Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!teitz From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Heat and light over a menorah Message-ID: <1015@aecom.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 13:34:36 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1015 Posted: Thu Dec 13 13:34:36 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 05:07:25 EST References: <17829@lanl.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 31 > > 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. > > *************************************************************** > > 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