Jewish World Review
Of course Zuckerberg didn't 'like' Judaism --- why should he?
By Rabbi Dov Fischer
On 'losing' Facebook's founder and CEO
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«There is no way to reach everyone. Then, even as some sweet Jewish kid finally is reached by a dynamic rabbi — well, even as someone lost is being found and reached, someone else from within our world is disappearing. Maybe because of an intolerant rabbi at a school, an abusive parent, a cold-hearted bullying classmate. Some self-righteous "pillar" who drove away a budding Torah scholar.
We reach so many. We lose so many. Even within our congregations, many gamely concede to the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Factory phenomenon because the bar mitzvah celebrations of Charlie and Willy Wonka fund the temple programming. It gets their parents to join and pay dues for two years, while the kids are between ages 11-13. It gets them to fund the Hebrew School. It gets pews to be kept warm as they are vacated by parents of others who have just reached age 13 . . . and a week. If someone were to stand in temple and declare "No more BM Factory at this shul," would parents respond by saying "OK, I guess I now have to enroll my kid in a yeshiva"? »
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Shalom and Regards,
RRW
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