The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.

The world – and Jews themselves – simply hold Jews to a standard far higher than those of any other faith or belief system.

And why shouldn't they?
Otherwise why all the fuss about Orthodoxy, being the Chosen People, what is and isn't Kosher, that incredible legacy of religious law and observance, the intimate connection with G-d stretching back across millennia? The Jews are something special and any failing found to be in them, on an individual basis or as a group, is certainly worthy of comment and, nearly always, of censure.

Maybe the real problem these days is that Jews have forgotten how to be Jews and would prefer to be left alone instead, to be treated much the same as everyone else. Well, that isn't going to happen overnight and, even if it did, the transition would then make Judaism almost an irrelevancy.

Do Jews still have an ambition to repair the world? Then they should be repairing it now and not leave the task to the next generation or some other people. And the best place to start such an undertaking must surely lie all around them.

Has being 'a light unto the nations' become something of a lost cause, a redundant element in world now far too complex to fathom, let alone enlighten?

Like it or not, the world expects better of Jews. And, 'better' may require a fundamental shift in attitudes and techniques that have long held back real progress in human affairs. And not only Jewish ones.

If the situation in the Middle East does not undergo something of a radical makeover fairly soon, being of Jewish, Christian or Muslim persuasion won't count for very much in the long or the short term.

http://www.laxiankey.com

The idea is not merely to survive; it is also to prevail.