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- From: jis@panix.com (Jack Szwergold)
- Subject: Re: Any Available Jewish Men Out There??
- Message-ID: <C091Lq.A1t@panix.com>
- Organization: Panix, NYC
- References: <4506@cvbnetPrime.COM> <C02Con.3vo@cs.uiuc.edu>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 23:08:14 GMT
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- In <C02Con.3vo@cs.uiuc.edu> gillies@cs.uiuc.edu writes:
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- >As for marrying outside a religion -- I don't see why it is impossible
- >to have religiously intermixed marriages. I find it puzzling that so
- >many people born jewish end up restricting themselves and marrying
- >within their religion. I know several people who reject nearly every
- >aspect of the religion, except for the principle that they must marry
- >a jewish person. I really would appreciate an explanation for this.
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- Don....
- I don't have an explanation, but I can relate my own experiences
- being from being a Jew. I'm not terribley religious (as in going to
- Temple, and keeping Shabbat, etc, etc, etc) and I have dated many
- non-Jews. While I still would date non-Jews, I don't think I would be
- able to commit to them. I don't know what is driving me to feel this
- way. One factor may be my families struggles during the Holocaust, and my
- personal need for belonging. I don't know what to pin it on.
- But I can tell you the drive to stay within one's "group" is in no
- way limited to Judaism. In fact, I don't know of a group that actively
- supports inter-faith/race marriage. In fact this whole concept of dating
- outside of one's own group is a very "new" idea. I don't think this issue
- would have even been discussed 50 years ago in the same way it is being
- discussed now.....
- As for an explanation, I don't have one. Maybe ethnic pride, but
- that's too simple. And that is not to say that I personally condemn those
- in mixed marriages. That's _their_ choice, not mine....
- I also think this whole discussion has something to do with
- respect. I mean, if she want's to stay within her own religion, and I do
- also, what is wrong with that? It would only be wrong if someone started
- to act self rightgeous and prentend to apply their own personal values on
- others......
- Respect a person's individuality.....
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- Whether that be Shelly's, mine, yours or some poor bum walking
- down the street. Justifying or damning them is childish and just plain
- stupid....
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- Jack
- jis@panix.com
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