David posts: Great conversation, thanks! Especially like your postulate that the biggest fear of Secular Jews is being returned to the Ghetto, G-d forbid would rather be killed than forced to join Chabad?!
Also, relevant something I heard at a lecture last week from Professor Steven Gimbel, author of ‘Einstein’s Jewish Science’, originally a pejorative given by the Nazis, but now the idea of Jewish Science is embraced. Professor Gimbel stipulated that going back to Moses Mendelssohn, there was two main responses to anti-semitism, to turn inwards, like the ultra-orthodox, that all Jews are essentially Hasidim whether they admit it or not, and the attempt to assimilate is bound to fail, so embrace our otherness and trust in Hashem! Or to turn outwards, with universal humanism, to fight for the rights of all peoples (as seen at the time of the French revolution and the emancipation of European Jews to full citizens). The only way Jews can feel safe is if all people are safe, and if one group is targeted that will lead to the eventually targeting of Jews. Einstein used both approaches at different times of his life. But today that would go well with Kevin MacDonald and Richard Spencer, who can see the Secular Jew as fighting for universal humanism as a method to fight anti-Semitism, and hence by nature Jews must fight against White interests. Actually, both seem to fit well with Messianic Prophecy, and the role of ‘Priests to Nations’, as well as you Mr. Ford, that says recent Daf Yomi, that ‘Goyim’ can be judged fully by Hashem, because they can know the truth of Judaism by their dealings with converts! So you are proof of the wisdom of the Talmud! Shalom, and blessings, keep up the great works, hope you are enjoying Daf Yomi Avadah Zorah!
