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pat answers. But what is it
about Judaism that makes
the culture and community,
and facets of life such as tradi-
tional business ethics so at-
tractive? Is it that we're such
nice guys to be around?
(Which is true, incidentally;
I've met Jews of all levels of
observance who exhibit great
generosity and warmth.)
Or is it the history of the
Jewish people that is so at-
tractive, the desire to be part
of the invincible Jewish peo-
ple described by Mark Twain?
To expand on a point made by
Gary Rosenblatt elsewhere
Nov. 1, a Jewish identity
doesn't come from connecting
to the persecuted-but-sur-
viving Jews, but by connec-
ting to that which enables
him to survive and gives him
his raison d'etre.
In adopting and adapting
facets of Jewish life that one
finds attractive, and hybridiz-
- ing them with "contemporary
ethics, the teachings of
democracy, and science" et.
al., one does not get a univer-
sal Judaism. One gets the
most ephemeral Judaism
imaginable.
It may be a universal
philosophy in the late 20th
century in that people of all
cultures may recognize some
elements of their own within
it. It is not universal to Jews,
in all times and all places, to
the Jew from Ethiopia, Iran,
or Russia, throughout the
centuries.
Mordechai Liebling said
that Jews now accept that the
Jewish culture goes beyond
liturgy. It's about time. Dur-
ing the time in which syna-
gogue attendance was posited
as the sine qua non of
religious practice, some of the
most bitter, and meaningless,
battles, particularly in
establishing "equality" be-
tween men and women, have
been fought there.
One related Reform casual-
ty is matrilineal descent,
which galls me as a Jew and
a woman. The concept that
Jewishness is determined by
the religion of one's mother is
not a bone thrown to women
a few millenia ago by a group
of high-caliber con artists. It
is a recognition of the esteem-
ed role of women in transmit-
ting the heritage of our peo-
ple to future generations.
Where were the feminists on
that score?
I can concur with Sharon
Musher on one point:
Judaism is not a hierarchy
based on levels of observance,
with Orthodoxy at the top of
the pyramid. What distin-
guishes the branches is that
Orthodoxy requires a belief in
revelation at Sinai, of a God
Who by His very omniscience
has designed a Torah ap-
plicable for all the genera-
tions to come.
As such there is no way that
"Reconstructionism . . . could
complement" Orthodoxy. Or-
thodoxy does promote in-
dividual growth, in many
ways, and that is food for
thought.
Fayge Young
Oak Park
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criticism for ruling states
could demand such evidence
if they wished to.)
In Michigan, if courts
uphold Dr. Jack Kevorkian's
position that "assisted
suicide" is legal without re-
quiring greater proof of pa-
tient consent, active killing
would be legalized. Sup-
porters of the "New Ethic"
could declare open season on
"lesser quality lives,"
whether handicappers,
seniors or the poor.
The Michigan Handicapper
Caucus (MHC), representing
supporters of the rights of
those with handicaps within
the state Democratic Party,
wants a bill passed banning
assisted suicide, at least un-
til adequate safeguards pro-
tecting patients can be
formulated.
However, State Represen-
tative Perry Bullard (D-Ann
Arbor), ignoring individuals
with handicaps in his own
party, is using his power as
head of the Judiciary Com-
mittee to block the bill from
coming to a vote.
is starting a
MHC
"resistance movement" urg-
ing people to write letters of
protest to Mr. Bullard and
their own legislators. Certain-
ly with the growing hatred
and violence against Jews
and other minorities, it is no
time to weaken respect for
humanity .
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