tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post116354553543338903..comments2024-01-23T12:49:03.885-05:00Comments on Jewbiquitous: Respectful DisagreementsAnniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1163719945688004862006-11-16T18:32:00.000-05:002006-11-16T18:32:00.000-05:00The meta question:If the Jew marrying a non-Jew is...The meta question:<BR/>If the Jew marrying a non-Jew is not so invested in Judaism, then why should s/he care about the impact of his/her life choices on the future of Judaism? And why do all these anti-intermarriage people talk to him/her as if s/he should care?BZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18242965196421853025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1163604800630529942006-11-15T10:33:00.000-05:002006-11-15T10:33:00.000-05:00Point is just that fear of intermarriage stems not...Point is just that fear of intermarriage stems not from the belief of superiority of Jews vs. gentiles but Judaism vs. other faiths, or at least more so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1163599700238775552006-11-15T09:08:00.000-05:002006-11-15T09:08:00.000-05:00DK- it scares me that you have friends who are mor...DK- it scares me that you have friends who are more "left" than you. Also, I am not entirely sure what your point is.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10434918343302976597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34805796.post-1163564395068904822006-11-14T23:19:00.000-05:002006-11-14T23:19:00.000-05:00Chronic has a point. I had this argument with a m...Chronic has a point. I had this argument with a more left-wing friend (aren't they all?) who insisted that the children of such situations are frequently actually more Jewish identifed than most secular Jews he knows from situations where both parents are Jewish.<BR/><BR/>And you know what? Maybe in many ways he's right. But from what I've seen, (including his case studies who I know as well) there is at least one area where they weren't as committed. And that was seeking a Jewish spouse. That, in their mind, simply wasn't necessary more than in two Jewish parent scenarios. And when it isn't, it is less likely to happen. <BR/><BR/>And over the course of the generations, at some point, and it doesn't take all that many, a point is reached where, lo and behold, the kids are not, in fact, more Jewish than those from two parent families, but less so, and they no longer identify with Judaism itself, but begin to associate substantially and seriously with other faiths, which happens much less in products of two Jewish families, even if they have a Chanukah bush.<BR/><BR/>And that may be the primary concern of the rabbis. Not losing their people to other faiths. Which has little to do with being better than them or even chosen, but being a small group dedicated to their descendants practicing their religion, and considering Judaism better than other religions, not Jews better than other people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com