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Um... the same things Jews have always believed in: repairing the world, creating a society you want to leave to your children, strong communities, justice.[/quote] These are pretty meaningless phrases on which a person can project whatever beliefs and policies they want. Doubtless many Nazis also saw themselves as repairing the world, creating a society to leave to their children, building strong communities, and implementing justice.

Even setting the extreme examples aside and assuming the most charitable interpretations, basically all nice non-Jewish people believe in the things listed too. If that's someone's entire Jewish identity, it's not really distinct in any way from the broader pool of well-intentioned humans.[/quote]

Hence the large number of Jewish atheists who are comfortable with that distinction.

This is a huge difference between Christianity and Judaism: Christianity is about belief and faith; Judaism is about practice. You don't have to feel comfortable with it, but that's true. If that means that we use the word "tzedakah" (righteousness) to talk about regular charitable donations, then that is "doing Judaism," whether or not it seems special enough to you.[/quote]

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