Stuart McKelvie writes: >Here is a more critical assessment of the consumerism of >which Steve Jobs is a part. The writer is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063546/Chief-Rabbi-blasts-late-Apple-boss-Steve-Jobs-helping-create-selfish-consumer-society.html
The writer of the rather sensationally presented article in the Daily Mail is not (as Stuart I'm sure appreciated) by Rabbi Sacks, but a report of a talk he gave. A more balanced and detailed account of what he said is here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/steve-jobs/8899737/Chief-Rabbi-blames-Apple-for-helping-create-selfish-society.html Incidentally, both newspapers erroneously state that the Chief Rabbi represents Britain's 300,000 Jews. According to Wikipedia references, as Chief Rabbi of "Central Orthodox" Jews, he actually represents just over 50% of those affiliated to various strands of Judaism. Given that an appreciable proportion of British Jews are secular, this means that the Chief Rabbi represents somewhat less than half of British Jews. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Jews Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [email protected] http://www.esterson.org -------------------------------------------------- From: Stuart McKelvie <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Re:Thank you Steve Jobs,but ........... Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 16:30:10 -0500 Dear Tipsters, Here is a more critical assessment of the consumerism of which Steve Jobs is a part. The writer is Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063546/Chief-Rabbi-blasts-late-Apple-boss-Steve-Jobs-helping-create-selfish-consumer-society.html And a follow-up "clarification". http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/149901#.TtvlqXrfW1g Sincerely, Stuart --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=14647 or send a blank email to leave-14647-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
