{"id":62689,"date":"2015-02-01T17:14:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62689"},"modified":"2015-02-01T17:14:35","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:14:35","slug":"bnei-akiva-camp-might-open-to-non-jews-as-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62689","title":{"rendered":"Bnei Akiva Camp Might Open To Non-Jews As Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A HREF=\"http:\/\/www.jewishjournal.com\/cover_story\/article\/the_rebirth_of_running_springs_camp\">Jewish Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rabbi Menachem Hecht, Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles\u2019 newly hired and first executive director, said he wants Running Springs to become a meeting point for \u201cJews across the spectrum\u201d to interact with one another, and added that Bnei Akiva would consider opening the site to non-Jewish groups, as well, \u201cto the degree that it allows us to maximize occupancy and be financially sustainable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine the uproar if a Christian camp said they might consider allowing Jewish groups to use their facility. If non-Jews discriminate against Jews, it is anti-semitism, but if Jews discriminate against non-Jews, they&#8217;re simply upholding their unique heritage. <\/p>\n<p>For any group to sustain its heritage, it has to practice discrimination. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewish Journal: Rabbi Menachem Hecht, Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles\u2019 newly hired and first executive director, said he wants Running Springs to become a meeting point for \u201cJews across the spectrum\u201d to interact with one another, and added that Bnei &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=62689\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62690,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62689\/revisions\/62690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}