So, you don't think that one has to be orthodox and "know Judaism" in order to love Jews, love Israel, and be ready to fight and die for Israel?
One has to be Orthodox to know Torah true Judaism as well the Oral Law all of which is largely missed within the Conservative and Deformed "Jewish" movements. That, of course, is not needed to love Jews, love Israel and ready to fight and die for the Land....The Land of Israel..NOT the State. To be honest I'm very well versed in factually correct and "poltically correct" history but still largely an ignoramus in Judaism...but still continually learning.
Do you know what I never understood? Why are there so many liberal Orthodox Jews? I mean... how can you make that work with the Bible? I could understand if they were Reform... but Orthodox? I never understood this. Perhaps it's not this way in Israel.
It is because they are ignorant to many social and political ideologies in my opinion. They may be frauds and they may well be very well knowledge in Judaism but on the take and corrupt. This is solely my opinion. In all actuality it cannot work because all Leftist ideologies are based on the substitution of man/state in the place of the Eternal One: HaShem be it Liberalism, Socialism, Fascism, Nazism or Communism.... Of course, like Nazism and many others combines traditional socialism with pagan Gnosticism.... I'd say it exists because Jews who study Torah attempt to switch and learn outside of the pale and get taken in by the massive bombardment of "politically correct" agenda and not factually correct moral/logical Conservatism...
My Iranian born brother in law is an observant Jew, and an Islamophile, who thinks American culture is degenerate. He LOVED Yitzkhak Rabin, and is all in favor of giving up land to the Arabs.
Sorry, I must say that your brother in-law is benighted. He may be observant but he is a very good example of my post above of learned Jews attempting to enter into logic outside the moral pale. Rabin was a Socialist with a massive Labor media complex behind him to "progress" the Socialist agenda. Many people have no idea what Liberalism, Socialism, Fascism, Nazism, Communism etc. actually are, their agenda, their pillars and how they work. Give your brother inlaw any number of books to understand what really is happening to get a grasp on the illness of his thought. 1. "To Eliminate The Opiate" - Rabbi Marvin Antelman 2. "Fabian Freeway" - Rose Martin 3. "The Rise of Radicalism", 3. "World War 3 the War on the Jews" - Eugene Narrett 4. "Shadows of Power" - Perloff 5. "The Hidden Government" - Dan Smoot 6. "The Naked Communist/Capitalists" - C. Skousen.... From the leftwing "Tragedy & Hope"/"The Ango-American Establisment" - C. Quigley, or "Fire in the Minds of Men".... The best books are by Dr. Antony Sutton or "New Lies for Old" - Golitsyn... Enjoy... it is a very touchy but very important topic that all must have a very good grasp on in this day of such debasement...