Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Israel's Hebrew Speaking Catholics

Top if the hat to Wheat and Weeds for this Article Israel's Hebrew-Speaking Catholics. It is very interesting. This part struck out to me though:

There is very little institutional support -- schools, social and cultural services -- for Catholics who are Hebrew-speaking, and families who have immigrated to Israel in recent years -- predominantly from the ex-Soviet Union -- often choose to leave Israel if they want to raise their children as Catholics.Those families that do stay often see their children assimilate into a general Jewish secular population that practices no religion. Finally, the small size of our communities necessitates a constant vigilance in order to build community and not allow divisiveness or factionalism to enter.

It seems like that American Catholic that are among the World's most wealthy could help out here.

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