jewish continuity
London
cholar Simon Rawidowicz once called the Jews “an ever-dying people.” It does
seem that, every few years, a major American Jewish magazine publishes an
article proclaiming the “disappearance of the Jews,” arguing that assimilation
and intermarriage place the future of the Jewish community–Jewish continuity–in
serious danger. What prompts such an alarmist appeal? Is comfort, safety, and
acceptance in mainstream society more threatening to the Jewish people than
discrimination or persecution.