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Can Israel Survive 4 Another 60 years?
You forget nother ''categories'' of Jewish people who don't care...or wish they didn't have to..... Israel is, after all, a FOREIGN COUNTRY, if one does not live there. I know, I know....everyone in the USA has an ''old country''....so why not be proud of Israel being your ''old country'' if you are Jewish? One good reason is, there is no other ...
Posted to Fighting Words by Little Neck on May 13, 2008
Re: Are we Diaspora Jews Jewish? Is it by Choice?
Sovereign8:NYT today has a lengthy article about proving that a person is Jewish in Israel. The hurdles are extraordinary and governed by orthodox rabbis, exclusively.Apparently, the orthodox rabbis sneer at orthodox rabbis in USA and do not accept attestations from USA. We are generally born into a religion and don't seem to have any say in its ...
Posted to Foreigners by gzuckier on March 3, 2008