Nachum Lamm posts: Wikipedia (I know, I know) tells us:
"Novak’s parents had a Jewish background, but they avoided interaction with their local Jewish community and rarely attended religious services. Neighbors falsely considered Novak’s family to be Polish."
And this tidbit:
"Because of the constant family attention, his cousins mockingly called him "Baby Jesus"."
Doesn’t sound like a family committed to any sort of Judaism, even a liberal one. He did join AEPi, though.
CONCERNED POSTS: Unfortunately, this is not an isolated event. Many prominent conservatives, including Marvin Olasky, who invented the term "compassionate conservative" converted to Christianity from Judaism because they associated Judaism with liberalism due to the "synagogue" they attended.
Most non-Orthodox Hebrew schools today spend most of time teaching about environmental causes and global warming. If someone is astute enough to realize he is being manipulated and brainwashed, he won’t have an interest in Judaism as he will associate it with left wing nonsense.
Most non-Orthodox Hebrew schools today spend most of time teaching about environmental causes and global warming. If someone is astute enough to realize he is being manipulated and brainwashed, he won’t have an interest in Judaism as he will associate it with left wing nonsense.
When the arrests were made of American born black converts to Islam who were caught in a sting operation to bomb Synagogues in Riverdale and kill Jewish children, the female "Rabbi" of one of the targeted institutions was quoted in The Jewish Week as saying "I see no anti-semitism here, only lack of equal opportunity".
The fact of the matter is that liberalism IS a mental disorder. If young unaffilated Jews identify this mental disorder with Judaism, they will never have an interest in Judaism (unless they themselves have this mental disorder.)
CHARLIE HALL POSTS: I realized that if one is so devoted to a particular ideology, it is likely that exposure to Orthodox Judaism will not be a fit. There are lots of things in Torah that are a serious challenge to the ideology of each and every political perspective, at least as seen in the United States. That the Torah is pretty unconcerned about rights and individual autonomy is a direct challenge to the worldview of most of 20th and 21st century liberalism. That the Torah imposes significant obligations on both individuals and on the community as a whole to provide for the poor, sick, and not-yet-educated and restricts free markets is a direct challenge to the worldview of laissez-faire. There are certainly many more examples, but I will personally say that one of the many things that makes Torah great is that it is (or should be) a challenge for all of us.
