What is the nature of religion and religious language in America?
This question is the new one, specific to our country. These questions have to be answered because being a Jewish person means being a minority in a non-Jewish world. That has always been the case, and, as far as we can tell, it will continue to be the case. There has always had to be some philosophy for the Jewish community to relate to the outside world. Even when there has been a majority of Jews in one particular place (modern day Israel, for example, or the Biblical Kingdom of King David) those Jews have had to think about their relationship to the outside world. And while foreign policy between states with armies is different from individuals′ relationships with their neighbors, the first two questions still apply. We can see the first question clearly in the rape of Dinah, related in the book of Genesis. Simon and Levi kill everyone in the city where the prince who raped Dinah lives. They are clear resisters and fighters. They maintain, “No one will treat our sister like a prost
