Buffalo County Clergy Association Case Study Answers
1. I do not think that Ali was fully accepted by her Christian colleagues because in the beginning of the piece, the narrator highlighted that many people of the Buffalo County Clergy Association had suspicions about her and her lifestyle. Some of the colleagues had questions about how people in her religion dressed and behaved including if her father wore a dress and had a grey beard to if she would mind if they served ham sandwiches after their meetings. Ali would also say comments that were a little off of the wall such as how having sex on the Sabbath was considered to be a blessing to her and others that were self deprecating. Some of her Christian colleagues believed that she was trying to point out that they had made a mistake when choosing
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Ali’s duties involved being a teacher, scholar, spokesperson, organizer, and comforter to the sick and bereaved. I do not think Ali fulfilled her duties because when the man’s son called her to ask her if she could hold a service for him, she did not offer any comfort to him besides that she sends her condolences and then after she verbally attacked him for how his father was not a member of the Jewish Center. This did not come across as comforting the bereaved as she was getting angry at the son who had nothing to do with his father’s actions and just wanted to let his father go peacefully with her help, but she did not pay much attention to his concern during his rough time. Although she did take the time to give advice to people who were double her age, this was really only one of the significant duties that she fulfilled during her time at the Center.
6. I think Ali being a single Jewish woman with a cosmopolitan style affected the way that people viewed her decision because they most likely thought that she did not know what she was doing since she was not raised like the rest of them. Women also tend to be viewed as more caring and comforting compared to men, and maybe her response provoked a question as to why she was not behaving in that manner. Her single lifestyle also might have had other people thinking that she could not possibly relate to a child losing his father, which could have influenced the way she responded to the
Ali’s duties involved being a teacher, scholar, spokesperson, organizer, and comforter to the sick and bereaved. I do not think Ali fulfilled her duties because when the man’s son called her to ask her if she could hold a service for him, she did not offer any comfort to him besides that she sends her condolences and then after she verbally attacked him for how his father was not a member of the Jewish Center. This did not come across as comforting the bereaved as she was getting angry at the son who had nothing to do with his father’s actions and just wanted to let his father go peacefully with her help, but she did not pay much attention to his concern during his rough time. Although she did take the time to give advice to people who were double her age, this was really only one of the significant duties that she fulfilled during her time at the Center.
6. I think Ali being a single Jewish woman with a cosmopolitan style affected the way that people viewed her decision because they most likely thought that she did not know what she was doing since she was not raised like the rest of them. Women also tend to be viewed as more caring and comforting compared to men, and maybe her response provoked a question as to why she was not behaving in that manner. Her single lifestyle also might have had other people thinking that she could not possibly relate to a child losing his father, which could have influenced the way she responded to the