|
|
Article: Can Jews survive? When American Jews abandon religion in favor of culture, they disappear.(excerpt from 'Faith or Fear')
- Article from:
- National Review
- Article date:
- May 19, 1997
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1997 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
When American Jews abandon religion in favor of culture, they disappear.
Mr. Abrams, an NR contributing editor, is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. This article is excerpted from the forthcoming Faith or Fear, ((c)) 1997 by Elliott Abrams. Reprinted by permission of The Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
SINCE the earliest decades of this century, the American Jewish community has seemed the safest and most successful one in the world. It was not, until the Nazis, larger than the Jewish communities of Europe, nor did it provide Judaism's most revered scholars. But, at least since World War I, its growing size, wealth, and ...