tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post765563010139653178..comments2024-03-18T22:21:33.261-07:00Comments on The Debate Link: Metrics of ConversionDavid Schraubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-44737324122717685882009-02-13T08:26:00.000-08:002009-02-13T08:26:00.000-08:00So it would be a problem -- I want more out of Isr...So it would be a problem -- I want more out of Israel than getting in the front door. Once I and my family is there, I'd like to be considered, you know, Jewish.David Schraubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946653376744012423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321349.post-66335516096089347412009-02-13T07:48:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:48:00.000-08:00If you can verify your Jewishness, it wouldn't be ...If you can verify your Jewishness, it wouldn't be a problem. At least for a few generations. The Law of Return (though I definitely agree with your expansive view) isn't based on Halaka. Anyone married to a Jew or with a single Jewish grandparent is eligible. The issue here, with Fackenheim, is marriage law, which is controlled by power-mad Orthodox Rabbis, pissed that Israel is too secular.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05146833770654841724noreply@blogger.com