tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post6507908133245224962..comments2024-03-11T08:31:04.022-04:00Comments on Bieganski the Blog: Poland's Jewish Kings D Goskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-80881607293759947232015-12-18T10:46:52.894-05:002015-12-18T10:46:52.894-05:00Hi, Chris, i talk about these issues in Bieganski ...Hi, Chris, i talk about these issues in Bieganski ... D Goskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353495585591945881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471082069031980581.post-1541099472748917722015-12-17T19:53:55.385-05:002015-12-17T19:53:55.385-05:00Haya bar-Itzhak's explanation of the Abraham P...Haya bar-Itzhak's explanation of the Abraham Prochownik legend is interesting. The homeland of the Jews is Israel, but the legend attempts to establish a Jewish presence at the birth of Poland. Judaism puts a great deal of emphasis on the spiritual connection that Jews have with Israel, but this legend does something similar with Poland. The legend seems to argue that Jews had a stake of ownership in a land they admit is not their own. This combined with a fierce resistance to assimilation seems strange to me. It amounts to commitment to being a perpetual alien. This leads me to a question. Did Jews feel that this was in anyway a bad thing? I am not saying that I think assimilation means abandoning Judaism, just that arguing for a 'nation within a nation' doesn't seem like a very nice thing to do from the outside looking in. <br /><br />Chris HelinskyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com