| @jef - The bible may tell us to cherish the land of Israel, but it never tells us to cherish the state as it currently is. The political institution of Israel contains people of many different faiths and the holy city itself is a holy city to people of many different faiths. To say that public holidays in Israel are "Jewish holidays" signifies being Jewish as being Israeli, that in order to be Jewish one has to or at least should be, at least at heart, Israeli. This is not the case. I consider myself Jewish; I was born Jewish, my entire traceable ancestry on both sides of my family were Jewish, I practiced the faith in my formative years and still hold an attachment at least spiritually to many of its beliefs. But I am not nor do I consider myself in any way, even at heart, Israeli. To be told that the Israeli Independence Day is a "Jewish holiday," which this quiz is telling me, is not right, because it is not a Jewish holiday. It is a secular holiday. Certainly Yom Hazikaron, which celebrates soldiers who lost their lives fighting for the STATE OF ISRAEL is not a Jewish holiday but a secular one. While I do concede that there is a strong connection between the Jewish faith today and the state of Israel, to state that Israeli public holidays are Jewish holidays is not correct and almost belittle any Jew who does not hold them to be so. But go ahead, vote down my opinion because you don't agree with it (you as a collective whole). That's all Sporcle's comment-voting option is. You don't vote based on the merit of the argument but whether you agree with it. |
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