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Rabbis: Stopping assimilation overrides Shabbat
Kobi Nahshoni
Published: 04.03.13, 13:27
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1. we question....
Bluegrass Picker ,   Afula   (03.04.13)
these claims which are mere assertions. Zero evidence. The rebbinate can't produce a single Hebrew girl who will testify that she was forced to stop speaking our national language, but was later miraculously rescued by a rebbe.
2. let's convert them to judaism!
luca ,   italy   (03.04.13)
If those men convert to judaism and their children raise as jewish i cannot see a problem but an opportunity for jewish people and Israele. The rabbinate must help arabs who want to convert to Judaism
3. Tradition
Bertram ,   London, UK   (03.04.13)
It is interesting to observe that there are those who are prepared to compromise a fundamental religious principle, not to save a human life, but in an attempt to interfere in private relationships. Such 'assimilation' has occurred throughout the history of the Jewish people. There is no reason to think it will not continue inside or outside Israel. Love conquers all - even fear of rabbis.
4. What is the tooth fairys position on this subject?
Haim ,   TA   (03.04.13)
5. #2 is right. Let's bring these guys into
MAP ,   Bnei Brak   (03.04.13)
the fold rather than pushing our daughters away.
6. Reply to 2 and 5. Let the men convert?
Sherlock Holmes ,   London England   (03.04.13)
What evidence do you have that these Muslim men want to convert to Judaism? In Islam if a Muslim converts to another religion he can be executed. Judging by the past, Jewish women disappear into Arab clans where they lose their status as equals and are treated like servants whose children belong to the children's fathers. We Jews say a child is part of its mother, but not every culture shares our view.
7. Stone age ,...
split ,   US   (03.04.13)
No wonder no one missed them in Europe or anywhere and almost all say, thank you Lord they're gone ,... They are your problem now ;) ,...
8. assimilation inside Israel
Danny ,   London England   (03.04.13)
Assimilation is a far from new problem, but Jewish Israeli women assimilatng into Arab society? What background do these women have? Are they closet Haaretz readers?
9. Why is that jewish women find Arab men more attractive. Unl
JRS   (03.04.13)
Unlike judaism, Islam treat women as equals.
10. Jewish or Christian or Messianic women who date Arabs
Rivkah   (03.04.13)
have no idea what happens after they marry them. It is permissible for Islamics to have more than one wife and to beat the wives and many sabotage the brakes of a vehicle to cause the death in an accident of a wife who upsets the Arab husband. It is best not to date Islamics and let them marry among themselves. One exception was the marriage of a Christian woman to the Palestinian father of author Walid Shoebat ("God's War on Terror", etc.). His father beat his mother who would not convert to Islam. To show his mother she was wrong to be a Christian, Walid read the Bible from cover to cover looking for errors and found that the God of the Bible was a true God. He became an author and evangelist and a great man of Yahweh-Yehoshua. But his mother's life was sad. She endured and a son became a Christian. Unless women who date Arabs are willing to face such a harsh life, they should stop dating the Arab and return to their own kind.
11. Make peace & more Jewish men will stay alive t'marry J-women
Michael ,   California, USA   (03.04.13)
12. "Resistance is futile"
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.05.13)
13. stopping interracial marriage?
oyvey ,   Onchan   (03.05.13)
Srsly? Read the article again. Stopping interracial marriage. Keeping jewish bloodlines clean maybe? Where have we heard that one before. Let people marry whom they love no matter which ethnicity or religion the partner. To hear such things about race and religion from Rebbe's in the same sentence with memories of the Shoah is simply disgusting.
14. Wouldnt it be easier to just stone them ?
Zionist forever   (03.05.13)
15. Rabbis cause assimilation
google ,   Israel   (03.05.13)
I am surprise to hear rabbis talk about assimilations . The rabbis make it so difficult to convert to jewdeism so people give up. Just think what they have done to Spinoza who was genius all the decendents of Mendelson and most Montefiori are not jewish any more . They make life mizerable to the Ethiopiene jews to the Russian jews and jenerally to most secular jews in Israel. we have long history as the chinese but we have only 14 million people the Chinese have 1.4 milliards . We are not a race so there is no race to preserve . It is owr religion and culture. If you think that we are race how do you explain the ashkenazi jews the oriental jews the Ethiopienne jews the East indian jews etc.......
16. 7
(03.05.13)
are you talking about muslims? i thought so.
17. @ 8
Sheik rattle & roll ,   USA   (03.05.13)
Equal in what way? Is that a joke?
18. Racist bullshit
Dave ,   Montreal, Canada   (03.05.13)
Let people live their own lives. Worry about your own friends and family before you start harassing strangers in the streets.
19. Pretty sick
AF-22   (03.06.13)
This is one of the reasons I decided to leave Judaism. This childish idea that Jews should only marry Jews is ingrained in the minds of even Jews who consider themselves non-religious. It is a divisive, racist idea that needs to be eradicated.
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