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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This reminds me why I'm so grateful to have left the organized Jewish religion behind. My parents' synagogue was a cash-raising machine. They rope you into the bar mitzvah arms race so that you get used to associating the congregation with extravagant spending that's supposed to be both necessary and pious. Rabbi wore $2,000 suits and drove a Mercedes. Ladies fell all over themselves to throw the fanciest bar mitzvah and wear the most expensive furs and jewelry at the high holidays. The rosh hashannah sermon was always a fundraising appeal.

I lived in Israel one summer and Israelis don't go in for this crap.

It's not religion. It's American capitalism disguised as religion.

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Maybe look for a different synagogue, instead of generalizing from your parents' synagogue to all synagogues in the US?[/quote]

This thread confirms that the pressure to do some big thing is strong in many synagogues. Ive been to plenty in my lifetime and the focus on fundraising and meeting requirements unrelated to spiritual growth are traits common to every one I've ever entered.

There's a reason Jewish people are more likely than any other American demographic to consider themselves unaffiliated. [/quote]

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