and manner, and if he is offended by my (possibly ill chosen) words he has my sincerest apologies. As for racism, let the professor know that I have spent four wonderful, possibly some of the best of my life, years as a research fellow at the university of Stuttgart, Germany. Both my wife, through her music, and I, through my work, and both of us through sheer friendliness, made a great number of wonderful friends there. Coming to America I had a considerable professional advantage over my colleagues and even my professors, due to the advanced and intensive nature of our research in Germany. Isaac Fried, Boston University On May 8, 2013, at 5:31 AM, Yigal Levin wrote: Dear Dr. Lehmann, As you know, posts on B-Hebrew are usually not moderated. This means, that messages are posted to the list without first being approved by the moderators, unless the moderators have a specific reason to adjust a member's settings so that that member's posts have to be approved before going to the list. Dr. Isaac Fried's posts are often eccentric and sometimes obtuse, even bordering on offensive, and his positions on many of the issues discussed on the list are, to say the least, unconventional. However, we have always preferred to facilitate free discussion rather than have the kind of censorship that is practiced on some other lists. It is also important to remember that the moderators are all volunteers who also have other things to do, and considering the fact that they live in widely dispersed tome zones, cannot hope to "catch" every potentially offensive statement in "real time". Looking at Dr. Fried's post now, I can certainly understand how some would find it offensive. I doubt that Dr. Fried meant it to be, but I call upon Dr. Fried to clarify what he did mean, and on all members to think and to re-read their posts before clicking "send". I very much hope that you, Dr. Lehmann, will be able to accept Dr. Fried's explanation in the spirit in which it was meant, and that you will choose to stay on as a valued member of this list. Kol Tuv, Yigal Levin Co-moderator, B-Hebrew From: b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:b-hebrew-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of R. Lehmann When I read 'academic' impudence like this
and more, and no moderator stops such insults, I think it is best for me to leave this list in due time before next racist taunts will appear on-list. As a German academic I don't need any approval of Mr. Fried, last of all in academic behaviour. Dr. Reinhard G. Lehmann, AcDir On Tue, 7 May 2013 11:53:04 -0400, Isaac Fried wrote
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