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From: warren@pluto.UUCP (Warren Burstein)
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Subject: Re: The Tragedy of Assimilation
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Date: Sun, 12-Jan-86 01:27:14 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 12 01:27:14 1986
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> The answer is quite simple--that is the tradition and the law.  A Jew who
> marries out of the faith is (according to the Bible, I believe) supposed to
> be given up for dead.

Where is your source for this?  I know of none.  You overstate Judaism's
prohibition of intermarriage.  This prohibition is the reason Rabbis
don't perform mixed marriages (or shouldn't, in the case of those who
do).  Lynn was speaking figuratively when she said "many rabbis would
rather give a Jew up for dead than marry them to a non-Jew."  

> And personally, as a single Jewish man, I would rather marry a 'pseudo'-Jew
> than a non-Jew.  My parents agree with me, though that is NOT why I
> maintain this preference. 

Why not marry a Jew whose status is not in doubt?  Avoid the problem
by not getting romantically involved with someone who will need to
be converted.