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From: samet@sfmag.UUCP (A.I.Samet)
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Subject: Re: Common Sense
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Date: Fri, 15-Mar-85 12:20:35 EST
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> Because Humanistic Jews affirm the right of individuals to be masters of
> their own lives, they generally make sure that their children feel free
> to define their Jewishness without being constrained by the choices of
> their parents. For example, to make sure that my former wife's future
> children would feel free to become Orthodox, if they wish, without the
> stigma of mamzerut, I gave my ex-wife an Orthodox get, under the
> supervision of the head of an Orthodox beit din. (Adam Reed)

Perhaps this helps to explain why  the non-orthodox majority that created
the State of Israel gave jurisdiction to the orthodox rabbinate over
marriage and divorce. A divorce is not a purely personal matter. It
impacts the status of children who are not yet conceived, and all of
their descendants, as well as the larger Jewish community.

			Yitzchok Samet