There is nothing more reprehensible to me than the modern day, "Self Loathing" Jew who tries to tell me you can be Anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic. Judaism is inexorably linked to Israel. Goodness gracious, it is kind of the whole point of Israel. To say it isn't shows a level of disdain for your own heritage that is beyond my ab…
There is nothing more reprehensible to me than the modern day, "Self Loathing" Jew who tries to tell me you can be Anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic. Judaism is inexorably linked to Israel. Goodness gracious, it is kind of the whole point of Israel. To say it isn't shows a level of disdain for your own heritage that is beyond my ability to comprehend. That doesn't mean you need to go to Israel, make "Aliyah" and live there. However, to deny your own heritage and dare I say, "Birth Right" is nothing short of protracted cultural suicide.
As a young a young man I would argue with my parents, "Why does it matter if I pursue relationships with women who are not Jewish? So long as we love each other we will figure it out." How do I say now, "it matters" without coming off sanctimonious or possibly anti-other-religions or belief systems? I don't know if I can, but I as I have aged and matured it has become patently obvious that if we don't stick together and start making a whole bunch of Jewish babies we aren't as a people going to be around much longer.
Mom and dad were right. I married a beautiful Jewish woman and we raised two Jewish daughters. 34 years later and I love my wife more the the day we married. I pray my daughters find the same because it seems like they are taking the path I took as a young man; and even though they were raised in a Jewish home, they don't seem to care.
In my experience, my daughters seem to be far from the exception. To me, even more than the Palestinians, Iran or any other external force our own ambivalence to our heritage, culture and faith is the biggest existential threat we face as Jews. We have got to come together and defend our common cause. Israel is one of those causes. עם ישראל חי - Am Yisrael Chi - The People of Israel Live.
There is nothing more reprehensible to me than the modern day, "Self Loathing" Jew who tries to tell me you can be Anti-Zionist without being anti-Semitic. Judaism is inexorably linked to Israel. Goodness gracious, it is kind of the whole point of Israel. To say it isn't shows a level of disdain for your own heritage that is beyond my ability to comprehend. That doesn't mean you need to go to Israel, make "Aliyah" and live there. However, to deny your own heritage and dare I say, "Birth Right" is nothing short of protracted cultural suicide.
As a young a young man I would argue with my parents, "Why does it matter if I pursue relationships with women who are not Jewish? So long as we love each other we will figure it out." How do I say now, "it matters" without coming off sanctimonious or possibly anti-other-religions or belief systems? I don't know if I can, but I as I have aged and matured it has become patently obvious that if we don't stick together and start making a whole bunch of Jewish babies we aren't as a people going to be around much longer.
Mom and dad were right. I married a beautiful Jewish woman and we raised two Jewish daughters. 34 years later and I love my wife more the the day we married. I pray my daughters find the same because it seems like they are taking the path I took as a young man; and even though they were raised in a Jewish home, they don't seem to care.
In my experience, my daughters seem to be far from the exception. To me, even more than the Palestinians, Iran or any other external force our own ambivalence to our heritage, culture and faith is the biggest existential threat we face as Jews. We have got to come together and defend our common cause. Israel is one of those causes. עם ישראל חי - Am Yisrael Chi - The People of Israel Live.
It's as if a Catholic was opposed to Vatican City.