The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition

The Good News: Dim Sum at the oldest parlor in NYC was a roaring success. It wasn't the best in the city, but it sure was fun, and the flask of whiskey and the bottle of wine was an excellent bulwark against the chill while we waited...

The Bad News: My quest to understand the irrational and destructive fear of Christian fundamentalists that far too many urban Jews exhibit has failed...once again.

I understand the perception of a self-serving political and social stance, but why distrust love of Israel and the Jews because the end game is the Rapture? From my perspective if Israel and Judaism have the unwavering support of Christian Evangelicals in America, but only until the end times, well, I'll take my chances and thank them very much for their loyalty.

But I suspect there is a subtext. These folk are not of the hive mind...they aren't hip, they don't have manbuns, they have an unwavering belief in something decidedly weird (God? What's that?), they don't drink soy lattes.

It's the belief in something bigger than their little world of the trendiest restaurants and the junkets to Laos and the best apps for their iPhones. That's what troubles them, because they simply can't fathom something more important than themselves.

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