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- From: carasso@Turing.ORG (Roger Carasso)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.arabic
- Subject: Re: hypocrisy of zionism (was Re: 7642)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.032752.8903@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 03:27:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec28.184829.2311@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> <1992Dec29.205623.21746@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan1.024712.2335@ucbeh.san.uc.edu>
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- minhaszt@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
- >carasso@Turing.ORG (Roger Carasso) writes:
- >>
- >> Jews are not a race, Jews are a People.
- >> You can be born a Jew, or Convert.
- >
- )which brings me back to my original point. the religious definition of
- )a jew is one who believes in the religion and practices mosaic law.
-
- The Jewish Religious Halakek (Legal) definition of a Jew is *not* what
- you said. In the Torah, you are a Jew if your mother is Jewish or you
- convert. There is no requirement of belief or practice. Period. You
- are Jewish then.
-
- )if that is the case, then you can not even say that half the people in
- )israel can be allowed citizenship.
-
- Further, a jew who converts to another religion is really still a jew.
- However after many generations of non-practice, and marrying others, a
- rabbi will usually require the descendent to convert before being
- declare jewish again, if at the very least because the authenticity of
- the descendents jewishness is in question.
-
- Hope this helps.
-