jewish diversity

one reason i really enjoy attending events at the jcc manhattan, or the 92nd street y is because jews of different streams mingle in a non-kiruv venue. i wish that there was more of this in nyc and i for one plan to attend such events. this kind of mingling of jews is something that i enjoyed about living in the midwest. i think that these venues create a sense of jewish unity that people forget about. ahavas yisroel for those who arent necessarily as religiously observant as you are. a kiruv group can't achieve this, a jewish social organization can.

cultural jews

there are religious jews and there are secular jews. let us not forget that there are also cultural jews.
there is more to a cultural jew than just bagels and lox. scoff as you may , cultural jews are important , mainly because so long as they remain cultural jews they are still identifying as jews.
new york city has a lot of cultural jews because so many jews live here. many new york jews don't even realize this until they go to other cities and then they realize how much they miss the jewish culture of new york city.
the cool thing about jewish culture is that it would not exist all all if not for the jewish religion. this is why the jcc , the 92st y , the jewish film festival, and the israeli film festival are so important. they are ways jews can connect to judaism in a non-threatening way. and from there who knows what can happen. the sky's the limit.