{"id":25031,"date":"2010-10-22T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=25031"},"modified":"2010-10-22T15:36:01","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T23:36:01","slug":"dennis-prager-speaks-at-reform-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=25031","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Prager Speaks At Reform Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"

From Cleveland Jewish News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Both Eisenberg and Prager have strong feelings about CUFI, a national organization dedicated to giving Christians an opportunity to speak with one voice in support of Israel. CUFI members are \u201camong the most decent people I have met in my life and are genuinely as pro-Jewish and pro-Israel as anyone could be,\u201d Prager says in a phone interview with the CJN.<\/p>\n

Some members of the Jewish community marginalize the organization because of the \u201ctraditional Jewish suspicion of Christians, which is completely uncalled for,\u201d Prager says. To saddle American Christians with the sins of Europe\u2019s Christians is \u201cliterally immoral.\u201d
\nCUFI members have conservative political and social positions, and most Jews have liberal social and political positions, \u201cbut so, what?\u201d Prager asks. \u201cThe issue is Israel\u2019s survival, not American politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking at a Reform synagogue, where you are considered a \u201creligious heretic\u201d if your political views aren\u2019t liberal, Prager says, is a rarity for the highly public, outspoken personality. Although Prager has belonged to the Stephen S. Wise Temple (Reform) in Los Angeles for 20 years and teaches Torah there once a month, most Reform congregations \u201care not receptive to having a political conservative speak at their synagogue,\u201d he says. This is a \u201csad commentary on the intellectual openness in Reform Judaism.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Prager is a popular lecturer at Orthodox and Conservative conventions and congregations and spoke to a large gathering at Solon\u2019s Chabad Jewish Center in 2008. \u201cIt will be a long time before the Reform movement will have a conservative speak at one of its conventions, because unlike Rabbi Matt (Eisenberg), they are not as intellectually open,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n

Among Prager\u2019s many concerns is the apathy of young Jews regarding Judaism and Israel. \u201cMany of today\u2019s kids have not been raised to be committed to either,\u201d he says. \u201cThey are being raised as committed liberals, not committed Jews. It is up to the parents to figure out the hierarchy of their value system.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his talk at Temple Israel Ner Tamid, Prager will discuss how the Torah is the most transformational document in human history. Yet, \u201cvery few people understand or can articulate exactly how it transformed the world,\u201d he says. \u201cWhen Jews understand this, it causes them to reevaluate the Torah and ultimately ask the question, \u2018Why do I not believe this is a divine document?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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