Re: [ha-Safran]: what is Jewish?
I do not mean to underestimate the possible difficulties of defining Jewish, but if there really can be no basic working definition or standards of what is Jewish, Judaica, etc. for the AJL, what is to stop the AJL from recommending, and even giving awards to, so-called Messianic Jewish literature? (Just to be clear: I am not a Messianic Jew and would not support this.) Shmuel Ben-Gad, Gelman Library, George Washington University. Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
Re: [ha-Safran]: what is Jewish?
--- S B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Eli Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am I to understand there is no basic definition > in > > AJL for what is > > appropriately Jewish? There can't be a basic definition for what is Jewish because there is no one authority recognized by all Jews as having the power to define Judaism. Kaplan said that Judaism is a civilization. Some say it's a religion. I remember someone describing himself as a "stomach Jew" (he was born Jewish and liked corned beef). Where does Workman's Circle fit in all this? Or secular Israeli Jews? In other words, coming up with a basic definition would be difficult. Another question to ask is do we need a basic definition? Rose Myers Fairfield, CT Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL === Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
