Sara Yoheved Rigler #fundie aish.com

[This is from an article titled "Jewish Identity: Are You In or Out?"]

In our generation, many Jews have renounced their Jewish identity in favor of becoming "citizens of the world." Their political views have led them to identify with the enemies of the Jewish People.

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[A]larm bells rang a couple years ago when a study revealed that 50% of American Jews under the age of 35 would not consider it "a personal tragedy if the State of Israel ceased to exist." Two months ago an American Congresswoman declared that the Jews of America had sold out Israel in their support of Obama's diplomatic surrender to Iran's nuclear program.

The nadir of this abandonment of support for Israel is the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement, which actually has some Jews among its supporters. [...] The starkest defection from the Jewish People is to side with those sworn to our destruction. According to Jewish law, every person born to a Jewish mother is Jewish, even if s/he converts to another religion. But a Jew needs to minimally cast his/her lot with the Jewish community to be redeemable.

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The Passover Seder speaks about four sons. Only one of them is cast as "wicked." As the Hagaddah states: "The wicked son, what does he say? 'What is this service to you?' 'To you,' but not to him. Because he excludes himself from the community, he is a heretic. ... Say to him, 'Because of what God did for me when I went out of Egypt.' For me, but not for him, because if he would have been there, he would not have been redeemed."

The first Passover marked the birth of the Jewish nation. Every Passover since poses the challenge to every Jew: Are you in or are you out?

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