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...negative reaction many Jews have toward Chabad. This reaction is the product of misinformation and prejudice and not a small amount of "ethnic self-hatred"--the feeling that we Jews are better off if we are less visible, less committed to our traditions and out of sight of the non-Jewish community...
...contrast to Dershowitz's claim, these non-Jewish spouses clearly have no interest in themselves becoming part of the Jewish heritage, or making their children a part of this heritage. Intermarriage does lead to assimilation and a decrease in the Jewish population. How can Dershowitz dare ask Jews to welcome those who are contributing, no matter how unintentionally, to their destruction...
Jews must adopt a different approach to the increasing reality of intermarriage. We must become much more welcoming of the non-Jewish spouse. Refusal to permit intermarriage has failed as a deterrent mechanism. We must try another way. If a non-Jew wants to marry a Jew and is prepared to have a rabbi participate in the ceremony, a rabbi should be willing to lend his or her Jewish participation to so important an event. In every way, Jews must become more welcoming of anyone who wants to be part of our heritage...
Considering that areas amounting to 80% of Israel proper are lands confiscated from the Palestinians under ad hoc absentia laws (including property owned by the Israeli Parliament in West Jerusalem, and parts of the Ben-Gurion International Airport); would Levitin be also willing to extend his argument to non-Jewish (i.e. Palestinian) lands? or have I missed something here...
Indeed, if we lose our sense of a broader humanity, we are only inviting a repeat performance of some of the most horrendous chapters of history. And as a fellow Semite (albeit from a North African and non-Jewish background), I do not have to remind Mr. Kaufman of all of the horrors that our peoples have both been made to suffer because of an over-identification with groups in the Crusades or the Inquisition. I am sure Mr. Kaufman knows as much, and I am not implying that he believes otherwise--but I do believe that he has understressed...