Jewish Identity, Past and Future

The first part of the question is best addressed by members of the Jewish community itself – as they will be its principle authors. We can all hope and expect that they will be as successful in the future as they have been in the past.

All of us in the larger community have a stake in helping to create and sustain an environment in which a religion professed by a minority of people can thrive. The key to this survival, as the Jewish community has so clearly demonstrated over the centuries, is that the core beliefs are held firmly while beliefs and practice more peripheral to those core beliefs are allowed to accommodate to the culture in which the believer finds himself or herself. The perennial challenge before believers is determining exactly what is a core belief and what is a cultural adaptation. If everything is a core belief then religious communities will be progressively isolated from an ever changing culture. If nothing is core then the whole enterprise of faith will fade into the vapor.

The role of a free society is to allow maximum scope for the believers to define what the core belief might be.

The advantage that a religion professed by a minority of citizens has is that it is less likely that there will be confusion between the religion and the culture. Few Jews would imagine for an instant that America is a Jewish nation where many Christians mistakenly believe that the U.S. is a Christian nation. Given that Christians for a large part of our population, if not an actual majority, many may find cultural assumptions about their faith sufficiently resonant with their faith claims that culture and faith become blurred and confused. This is a grave danger for many Christians in America, for example.

By Mark S. Sisk | January 10, 2008; 6:13 AM ET | Category: Personal Religion , Religion & Leadership , Spirituality Save & Share:
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Posted by: Anonymous | January 11, 2008 7:02 AM
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MARK, If your child hungry would you give it an stone to eat ? MARK, The Example Of ISRAEL As It's Core Values, can be seen carried out on the PALESTINIAN people On A daily Basis. In Acts Of Appalling Injustice, The Murder Of, Man, Child Woman, Acts Of Deciet, Torture, Thieft, Cunning, Untold Inflicted Suffering. MARK, At Present In Truth The Jewish People, A Vile Corrupt Gang. Thieving Devils Whom Being A Tribe Of Criminals. MARK, I would liked to have wrote, as in giving guidence on spiritual development.Thus to teach inform of the love of the almighty, yet the Lord will not allow such, as the behaviour of ISRAEL having been so Dire As appalling. (Best Wishes)

Posted by: Caesar | January 10, 2008 8:23 PM
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Part 3 of 3:

It does not mean taking over the World, like the Arab's Zionic Version-Syndrome called 'AL-TAQIYAH' {world Domination, which is alive & real today, no longer the seculars Jew Role, since ERETZ/Yisrael is materialized already, thanks to the HAGGANA [like me Macabee Mom& Dad are] & , thus ending religious Zionism. But

there are those whom keep that Zionic torch lit, so to spaketh, in a selfish Cult/Sect like way. and is here today. It is Big Big Business & operates via Religious International Mafia Like}.

Note: These Fanatics are riding on the 'Coat-Tails', so to speaketh of Secular-Israeli Government & American Uncle Sam's too!

They did not shave-off their beards in Poland or Germany or Hungary etc.. and picked-up a Gun & declared a STATE of ISRAEL, when the hand Writing was on the wall. Today

these Fanatics [like in Boro Park Brooklyn] should never be allowed to take-over Israel at the BLOOD SWEAT & TEARS of the 'URGOON' & the HAGGANA

[Pre-Israeli Defense Forces. who kept secret bases in Marseilles , FRANCE.]

who were the embarrassed, Victimised (by association) Beardless & Zero Ultra-Religious turned non-Fanaticals.

Bottom Line: These Black & White or Navy dark Blue 'Snobbish' wearing Finatics {Yiddisha folk in America] give Us secular American-iSRAELi's a bad name & more!

They'r embarrassing!The Yiddish Yoke, aka Germanic yoke , is forever a blight & insult to Us. Yes,

YIDDISH [GERMANIC in sound with Hebrew Letters, not HEBREW per se] needs to die a slow but inevitable death!

Note: Germany does not want many of them ,even Today, & Israel too! Yes

Yiddish jokes, like the 'CHELLiMMa' {about a stupid Polish Town , who had no 'Sachal' (common Sense) trying to move a mountain] and Yiddisha songs are nothing but old-songs needing a new one. Hence: Speak AMERICAN, not YIDDISH.

Assimilation & Intermarriage is Unstopable! Whether one Speaks, Yiddish, German, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Poshtu, Urdu, Chinese etc..

Note: Once on the train (pre-911) "i" once saw two Islamic wearing 'BURKA' {masks with tiny holes/screen} Gal's & their Chaperone, and "i" was queasy & almost , on my way off the train, to just rip-off that SuperStupidStitious 7x24 wearing Costume off their Precious Body's.

Guess Tolerance has It's moments or breaking point!

These Things do not belong in Sweet sweet America. Hence ABOLISH Then Dress Codes here , and or Send them back to their PAKISATAN & ARAB Nations! Same goes for them ULTRA-YIDISHKITES!

Hence a such "NEW-SONG" (Butterflies) coming from ALL O.U.R. OLD-SONGS (Caterpillars). Accept change/Adjustment or Perish.!

Reality: ONE should be ashamed to Be a "JU" or "Islamic", "Christian" ,"Hindu", "Buddhist" et al. It is all Man Made PRE-APOCALYPTIC Stuper-Stupid-Stitious [un] Holy songs to ECLATi-ON's, not OFF's! Please do not be in Denial to SELF nor OTHERS, especially LOVED-ONES!

Tonka Shame!

Posted by: Anonymous | January 10, 2008 11:06 AM
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Hello Brethren(s) S I S K, Sistar(s), et al;

Welcome from Brooklyn, Coney Island, N.Y.

"i" am attaching a ESSAY that Ms. Lisa Miller's Blog is not accepting me Truth. So i thought i can try now here. Thanks.

Hello World:

Voos Mochsta, mine Shine-a Maidal-lae, M I L L E R , an da alis Mishpoocha;

From the past A Song for the Macabee's:

"Those were the day's my friend...,

we thought they'd never end...,

we'd sing & dance, forever and a day...,

we'd fight and never loose...... La La La La La La....

Oh yes! those were the day's............."

Zye gee-zoont!

Note: Remember a veer Mr. Shane?

Note: In these sweet sweet United-States, we speak AMERICAN, not ENGLISH! Of course there is SPANGLISH , but that's another story.

So how can a GERMAN dialect (phonetic too) , aka YIDDISHY, can survive in such a pot of soup!

Mark S. Sisk

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