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To: rktman
The Atlantic published an article on Saturday that said Trump-supporting Jewish people should no longer be welcome at synagogues following the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

To me , Judaism is not that well an organized religion, because it has been around for so long and drifted through the centuries into 4 branches today.(Reform-Orthodox-Conservative-Reconstructionist)

So having fundamental disagreements among so-called Jews is to be expected.
The Jews are definitely not on the same page as the newcomer Muslims -Tom

22 posted on 10/29/2018 1:10:40 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: Capt. Tom

Branches of Judaism in America tend to each have their own political culture.

The Orthodox tend to be the most politically conservative and the Reform the most liberal. I knew a Conservative rabbi once who really parsed the hot-button issues:

“I’m for gun control, but...we each have a right to self defense. If that requires owning a gun, fine.”

“I’m pro-choice, but...abortions should be carried out only out of necessity. Judaism teaches that life is precious.”

“I’m for gay rights, but...the Torah is clear about the nature of homosexuality and how it goes against G-d’s will.”

It will be interesting to see if Jewish Trump-supporters are actually put out of synagogue anywhere. There is however the prevailing saying, “You can be liberal without being Jewish, but you can’t be Jewish without being liberal”.


35 posted on 10/29/2018 1:31:07 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The SecoSome SJWs came and accosted me for cund Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: Capt. Tom

“This Is My God”, Herman Woulk


56 posted on 10/31/2018 9:31:35 PM PDT by onedoug
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