{"id":49159,"date":"2018-11-26T08:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49159"},"modified":"2018-11-26T08:01:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T14:01:32","slug":"jewish-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=49159","title":{"rendered":"Jewish Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

Samain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanksgiving Moon<\/p>\n

Friend Bill Schmidt sent me this link.\u00a0 Jewish Identity in America: Assembly Required.<\/a><\/p>\n

He asked if Adam Platt’s thoughts rang true in CBE.<\/p>\n

Here’s my response:<\/p>\n

\"highInteresting. First, on Dec. 6th I will join all teachers in the religious school, board members, and staff for an emergency response training evening. Stimulated, as you might expect, by Pittsburgh, but always an active consideration.<\/div>\n
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Second, I read a number of the Jewish responses to the Pittsburgh shooting. All said some version of what Adam Platt emphasizes: believing or not, culturally Jewish or not, anti-Semitism binds us together.<\/div>\n
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Packing Thanksgiving Boxes at Jeffco Action Center, 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Only 30% or so of Jews in American attend synagogues. That number grows on the High Holidays, like what we used to call the Christmas and Easter alumni. Most of the Jews that I know, including members of CBE are either outright atheists or find the metaphysical part antique, unnecessary.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Like Adam Platt though, most of the CBE folk place a high value on Jewish civilization, on folkways, on the irl lessons that can be learned from Torah, kabbalah, mussar, Talmud, following birth, marriage, coming of age, and death rituals. I fit in with this thinking even though I’m a good bit to the side of the culture, not to mention the metaphysics.<\/div>\n
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The Judaism I experience at CBE focuses on what it means to be a better human being. That includes being playful, thoughtful, and, above all, being willing to bear the burden of the other.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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