American Jews have been occupied for four decades in a desperate attempt to stay the tide of assimilation and intermarriage (not to even speak of their more hideous confrere: conversion). I remember as a teenager in the early 1960s sitting through sermons where our rabbi pontificated on the various solutions to The Problem. Yet exactly what is the Jewish leadership trying to perpetuate? Jewish genes? Jewish culture? A fondness for kreplach and klezmer and Isaac Bashevis Singer?
A Jew's view from the capital of Israel and the future site of the Third Temple, may it speedily be rebuilt.
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Wednesday, November 09, 2005
The Dead End Of Jewish Culture
Here is something worth reading. An excerpt:
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Let's not forget the main point:
"Authentic Jewish life is characterized by the study of Torah, the observance of Shabbat and Kashrut, and the thrice-daily worship of God. Not Shabbes leichter as museum pieces, but a generation of Jewish women who light their candles to usher in the holy Shabbat. Not klezmer concerts to evoke nostalgia for the shtetl, but Jewish bands playing Jewish music at Jewish weddings where Jewish communities are celebrating the beginning of a new generation of a Jewish family."
Too many suffice with feel good Judaism and some kneidlach. And a hora makes a wedding kosher.
Batya,
Don't forget the chopped liver.
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