Comments on: The Other Type of Assimilation http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/ Baalei Teshuva / Baalei Teshuvah and Other Growth Oriented Jews Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:49:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: ymr http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-247782 ymr Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:01:02 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-247782 Music a very powerful force in shaping human behavior. Can be for good but usually is not. I think it is wise to cautious with modern music. As for the pro-Israel views of some of the posts, I am reminded by the Israeli back-packing wanta-be hippies I see so often AND the Torah reading of last Shabbat, Eretz Israel is no guarantee of Jewish survival unless it it backed up with Yirat Shamayim. Music a very powerful force in shaping human behavior. Can be for good but usually is not. I think it is wise to cautious with modern music. As for the pro-Israel views of some of the posts, I am reminded by the Israeli back-packing wanta-be hippies I see so often AND the Torah reading of last Shabbat, Eretz Israel is no guarantee of Jewish survival unless it it backed up with Yirat Shamayim.

]]> By: Bob Miller http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-246851 Bob Miller Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:07:45 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-246851 Jews who would like to live in Israel have not all managed to get there yet. Jews who would like to live in Israel have not all managed to get there yet.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-246045 Ron Coleman Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:24:04 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-246045 <blockquote>IMHO unless and until you make the switch in your mind to live in Israel, you are assimilated, and not in the way that you refer. All people must have a center. As Jews our center must be Israel as an actuality and not as an ideal.</blockquote>Arthur, it's great that this does the trick for you. Not everyone, including not everyone with advanced Torah credentials, would agree with you. The H in YHO is duly noted!

IMHO unless and until you make the switch in your mind to live in Israel, you are assimilated, and not in the way that you refer.

All people must have a center. As Jews our center must be Israel as an actuality and not as an ideal.

Arthur, it’s great that this does the trick for you. Not everyone, including not everyone with advanced Torah credentials, would agree with you. The H in YHO is duly noted!

]]> By: Neil Harris http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-245296 Neil Harris Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:42 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-245296 I currently live in Chicago, when happens to be a very "religiously zionistic" community in general. I appreciate your comment and the mussar that I take from it. Thanks. I currently live in Chicago, when happens to be a very “religiously zionistic” community in general. I appreciate your comment and the mussar that I take from it. Thanks.

]]> By: Arthur http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-245249 Arthur Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:41:39 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-245249 Neil, You do not say exactly where you live. IMHO unless and until you make the switch in your mind to live in Israel, you are assimilated, and not in the way that you refer. All people must have a center. As Jews our center must be Israel as an actuality and not as an ideal. Neil,

You do not say exactly where you live.

IMHO unless and until you make the switch in your mind to live in Israel, you are assimilated, and not in the way that you refer.

All people must have a center. As Jews our center must be Israel as an actuality and not as an ideal.

]]> By: Ezzie http://www.beyondbt.com/2008/08/27/the-other-type-of-assimilation/comment-page-1/#comment-245046 Ezzie Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:13:48 +0000 http://www.beyondbt.com/?p=1060#comment-245046 I really enjoyed this post. Yiasher Kochacha. I really enjoyed this post. Yiasher Kochacha.

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