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—Do Jews wring their hands too much? I didn’t notice a great deal of Christian angst over Ken Lay.
—I wonder if the people in Ken Lay’s church wrung their hands. Since Judaism is not a religion, but more like a religious family, bound by strong communal ties, Jews are more likely than Christians to feel pride or shame in the actions of other Jews. You don’t get strong bonds without a degree of identification. That is why the foolishness in other people’s families doesn’t embarrass us.
”from an interview between The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg and David Wolpe, one of the “greatest American rabbis,” about the recent Madoff situation and a potential excommunication. Goldberg authors a really great blog over at The Atlantic.
