Reply To: Practicality on the Palestinians

akuperma wrote:

The hareidi solution (surrender and stop trying to control the government and stop trying to rule the Muslims) offers a realistic chance.

It should be noted that despite this idea being labeled “the hareidi solution”, the overwhelming majority of the chareidim do not believe that this is particularly smart or practical. This is only the Neturei Karta interpretation of the shittah of the Satmar Rebbe. (I’m curious as to what the other satmar affiliated posters here have to say about this idea… kj chusid? joseph?)

yytz:

First of all, I’m not sure what made you launch into a discussion of the state of Jewry in Israel vs America.

Secondly, I think you may have oversimplified the definition of assimilation; just because somebody marries Jewish doesn’t mean they keep all, or even any, of Judaism. Can a person living in Tel Aviv who doesn’t keep anything besides marrying a Jew and not eating on Yom Kippur really be considered completely unassimilated?

Thirdly, in my admittedly limited experience, the Jewish communities in America seem to be doing far better economically than those in Israel.

HaLeiVi:

Perhaps there are some problems that it would avoid, but I think that as a general rule making the process gradual will only make the results happen gradually, not eliminate them.