[Poison Pill]

Sometimes I think that Prager, though Jewish, fundamentally misunderstands Judaism. Jews don't believe in an “original sin”, but I get the feeling that Prager does. God gives the law and then tells the Jewish people in no uncertain terms that they have it within themselves to follow the law. If they are good enough to follow the law (which is presumably good), them one can make the connection that they are fundamentally good. That certainly does not mean that a person can not choose to do evil. But I also does not mean that they fundamentally are evil.

[jjotto]

Correct. Prager in no way represents traditional Judaism, any more more than Rabbi Pini Dunner (a university ‘centrist’ orthodox rabbi does). They’re both on the slow path to complete assimilation instead of the rapid path of 80% of American Jews. Their end result is the same.