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- From: jmd@bear.com (Josh Diamond)
- Newsgroups: soc.singles
- Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
- Message-ID: <JMD.92Dec30174539@lion.bear.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 22:45:39 GMT
- References: <1992Dec29.172417.11540@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <4516@cvbnetPrime.COM>
- <1992Dec30.143458.1789@flint.comlab.ox.ac.uk> <C0398B.FI1@cs.dal.ca>
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- In-reply-to: earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca's message of 30 Dec 92 20:07:23 GMT
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- In article <C0398B.FI1@cs.dal.ca> earhard@ug.cs.dal.ca (Mark Earhard) writes:
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- A good friend of mine (jewish) married a non-jew, and from the time she
- told her parents untill her first son was born she was exiled from
- her family. In her case Mr. Wonderful made it worthwhile (She was
- kosher orthodox), but in other cases, well... YMMV.
-
- One question: did he convert? If so, then the family was way off base
- -- there is a specific prohibition against treating converts this way.
-
- In fact, either way, the family was way off base. Breaking a rule is
- not a permissible reason to exile a son or daughter.
-
- Frankly, I think that her parents were being assholes, and most of
- my jewish friends agree with me.
-
- Only after experiencing it myself did I come to this conclusion. You
- may not think there would be a problem between two non practicing
- people (Jewish/Christian/Whathaveyou) but let's mention the word "KIDS"
- and all of a sudden we've got a lot of small arms fire going on in a
- very tight space. There's nothing like an inlaw-inlaw war over religious
- soul claims.
-
- Yup. No question about that.
-
- If you make a particular choice in your life, you best be willing to
- deal with the consequences. But at the same time, you shouldn't let
- those consequences run your life for you.
-
-
- Spidey!!!
- --
- You don't hunt ducks with a turnip!
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