Wednesday, October 15, 2008
More Tikkun Olam Paganism
http://thejewishpress.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-tikkun-olam-paganism-and.html
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
More Tikkun Olam Paganism and Misrepresentation
The letter to the editor in this week's JP from Leslie Cohen Fargotstein
of Memphis, TN, in which she demands that Jews vote for Obama as part of
the realization of what she calls "Tikkun Olam," presents an opportunity
to comment on the misuse of "Tikkun Olam" by assimilationist Jewish
liberals (or "asslibs" for short).
Briefly the position of Tikkun Olam pagans can be summed up as follows:
1. All of Judaism reduces to the pursuit of "Tikkun Olam."
2. "Tikkun Olam" refers to the pursuit of "social justice," not to be
confused with judicial justice.
3. "Social Justice" is synonymous with this week's liberal-leftist
political fads.
4. Obama is an ultra-liberal. Therefore voting for him is the essence of
Judaism.
The asslib pagans are wrong about everything. In particular, the truth is:
1. Judaism does not reduce to "Tikkun Olam," even if assimilationist
liberals have never heard of any other concept within Judaism.
2. "Tikkun Olam" has nothing at all to do with "social" justice. It
refers, firstly, to eliminating paganism from the world (making it ironic
that pagans are so obsessed with misusing the term today), and sometimes
refers to judicial justice, which should not be confused with "social"
justice.
3. Social justice is NOT synonymous with liberal political fads. Liberal
political fads generally foster social injustice.
4. It is a free country. You can vote for Obama if you want but do not
misrepresent your doing so as being some sort of Jewish ethical
imperative.
2. More on Asslibs:
http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/36640/Why_Liberal_Jews_Can.html
See also
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4399DB7E-9CD8-4C64-BAA8-CC92DA3F93E6
3. The Scurrilous Zalman Amit:
http://www.isracampus.org.il/third%20level%20pages/Editorial%20-%20Lee%20Kaplan%20-%20Zalman%20Amit.htm
4. McCarthyism from the Tel Aviv University tenured Left:
http://www.isracampus.org.il/third%20level%20pages/TAU%20-%20Carlo%20Strenger%20-%20I%20accuse.htm
See also
http://www.isracampus.org.il/third%20level%20pages/Israeli%20extremism%20-%20Zeev%20Sternhell-Hypocrisy%20of%20Left.htm
5. Israeli expatriate traitors:
http://www.isracampus.org.il/third%20level%20pages/outside%20Israel%20-%20Exeter%20-%20Ilan%20Pappe%20-%20poses%20threat.htm
6. The Nazification of Jesse Jackson:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/127963
7. The Acre Pogrom:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/8222
