Serious (Not Really)

The New York Times went to Michigan to deal with the raising of

serious questions about whether the traditional leadership of the American Jewish world is fully supported by the mass of American Jews.

As pointed out by John Podhoretz, the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills may not exactly be representative of the 'mass of American Jews'. And if you add to that the fact that another voice quoted by the reporter in his search for "the demographic middle" (?) as expressing the view that “Most Jews have mixed feelings about Israel, is:

Rabbi Tamara Kolton of the Birmingham Temple,



a secular humanistic congregation

No, I don't mind a female Rabbi. Not even a humanistic congregation. Not even Temple instead of synagogue. But "secular"?

Isn't "secular" the opposite of "religious"?

Oh, and Jeremy Ben-Ami of J Street is mentioned among others.