Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site csd2.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!unc!mcnc!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!csd2!schechte From: schechte@csd2.UUCP (asher schechter) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: Re: Questions about conversion to Judaism Message-ID: <3780010@csd2.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 09:02:00 EST Article-I.D.: csd2.3780010 Posted: Tue Feb 12 09:02:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Feb-85 05:47:49 EST References: <16@unc.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 7 The 7 Noachide laws correspond to over a hundred of our mitzvoth. If a conservative rabbi is shomer tora and mitzvoth then he is orthodox by definition. Otherwise we can't accept his converts. Thus the issue is halachic not political. Asher Schechter