Commentary: Most people who see portrayals of Jews in the mass media don’t also get to witness the actual nuances of Orthodox Judaism.
Orthodox Jews pray during the"biur chametz," a burning leavened food ritual, before the weeklong Passover holiday April 15, 2022, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.
While representations of Jews do, indeed, vary, I believe the reason my community so often gets so fired up by these depictions is that we know most people watching, reading and scrolling won’t get to witness the actual nuances of Orthodox Judaism.
While it’s certainly commendable for any minority group to preserve its culture, many of us in the Orthodox community have recognized that there is also a time to look outward and be, in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “a light of the nations.” To disregard the needs of those outside the community, many of us has come to recognize, is a dereliction of our moral duty.
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