[Avodah] All Ye Into The Melting Pot! Melting Pot Minhogim Vs. Minhag Avos – Minhogim Fads Vs. Mesorah

[Prof. Levine]

Caveat:  Just because I am pointing to this URL does not mean that I 
subscribe to or agree with all that is there.  Nonetheless, I do 
think that it is of interest to see what is there. YL

 From http://tinyurl.com/433zhyg

In the Western world in recent decades (e.g. in the USA, Western 
Europe, and Australia), the melting pot model, encouraging the 
assimilation of immigrants into the dominant white culture, formerly 
the prevailing approach, has been dropped (a similar thing has 
happened in Eretz Yisroel, to a degree). In it's place, a more 
enlightened approach of cultural pluralism was adopted. People of 
different backgrounds could still (or were even encouraged to) 
maintain their culture, language, links to homeland, etc.

But from what I am reading and hearing from some people, it seems 
that some frum Jews still adhere to the melting pot assimilationist 
model. They seem to believe that we all must go into a melting pot 
with regard to minhogim. Everyone must accept the new frum 
commandments of upsherin and the like. After all, it is a mitzvoh 
deoraysa of orlah, right
;-)
 ? And chas veshalom that you refrain from dancing around a bonfire 
on Lag Baomer. How can anyone have the chutzpah to do such a thing 
after all? What are you anyway? Some type of kill joy?

Please see the above URL for the rest of this post.  YL

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