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EthnicJew
http://ethnicjew.blogspot.com
This is the blog of someone who feels a strong attachment to the Jewish people, but who is not religious by nature. This can lead to soul-searching issues. For example, Judaism is a religion, not a race or nationality. So how can the Jewish People continue to exist if so many of its members are ambivalent to religion? Can you be a Jewish agnostic or a Jewish atheist?
- Added on: Feb 18th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: EthnicJew
- Listed in: Judaism Personal
- Tags: religion Israel agnosticism judaism humanism ethnic jew
Recent Posts
Jewish Matrilineal Descent Challenged in British Court
A recent article appeared the the New York Times entitled, "Who is a Jew" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/world/europe/08britain.html?_r=1&em). It dealt with a decision by a British appellate court that a Jewish School (state-supported as are ...
Birthright Israel Helps Keep Jews in the Fold
The Jewish Advocate newspaper of October 30, 2009 reported that a study of the Birthright Israel program verifies the program's effectiveness in keeping young Jews in the fold. Supported by charitable foundations, the program sends Jews up to age 25 ...
Atonement?
Although I have only attended High Holiday events sporadically for several years, I felt like attending some this year. I went to a Rosh Hashannah service that did not require temple membership. Everyone met at a wooded site and hiked up a hill to a ...
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The August 14, 2009 edition of The Jewish Advocate, a venerable Boston-area Jewish weekly newspaper, reported that the proportion of "cultural Jews" has doubled over the past two decades to 37% of the U.S. Jewish population. "Cultural Jews" are defin...
Taglit Birthright Israel program
My son just got back from a trip to Israel sponsored by the Taglit Birthright Israel program. Even in this time of diminished charitable contributions, the Birthright program attracts philanthropic funds because of its effectiveness in enhancing Jewi...
More evidence of self-defeating attitude among religious Jews
An article in The Jewish Advocate newspaper of July 3, 2009 states that Jewish religious schools prefer to exclude students who don't have a Jewish mother, while some allow such students as long as they convert ASAP. What hogwash! One can readily see...
