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Yossy Goldman
Rabbi Yossy Goldman was born in Brooklyn, New York to a distinguished Chabad family. In 1976 he was sent by the Lubavitcher Rebbe as shliach to serve the Jewish community of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is Senior Rabbi of the Sydenham Highlands North Shul since 1986, and president of the South African Rabbinical Association. |
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What a fantastic lecture. As someone who is a product of an interfaith marriage, I've camoflauged quite well into groups where this topic was discussed, and those involved assuming there were no Jews among them. It was said that that "Jews stick to themselves and look down on everyone else as "goy"". I bit my tongue, as the Jew (mother is Jewish) among them. Only later on in my fourth year of undergrad studies did it become known that I was, in fact, born of a Jewish woman.
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That was such a funny and inspiring lecture. My grandmother's family came from the pogroms in Russia, and my grandmother assimilated, she never told anyone outside the community she was Jewish. She told me, though, she did Shabbat dinner with me and she celebrated holidays with me, but in her home, almost in secrecy. My grandfather could chant torah and they both spoke Yiddish but I only know a few words. Because of anti-semitism that is still rampant in America, I only started to celebrate and embrace my Jewish identity in the last year. But I went to Israel with Taglit Mayanot, a Chabad trip leader just last month and it changed my life. Thank you to the Jewish community for making chabad.org and Taglit available for young American Jews such as myself (I'm 25).
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Rabbi Yosi's comments and presentation were excellent.
However, one nitpick regarding Australia. If Anti Semitism in Australia and assimilation were as rampant as you stated the Former General of the Armies WW1 and Prime Minister Paul Monash (Jew) would not have been revered as He was. The leading University in Australia is Monash University.
To answer your rhetorical question: the Japanese were not just Anti Semitic, they were Anti anything or anyone not Japanese.
Thank you for your commentary to remind us of our Reason D'Etre
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