ABSTRACT
Mark J. Rees admits, with admirable candor, that very few Jews believe in his kind of Judaism, or even in what he calls religion itself. Mr. Rees ignores the fact that great masses of Jews, as of other people, abandon orthodoxy and have no inclination whatsoever to adopt any form of organized religion. The great contributions of Reform Judaism to the understanding of the achievements of Jewish people and their role in world civilization ought never to be overlooked. Mr. Rees makes a clear and fairly persuasive argument against the notion that political allegiance to one’s state necessarily excludes all other allegiances. The persecution of the Jews is not based on their religious views but takes place because they are, for historical and psychological reasons, easily made a target.
