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April 8th, 2008 at 8:56 am
All,
First of all, it is a good initiative!
Discussing, defining and arriving to a consensus on what is our identity as Jews is, I believe the most fundamental question that
needs to be resolved in world Jewry in the 21st century.
I think it is very hard for Jews today to express what it is and means to be Jewish for the following reasons.
First, it draws on questions related to G-d/Judaism, second it involves bringing into this question of identity, Israel a country that many have never visited and finally it requires approaching this question not with our own set of values, but through the values, heritage and history of the Jewish people.
For my part, I think that the answer is simple to conceptualize, but hard to live.
First, it is important to remember that this whole concept/identity of “Jewish” was introduced in the Torah. We like or not, holy or not holy, this is where that concept originates in a text that we associate to God and religion. The confusion begins here, as many do not believe, believe in the concept that one single force “God” is at the origin/source of creation in this world. It is hard to define, rationalize, prove and more over live along this line in our pragmatic world. It is simply not part of our Western value system, but it is at the source of our identity.
Second, being Jewish means being part of the Jewish people. A nation that once physically lived in Israel, but was subsequently expelled and scattered all over the world.
This concept was again introduced in the Torah (That will sound Orthodox for some, but that is where the concept comes from) and is the reason why we decided to found our modern Israel in the historical location of Israel and not in Uganda or Argentina. It is as central to our identity as Judaism. Today, we are the descendants of this nation and many of us came back to live in Israel (for ever and ever). But many of us have never visited Israel, do not speak Hebrew. They are born Americans, English, French, South African and are/feel Jewish.
So how to fit Israel in our identity. I think that first it is important to remember that it is not concept or abstract conception. Jews lived in Israel 3000 years ago. Second, I think it is important to remember that not so long, Jews did not have a home and Israel was without question, the place that they were hoping to go back to.
Finally, as Europeans and Americans, children of the western world, we look at the world with the help of a very precise set of values of moral, freedom, democracy, equality. A set of Christian/Western values. We use this vision of the world to define “Being Jewish”, but this can get confusing and inappropriate. Conflicts in the Arab world and globalization in business have made the Western world realize that all that happens in the world cannot always fit to our definition of it. Iraqis, Chinese and Jews do things differently and are different people. This lesson applies to us, it is important for us to question and define our identity, but it is important not to always look at it using the tools of the world we grew up in. Being Jewish is different from being Christian, Muslim, Buddhist or American. We have our own identity, a rich heritage that draws on the concepts outlined above. It is important for us to discover them!
March 30th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
What a fine way you’ve brought diverse Jews together to give them voices to be well-heard. And with your brilliant filming and editing technology and creativity, you’ve made it so watch-able and do-able — perhaps even with “others” who are not Jews. Thank you, thank you.
February 25th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
“I have to recognize…I’m a human being…he is a human being. This is where we start”…”as “she” said in this report. Peace [with Palestinains], despite the difficulties to achieve it, is well reflected in this report that joins Jewish voices from different corners to Israeli ones round [the importance of Peace]. Beautiful work!
A deal or an agreement is based to be made between at least 2 parties/antagonists. What I just watched resumes in fact, first and most importantly, one voice as far as the right of IL to exisit –with some different levels of hope to make peace… soon… or not– a fundamental [truth] a fact of life that is not subject to any discussion… And this where the problem starts not just at palestinians but also at most of Arab Regimes. So, making Peace with whom? With Regimes, rulers or leaderships that implement hatred/rejection messages in their educational and religious teaching system more than anything else that could lead to peace with anyone…anywhere.
Hope we could watch [youth on internet as substitute to TV’s] a similar “you tube” reports pronounced by [youth] Arab citizens from inside the Arab World so we could discover first their miserable situation i.e. poverty, unemployment… and then [their] the ability to make Peace.
Finally, Peace is a living…is an education that needs and takes time…NEVERTHELESS [Discussing and not REJECTING] Promoting [the importance of] Peace and oneself’s well-being is what the world in general and the Arab world in particular need the most nowadays.
Congratulation for this insightful idea to connect and reconnect people on this planet to speak out about Peace… a chance for Peace!
Best for Peace!
Norma
February 5th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
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