Vinnieosophy Blog © May 2011 (Blog-posted 03Oct2011)
Spectrum of JudaismWhich “organ, arm or leg” of our Israelite-Jewish body
can we afford to amputate, discard & disown?
“Jewish population growth worldwide is close to 0%.”
At only 13 million (out of 7 billion Earthlings = 0.2%),
“We can’t afford to split the Jewish people.”
(Conservative Rabbi Leonid Feldman 20Jan1996)
Have we gotten so big and mighty that we can afford it now in 2011?
The Roman Empire was not destroyed by attacks from the outside.
I was destroyed by divisions within.
Will it one day also be said about the Jews?
Event the Nazis couldn’t destroy the Jews from the outside,
But Jews destroyed themselves by divisions within.
All the raising of funds to support Israel must continue and even increase.
Only instead of sending the funds to Israel, they ought to be placed in an escrow account
to be held there until Israel fully recognizes as valid
ALL the schools of Judaism.
Thus all Jews would be eligible for aliyah immigration to the Land of Israel.
Otherwise the faster growth of non-Jewish population in Israel will outnumber the Jews, and Israel will become a non-Jewish state.
Anyone touched by the spark of Judaism
who is considering joining the Jewish people ought to be able to do so.
To make an impact for peace,
it is imperative that a constructive group like the Jews
be UNITED & STRONG!
No mitosis should take place
until the Jewish numbers reach 1%-Critical-Mass of world population,
70-million Jews worldwide.
At that size, Jews would no longer be the world’s scape-goat.
Only then may the world Jewish community amiably mitosize into 2
and ONLY 2 "sister" (or "mother-daughter") organizations/denominations
of 35-million Jews each,
so they can pursue different approaches to Judaism.
To do so now is way premature and greatly weakens the mishpucha.
(Mishpucha = Jewish-family. I define it here ‘cause I have met so many Jews who have no idea what this word means.)
To accomplish such numbers,
Jews need to compose a simple short unified statement of faith
and make it known far-&-wide,
so that people of like mindedness can choose to associate themselves.
13 Articles of Jewish Faith proposed by Maimonides:
1. Eloheinu is.
2. Eloheinu = unitarian unity ehad.
3. Eloheinu can seem incorporeal.
4. Eloheinu = eternal.
5. Pray to Eloheinu only.
6. Prophets spoke truth.
7. Moses was the greatest of the ancient Israelite prophets.
8. Torah-Law was given to Moses.
9. There wouldn’t be a need for another Torah if this one was followed.
10. Eloheinu is cognizant of the thoughts & deeds of humans.
11. Eloheinu will reward the good and punish the wicked.
12. Messianic age is coming.
13. Dead can be scientifically-reincarnated (re-constituted, cloned).
Yes, it’s time once again to open the rabbis’ minds to the concept of
recruiting new members (reinforcing ranks), instead of playing the game or 3-rejections.
All flavors of Judaism need to cooperate (w/o-compromise) to achieve
a world Jewish population of 70-million = 1%-Critical-Mass.
Only after 1%-Critical-Mass (70million) has been reached,
would it be safe to have 2 separate wings of Judaism, for example:
Right-wing:
Haredi-Jews, Orthodox-Jews, Conservative-Jews, Jewish-RENEWAL, Karaite-Jews.Left-wing:
Jewish-RECONSTRUCTION, Reform-Jews, HUMANIST-Judaism, Jewish-SCIENCE, LDS-Jews, Messianic-Jews.If/when those 2 wings grow to 70-million each (140-million total),
it would ONLY-THEN be safe to mitosize further
into a 3rd & 4th wing/denomination, for example:
Latter-day 12-tribes of Israel:
1
2
3
4
So when each of the 2 wings/schools/denominations of Jews
reaches 1%-Critical-Mass of world population,
they each again mitosizes into 2 and ONLY 2
"sister" (or "mother-daughter") organizations.
So when there are 140-million Jews in the world,
there would be ONLY 4 Jewish schools/denominations.
That would be one way to be effective in building
a PEACE-INDUSTRIAL-COMPLEX strong enough to out-compete
the exiting military-industrial-complexes
(e.g., Global-Cooperative-Space -Industry).
Weak disorganized splinter groups only shame
the great strides forward that which Moses, the prophets & the rabbis brought.
Another might be to get all of Jewish organizations to become active supporters & participants in http://www.WorldJewishCongress.org
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Orthodox+Hasidic-Jews, Karaite-Jews (30,000 mostly in Israel) Regard themselves as descendants of Ephraim & Manasseh. Genetics has suggested truth to the claim. 700 in Israel.
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All genetic, married-in, absorbed & adopted children …
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… of Noah = Noahites
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… of Shem = Semites
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… of Ever/Eber = Ivri/Hebrews
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… of Abraham = Hebrews = “opposite side of river”
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… of Lot = Moab-----àMoabites---absorbed-into-Arabs
Ben-AmmiàAmmonites-absorbed-into-Arabs
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… of Ishmael = Ishmaelites-Arabs
First use of word Aribi is found in an Assyrian inscription of 853BCE, later Arabu or Arimi, as people of Aram
… of Isaac = ½ Edomites-absorbed-into-Arabs, ½ Israelites
… of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, & Shuah = Canaanites-absorbed-into-Arabs
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… of Esau-Edom = Edomites-absorbed-into-Arabs
… of Jacob-Israel = Israelites
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… of Judah (+Benjamin, some Ephraimites & Levites, 10% of Romans who converted, Khazars, etc) = Jews
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