Here's a king, more off the derech than Mr. Feldman, building alters to his wives' gods and goddesses, and no comeuppance. His son inherits his throne (was his son even jewish, are his descendants from his 1,000 wives?)
King David, another intermarrier. Both are exalted in the jewish faith. It's amazing how the fundamentalists overlook their own religious books, however mythical, when trying to impose shtetyl laws of the past.
I post about this on my blog for anyone who doesn't know basic facts of their own religion:
BTA- Ba'al T'shuvas Anonymous
Solomon intermarried (1,000 times)! Talk about incoherent rules!
Here's a king, more off the derech than Mr. Feldman, building alters to his wives' gods and goddesses, and no comeuppance. His son inherits his throne (was his son even jewish, are his descendants from his 1,000 wives?)
King David, another intermarrier. Both are exalted in the jewish faith. It's amazing how the fundamentalists overlook their own religious books, however mythical, when trying to impose shtetyl laws of the past.
I post about this on my blog for anyone who doesn't know basic facts of their own religion:
Here:
http://offthederech.blogspot.com/2006/01/if-its-good-enough-for-king-solomon.html
and here:
http://offthederech.blogspot.com/2006/01/king-solomon-wisest-and-most-off.html
It would also be worthwhile to read Baruch Cohen's "David's Secret Demons."