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houstonintc Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-13-11 12:59 PM
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22. Actually...
It't usually the tight knit and fairly closed groups that are the most resilient.

Judaism survived far greater strains and external threats while being a fairly closed, internal, group that made conversion difficult.

Also one should not that while Reform and Conservative are dying, Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox are booming, in many countries Orthodox Jews will be the majority of the Jews. In Israel and the UK it's well on it's way.
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  -Leaders of Conservative Judaism press for change as movement's numbers drop. bemildred  Apr-12-11 08:36 AM   #0 
  - They should try lowering their membership fees.  BonnieJW   Apr-12-11 09:08 AM   #1 
  - Maybe a different name would help  Ken Burch   Apr-12-11 07:38 PM   #13 
     - Good post...  shaayecanaan   Apr-12-11 11:38 PM   #18 
  - This is News from Israel/Palestine?  King_David   Apr-12-11 05:31 PM   #2 
  - It's fits there at least as much as reports on antisemitic incidents in the Diaspora  Ken Burch   Apr-12-11 07:39 PM   #14 
     - I agree Israel is The Jewish state ,thats why it belongs here.  King_David   Apr-12-11 08:22 PM   #16 
  - I read that the Yiddish language is gradually loosing ground another words its dying is this true?  King_David   Apr-12-11 05:34 PM   #3 
  - The Jewish vote really does count  King_David   Apr-12-11 05:42 PM   #4 
  - wonder if this is part of the reason  azurnoir   Apr-12-11 05:54 PM   #5 
     - I don't think it's particularly Jewish.  bemildred   Apr-12-11 06:05 PM   #6 
     - I chose that because the subject of the OP is Judaism  azurnoir   Apr-12-11 06:21 PM   #7 
     - Yeah, some people will interpret this as a "failure" is a Jewish/Israeli context.  bemildred   Apr-12-11 06:25 PM   #8 
     - They are not 'conservative' in quite the same way as 'conservative Christians'  LeftishBrit   Apr-13-11 03:49 AM   #20 
        - not to be rude but duh  azurnoir   Apr-13-11 07:04 AM   #21 
     - I think thats exactly correct...  shaayecanaan   Apr-12-11 06:51 PM   #9 
        - Well, more deeply, nowadays, the issue is a pragmatic one.  bemildred   Apr-12-11 06:57 PM   #10 
           - Yes, that is true...people shop around for religions these days...  shaayecanaan   Apr-12-11 07:22 PM   #11 
              - I have a female cousin with fundy Baptist origins that went Catholic.  bemildred   Apr-12-11 07:31 PM   #12 
     - I've always wondered whether being opposed to intermarriage is a good thing  Ken Burch   Apr-12-11 07:43 PM   #15 
        - I dare say that most of the endogamous religions will have to change or die...  shaayecanaan   Apr-12-11 11:35 PM   #17 
        - Actually...  houstonintc   Apr-13-11 12:59 PM   #22 
           - Judaism hasn't been an endogamous sect for nearly as long as some of the others...  shaayecanaan   Apr-13-11 06:52 PM   #23 
              - I'd ask for some sources...  houstonintc   Apr-17-11 03:37 PM   #25 
        - Interesting post.  Shaktimaan   Apr-13-11 12:28 AM   #19 
           - Thats a fascinating article, and well worth reading...  shaayecanaan   Apr-13-11 07:14 PM   #24 
 

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