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From: jho@ihlpa.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Nationality and Racism
Message-ID: <1183@ihlpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 13:16:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  6 13:16:49 1986
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> A definition of a Jew is rather simple.  A Jew is a person who 
> practices Judaism OR was born by a Jewish mother.  I believe this 
> definition is used in Israel.  The state of Israel was created to 
> protect Jews, whether religious or not.  
> ---
> Leo Simon		 

As I recall, a person is admitted into Israel according to the law of
return whether one of is parents is Jewish( Father or Mother).  This does
not mean that he is considered a Jew by the othrthodox.  The
offsprings of a Jewish father who do not convert cannot get
married in Israel because the state of Israel sold out the marital
laws to the religionists.  There were cases when sons of Jewish
fathers and non-Jewish mothers, died in the defence of the country,
but they could not be buried with other dead comrades, because
again burial is controlled the religionists.

-- 
Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories
Naperville, Illinois,  Mail: ihnp4!ihlpa!jho