http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/01/confronting-the-virus-of-religious-intolerance/ Unorthodox Jewish reflections on the issues of our day Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/01/confronting-the-virus-of-religious-intolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-87 admin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:44:02 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=1885#comment-87 Good comment! Good comment!

]]> http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/01/confronting-the-virus-of-religious-intolerance/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Yochanan Lavie Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:18:06 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=1885#comment-85 Those who think they are immune from outside influences are the most affected by them. Because anything within their sealed must be kosher, since the gate seal hermetically. However, the gates are always permeable. Like the famous wooden horse, foreign ideology sneaks inside the gates. Those with an open door policy can pick and choose, because they are conscious decision makers; but the xenophobes can't recognize the foreign import. The ideologies of fundamentalism and ultra-nationalism are at work here. They are not inherently Jewish, but are within the chareidi gates. Those who think they are immune from outside influences are the most affected by them. Because anything within their sealed must be kosher, since the gate seal hermetically. However, the gates are always permeable. Like the famous wooden horse, foreign ideology sneaks inside the gates. Those with an open door policy can pick and choose, because they are conscious decision makers; but the xenophobes can’t recognize the foreign import. The ideologies of fundamentalism and ultra-nationalism are at work here. They are not inherently Jewish, but are within the chareidi gates.

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