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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: Coercion or Democracy?
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Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 14:51:07 EST
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> For example, if a Jewish guy has the name Cohen, Katz, or Rappaport,
> he cannot marry a divorced women, because the religious law forbids it. 

	The reason for this is not descrimination against people called Cohen
 or Katz or Rappaport. The idea is that these are usually surnames of Kohanim,
 priests, who the Torah forbade to marry a divorcee. ( I'm just giving the 
 reason, not getting involved with whether this should be enforced. The
 article made this statement seem arbitrary ).

			Eliyahu Teitz.