It therefore become essential for the future of Judaism itself that its advancement should be correlated with a similar effort to advance the cause of religion generally.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The key to Judaism's survival is the emotional attachment to the religion.
Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.
For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
We realize that Judaism as a faith can survive only in an atmosphere of general faith.
Judaism is a brilliant religion, and the main function of Judaism is to learn and read.
Christianity and Judaism have gone through the process of enlightenment, making them creative and constructive elements in society.
Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.
In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So that notion that religion can go on, when all the markers of power and trappings of monarchy disappear, ultimately serves the endurance of Judaism very well.
The spirit in which the offer was made must of necessity contribute to improving and alleviating the situation of the Jewish people without our renouncing one iota of the great principles upon which our movement is based.
The Jewish world is becoming fully integrated with the ideas of the normal world. They feed off each other.