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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

TORAH PORTION

The danger of freedom

Some words, like some people,
are frequently misunderstood.
Consider the word freedom. Most
people, on hearing the word free-
dom, usually think in terms of
freedom from: freedom from slav-
ery; freedom from oppression;
freedom from dictatorship.
The Torah portion for this Sab-
bath provides us with a new and
marvelous insight into the word
freedom. In Exodus 9:1 we read:
"The Lord said to Moses: Go to
Pharoah and tell him: Let My
people go — that they may wor-
ship Me."
Notice the wording! The Israel-
ites were to go free, but their free-
dom was for a distinct purpose. It
was not freedom from, but rather
freedom for — for the purpose of
worshiping God.
When you read the pages of
Jewish history, you find that al-

Va'era:
Exodus 6:2-9:35.
Ezekiel 28:25-29:21.

though freedom bestowed
blessings, it also brought burdens:
The Jews were slaves in Egypt for
400 years. They were isolated
from Egyptian society. Through it
all, they preserved their heritage
and their identity. Yet, the mo-
ment they were liberated, the
Torah tells us that they were
joined by "a mixed multitude."
Apply that to Poland of the Middle
Ages. When Jews lived in a
ghetto, they were isolated from
society, but they were insulated
against society. The moment their
isolation ended, they were joined
by a mixed multitude of mixed
marriages.
From time to time parents will
call to tell me that their children
is about to marry a non-Jew. Dur-

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ing the course of our discussion,
they will invariably ask me why
intermarriage is on the increase.
Why wasn't there as much inter-
marriage in the past?
The answer is obvious. In the
past, Jews lived alone — away
from non-Jews. Thus, Jewish boys
met and married Jewish girls. To-
day, however, in an open society
or on college campuses, Jews meet
people of other religions or races
and frequently marriage is the re-
sult.
If you were to ask me how to
stop this flood of mixed marriages,
I could give you a guaranteed
solution. All we have to do is
create a ghetto and thereby iso-
late ourselves. Then Jewish boys
would meet only Jewish girls and
the problem would end.
I doubt whether that solution
would be popular with many. We
Jews have worked too long for
freedom. It would be folly to with-
draw to a self-imposed ghetto.
Then what is the solution? Let
me point out that the more two
people have in common the more
chance they have for happiness.
Marriage is difficult enough
without bringing in differing reli-
gious traditions which act as bar-
riers rather than bridges.
If, however, two people of
different religions are deeply in
love, and are determined to
marry, then we must make every
attempt to encourage the non-
Jewish partner to become part of
the Jewish family and the Jewish
faith. Simultaneously, we must
see to it that the Jewish partner is
serious about Judaism. It is a
travesty to ask a non-Jew to give
up his or her religion for a religion
that the Jewish partner does not
practice!
Yes, freedom is desirable, but
freedom has its dangers. As Jews,
we have withstood the dangers of
oppression. Can we survive the
danger of freedom?

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