[net.religion.jewish] Loyalty of Jews

daemon@decwrl.UUCP (The devil himself) (12/05/85)

I find it quite disquieting this question of which nation a Jew is
loyal to.  It is not very obvious, given the situation of a war involving
the US against Israel (Probably would never happen), which country the
Jews would fight for.  But, then again, do we have a choice ? We are
citizens of the US and have many freedoms accorded with this association.
Jews owe it to the United States to defend THIS country, because we
live here and partake of the freedom provided for us.  If you believe that
that you are loyal to Israel, then move to Israel and live there.  I am not
saying that this is wrong, just proper.  

Michael Mahler
Digital Equipment Corp.
Andover. Ma. 01810
CAD Systems Engineering

ariels@orca.UUCP (Ariel Shattan) (12/06/85)

When JFK was running for President, there were those who were
worried that he'd take orders from the Pope because he was Catholic.

The question of loyalty to Israel vs loyalty to the U.S. in American
Jews is equally ridiculous.

Ariel (get 'em where they live) Shattan
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