"We Jews take good care of eachother, more often than not, in large part because of a shared ethnic identity. But there is no similar wealthy community to spread resources among the refugees of Darfur (to reuse the threadbare example running throughout this discussion). Dan Freeman Jun 14, 2007 3:09 pm

Dan no one takes care of me excpet me and mine. 

In any case you set up a false premise when you imply that Jews need to care for all the world because they someday may need the help of the world.

Sorry, Dan, but there is no world out there keeping track of how much each group contributes. The claim that Jews need to be more universal is what aill ultimately destroying the community.

Such a tiny community as ours can't take care of all the world or even  a small fraction of it. We need to care for ourselves and those closest to us which in the US means help as best we can our neighbors who are in need.