For They Bow to Emptiness and Vanity

Tonight was the third (and probably final) installment of Rina's lecture series, this one on Judaism's feelings on other religions. The presenter was well-spoken, but his sources covered only one side of the issue, and while it was nice that he admitted this it would have been nicer to see a range of ideas. What we did see were several classical commentators presenting surprisingly liberal views, such as why Christians can be taught Torah, how other religions are equally valid meetings with God, and that the Torah was revealed to everyone - Jewish and not - together. We were also impressed at the teacher's artful dodging of questions about "chosen-ness" and conversion. Again, while there were interesting moments overall the discussion was vague and one-sided. I guess we'll have to just keep on hating baselessly instead of finding rabbinic support.