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That's pretty irrelevant, but let me put on my Christian-theologian hat I'll try to address it anyways.
The whole idea of a seven-year Tribulation comes from the idea that the 70th week of Daniel 9 is in the future and addresses an agreement between the Jewish people and the Antichrist. I reject that view, holding that Daniel 9 was addressing events of the Hasmonean period. So you can say that I don't believe in a "Tribulation".
I don't view 1 Thessalonians 4 as describing an event distinct from the return of the Messiah as king of Israel and the nations. Much like the leadership of a conquered city would run out to escort the victor into the city, the followers of Yeshua go to meet him in the air in order to welcome him to the the planet. So you can say that I don't believe in a "Rapture" either. -
I could also talk about this one all day.
- The USCJ needs to justify a reason for its continued existence or stop existing. It doesn't accomplish anything but suck up money. Most rabbis could find something better to do with $1000/family/year. Ramah and USY are great, but that is only the first 18 years of life.
- Either act like a halachic movement (the way Joel Roth called them to task for), or be honestly "post-halachic" (the way that some voices have called for)
- RA: Give us a version of Sim Shalom/Or Chadash that is an honest answer to Artscroll for the traditional/egalitarian world.
- All of my Conservative rabbis have been phenomenal, although I feel that for two of them, their communities rely too heavily on their charismatic personalties.
- Don't solely offer remedial Judaism, but present opportunities for those past "Introduction to Judaism" and "I'm going to rant about the parsha for an hour" to learn (this applies equally to many of the kiruv-oriented Orthodox communities).
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I could spend weeks answering this question.
IN GENERAL: Framing ourselves as a movement for renewal within Judaism instead of an alternative to Rabbinic Judaism; More Jews, less Christian Zionists; an emphasis on Jewish text study; a more healthy eschatological focus; tikkun olam pursued seriously (that's a huge one); a consistently-applied, logical, set of boundaries on non-Jewish participation
OUR RABBIS: I would like to see Messianic rabbis who are actually rabbis (like with smicha or an equivalent level of Jewish text study), stop ordaining the intermarried, less reliance on charismatic personalities as the basis of cohesion for a congregation, the development of a culture of lay leadership
CONGREGATIONS: spirited, traditional davvening; siddurim that are not emasculated shells of the liturgy; short divrei Torah, not hour-long sermons; a variety of programming, not just Shabbat morning; Jewish infrastructure; communities viable to raise Jewish children; more Friday night services -
Yes. That's all I can say about it.
I do not consider Reform conversion valid under any circumstances. While the label "Reform" has no halachic import in my view (neither does "Conservative" or "Orthodox" for that matter), a conversion without kabbalat 'ol mitzvot, accepting the obligation and responsibility for the commandments is not a conversion. If they then choose to, on top of that, skip some of the required steps for a valid conversion, then even more so.
Many reasons:
- I don't view the MJRC's rabbis as rabbis.
- A conversion they perform would be meaningless, because none of my communities would recognize the validity of that conversion, not even my secular friends.
- I don't really have anything to do with Messianic Judaism. I practice Judaism, I believe in Yeshua, I hang out with some people who do sometimes, but as far as the congregational movement is concerned...it's just not part of my life right now. -
I'm going to keep this relatively bare-bones (I blog under a pseudonym for a reason), so feel free to plug me with more questions IRL.
I started from Christianity, found my way into Judaism (lots of Tovia Singer and a genuine appreciation for Jewish life) and found my way back into Yeshua-faith.
I'm pursuing a few different options for my conversion right now, none of them are "Orthodox" (I have no need for that) but all of them are halachic. I'm not converting because I think it's the best or only way to follow Yeshua.
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Convert-in-the-making to Judaism. Follower of Yeshua. It gets interesting.
