Comments on: A Tale of Two Trajectories http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/09/23/a-tale-of-two-trajectories/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:17:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mirty http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/09/23/a-tale-of-two-trajectories/#comment-37121 mirty Mon, 26 Sep 2005 06:06:11 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/09/23/a-tale-of-two-trajectories/#comment-37121 Shira writes: " Returning to the scene of the girl soldiers versus the girl demonstrators, we can see this as a micro-example of macro-phenomena, symbolized chromatically by the “blue” ribbons, representing secular left-of-center Jewish Israelis, as opposed to the “orange” ribbons of the religious right-of-center. The difference is more than color deep and the future is with the religious “orange” group. This is because those in the secular left have adherents. Those in the religious right have babies." I disagree that this event was an example of a wide-spread phenomena. If Jews were indeed that pitted against each other, and in a constant state of nearly war-like opposition, there would be no Jewish community or Jewish State. I humbly suggest that the future lies in Jews working together and trying to understand each other's views, not in choosing separate sides. Shira writes: ” Returning to the scene of the girl soldiers versus the girl demonstrators, we can see this as a micro-example of macro-phenomena, symbolized chromatically by the “blue” ribbons, representing secular left-of-center Jewish Israelis, as opposed to the “orange” ribbons of the religious right-of-center. The difference is more than color deep and the future is with the religious “orange” group.

This is because those in the secular left have adherents. Those in the religious right have babies.”

I disagree that this event was an example of a wide-spread phenomena. If Jews were indeed that pitted against each other, and in a constant state of nearly war-like opposition, there would be no Jewish community or Jewish State. I humbly suggest that the future lies in Jews working together and trying to understand each other’s views, not in choosing separate sides.

]]> By: mirty http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/09/23/a-tale-of-two-trajectories/#comment-37120 mirty Mon, 26 Sep 2005 05:58:11 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/09/23/a-tale-of-two-trajectories/#comment-37120 I think there is a middle-ground between a completely secular lifestyle and an Orthodox shul with a mechitza. One can partake of Jewish values and beliefs in more than one way. (I believe so, anyway.) My husband, kids and I attended a very nice Reform service in Baka (in Jerusalem) when I visited there. I think there is a middle-ground between a completely secular lifestyle and an Orthodox shul with a mechitza. One can partake of Jewish values and beliefs in more than one way. (I believe so, anyway.) My husband, kids and I attended a very nice Reform service in Baka (in Jerusalem) when I visited there.

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