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The fundamental flaw is not the arrogance of the claim, troublesome as it is, but that the claim requires that there was a Divine chooser who made a choice.
The belief that Jews are Chosen risks promoting Jewish chauvinism and even racism.
Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s arguments against chosenness still ring true.
It is not enough for us to change a few prayers in our liturgy to live into Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan’s rejection of chosenness.

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