I loved this essay. It speaks to not only the foundation of Jewish values but can be applied, to some extent, to people who espouse values or ethics. Judaism demands action first, not faith. "Na'aseh v'nishma" (נעשה ונשמע)
Too many institutional monotheists create their Creator’s nature in their own fallible and often angry, vengeful image. Really, if the Divine is as vengefully angry, even blood-thirsty, as He is generally portrayed, is anyone — including supposed ardent followers or conservative believers — truly safe or really ‘saved’? It could be theorized He’d be especially peeved by those self-professed Godly believers that He had (likely rightfully) deemed as fake or frauds.
I loved this essay. It speaks to not only the foundation of Jewish values but can be applied, to some extent, to people who espouse values or ethics. Judaism demands action first, not faith. "Na'aseh v'nishma" (נעשה ונשמע)
This is good. Torah says “Bind Them!”
This is an excellent article. Thank you for sharing.
We can speak of Jewish "values" only if there are rooted in our culture which is the Torah and the Talmud.
Otherwise people are adding a Jewish label to "concepts" that do not have Jewish sources.
And this is a big issue.
For example Jewish Voice for Peace. How do you make Peace according to the Jewish texts?
Can you make peace with people who ontologically want you to disappear according to the Torah?
Similar for Jewish Justice.
What is the Talmud and the Jewish commentaries say.
That is really Jewish value.
Not biological Jew with a non Jewish mind and most of the time a total ignorance of hebrew and the source of real Jewish culture.
Too many institutional monotheists create their Creator’s nature in their own fallible and often angry, vengeful image. Really, if the Divine is as vengefully angry, even blood-thirsty, as He is generally portrayed, is anyone — including supposed ardent followers or conservative believers — truly safe or really ‘saved’? It could be theorized He’d be especially peeved by those self-professed Godly believers that He had (likely rightfully) deemed as fake or frauds.