Reply To: Why should I be proud to be Jewish?

Wow thanks people! these are great points. LA – that was my exact problem, we as jews feel proud because we know what the torah is really about and because being jewish is so intrinsic to us we just do feel proud, and cant necessarily explain why, but we cant exactly say to them you dont understand it because you dont understand th torah.

Mod 42 – i love your point about supporting the teams, its a great mashal.

I did come across a great article on ikehilla which had a list of 18 reasons why it’s great to be jewish.

So i’m trying to work along the lines of jewish values, jewish families, jewish communities, though they are not unique to being jewish they originated from the jewish people (refer to Ken Spiro’s book it’s excellent) and by virtue of being jewish they are automatically a part of the “jewish familY”, and families feel connected and responsible for each other and in the dynamics of family relationships, relationships are about giving in order to love and i’ve focused on the multitude of chesed organisations created by jews, the concept of gemachs etc,

what do you think?

ps – anyone heard the shlockrock song – the tug – it could be from Abie Rotenberg originally, it’s a great song which really encompasses what we’re trying to say.