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From: jho@ihlpa.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Racism and Judaism
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Date: Fri, 21-Feb-86 12:38:43 EST
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Posted: Fri Feb 21 12:38:43 1986
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> The second, and more important comment is that the religious parties,
> want an addition to the law, that would say 'anything in the
> Jewish religion (halacha), will not be construed as being racist.'

> I think it funny, when politicians in Israel, send the Jewish Agency to
> preach against intermarriage in the US and Europe, but in Israel
> would find anyone preaching against intermarriage to be violating
> the law.

I think Israel is paying a very high toll to the religionists.  It is
quite clear that the religionist in Israel, like their countepart in
Iran and the fundamentalist in th US, want to shove their religion
down everyone's throat.  They would like to so without being criticized.
The fact that there is no civil marriage in Israel is probably the
worst case of of religious coercion.  The majority of Israelis are 
secular.  They should tell their elected officials that enough is
enough with religious oppression!!!!
-- 
Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois,  Mail: ihnp4!ihlpa!jho