"community" Came To Be Seen As A

Once Upon A Time, When I Was Young, People Saw A Wedding As An Event That Determined The Rest Of Their Life. For A Rising Number Of People Today, It Is Quite Normal To "try And Err", Marry, Divorce, Marry Again.

In Celan's Words A Jew Is "a Man With A Little Book Under The Shoulder." We Are The Keepers Of Tradition.

With Globalization And With A Lot Of Power Evaporating From The Nation-states, The Late-19th Century Established Hierarchies Of Importance, Or 'pecking Orders' Of Cultures, Presenting Assimilation As An Advancement Or Promotion, Dissolved.

As Long As Being A Stranger And Surrounded By Strangers Was Seen As A Temporary Irritant, A Smallest Departure From The Binding Rules Of Conduct By A Member Of A Minority, Was Taken For A Major Crime Justifying Deportation.

In A World Of Global Dependencies With No Corresponding Global Polity And Few Tools Of Global Justice, The Rich Of The World Are Free To Pursue Their Own Interests While Paying No Attention To The Rest.