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To: Elroy who wrote (219807)	2/20/2007 3:40:13 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) of 281500

No. I don't think that's true. The Jewish community is not monolithic. If you've seen any programs or movies about the ultraorthodox communities you know that "converting" in to one of those communities would be just about impossible. It's like trying to convert in to an Amish community. It's such a different, extreme, way of life, that to be successful you really have to be born in to it. So yes, an outsider will always be viewed with a little suspicion in extreme commnuities, because they are different. That doesn't mean you can't convert. You can. My brother in law is married to a Jewish woman and he considered converting. And he would have been accepted by the family, but they're a family of very liberal reform Jews. See what I mean? Subjectivity DOES enter in to it, because the communities in which different "strengths" of Jewish people live and worship are different. I don't think it's racist to recognize the subjectivity that will be present in these different communities when they look assess and integrate (or do not integrate) a convert. This is the same subjctivity that is present in Muslim communities. Some are rabid, some aren't. That's the way it is with any religion, right?

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