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WolfishMusings
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WIY,

It’s a nice notion, but all you’re doing is shifting the question of “what is your label” to “do you fit the definition of a Torah Jew?” Is a Zionist a “Torah Jew?” Is an anti-Zionist? Is someone who works instead of learning full-time? Is someone who doesn’t spend every free minute learning? Is someone who doesn’t wear a hat and jacket in the street (forget davening for the moment)? Is someone who wears blue shirts? And on and on and on…

While dumping labels is a good idea (one which I wholeheartedly support), in the end, by framing it as you did (“are you a Torah Jew?”) you haven’t really accomplished what (I believe) the main goal of dropping labels is in the first place — to promote achdus in K’lal Yisroel.

The Wolf