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can fulfill our Desire to Receive.... To say that a particular deed or action is 'halachically incorrect' is not to say that one is doing wrong, is
not an observant Jew or is not fitting into the mainstream of Judaism. We are merely making the observation that the particular action in
question is not properly connecting with the energy pattern available to it." (_The Kabbalah Connection_, p.43,44) Thus the object of Berg's
"Jewish" worship moves from G-d to the familiar NA "forces", and "Jewish" conduct becomes an issue of energy alignment rather than
obedience to Divine commands. As for the Torah, its purpose is to "completely fulfill all our needs" - and the _Zohar_ is its magic charm.
Berg dismisses out of hand the Torah references to G-d rewarding those who do good and punishing those who do evil: "We are taught from
childhood [this idea]. Never believe it." (_The Wheels of the Soul_, p.46) [Compare this with Bailey's call to rid the world of this and other
"primitive" ideas, as well as the call by NA educators to shed our poisonous childhood teachings.] Freed from the Torah prohibitions against
divination and communing with the dead, Berg is accustomed to using astrology and seances as often as Torah and _Zohar_ to "counsel" his
disciples.
5. Undermining Orthodox Judaism From Within
In contrast to the above mutants of Judaism which are self-proclaimed breakers and re-makers of Torah, this segment deals with leaders and
groups who claim (and are believed by many) to be working for change within the parameters of Torah. While Jewish Renewal rabbis will
identify themselves as "post-denominational" or "flexidox", this group will unflinchingly say "orthodox Jew". It takes patient probing to peel
off the public image and the "kosher" teachings, revealing where their inner loyalties lie.
[Separating the Baby from the Bathwater: Under these conditions, misjudgments are easy in either direction: to mistake fifth columns for
pillars of the community - or the opposite. The key is to make a distinction between legitimate protest and covert sabotage. It's entirely
proper to say that Judaism can benefit from changes in ways permitted by Jewish law, and to point out the many options which are not being
utilized. It's also right and necessary to criticize areas of Judaism which have deviated from Torah, with the intent of bringing Jewish
practice more in line with both the letter and spirit of the commandments. But it's quite another thing to say that Judaism can benefit by
"freeing itself" from the Torah.]
[Some orthodox factions view any criticism of today's orthodox Judaism as subversive - any demand for change is a sinister plot, and any
exposure of corrupt leadership is a betrayal. This attitude ignores both the message of the entire Tenach (which obligates small and great to
the same standards of righteousness) and the historical development of Judaism itself (which has periodically changed to reflect new
situations and disagreements among the sages). In fact, I submit that it is this orthodox refusal to clean house which has alienated so many
Jews from the Torah community, and has allowed NA to become so overpopulated with Jewish disciples. Leaders who deny real sins in the
orthodox world think they are protecting the reputation of Torah Judaism, but they are actually harming it. Not only are they failing to deal
with malpractice of Torah which is to blame for those sins, but pretending that the community's Torah-keeping is above reproach gives
credibility to the NA claim that it is Torah itself which is to blame for those sins. They are driving honest, disillusioned Jews into the arms of
the NA infiltrators named below, for example in dealing with the "orthodox feminist movement". Perhaps some of the NA infiltrators
themselves have embraced NA transformation in reaction to the see-no-evil attitude of orthodox leadership. If so, they are Jews who can
perhaps be brought to repentance, but only after orthodox Judaism repents and stops excusing its own Torah-breakers.]
Following are some influential leaders and organizations identifying with orthodox Judaism, who are actually working for the "liberation"
of Judaism from the confines of the Torah. [The real tip-off is when the supposedly "kosher" names keep turning up in organizations
diametrically opposed to what orthodox Judaism stands for. Another tip-off is the recurrence of well-known NA phrases repeated by
ostensibly orthodox Jews. This throwing about of phrases is a recognized method of "networking" and "code-signaling" among NA "change
agents" who are trying to avoid public detection while communicating with one another. If the collusion is energetic and the pool of NA
leaders is relatively small - the situation we have in the Jewish community - it produces what I call the network effect: the same handful of
names and phrases keep turning up in an unexpected variety of places and contexts, signaling a covert connection. Earlier, I showed how the
network effect can be used to spot NA missionaries in the Jewish community. The effect is even stronger in the smaller orthodox
community.]
5a. Rabbi Irving ("Yitz") and Blu Greenberg: No other "change agents" can match the credibility and influence attained in the orthodox
community by this husband-wife team. Between them are so many credentials, chairmanships, speaking tours and books that an entire
section could be devoted to them. [We'll have to settle for a small sample.]
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The main thing worthy of the reader's attention is the strategy employed by both Greenbergs. When speaking in the orthodox world, they
themselves stick to statements which are sometimes daring but always kept within boundaries acceptable to orthodoxy. As a result, they are
viewed as representing the orthodox community in many Jewish frameworks, including Bnai Brith, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Hadassah and various university courses on Judaism. For an example of Blu's "kosher" statements, one can pick up one of her excellent
books, _How to Run a Jewish Household_, or read her statements as President of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance. When speaking to
a wider, more receptive audience, however, they hint at their agenda but take care to use terminology which cannot be pinned down as
subversive. In time-honored NA fashion, they use ambiguous code words which are interpreted in different ways by initiated and uninitiated
listeners. Examples are seen in the context of "dialog" with the Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama. [This purposeful ambiguity used by many
"change agents" is exemplified in the NA universal prayer, "The Great Invocation".] Clearer hints of the Greenbergs' NA sympathies are
found in those leading the organizations they have founded and still help to steer - while the well-groomed and charismatic personalities are
publicly promoting NA teaching, Blu and Yitz remain nearly invisible in a background supportive role.
[Watch for this methodology used by others, which is tremendously successful in preserving an image of respected orthodox leadership.
Don't just analyze their public pronouncements - check the views of the editors whose magazines feature their articles, the philosophies of the
educational facilities inviting them to lecture, the beneficiaries of the fundraisers they attend, whose Boards they serve on. If you find
mutually exclusive identities being silently supported by the same person, you can suspect either a NA infiltrator or someone about to be
humiliated by his/her own naivete. There are cases where a respected name in the community is recruited for simple PR value, and he/she
lends support based on a superficial review of an enterprise which seems to have good references. Community leaders, please take personal
responsibility to check the affiliations and worldviews of a group before you let them use your good name. It is no longer enough to know
that some other reputable leader has endorsed them - for all you know, your colleague may be totally relying on the endorsement which
preceded his... and so on... back to the "change agent" who benefits from all of you!]
The best evidence of the Greenbergs' true inner orientation is the ease with which they team up with overt NA leaders and organizations: they
seem to see no problem with teaching, writing and otherwise working for the success of enterprises totally at variance with monotheism - not
to mention orthodox Judaism. Only on rare occasions are they found "slipping": personally espousing views that would be considered
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