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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<br><br>
From
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/433zhyg" eudora="autourl">
http://tinyurl.com/433zhyg</a><br><br>
<font size=3>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.<br><br>
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
<img src="http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif?m=1304062081g" width=15 height=15 alt=";-)">
? 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?<br><br>
Please see the above URL for the rest of this post. YL<br>
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