> > > Anyhow, she's a converted Jew (Bhuddist before). Can she move to Israel > > > permanently? heh > > > > She could. > > > Yes, she could _now_. > But if the Ultra Orthodox succeed in changing the > Law of Return (which says that all Jews can "return" > to Israel) to define a Jew by conversion as only > someone converted by an Orthodox rabbi, then she > would be SOL. The law has always been that conversion has to be done by orthodox only. If someone wants to claim their part of the Jewish people, don't you think they should have to be measured by the most rigerous standards? I don't want to knock conservative, reform or reconstructionist Judaism, but they do NOT follow all the rules and have thrown out many of them. In the reform movement alone there's no central requirement to believe in God. How can you have a religion without that?
> The Ultra Orthodox also don't want to recognize > marriages performed by Conservative, Reform, or > Reconstructionist rabbis. No, the Orthodox don't want to recognise those conversions, period. There is no such thing as Ultra-Orthodox. It's a way that was created to insult the religious. "Your not religious, your ultra religious." It's a way for the less religious groups (mentioned above) to shift the 'focus' of what is religious to them. They're religious and everything else is 'ultra'. > > -Ben > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
