The claim by a Reform rabbi is false and a provocation: "IRAC`s Rabbi Gilad Kariv said.. `.. Rabbi Amar`s hatred for non-Orthodox streams is so great that it leads him to harm the basic principle that there is no difference between a convert and an individual who is born Jewish`."
To frame the discussions as "love-hate" misses the point entirely.
Rabbi Amar is a recognized Torah scholar and published serious works on Halachah.
What Rabbi Amar and the Chief Rabbinate propose is basic Judaism 101 (not just "Orthodox Judaism") and is necessary to stop the chaos of establishing who is really Jewish, because for instance, the Reform changed the rules of "Who is a Jew" about 30 years ago by accepting PATRILINEAL DESCENT (having a Jewish father ONLY) makes one Jewish, which neither the Orthodox nor the Conservatives accept, which this article does not mention.
Would Reform appreciate it if they were accused of "hating" their fellow Jews by accepting gentile women as fake "Jewish mamas"? |
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