tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31699898.post2962242160241735904..comments2023-06-21T03:47:36.240-04:00Comments on The Fly Fishing Rabbi: The Religious and Secular Conflict in IsraelRabbi Eric Eisenkramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01459487661743499415noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31699898.post-52939013851400567842009-10-30T14:00:56.695-04:002009-10-30T14:00:56.695-04:00Shalom!
First a Sabra is not a secular Israeli Jew...Shalom!<br />First a Sabra is not a secular Israeli Jew! A Sabra is a Jew born in Israel. That includes all the Haredim and the modern Orthodox too. True, many of the founders of Israel were ant- religious, but were also not sabras as many were not born in Israel. Also, Israel is much more diverse and complicated then you seem to understand.David Greenbergnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31699898.post-60097881526024474372009-10-27T08:59:21.017-04:002009-10-27T08:59:21.017-04:00Dear Avraham,
Thank you for your comment. I was ...Dear Avraham,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. I was sorry to hear that a Reform Rabbi would make such a statement, that one not believe in God. I completely disagree with that rabbi! To be Jewish means to believe in God in some sense. But Reform Judaism gives you more choices than simply the Biblical God, the man on the throne with the white beard. Reform Jews also believe in God as a force, power or presence.Rabbi Eric Eisenkramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01459487661743499415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31699898.post-32166782569917801782009-10-27T08:01:49.114-04:002009-10-27T08:01:49.114-04:00I agree partially with what you wrote, but I do no...I agree partially with what you wrote, but I do not think that there is such a great divide in Israel. True there are extremists on both sides of the "divide" so to speak, but they are in the minority in Israel. Reform Judaism has a problem and it has been bothering me for many years. In the United States I used to attend a Reform synagogue for quite a while until the rabbi got up one day a gave a lecture as to why one need not believe in God. In fact according to him, God does not exist. So much for Reform Judaism. A religion that proclaims that there is no God is not a religion, but a movement.Avrahamnoreply@blogger.com