I ask that one not judge all of Reb Zalmen's attempts to invigorate the movement for Jewish renewal, by one or two individuals. I would also suggest that even these individuals have been empowered by Reb Zalmen in their own processes of transformation and serve that role for others. For more info. Intermarriage Julian wonders why so few people have responded to my article about intermarriage. I suspect that one reason is the hasty fury with which it was written.
Most parents know that the best way to avoid future tantrums is to ignore the first one.
But seriously, Julian raises some good points that deserve response. Julian asks what it means for Jewishness to be an ethnicity, and poses several questions about what I will do to demonstrate my ethnic identity. Holidays, language, cuisine are all part of cultual identity. I'm tempted to say that garb is too, but I associate certain traditional garb more with the historical oppression of Jews than with anything else, although I must be careful not to hold forth on what I don't completely understand. As to what it means to be an ethical Jew, I suppose one could go on forever.