It's a custom from the European Jewry called a Tish. The men all sit around a table, the fathers sign a document for their children to be wed, the mothers of the children break a plate together (tradition...), then the men all have some hard liquor and sing for a bit. It's a joyous occasion. It's not alcoholism to have a some alcohol now and again. I can't believe you would equate alocholism with perhaps getting a little bit drunk, probably not even that.Originally posted by: Bluefront
Well, Hubris, the point is we went to that Orthodox wedding and found out by observing, things about this faith we never knew before. She didn't like the anti-woman part she saw....I didn't much care for it either. Her attitude toward Jews in general, was changed for the worse. This is why that one woman and her newly acquired view, answers the question "Why do people hate Jews". Get it?
Here's another thing I learned at that wedding. I never knew before that day about alcoholism and the Jewish faith. Before the wedding, all the men gathered in a room (women in another room). Everyone of these men was drinking hard liquor like there was no tomorrow. I swear every man in the whole place was drunk before the service started. (the women also, from what my GF told me). This is supposed to be a religous service? Everyone mostly drunk? Sorry if I cannot see anything about this whole scene I like.
By the way, I find it surprising that the women had anything to drink. Also, it's not a religious service, it's a wedding, a joyous celebration joining to people. There are religious aspects of it, but for the most part it's a celebration.
Also, no, I don't "get it." Just because the women are not liberal and have different traditions and customs than you have does not answer the question of why some people hate Jews. By the way, I'm conservative, I don't particularly like the "women's role" that the Orthodox Jews maintain, but it's not my place to say I hate them for it or criticize them for it just because I don't agree with it.