| (December 17, 2009) “…Orthodox Jewishness has nothing to do with ethnicity as a biological fact. Were that the case, no one could convert to Jewishness and change ethnic identity. Orthodoxy does not prohibit conversion, it does though have standards. Other faiths search for new blood; to become a Jew you have to work at it. It is not only a set of religious ideas but of behaviors.”Consider by radical contrast how the sons of Ishmael accept converts. All anyone has to do is raise his or her right index finger symbolizing belief in one god, not thousands, and speak one sentence…” |
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