tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post6660996225545468834..comments2023-10-17T05:01:42.650-04:00Comments on Abandoning Eden: Is judaism also an ethnicity?Abandoning Edenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12696116071749613265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-25544430213211111292007-09-09T11:52:00.000-04:002007-09-09T11:52:00.000-04:00It is similiar for me. I am not an atheist but st...It is similiar for me. I am not an atheist but struggle with the concept of God on a daily basis. Just like Noah Feldman, I am also a graduate of a day school who married a Korean woman. I try my best to keep kosher and the two of us have shabbat dinner every week. Lately, I started going to the local shul in my neighborhood. A conservative shul that leans very much towards the traditional. One step to the left of orthodox. The majority of members are elderly and I am the only one under 40. But I have a ball. I get to read the haftorah practically every week. And when the old ladies come up to me to wish me a yashacoach, you should see the how their eyes light up. Anyway, wishing all a sweet new year....Kid Charlemagnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09277536293144906409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-49641867164351599712007-09-07T09:12:00.000-04:002007-09-07T09:12:00.000-04:00Whoops, the URL got cut off. You can find the pos...Whoops, the URL got cut off. You can find the post if you go to <BR/><BR/>http://cj-heretic.blogspot.com/<BR/><BR/>and then click on the February 2005 archive and scroll down.Conservative Apikorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152425126119843584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-91338308757927456592007-09-07T09:10:00.000-04:002007-09-07T09:10:00.000-04:00It should be of interest to you that atheist or ag...It should be of interest to you that atheist or agnostic Jews who nonetheless go to shul and follow many Jewish customs may represent the majority of the Jews in the world. At our Conservative shul, the former rabbi used to conduct theology polls of the congregation as part of the sermon on Kol Nidre. (Participants would fold over one corner or the other of a ballot corresponding to the answer.) The results indicated that a substantial percentage of the worshipers were not believers. I don't know their motives for showing up, as I'm not a mind-reader, but I can simply point you to a very old joke I put in my blog<BR/><BR/>http://cj-heretic.blogspot.com/2005/02/tale-of-great-apikoris-of-brooklyn.html<BR/><BR/>And point out that my motto is:<BR/><BR/>"I'm an apikoris, not a goy!"Conservative Apikorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152425126119843584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552682727548828725.post-25999777919774399192007-09-06T23:56:00.000-04:002007-09-06T23:56:00.000-04:00why should former religous jews who are now atheis...<B>why should former religous jews who are now atheists reject everything about judaism? And... how do you seperate the religious aspects from the cultural/ethnic aspects of judaism?</B><BR/><BR/>I really liked this part of your post. I don't see why former religious Jews would need to reject everything about Judaism. I've got one foot out the religious door but I'm not planning on dumping the culture wholesale. The story about the family in Bar Elan having wine and challah on Friday night was great. I hope more skeptics take on traditions like that.Lubab No Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15853466344401477725noreply@blogger.com