Last night Sylvie had on the television and was watching a show called America's Next Top Model. In the show, which is hosted by Tyra Banks, a famous model (and maybe something of a head case), a couple dozen young ladies, too skinny by about twenty pounds or more, compete in order to be the eponymous "top model."
A sad show it is. Women who put outer-beauty ahead of any depth or intelligence. Most of the women competing can't speak. They seem unable to see the world except through their extremely narcissistic lens and so they act as if this competition were a matter of the gravest importance.
That said, the show got me thinking. What if there were a similar competition for America's Top Rabbi? A sermon competition. A private consultation. Interpretation of the Liturgy, the Torah. Service to the congregation. Service to the community. Service to the world. And, of course, the food at the Oneg Shabbat!
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