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From: myunive@nsc.UUCP (Jay Zelitzky)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Being Jewish in the World Today
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Date: Mon, 22-Oct-84 07:14:51 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 22 07:14:51 1984
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What does it mean to be a Jew?
	I believe there is more to being Jewish in the world today
than believing in God, keeping kosher, or living in Israel.
	For me being Jewish means caring about the poor and the
underpriveleged in this world and doing something to help them.  It
means associating with Jews in helping to make this a better world.
It means supporting education for everyone and giving our children
a better world than the world we have.  It means working to bring
peace for this world and ending this insane arms race.
	What does being Jewish mean to other people here?  There must
be something more to it than making sure you don't turn on the lights
on Shabbat.
					Jay Zelitzky
					nsc!myunive
			-And they shall beat their swords into plowshares.
			-And their spears into pruning hooks.
			-And nation shall not lift up sword against nation.
			-And neither shall they learn war anymore.
			-From Isaiah and also engraved on the entrance to the
			-United Nations.