“…don’t believe anyone who says that you must have an all-or-nothing relationship with the dominant culture and its expressions”

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Television, social media, rock and roll and hip-hop music and movies are, unquestionably, tempting distractions. And most of the prophets and ancient rabbis were engaged with the social and communal life of their times. So, don’t believe anyone who says that you must have an all-or-nothing relationship with the dominant culture and its expressions.

Arnold Samlan, “The Quite Necessary Death of “Kiruv'”, Jewish Connectivity (18 January 2016) [https://arnolddsamlan.wordpress.com/2016/01/18/the-quite-necessary-death-of-kiruv/]

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