By Benjamin L. Hartman, Haaretz Correspondent: OPINION / Jews gone wild: Why camcorders and booze don't mix
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Title:Chosen by God
Name:Matthew Houston
City: IrvingState: Texas
This is a direct result of the falsehood which suggests that the tribe of Israel is a genetic line. It`s not. It`s a tribe. By telling children that they are somehow superior because of genetics (which has nothing to do with choice)..breeds lazy-minded `righteousness`. Why should they have to choose right over wrong when they are already `chosen`? The tribe of Israel is frozen in time, and unfortunately, the frozen moment is of thousands of years ago....riding the coat-tails of righteousness committed millenia ago. The sons of Jacob who threw their brother Joseph in a well...were they the chosen people just because of heritage? No, but I`m sure they claimed the reward just the same as is being done today. To Judah belongs the throne, but to Joseph belongs the scepter.