after listening to zencast.org a lot, I think I understand why so so many Jews become Buddhists. It is the exact opposite. Judaism is all about clinging, and Buddhism is all about "letting go". Sorry to over-simplify, but this is important. I read this fascinating piece in the New Yorker about a Hungarian right-wing extremist anti-Semite who ultimately discovered his grandmother was a Holocaust survivor. He contactacted a Lubavitz rabbi and converted in a big way. "God bless him", is all I can say.
I thhink that.s a little exrteme, but you know that I believe in honoring one's forebears, so go for it -- better than the alternative, which is mass hatred and violence.
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