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Rackman is correct in one
sense. The fear of many Jews
to enter into honest dialogue
is the fear of a hidden agen-
da among Christians, and a
response to the fact that
Jews are a minority in Amer-
ica. I have been amazed at
the difference in dialogue in
Israel as opposed to the Unit-
ed States. As the majority
Population, Jews in Israel do
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rael is important, it is not the
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only issue between Chris-
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amazing to me that some of
the fundamentalists who still
hold to a conversion theolo-
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very supportive of Israel, but
not for the sake of Jews. As
one Israeli told me: "I am not
willing to risk my grand-
child's soul for their support
today. However, others don't
see it that way."
Last, and perhaps most
important, we need to get
past the idea that Christians
want to talk theology while
Jews want to talk about so-
cial problems. In truth they
are not separate items but
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intimately related. In today's
world, Jews and Christians
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listen to commentary on these
social issues, the one voice
that is missing is the ethical
questions raised by people of
faith. We need mutual dia-
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