A supporter from Skokie, Illinois sent in the following observation on some common themes in Moshe Feiglin's and Esther Jungreis' articles in the recent edition of "The Jewish Press". Here is the link to the original article by Dr. Jungreis. Moshe Feiglin's piece that is referenced is posted on the blog here (link). Dear readers, if you have any comments that you would like to see posted on the blog, send them in for consideration. We would love to hear from you.
A recent issue (11/11) of "The Jewish Press" featured an article by Rebbetzin Jungreis that was amazing in that its thesis was almost completely aligned with that of Moshe Feiglin. His own article was similar -- on another level. Rebbetzin Jungreis' wrote that no matter what Israel does and how decent and righteous its actions, the world will continue to malign and fault it until our leadership can tell the world that Hashem, the creator of the world has "deed the land to us, the Jewish people for all eternity. Until such time as our Israeli representative makes that proclamation to the world, I am afraid, anti-Semitism camouflaged as anti-Zionism will prevail." She states, "If our leadership has failed to present Israel in its true light, it is because, sadly, they are not familiar with that light... they can no longer recall that light of Torah..." Moshe Feiglin's own article states that unless Israel demands rights to the Temple Mount, it will lose its reason to exist both to the rest of the world and to many of its own Jewish people. It is heartening to see that Rebbetzin Jungreis, a holocaust survivor and renowned author and speaker on Jewish answers to modern personal and social dilemmas, arrives at the same conclusion as Moshe Feiglin for our only way out of the quagmire of irrational, overwhelming, and life-threatening anti-Semitism that threatens our survival as a nation. It is heartening that this message is becoming more widespread so as to be disemminated and recommended by our respected religious leaders in addition to politicians. Hopefully, this strategy of Jewish leadership grounded in Torah as the best means of Israel's survival and growth will become louder and clearer until it becomes the dominant unifying force of the Jewish State of Israel.
Dr. CarenSkokie, IL
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Dr. Caren was comparing Rebbetzin Jungreis' article in the Jewish Press with Moshe Feiglin's article as edited for the Jewish Press, not to the article posted on the Jewish Leadership Blog. Although the articles are basically the same, they are not identical. For purposes of accuracy, it might have been better to link to the Jewish Press article at http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/41420/.
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