Kesher Talk

BTW, I read the Texaco article referenced in the last post for several examples of using Christian proselytizing to discriminate. Although Mark Shea isn't technically proselytizing (Meryl has the latest wrap-up of the Abe Zelmanowitz debate here), he is trying to convert someone after death, which is close enough. The Mormons are the worst offenders at this, and it is interesting that a representative of the Jewish community uses almost the exact same words in reply as some Jewish bloggers did to Mark.

The list of names includes many notable Jews of the past century, including Sigmund Freud, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, and relatives of holocaust victim Anne Frank. Weisenthal Center senior researcher Aaron Breitbart says that Jews find the baptism of their ancestors offensive. "These people were born Jews, they lived as Jews and many of them died because they were Jews," Breitbarttold the Salt Lake Tribune Tuesday. "They would not have chosen to be baptized Mormons in life, and there is no reason they would want to be baptized by proxy in death."

posted by Judith @ 8/14/2002 02:05:28 PM