Re: Why Jew-Haters Blame Jews For Everything

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 07:48:06 -0500 Sheldon Liberman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

:>Tilly wrote:
:>> Sheldon Liberman wrote:
 
:>>>You don't have to be ultra Orthodox to believe in the Torah. Modern
:>>>Orthodox, or even Conservadox believe in it as well. Judaism is
:>>>nothing
:>>>if not deep, and to reject one of its teachings simply because it
:>>>doesn't "seem" right is to imply that the Teacher knows no more than
:>>>the student, perish the thought.
 
:>> What are you on about? I am Orthodox myself.

:>Sorry. I wasn't trying to confrontational. I'm trying to point out that 
:>one need not be ultra Orthodox (term that many Jews find rather 
:>disarming, if not alarming) to believe that Israel is the Promised Land 
:>or that we are the Chosen Ones.

:>We'd like to have more secular Jews starting to examine their heritage a 
:>little more closely, and to come to accept the message we are trying to 
:>impart, if only gradually. Do you not agree that, to tag a person with 
:>an "Ultra Orthodox" label for such fundamental Jewish beliefs would be 
:>an impediment towards that goal?

To many among the reformed, the belief that Israel is the Jewish Homeland is a
"crazy" ultra-orthodox  belief.

But, then again, to many of those same reformed, the belief that the Torah is
still applicable now, in the modern world, and that Kashrut and Shabbat still
need to be observed is equally a "crazy" ultra-orthodox belief. 

:>Have a nice day.

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