--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > ...and of that 4% difference you note above, I suspect alot of them > are Russians who emigrated to Israel because of their > Jewish "roots" but are practising Christians.
Don't know about that, but I do know that after the Soviet Union fell, there was a major effort by evangelical Christians to convert Jews who emigrated to Israel. They had not been able to study and practice Judaism in Russia for so long that they were ignorant of the faith of their heritage and thus were easy pickings for conversion. I think the most loathesome phrase I've ever heard is how some fundie Christians refer to converts from Judaism: "Completed Jews." Faugh. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
