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To: BobDobbs9911
Secular organizations and individuals have absolutely no business claiming to speak for the organized Jewish community when G-d A-mighty has established an official leadership for that community: the Orthodox rabbinate. Unfortunately that leadership has been very quietistic until recently while secularists and heretics of various sorts took their place in representing Judaism to the non-Jewish world. That is beginning to change now, thank G-d, but it is lamentable that it ever came about and has lasted so long. Part of the blame for this situation doubtless stems from the gradual transformation of the Jewish community from a Theocratic nation in exile (with its own civil government and laws) to a mere religious denomination. The time has come for the Rabbinate not only to speak up as it is beginning to do but to crack down on everyone who is Halakhically Jewish and thus under their G-d-ordained authority.

As dismal as this situation has become I think that it is the Black community that risks a backlash more than any other. Each year on MLK Day we are reminded of "the dream" which has shifted from every citizen's right to vote to "gay rights" and the killing of the terminally ill, yet the Black community keeps its eyes closed and completely ignores the ever growing radicalism of its "friends" and associations as it continues to live in the Fifties. Where is the Black equivalent of the rabbinate to speak out on this?

41 posted on 01/18/2006 2:20:51 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Shallach 'et `ammi veya`avduni!)
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To: Zionist Conspirator

"Secular organizations and individuals have absolutely no business claiming to speak for the organized Jewish community when G-d A-mighty has established an official leadership for that community: the Orthodox rabbinate."

But the world sees us as one people regardless of whether we walk the path of Torah or the Communist Manifesto. There is much teaching by the rabbis about the oneness of the Jewish people even when on the surface there is much division. When Messiah comes Jews will be unified body and soul that will be obvious to all the nations. Until that time the religious have to still treat Shumer et al of that persuasion as part of the Jewish family. We can't hold their beliefs against them because we desire so badly for them to come back to Torah.

We grieve when we see the Socialist Jewish organizations do and say things that will only end up creating more anti-Semitism and hatred toward us. Because when the anti-Semitism gains a certain critical mass all Jews will suffer not just the religious ones. It's happened in the distant past as well as in modern times.

In the Book of Esther Mordechai tells Esther that she will suffer the same fate of death eventually even though she might be the queen of the nation and hiding her jewish identity.

Bob


71 posted on 01/18/2006 5:47:28 PM PST by BobDobbs9911
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