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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Racism and Judaism
Message-ID: <1046@unc.unc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 24-Feb-86 15:56:03 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 24 15:56:03 1986
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Reply-To: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Organization: CS Dept, U. of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill
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Summary: 

>> 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.

It depends on what you mean by "preaching against intermarriage",
i.e. whether you mean:
	1) trying to influence people not to choose intermarriage
versus:
	2) advocating laws prohibiting intermarriage.
Many people are in favor of 1), but not 2).

	Frank Silbermann