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| 'In the next generation, US Jews will disappear' |
| 2014-02-17 |
| [Ynet] Dr. Adam Ferziger, an expert in the study of modern Jewish denominations, says that due to assimilation, in the future the absolute majority of American Jewry will not be defined as Jews according to Halacha. The person responsible for this statement was not surprised by Chelsea Clinton's marriage to the Jewish Marc Mezvinsky, or by the blooming relationship between Yair Netanyahu and the Norwegian Sandra Leikanger. Dr. Adam Ferziger -- an expert in the study of modern Jewish denominations, and a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University's Department of Jewish History -- led an international research group which convened in Oxford in early 2013 to study Jewish theology in the 20tyh century. Demographic shifts and 'assimilation' are not simply a reality [or cultural threat] in America. "Milan Kunders once defined a small nation as "one whose very existence may be put in question at any moment; a small nation can disappear, and it knows it." Krauthammer, Things That Matter, Essay: Zionism and the Fate of the Jews, pages 258-273. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 The growth of the American Jewish population is among the more observant, just as in the American Christian population, ie they are the ones attracting more followers from the older, more liberal congregations, and they are the ones having more than replacement numbers of children. In the meantime, even the Reform (ultra-liberal) branch of American Judaism has become shockingly more traditional in teaching and practice than it was when we joined our current congregation in 1997. I like it, but many of the old folks are quite disturbed. And yes, what g(r)omgoru said. Judaism has consistently lost between 25% and 50% of its children to assimilation/conversion since the Roman empire went Christian... and yet we are still here. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2014-02-17 18:00 |
| #4 People been saying things like this for four thousand years. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-02-17 15:09 |
| #3 As Israel becomes steadily more observant Jewish, it kinda follows, don't it? (They gotta come from somewhere.) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2014-02-17 14:57 |
| #2 When you worship Socialist Progressivism as your god, you're usually violating about three of the ten commandments. Sort of disqualifies one as part of the traditional Judeo-Christian sects in the first place. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-02-17 13:26 |
| #1 Yeah. That worked out great for Spain and Portugal. |
| Posted by: Skunky Snore4252 2014-02-17 12:44 |