And that is a big problem right now in Israel, with the extremely orthodox rabbinate not recognizing most American Jewish congregations, like the Conservative or Reform groups.
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:15 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ehmm...but Michael...practically...aren't Jewish Converts, that is people >> who were not born Jewish, not regarded as true jews by those that were born >> Jewish? >> > Totally untrue. I have a friend who converted and later married the daughter > of a big Chasidish family. A convert is just as much a Jew as any other one. > > > >> I'm not talking about what might be written ,or the way it is supposed to >> be. I'm talking about practically, in the Jewish community. >> > I can't claim to speak for all Jews but I can speak for the ones I know and > for myself. > > The only thing I can think of is that orthodox Jews only consider someone a > true convert if they do so according to Torah law. It's a controversy as to > 'who is a Jew'. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:331971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
