“Total war should mean no aid to the enemy before he surrenders”
I ate up the interview with David Magerman, except for a sentence that troubles me. He recommends that we “seek out places such as historically… Christian colleges where belief in G-d is still held as a value.”
I spent most of my childhood, aged six to 14, in the hands of Christians. They were active missionaries and were able to use my parents’ breakup to lure my mother into the church. (I began my own efforts to return to authentic Judaism at age 14, and I did succeed in getting my mother to leave the church and return to Torah Judaism many years later.)
My experiences with these missionaries led me to question the recommendation for Christian colleges. I know about the activities of some Christian supporters of Israel, and I appreciate their support, but very uneasily. Because some of these “supporters” are sending missionaries into Israel, where Jews who have been raised in irreligious environments often become ensnared. So my own experiences always lead me to question, “What’s their motive?”
Don’t many Christian colleges present as strong a threat to one’s Yiddishkeit as the Ivies are presenting to us with physical and emotional trauma? I think that competent Torah authorities must be consulted by anyone contemplating going to any college, and especially to Christian ones.
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