Jewish Continuity

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.