New ad campaign targets Jews 'abducted' by intermarriage

[mgt23]

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1111929.html

The Prime Minister's Office and the Jewish Agency unveiled an aggressive advertisement campaign for the Masa project which is designed to strengthen Jewish identity among youths in the Diaspora and their bonds to Israel.

One video clip likens Jews who marry outside of the religion to missing persons, with fake notices and pictures which drive home the point.

As part of the campaign, similar "missing person" notices will be plastered on walls around the country.

Masa hopes the campaign will spur the public to commit to the cause of preventing marriage to non-Jews, which Jewish Agency officials believe is tantamount to a "strategic national threat."

According to figures compiled by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute, over 50 percent of Jews in the Diaspora marry a non-Jewish partner.

Studies show that Jews who participate in extensive programs in Israel deepen their Jewish identity and strengthen their bond to the country. Most of them marry Jews and send their children to Jewish schools and become politically and socially active on behalf of Israel-related causes. Some of them even immigrate to Israel.

The head of the campaign, Motti Scharf, compared assimilation to the critical water shortage. "Even though this is an existential problem, the public in Israel is displaying apathy towards it because the process is slow and not dramatic, out of sight," he said. "The time has come to put the issue on the table."

[MikeWB]

Racist bastards.

[mgt23]

i want people to note that if anyone says racism doesn't go all the way to the top, throw this at them.

[sullivan]

Racist bastards.

Of course they are, but at least they are blatant and open about it - providing us with yet more evidence to support our arguments.

However, it should be noted that (apparently) not all Jews appreciate Israel's new anti-assimilation campaign.

[musique]

I am actually agreeing with 'em on this one! We need to have more "fine specimens" such as Sara Sewerman, Amy Swinehouse, Sasha Buttcrack Cohen, Jerry Stinker, Ape Fartman & Rahmmy Emanuel to our saturate our lives.  I would be feeling totally "incomplete" without 'em ...common! Who else is out there who can provide me some excitement if they disappear?

So... yes, I have No problem if they remain as racist bastards. Good for 'em! All I know ... I don't have to worry too much about being surrounded by many cryptoes or hybrids.