[lbo-talk] Religious vs National struggles...

[Jim Devine]

Isn't Ariel Sharon a secular Jew? the initial Zionist philosophy
involved saying that Jews are like Italians (or whatever) and since
not all Italians are religious, not all Jews have to be. And the
original Zionism was all-Ashkenazi, non-Sephardic. The focus on
Yiddish was invented, not traditional.  As Jeffrey Fischer points out,
nationalism is an artificial creation, for political purposes.
--
Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush!

"To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice." -- 
Ambrose Bierce, Devil's Dictionary.