"I have a relative who uses what I call a "frum-o-meter" to measure the religiosity of her family and friends. Those who are less religiously observant or characterized as "goyim." Those who are more observant are fanatics. Only those who equal her style of observance are properly religious." -Rabbi Stanley Schachter
These are insightful words for our time Do we do the same? Denigrate those whose values or opinions differ from us as uniformed, ignorant or dumb? Or can we hear ideas which differ from our world view?
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