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...whatever reason. But since anti-Semitism has never threatened the Jews' place in America, most Jews do not see the security that Israel provides as its most important feature. Our parents saw Israel as a nation of pioneers; a nation whose customs and traditions served as a renewal of Judaism, as a means for Jews to reestablish their culture and traditions in a homeland. But many people in Israel no longer choose to identify with tradition and an increasing number of Jews in America really feel the same way. To the further disadvantage of Zionism, the Zionism displayed by many...
...decent, and my father, who is a Seventh-Day Adventist from Jamaica, made the mutual decision to raise the three of us in the Jewish faith. I attended Hebrew school for years, and became a bat mitzvah at age 13. I continue to observe the Jewish holidays and consider Judaism to be a central aspect of my personal identity...
Hepps wants Judaism to continue to be practiced, but her letter raises two questions: (1) Does the culture "deserve" to be practiced if the only way to convince people to practice it is to engage in the type of brainwashing Hepps seems to advocate? (2) Is this brainwashing an effective means of preserving the culture...
Hepps's approach has resulted and will continue to result in Jewish children rebelling against and ultimately rejecting Judaism. Modern Jews must reject the doctrine of separatism Hepps advocates. Extremists notwithstanding, anti-Semitism is no longer a powerful force in the lives of American Jews. To continue to pretend that we must protect ourselves from destruction and encourage a rejection of outsiders is to invite condemnation from without and rebellion from within...
...Judaism in America cannot survive the way Hepps wants it to. Its choices are to adapt or perish. Adapting means, as Dershowitz argues, emphasizing Jewish customs without condemning intermarriage. Hepps fears that this policy will lead to the gradual erosion of the Jewish culture. We disagree with her opinion, however, is that Hepps's ideas would, if implemented, contribute to the demise of Jewish culture and would ruin many lives along the way. --John Bronsteen '97 --Scott A. Chesin...