tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post7516264931197933952..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Are Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism New and Different Religions?Batyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-46505537777546447422012-04-18T04:24:16.238+03:002012-04-18T04:24:16.238+03:00Alex, yes, he has a conscience and knows that he w...Alex, yes, he has a conscience and knows that he was a fraud. CJ makes no permanent demands apparently.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-13088054322338138612012-04-18T03:48:16.917+03:002012-04-18T03:48:16.917+03:00I just re-read the article and what's fascinat...I just re-read the article and what's fascinating after a second time through is that he doesn't mention G-d once. The closest he gets is talking generally about Halacha, but even that is done in a Jewish cultural context and what shul he can go to.<br /><br />Is he a Jew in G-d's eyes? No. No amount of Forward opinion pieces or lobbying or campaigning will change that. So sad to see this.<br /><br />Also, his view on Judaism is incredible: I don’t begrudge Orthodoxy its understanding of Jewish law — it is what it is.<br /><br />He knows that Reform and Conservative are spin-offs and he wants a place in Conservative which he feels should move closer to Reform. Any way you cut it, its just different shades of sheker. There's Judaism and then there are things which look like Judaism. Tragically, many people are the victims of these assimilationist imitations.Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-89441673950084611182012-04-17T22:56:01.611+03:002012-04-17T22:56:01.611+03:00They are definitely victims of fraud, like the vid...They are definitely victims of fraud, like the video I posted with it.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-28982379471359453402012-04-17T22:25:22.895+03:002012-04-17T22:25:22.895+03:00One of the great tragedies of this man's story...One of the great tragedies of this man's story is that he has been lied to all his life. His whole identity as a Jew is a lie fed to him by his parents. So sad.<br /><br />I know people who have a similar story and would swear they are Jewish. I know others who are halachically Jewish but don't have any connection.<br /><br />The best we can do is to be a Kiddush HaShem and demonstrate in our actions that Torah is Emes. Lies die in the end, but how many precious Jewish neshamas (and non-Jewish in this man's case) will be the victims of that lie?Alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-41504537368073894062012-04-17T20:50:08.734+03:002012-04-17T20:50:08.734+03:00yes, thanksyes, thanksBatyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-82395834932587187332012-04-17T20:09:04.093+03:002012-04-17T20:09:04.093+03:00In answer to your question, you can see here:
http...In answer to your question, you can see here:<br />http://hezbos.blogspot.com/2012/03/reform-judaisms-tradition.html<br /><br />http://hezbos.blogspot.com/2011/02/elijah-tears-into-reform-judaism.html#uds-search-resultsin the vanguardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796434751654291581noreply@blogger.com