I find it interesting that you reference the Israeli courts because they are controlled by the orthodoxy. In Israel, the Reform and Conservative movements are very small and they have no clout. I refuse to let the orthdoxy determine my status.Quote
rrmoderator
No historic estalished Jewish denomination has ever recognized people with a Jewish background that have embraced an outside faith's belief system and docrines as simply "Jews" without qualification and the Israeli courts have upheld this denying such people the right to return as Jews to Israel.
They might call themselves apostate Jews, or Christians, Muslims, Buddhists with a Jewish family background, but they are not simply "Jews" without qualification.
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rrmoderator
The rules of this message board include don't preach or proselytize.
See [board.culteducation.com]
Christians are Christians and Jews are Jews, each religion is mutually exclusive with its own defining beliefs and doctrines.
There is no such thing as a "Jewish Christian" any more than a person who has converted from Christianity to Judaism would still somehow be a "Christian."
Jews are not a race, nationality or simply an ethnic group, but historically and practically defined as a group of religious adherents.
It is the exclusive right of the organized Jewish community historically to determine the parameters of Jewish identity. Not someone who has converted to another religion, or others outside Judaism.
It is disrepectful to Jews and Judaism not to recognize these simple facts and insist that somehow outside parties or former Jews have a right to share in determining who is a Jew and/or what is Judaism.
See [www.culteducation.com]
Each faith has an exclusive right to determine the parameters of its own religious identity. This would include Southern Baptists, Roman Catholics, Methodists, Quakers etc.
No historic estalished Jewish denomination has ever recognized people with a Jewish background that have embraced an outside faith's belief system and docrines as simply "Jews" without qualification and the Israeli courts have upheld this denying such people the right to return as Jews to Israel.
They might call themselves apostate Jews, or Christians, Muslims, Buddhists with a Jewish family background, but they are not simply "Jews" without qualification.
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rrmoderator
Didn't you read and understaned the rules before registering?
The rules are very clear.
Every message board has its own focus.
This may not be the right one for you.
I am sure there are quite a few where people share their beliefs and do some preaching, but this is not one of them.
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rrmoderator
feedthe5000:
No preaching.
Sharing your beliefs publicly on this message board is considered preaching.