“DOCTOR Jill Biden”

  Is Joseph Epstein Jewish? From his name “Epstein” I can’t imagine otherwise, but nowadays, who knows? Be that as it may, he and the Wall Street Journal should be ashamed of their editorial saying that DR. Jill Biden should stop using her title. When headlines blast out a Jew’s name for some crime (Bernie Madoff, Jeffrey Epstein), racist history (Stephen Miller), and the like, we all feel it. I feel it in the case of this journalist and his newspaper.

  An apology? Well, that’s a good start. How to go beyond an apology I’m not certain but definitely in this day and age such a disgusting and (what I perceive to be) misogynistic perspective should be confronted. Heck, there are people who attach an “honorary” doctorate to their name, and maybe they gave money to a university to receive it…this is worthy of calling yourself “Doctor”?? 

  Jill Biden…DR. Jill Biden…not only received a legitimate doctorate in education, but despite all the activities she could have jumped into as the spouse of a senator and US Vice President, DR. Biden chose to teach. SHE CHOSE TO TEACH! I won’t even use the word “admirable” because that, for sure, cannot fully describe my feelings for teachers in general. Their salaries in relation to other professionals are abhorrent, and yet they continue to confront more and more difficult classroom situations, parents who side with their often-delinquent kids, and administrators who often are cowards when it comes to backing their staff in the face of parental or community criticism. DR. Biden was probably (but not definitely) not in the category of those teachers, but be that as it may, her life has been a commitment to teaching.

  Pirkei Avot quotes Rabbi Joshua ben Perachyah said, “Provide for yourself a teacher.” In one interpretation we learn that it is compared to building a succah, a project needing more than one person, a team, if you will. One teacher can influence many, and the many can do the same for many more. 

DR. Jill Biden is an example that should be followed by all. She glories not in the title of First Lady as much as she does the title of TEACHER! God bless her and all teachers!!