Indigenous Judaism, Not Biblical Judaism
A response to the Forward article from Rabbi Sarah Etz Alon:
This was a great article, Julie, mazel tov on all your great work with WT. The part about polygamy though, is unfortunate, as it stems from an incorrect assertion in this article that “Indigenous Judaism” is the same as “Biblical Judaism” which it most definately is NOT. Indigenous Judaism or Indigenous Hebraism, are the Ancient Hebrew Earth Based Shamanic Wisdom Paths of the Jewish people, which preceded the “biblical period” and continued forward through every age of Judaism to this very day.
Too bad the article missed this point, as a return to “Biblical Judaism” is ridiculous in today’s world context, whereas a re-integration of our Earth Based Wisdom Paths and Indigenous Mind is EXACTLY what the world needs today, perhaps as the single greatest imperative we are facing within the Jewish People and Global Humanity in this moment now.…
A lot of people would be questionably leary of participating and investing in an organization that promotes a return to “biblical judaism” but Earth Based Torah is another matter entirely, and I think will be the biggest movement within Judaism, after the Haredi movement, in the years to come. I’ve been wanting to clarify this ever since I read this otherwise most excellent article.
You can read more about Rabbi Sarah’s work here.
