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Ray, I guess my comments come from experiences I had during the five years
I spent in the Jerusalem area and from comments made by Israelis themselves. I
certainly feel that people should be able to decide how religious they want to
be but, if they are agnostic, they should not claim that they are there for
religious purposes. There certainly are many 'in name' Muslims who do not
actively follow its tenants.
Bill
Don't hide.
REH
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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 6:01
PM
Subject: Re: [Futurework] Roadmap will
fail
Ray,
You may overestimate me [:>)}
Bill
Bill and Keith,
I don't know where you guys get this "the
Jews in Israel aren't actively Jewish" stuff. I work
with people constantly who both live in and go and come from Israel
and they are all devoutly and actively Jewish. You might
get such a statement from an ultra-orthodox person who doesn't think that
anyone who goes to a reform synagogue is actively Jewish to make such a
statement. Otherwise it sounds like Kierkegaard writing that
no one has the passion for a real war when the country had been at war for
thirty years.
Come on guys. It doesn't
compute. You are both better than that.
REH
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:00
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Subject: Re: [Futurework] Roadmap
will fail
Bill,
At 09:55 28/05/2003 -0400, you
wrote:
Keith,
As some one who
is pro-Palestinian with a Jewish daughter-in-law and a Jewish
granddaughter, I strongly argue for a separation of Judaism and Israel
since very few in Israel are actively
Jewish.
Well . . . here you have the advantage
over me. I have little idea of religious attendance of Israelis though I
get the impression that those Israelis who have settled in the West Bank
will discover their Jewishness very quickly when and if their homes are
under threat as a consequence of the Roadmap..
You
wrote:
I don't see
America's long-term partiality to Jewry changing much in
the coming
years.
Right wing Christians argue for Israel at the same
time that they tend to be anti-Jewish. Strong Israeli supporters
accuse those who have any feelings for Palestinians as being
anti-Jewish. Both positions tend to harm
Judaism.
A close relative of mine and a friend
have visited Israel in recent years and they've both come back with
strong views about the injustice done to Palestinians.
Keith
Hudson
Keith Hudson, 6 Upper Camden Place, Bath, England
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