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From: darin@tmq.UUCP (Darin Adler)
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Questions about conversion to Judaism
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 19:52:30 EST
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> > Since Reform and Conservative congregations are viewed as practicing
> > a non-Jewish religion, then perhaps Reform and Conservative Jews
> > should be denied this right as well.  A Jew should be "excommunicated"
> > upon joining such a congregation.  This will clear up the controversy
> > of "who is a Jew" by attacking the problem at its source.
> > 
> > 		University of North Carolina
> 
> 	The law of return does *not* apply to non-jews because they do
> not practice the Jewish religion, but rather because they aren't members
> of the Jewish race. Denying their Jewishness as a religion does not say
> that they aren't decendents of Jacob.
> 
> 	I must say though it is nice to see someone who communicates
> instead of argues. It's a pleasant change.
>                                    michab
>                        berger @ aecom

I hope you do not interpret this as argument, but are you sure that this
law refers to a Jewish race?  I know a number of people who have converted
to Judaism (by Conservative, not Orthodox, standards) who would be upset
to hear this interpretation.  What exactly does the Law of Return state?
I, for one, hope that there is no mention or implication that ancestry is
the important thing.

Darin Adler
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