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History, Education
Called Jewish Keys

30400 Telegraph Rd. Suite 134, Bingham Farms •

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outh Africa native
and Israeli citizen
Avraham Infeld loves
America and its
Western culture. However,
he fears both are detrimen-
tal to Jewish continuity.
"As a child, I hated the
United States. I ate 18
boxes of Kellogg's Corn
Flakes, sent in the box tops
with $2 and waited for my
bicycle. It never came," Mr.
Infeld said. "A few years
ago I was telling_ this story
and the president of
Kellogg's heard it. He sent
me a letter of apology, a
watch, a bike and the origi-
nal form I filled out in
1949.
"I love America. I love
Western society. But in
order to have Jewish conti-
nuity, there are aspects of
Western society to fear."
Mr. Infeld spoke to
Miracle Mission partici-
pants about defining a Jew
and Jewish continuity
Monday night at Temple
Beth El. His talk was the
first in a series of mission
follow-up education oppor-
tunities presented by
Melitz-Centers for Jewish
Zionist Education.
Melitz was founded by
Mr. Infeld 13 years ago. Its
goal is to strengthen
Jewish identity among
Israelis. The message is
now being spread to
Diaspora countries.
According to Mr. Infeld,
the Western ideals of "me"
(self-gratification) and
"now" (immediate return)
are dangerous, non-Jewish
concepts.
"Self-gratification made
America great. Personal
achievements made the
United States popular and
powerful. It doesn't do
much for Jewish continu-
ity," Mr. Infeld said. "As
Jews, we never speak in
the singular. God forgave
us for our sins. When
you're a Jew, you speak in
the plural."
Concern for the commu-
nity and a sense of commu-
nal history, Mr. Infeld said,
are Jewish ideals.
To illustrate, Mr. Infeld
asked a member of the
audience if they had met
before. The man said no.
"Sure we have. At Mt.
Sinai," Mr. Infeld said.
"Seriously, you have to

believe this to be a Jew.
Being a Jew is living with a
collective memory. It's rec-
ognizing cultural truths as
part of a personal memory
— whether or not you
believe the stories."
History, Mr. Infeld said,
does not agree with the
Western concept of now.
Now does not exist in
Jewish terms, but it has
invaded a world which
includes Jews.
"There is no present
tense in Hebrew. You can-
not say 'I walk.' You can
only say 'I am walking.'
The present is only a
bridge between that which
went before us and that
which will go after us," Mr.
Infeld said.
To ensure Jewish conti-
nuity, Mr. Infeld believes
Jews must believe in a col-
lective Jewish memory and
teach it to their children.
He suggested family educa-
tion and trips to Israel as
tools for such education.
"I don't believe there is
only one way to be a Jew.
Jewish pluralism is a dif-
ferent interpretation of the
same dreams from the
same collective memory,"
Mr. Infeld said.
"The problem with conti-
nuity is we have not sup-
plied our kids with Jewish
memories. Talking about it
doesn't create it. We need
to provoke questions to cre-
ate memories to live within
a community to provide
continuity." ❑

Conservative
Lunch, Learn

Rabbi Elliot Pachter will lead
the Conservative Movement's
Torah Study 12:30-1:30 p.m.
May 20 at the Federation
building. He will examine the
biblical portion Bemidbar,
Numbers 1:1 4:20. The study
session is open to the com-
munity at large. A dairy
lunch is available for a
charge, starting at noon.
The study group is spon-
sored jointly by the Jewish
Thelogical Seminary, Michi-
gan Region United Syna-
gogue of Conservative Juda-
ism and the Michigan Region
Rabbinical Assembly. For in-
formation or to order lunch,
call the Jewish Theological
Seminary, 258-0055.

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