You see, my secular nationalist friend, unlike you, I see nothing at all very special or logical about nationalism, per se. I see nothing very rational about setting up boundaries and barriers, separate governments, armies, parliaments, economies, exchange rates and languages. If anything, nationalism is a barrier to world brotherhood and one of the major fomenters of conflict and war. If I were a secular nationalist I would be hard put to explain why Jews should remain separate and not assimilate, and I would struggle for a rational explanation of Jewish behavior - stubborn and obstinate - over two millennia of Exile as they suffered every conceivable manner of persecution and, yet, refused to disappear. There is only one reason why Jews should be different, and that is the very special difference, the uniqueness that makes them separate and different from all other peoples. ONLY the election of Israel, only the concept of a Chosen people, a kingdom of priests and a holy nation; only the Ata bchartanu, You have chosen us from all the nations; only the hamavdil beyn kodesh lchol, He who differentiates between and separates between holy and profane, between Israel and the nations; only the need to be different, apart and separate NOT BECAUSE OF SOME VAGUE LANGUAGE OR HISTORICAL DIFFERENCE but because of the distinct uniqueness of Torah and the commandments as a DIVINE decree - only this gives any validity to the Jew remaining alive as a distinct entity. There is nothing special about a Jewish tank or jet plane, nothing special about an independent state of your own with a Parliament, Prime Minister, national airline and social-economic-political problems; all nations have them. There is nothing special about a scientific institute, universities and lawyers, physicians and sanitation men; all nations have them. But no nation has Torah except the Jewish people, and that is the difference. The only one. - R Meir Kahane
Posted on: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:45:09 +0000
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