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The Jew in the Diaspora cannot freely be a Jew. He always must consider “what will they think” and always must be sensitive to the feelings of non-Jews.
Even worse, the Jew in the Diaspora turns his Judaism into a form that is socially acceptable by his non-Jewish neighbors. Judaism too easily can become essentially Hellenized in the Diaspora.
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That is understandable because that is the plight of the liberal Diaspora Jews who wants to feel at ease.
It also raises the question, “When will they just come home?”
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