Dear Jerry,

Thank you for your letter. I appreciate your desire for the truth. As a Noahide, you want to be a true friend of the Jewish people, which leads you to a dilemma, since there are so many who claim that friendship to the Jewish people means support for the Zionist state. But this is not the case.

Just a quick look at the historical record is enough to convince anyone that the State of Israel has not made life better or safer for Jews. 28,000 Jews have already been killed in its various conflicts, there has not been a quiet moment, and we are still in danger to this day.

Furthermore, the Torah teaches (Deuteronomy 30:3) that G-d will be the One to redeem us from exile. The Talmud explains further that any human attempts to bring an end to the Jewish exile will fail. To support such an attempt, made by Jews ignorant of their own Torah and Talmud, is not supporting the Jewish people.

A true Noahide will welcome the Jews as his neighbors, not support their immigration to a foreign country like the Zionist state.

Apart from this issue, the Noahide movement has been a great thing in bringing the Torah's message to the gentile world. We hope that your observance of the Seven Laws will make the world a better place.

Non-Jews seeking to learn about the Torah can be vulnerable to certain special interest groups of Jews, like the Zionists, who will take advantage of them and present their point of view as if it's the only Torah view. I think Noahides should read "A Threat from Within" by Yakov Rabkin, which details the full spectrum of Jewish views on Zionism and puts them in perspective so that an outsider can understand.

The Seven Laws are the minimum for gentiles, there are indeed some laws of the Torah that a gentile may not fulfill, but in between there is a large area where a gentile can excel. For example, we live in a very promiscuous and immoral society. To be sure there are legal standards for morality and certain things are still considered indecent. But society has fallen a long way in the last 100 years. I am sure that a gentile woman or girl who takes upon herself to dress and act modestly and decently will be rewarded by G-d. There is a book called "Doesn't anyone blush anymore" by Manis Friedman. It is somewhat geared to Jews but a non-Jew could gain from it just as well.

Also, there is a lot of crime today. A Noahide who doesn't steal or kill fulfills his own obligation, but he can go a lot further than that by working to combat crime, and to encourage the preservation of the stable family unit (mother, father, children living together) which tends to prevent kids from turning to crime.