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rfmcdonaldNews stories like this one from Israel's YNet News, describing how an Orthodox rabbi was begging a rather attractive Israeli model not to marry her Lithuanian boyfriend because to do so would be to divorce herself from Israel, make me angry. Anne from the USA, commenter #31, seems to have summed up the spirit of the rabbi's critique.
In place of "Jewish," of course, read "Christian," "French," "traditional," or whatever other pseudo-normative ethnonym you'd like. Of course, it's plainly evident that this is just another form of bigotry.
Think of it this way, if you would. Why do the people who've appointed themselves the traditionalist guardians of the true spirit of a culture so hostile to anything that could threaten their control over community membership and rites of passage? The question answers itself.
A mixed marriage is wrong
It produces psychologically unbalanced, hateful kids who don't know who they are. Mixed marriages can produce wonderful kids but not the Jewish kids.
In place of "Jewish," of course, read "Christian," "French," "traditional," or whatever other pseudo-normative ethnonym you'd like. Of course, it's plainly evident that this is just another form of bigotry.
Think of it this way, if you would. Why do the people who've appointed themselves the traditionalist guardians of the true spirit of a culture so hostile to anything that could threaten their control over community membership and rites of passage? The question answers itself.
