Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: levene@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Robert A. Levene) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: intermarraige Message-ID: Date: 29 Nov 90 05:03:59 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Lines: 39 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Supersedes: >Secondly, I understand that the "rules", if any, regarding the appropriate >program for an actual ceremony between a Jew and a Gentile do not exist >in our traditional prayer or law-books. The Torah says that a Jew cannot >marry a Gentile. There is no such ceremony because according to Jewish law, "marriages" between Jews and Gentiles are not recognized. >Yet there are reform Synagogues and reform Rabbis that >participate in intermarriages. Who decides how to resolve this apparent >contradiction? They *don't* resolve the contradiction - they just disregard the Torah prohibition on intermarriage, just like they disregard other laws. (Take note that many non-orthodox rabbis will refuse to perform mixed "marriages.") > But could he have retained a Rabbi and > a Priest to do a dual-demoninational wedding? No. Any rabbi who would perform a mixed "marriage" would probably not even be considered a rabbi by many Jews. > Is there a resolution? No. - Rob -- Robert A. Levene Internet: levene@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu Bitnet: RXL1@APLVM Disclaimer: I speak neither for my race, my culture, my country, my religion, my political party, nor my employer, but for me alone.