My niece’s Bat Mitzvah speech included her rejection of G-d’s existence, earning her applause in the Reformed Congregation.
Reformed = Democrat Party Apparatchiks.
Reconstructionist = Full Marxist.
When you no longer believe in G-d, please stop calling yourself “Jewish”.
Yours: WHen you stop believing in God, please stop calling yourself Jewish
Me: YES! And same for Catholics and Protestants, too
That’s like saying there’s no God at your catholic confirmation :)
They vote R in NYC. The Orthodox. In a big way.
Besides, I highly doubt Jews have made or broken a presidential election, with only 2 percent of the vote.
They catch a lot of flak for such a small group. Probably because the loudest ones in hollywood are heard instead of some of the great conservative writers.
I wish I could remember which stand-up comic it was who said “There are certain people who like the vibe and the identity of being Jewish. They just don’t want to be bothered with this God person hanging around.”
What is the purpose of a Bat Mitzvah if you don’t believe in God? An excuse to get gifts?
Wow. Do you mind my asking where in the country this happened? (I understand you may not be able to be too specific.)
“My niece’s Bat Mitzvah speech included her rejection of G-d’s existence, earning her applause in the Reformed Congregation-—
Astonishing——and incredibly sad.
Rather than the Mitzvah they might as well have taken everyone to a good movie followed by dinner.
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If it now means something else, then WHY read scripture?
That's what's always confused me.For years I've been reading that a huge percentage of *American* Jews (haven't seen anything regarding Jews elsewhere in the world) declare themselves to be atheists.Just as surely as the label "atheist Christian" makes no sense to me "atheist Jew" makes no sense as well.
I would go one further: Please stop calling yourself human. That anyone would applaud such a stance in synagogue is pure evil.
“today, I am a fountain of idiocy.”
Wow. I was raised in a conservative congregation, and we now belong to a Reform temple for reasons I won’t get into. Both congregations are mostly, but not exclusively, politically liberal, but I don’t think our Rabbi would permit things to get so far as to have a Bat Mitzvah declare her rejection of G-d’s existence. He does believe in G-d. He also does an admirable, and deliberate, job of keeping politics off of the bimah. His predecessor did not, and a large number of his sermons could have been boiled down to two words - Republicans suck. but, he retired.