A Jew is born in the covenant our forefathers made with G-d. We were given the Torah, and that’s how we should live. ‘Jew’ is our identity. The Torah is our lifestyle. There is nothing, and no one, that can change this.
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Another Jewish blogger wrote this but it struck me as a good example of how Judaism is a product of its time. Afterall, why am I bound to serve a god just bc my great, great, great… grandparents agreed to? It reeks of the slave-mentality, back when people could be owned along with their offspring. Today - to me at least - this idea seems rather backward. It would be like punishing children for the sins of their (great… grand-) parents. Doesn’t make sense - at least to the modern mind.
As for no-one being able to change it. Well, again, I’m an advocate of free choice. I think an individual can define her own identity, her own lifestyle, and once done there’s nothing and no-one that can stop her.
(Source: bennistar)
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