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...about a relationship, service in love to God and other people. If it were about morals and virtues, I don’t think Jesus would have pissed off so many Jews; he was doing things that were considered obscene. He was doing work on the Sabbath, he was a messy angry person. He definitely wasn’t guided by principles...
...writing in response to Ilana Sichel’s recent column, “Who is the Jewish Vote?” (Nov. 5) The column posits a correlation between sabbath-observance and “being anti-choice, discriminating against gay people and supporting tax cuts for the rich.” Such a claim is simply false. Furthermore, it is harmful to all sabbath-observant Jews, who will now be presumed to be bigots by all of Sichel’s liberal readers...
...only does Sichel accuse all Sabbath-observant Jews of homophobia, etc., she does so in flippant manner that prevents real discussion on the issues. In an otherwise legitimate column on Mideast policy, she suddenly inserts this unsubstantiated claim...
Finally, Sichel argues that Sabbath-observant Jews are politically naive, or perhaps just stupid. In her eyes, apparently, Sabbath-observant Jews are incapable of understanding that there is, of course, nothing inherent in Sabbath-observance that “warrants” holding any particular social views. In fact, and as Sichel well knows, the political views of Sabbath-observant Jews are quite diverse. For example, one of us is a committed Republican with generally conservative views on social policy, while the other is equally committed to a liberal social agenda. Both of us, however, ground our political views...
...back in office I’m hoping for the best, but he certainly hasn’t earned my trust—and my objections far transcend the Israel issue. As an Orthodox Jewish friend inquired about our Republican-friendly community members: What is it about observing the Sabbath that warrants being anti-choice, discriminating against gay people and supporting tax cuts for the rich? I, too, am at a loss for an answer...