tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post1328219504557033471..comments2024-03-28T02:08:17.990+02:00Comments on Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity: MASA campaigns against intermarriageDaas Torahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252904288544083215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7309929059139673041.post-41392116421798887772009-09-03T11:30:37.365+03:002009-09-03T11:30:37.365+03:00Interesting. But exactly HOW are Hebrew-speaking I...Interesting. But exactly HOW are Hebrew-speaking Israelis with no knowledge of the varying complexities of life outside of Israel (as the ad call for) supposed to be effective?<br /><br />This is like calling upon EVERY Israeli Jew to become a de facto kiruv worker, which is an impossibility because usually Israeli ex pats outside of Israel are the first ones to run after gentiles, often they are looked upon as bad examples for their poor behavior, and because they do not speak the mother tongues of the countries outside of Israel like natives and lack a perception of the non-Israeli culture of overseas countries, they cannot relate and will not be taken seriously.<br /><br />The whole campaign makes no sense, unless it is a "back-channel" way to somehow warn and put on notice the hundreds of thousands of potential <i>yordim</i> "not" to leave Israel "or else face cultural extinction=death" in the galut outside of Israel.<br /><br />Someone here has not heard of the principle, <i>tafasta merubah, lo tafasta</i>.Recipients and Publicitynoreply@blogger.com