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CNN reports on a brand new many year old story!
Fail. Yet more evidence that CNN is rather behind the curve...when you basically open up with a paragraph like this, one has to wonder if you are a real news organization or, more like, um, Jewlicious. Let's see what light ...
Charlie H. Ettinson
10/31/2009
It’s too bad this speech didn’t have a bit more context (ie. the study he was talking about, why birthright was so opposed at first.)
His message does contain a truth though, and that truth is that it takes radical new ideas to bring change, to make a differnce and to have people notice. I find that many existing Jewish organizations (notably those aimed at younger people) preach to the converted. It’s hard to convince otherwise unaffiliated Jewish people that there’s benefit to learning more about their culture, their religion and their heritage.