07-25-2010, 07:22 AM
07-25-2010, 09:26 AM
ablebodiedman Wrote:
Yes it is. :coffeeread:
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In the Bible, Ruth who was a Moabite, decided to stay with her Jewish mother-in-law and become a Jew by choice.
“She made a conversion of the heart,†said Rabbi Erin Polonsky, a pastor at Temple Sinai, a Reform synagogue in Toronto.
“She decided the Jewish people were her people and the Jewish God her God. I’m not sure she would be accepted by the ultra-orthodox rabbis of today.â€
“She made a conversion of the heart,†said Rabbi Erin Polonsky, a pastor at Temple Sinai, a Reform synagogue in Toronto.
“She decided the Jewish people were her people and the Jewish God her God. I’m not sure she would be accepted by the ultra-orthodox rabbis of today.â€
:crybaby:
It's politics, I'm tellin' ya:
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... the situation in Israel would be like Christian fundamentalists being given the right to decide who is worthy of U.S. citizenship.
“At a time when Israel needs all the friends it can get, to now try to disenfranchise a large swath of Jews around the world is idiotic,†he said.
Observers of Israeli culture say it seems strange from the outside, then, that a small minority of fundamentalist rabbis can hold sway over a population that is more secular than religious and alienate staunch Jewish supporters who live outside Israel, especially Canadian and American Jews.
Part of the reason this exists today is historical: the original Zionist settlers were more interested in a secular state and carving out a haven for refugees; they were happy to leave religious affairs to the ultra-orthodox sect.
Over time, the ultra-orthodox population has grown tremendously through higher-than-average birthrates and the groups have formed political parties that now hold the balance of power in the Knesset.
“At a time when Israel needs all the friends it can get, to now try to disenfranchise a large swath of Jews around the world is idiotic,†he said.
Observers of Israeli culture say it seems strange from the outside, then, that a small minority of fundamentalist rabbis can hold sway over a population that is more secular than religious and alienate staunch Jewish supporters who live outside Israel, especially Canadian and American Jews.
Part of the reason this exists today is historical: the original Zionist settlers were more interested in a secular state and carving out a haven for refugees; they were happy to leave religious affairs to the ultra-orthodox sect.
Over time, the ultra-orthodox population has grown tremendously through higher-than-average birthrates and the groups have formed political parties that now hold the balance of power in the Knesset.
'Ultra-conservative' Jews give their geneologies a lot of worth, don't they? It's because they haven't accepted Jesus' worth. As the greatest gift and blessing from God people will ever know, he made "the 2 peoples into 1" and only through him are we all able to become God's children - no one else really has a say in it!
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07-25-2010, 09:49 AM
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Maybe the USA and Canadian Jews are feeling a little "left behind".
While the ultra-orthodox have been "taken along".
Hold on.
Thats a Christian thing isn't it?
abe
Maybe the USA and Canadian Jews are feeling a little "left behind".
While the ultra-orthodox have been "taken along".
Hold on.
Thats a Christian thing isn't it?
abe