RoccoR
Gold Member
RE: Now it's a basic law: The State of Israel is the national home of the Jewish people
※→ Humanity, et al,
This is an interesting line of questioning, but still something for the Jewish People to decide for themselves; just as Catholics decide who is a Catholic.
• Are the Jews a Nation? •
Judaism 101
"The traditional explanation, and the one given in the Torah, is that the Jews are a nation. The Hebrew word, believe it or not, is "goyª." The Torah and the rabbis used this term not in the modern sense meaning a territorial and political entity, but in the ancient sense meaning a group of people with a common history, a common destiny, and a sense that we are all connected to each other.
Unfortunately, in modern times, the term "nation" has become too contaminated by ugly, jingoistic notions of a country obsessed with its own superiority and bent on world domination. Because of this notion of "nationhood," Jews are often falsely accused of being disloyal to their own country in favor of their loyalty to the Jewish "nation," of being more loyal to Israel than to their home country. Some have gone so far as to use this distorted interpretation of "nationhood" to prove that Jews do, or seek to, control the world. In fact, a surprising number of antisemitic websites and newsgroup postings linked to this page (in an earlier form) as proof of their antisemitic delusions that Jews are nationalistic, that Israel is a colonial power and so forth.
Because of the inaccurate connotations that have attached themselves to the term "nation," the term can no longer be used to accurately describe the Jewish people."
(COMMENT)
It is up to them to decide, not us. It is part of the "why" a "Jewish National Home" is a necessity.
Most Respectfully,
R
※→ Humanity, et al,
This is an interesting line of questioning, but still something for the Jewish People to decide for themselves; just as Catholics decide who is a Catholic.
(A PROSPECTIVE)
• Are the Jews a Nation? •
Judaism 101
"The traditional explanation, and the one given in the Torah, is that the Jews are a nation. The Hebrew word, believe it or not, is "goyª." The Torah and the rabbis used this term not in the modern sense meaning a territorial and political entity, but in the ancient sense meaning a group of people with a common history, a common destiny, and a sense that we are all connected to each other.
ª: Lit. nation. A non-Jew, that is, a member of one of the other nations. There is nothing
inherently insulting about the term; the word "goy" is used in the Torah to describe
Israel. See Jewish Attitudes Toward Non-Jews.
inherently insulting about the term; the word "goy" is used in the Torah to describe
Israel. See Jewish Attitudes Toward Non-Jews.
Unfortunately, in modern times, the term "nation" has become too contaminated by ugly, jingoistic notions of a country obsessed with its own superiority and bent on world domination. Because of this notion of "nationhood," Jews are often falsely accused of being disloyal to their own country in favor of their loyalty to the Jewish "nation," of being more loyal to Israel than to their home country. Some have gone so far as to use this distorted interpretation of "nationhood" to prove that Jews do, or seek to, control the world. In fact, a surprising number of antisemitic websites and newsgroup postings linked to this page (in an earlier form) as proof of their antisemitic delusions that Jews are nationalistic, that Israel is a colonial power and so forth.
Because of the inaccurate connotations that have attached themselves to the term "nation," the term can no longer be used to accurately describe the Jewish people."
(COMMENT)
It is up to them to decide, not us. It is part of the "why" a "Jewish National Home" is a necessity.
Most Respectfully,
R
