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To: Nachum
Maybe this will be an impetus for American Orthodox Jews to make aliya.

This persecution is coming to Israel. The secular State of Israel always apes the dominant secular nation-states in Western Civilization.

It's unlikely that there are a higher percentage of traditional Jews in Israel than there are traditional Christians in America, so political relief is unlikely.

21 posted on 06/28/2015 6:03:12 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: jjotto
This persecution is coming to Israel.

I would agree to disagree.

Orthodox Jews have large numbers of followers and power in Israel that far exceeds anything in any city in the US. Whatever persecutions come to Jews in other countries, Jews would fare better in their own country. There is a large reason why the orthodox Rabbinate holds power of marriage and coversion in Israel and it is not because they lack political power.

In addition, the birth rate of the religious far exceeds that of the non-reliegous. It is a huge reason why Netanyahu crushed the Obama-led effort to remove him from his office.

If things become dicey for observant Jews in America, Israel is indeed a real option for many. I hope it does not come to that, but my family ran from Europe for similar reasons.

There is a Yiddish saying "America ess nisht andresh" = America is no different.

22 posted on 06/28/2015 6:15:31 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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