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To: Albion Wilde
18 Should have said "secular, not Observant Jews"; but it didn't.

Inaccurate. The National Jewish Committee on Scouting is very religious - principally Reformed and Conservative branches of American Judaism.

62 posted on 05/29/2013 4:42:06 PM PDT by MacNaughton
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To: MacNaughton
The National Jewish Committee on Scouting is very religious - principally Reformed and Conservative branches of American Judaism.

Reformed and Conservative branches are the ultraliberals and the liberals. Bible-believing Jews are Orthodox. There is also an ultra-Orthodox sect called Hasidim. But even when I was growing up among Jews in the 50s, Reformed Jews ate pork and many were members of the Communist Party. Conservatives were pretty much assimilated Democrats. And that was then.

I say this with great respect for genuinely religious Jews who are family-supportive and socially conservative; I live near a huge Orthodox community even now, and know the difference. I also might add that most mainstream Protestant churches now are just social clubs, where the gospels or any sort of religious zeal are an embarrassment.

79 posted on 05/29/2013 5:19:29 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("There can be no dialogue with the prince of this world." -- Francis)
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