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Are Jews God-phobic? With Arnold Eisen

If you encounter someone who wants to talk about God, odds are that person isn't Jewish. Why?

I am talking to a friend of mine about his experience on various dating sites. He tells me that from time to time, he will come across a profile that seems promising. And then, right there in the first paragraph, the woman will write: “Must love God.”

As he scrolls down a little further, he sees that she is a Christian – and that she inevitably describes her politics as “conservative.”

“I don’t get it,” he says to me. “Why is it that anyone who writes ‘must love God’ is always Christian? I’m Jewish…

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