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I had requested information from a Chaplaincy Program from a Jewish School in California. The school is a “satellite of Methodist Hospital of Southern California” (direct quote from the school’s website). When someone from the school called we discussed the details of the program. The representative qualified that a perspective could be “gay, strait, transgender, bisexual, Orthodox, Reform, Conservative, or any other version of being Jewish” but had to be Jewish. A perspective student didn’t have to believe in TORAH or have any leaning towards Judaism, as long as they were Jewish.
So as I understand this school’s position, you can be anything else other than a “goy” to be a part of their Chaplaincy Program from a Methodist Hospital. Does this make sense to anyone?
As a reference point:
I would not be a candidate for “other” Chaplaincy Programs as I only adhere to Tanach (and can clearly delineate why I do not use other sets of “texts”). My past undergrad and post-grad study was in theology from a “different perspective” other than a Torah Perspective. I have spent over 20 years changing that.
A Jewish chaplain can come from any strand of Judaism, as long as they tolerant of the forms of Judaism of the jews they are working with. "belief in torah" is too complex a term in Judaism for a program like that to define. I assume they teach the things one needs to know. And yes, in terms of identity, I cant see a non Jew being a Jewish chaplain, regardless of beliefs.
I don't know if someone already asked this, but what does the star of David mean/represent?
I know the answer was given somewhere in this super sized thread. I'll let someone else in this forum answer. I'm no expert on the matter. But I think it's some kind of Zionist thing.
Come on Pruzhany, no need to take offense. Being Zionist is not an exclusive Jewish trait. Nor is being anti-Zionist. Like most Jewish subjects, there is a range of belief - and Zionism is one of those. I see both sides of the equation clearly, and as long as the goal is a unified Jewish people, living lives focused on Torah and mitzvahs, well, the rest is just detail. The land of Israel belongs to us - how we set up governments on that land, however, is a matter of debate.
Zionism means different things to different people. All religious Jews are in some definition, Zionist, including the Neturei Karta and Satmar, but differ in what they define as Zionist from a secular Jew or non-Jew who strongly supports the right of the State of Israel to exist without believing in the existence of messiah / mashiach.
Zionism means different things to different people. All religious Jews are in some definition, Zionist, including the Neturei Karta and Satmar, but differ in what they define as Zionist from a secular Jew or non-Jew who strongly supports the right of the State of Israel to exist without believing in the existence of messiah / mashiach.
That all very true. I'm just glad Hashem has allowed the Jews to currently be the stewards of the land of Israel. May we merit to coming of moschiach and the worldwide recognition that Torah is truth.
And for the record, if he re-reads what I said above, I gave exactly zero commentary on Zionism when I said "I think it's some kind of Zionist thing." For All he knows, I might be a Zionist.
I know you're not as we've had this conversation before.
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