In what must be an apocryphal story, a scientist trained grasshoppers to jump on command.  Then, he continued the experiment, tearing off their legs, one by one. He found that without legs the grasshoppers did not jump on command. The conclusion?  If you tear off their legs, grasshoppers become deaf.

A recent story in The Forward reports increased or steady enrollment in the liberal movement seminaries (Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist). In itself, it is cause for positive comment – but not celebration. It is not as some are touting, a reversal of a decades-long trend.

This conclusion is reminiscent of  New York City’s Mayor Rudy Giulani and his “broken windows” approach to the law: which was heralded as the reason for a dramatic decrease in serious crime.  And yet, upon further investigation........

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