Sept 16, 2011
I very much enjoyed reading Elliot Leven’s article: Why Manitoba Jews should vote NDP. As our community has grown wealthier we have forgotten our roots and become indifferent to the needs of those in our community that do not have. We alienate the poor within our community. Many of our Shuls demand large amount of monies for High Holiday Tickets for example. We no longer have the kind of organizations that assist the poor in the fashion we once had (our Shuls are run as businesses).We attend them more and more for ritual purposes and less and less for religious purposes. As such we have lost the understanding and value of the humanity of Judaism. As well we seem to have lost the generosity of our grandparents. Instead we subscribe to the notion of Social Darwinism– The wrongful notion that believes in economic survival of the fittest: if you are not successful it’s because you are lazy. I have what I have because I am better than the next guy.
So the least we could do is vote for the party that cares for all. The New Democratic Party to keep Manitoba strong!
Assoc.Professor Alan Levy BA, MIR,LLM