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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Heat and light over a menorah
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Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:34:36 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 13 13:34:36 1984
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> 
> The following is the major part of an article which appeared in    
> the S.F. Chronicle and which I am posting for the most part without
> any comment.
> 
> The article concerns the efforts of a Lubavitcher Rabbi (Eli Cohen) to
> put a giant menorah near the entrance to the Golden Gate Bridge.
> The article was written by a non-Jew, Warren Hinkle.
> 
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> 
>  Comments?
> 
> 					     bill peter

    I think this is a problem all over America. Jews are afraid to assert
 themselves as Jews. They think if they can hide te fact of their Jewishness
 then the non-Jews will like them better. What they don't realize is that 
 they are fooling themselves. If we show that we care and stand up for our
 heritage ( and all it stands for ) the non-Jews might possibly respect us
 more. The problem is that these jews are ashamed to say they are different.
 They want to mix with society, to assimilate and become like the masses.
 This might be the cause for the extremely high intermarriage rate in 
 America today. If the Jews were instilled with a sense of pride in their
 religion, rather that it being a blemish, maybe more people would be
 interested in seeing it stick around a few more years, rather than destroy
 it from within.

				Eliyahu Teitz.

> 					     los alamos