Judaism is definitely demanding, as Satmar Hasidim well know. But in addition to fealty to tradition and law, building communities, immersion in our spiritual heritage (Torah, to be brief), it also demands commitment to the entire Jewish people, orthodox or otherwise, and engagement with the world that G-d created. The Satmar model is not viable for most Jews, nor is it the necessarily the most authentic version of Judaism.
This article should be run by the NY Times. Their constant bashing of Jewish communities is horrifying in it's total lack of even an attempt to understand them. I would also point out that those who disregarded the covid silliness did not have a higher incidence of covid....think about that....
Judaism is definitely demanding, as Satmar Hasidim well know. But in addition to fealty to tradition and law, building communities, immersion in our spiritual heritage (Torah, to be brief), it also demands commitment to the entire Jewish people, orthodox or otherwise, and engagement with the world that G-d created. The Satmar model is not viable for most Jews, nor is it the necessarily the most authentic version of Judaism.
This article should be run by the NY Times. Their constant bashing of Jewish communities is horrifying in it's total lack of even an attempt to understand them. I would also point out that those who disregarded the covid silliness did not have a higher incidence of covid....think about that....