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Our society is def very Greek as Shindy pointed out our value system is Greek.
Sammyjoe: Though your question of would you be ready to give up your life for the sake of Judaism is quite thought provoking it isn’t the “nisoyon of Yavan”. The question isn’t are you willing to die to be a Jew it’s are you willing to LIVE to be a better Jew. This is truly the challenge of the times we live in. When I was a kid (many moons ago) it was very black and white (not just the TV’s) You knew what a Jew was supposed to do and what a Jew (ie. do you own a TV) wasn’t supposed to do. Today with technology everyone has the entire outside world one click away (I watch “clips” on you tube but not TV shows) The battlefield is in ones self and as Rabbi Akiva Tatz once said “We use Greek tools (because we are products of western society) to help us decide our “Jewish” values. That time in our history was the first time that Jews wanted to be like the Goyim (Mityavnim). When the battle is in ourselves it’s much harder to fight it’s always easier when we see clearly who the enemy is…