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From: teitz@aecom.UUCP (Eliyahu Teitz)
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Subject: Re: Re: Message to non-ultraorthodox Jews re: fundraising
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Date: Tue, 10-Sep-85 17:01:36 EDT
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> The imposition of religion coercion laws by the religionists divides the
> country rather than unites it.  Many Israelis are sick and tired of the 
> religionists' attempts to shove religion down their throats.
> The resistance to religious coercion is especially strong among the
> more educated Israelis who form the technological and scientific
> backbone of the country.  A significant number of those people has
> left the country.  There are many factors for this emigration,
> religious coercion is one of them.  


	The imposition of non-religious standards to marriage and divorce would
 split the country and the entire Jewish community worse than legal squabbles
 do. So this point is hardly a strong one.

	Also, don't blame religious coercion for emmigration. I doubt that
 a significant percentage leave for that reason. If the economic situation
 was better in Israel, fewer people would leave ( and in such a situation I 
doubt that religion would be much of a factor ).


				Eliyahu Teitz.