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(Minimum $5) Call Today 557-7650 Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens 17288 Wes( Tw'elve Mile Road Southfield, MI 48076 • til.mots Uavvi lin Homes A 11 . 11 Poll! 11..11•Avlarii11i NliCS.12111, LETTERS Dealing With Jews, Converts In the article, "Who Is a Jew?" (April 4), Rabbi Roman, in grand Talmudic tradition, an- swers questions with questions. However, he departs with that tradition, in that his questions, rather than being rhetorical ones which Socratically lead to some intended inevitable con- clusion, have, in fact, simple and straight-forward answers which considerably weaken his argument. Following are some of Rabbi Roman's questions, ac- companied by feasible answers: "Who would dare say that Ben-Gurion's grandchildren ... are not Jewish?" Anyone who does not recog- nize patrilineal descent as a legitimate determination of Jewish identity. This includes all of the leaders, and presumably all of the members, of both the Conservative and Orthodox movements. "Can I say to them (those whose conversions were per- , formed by Rabbi Roman) now that their conversion was in- valid?" If you yourself believe that those conversions were impro- per, you can and must tell those whom you have converted. They will probably be angry and re- sentful, and want to know why you performed them in the first place if they had no validity. If you continue to believe, as seems to be the case, that your conversions were valid ones, then the real question is, can others, who have different halachic standards than your own, tell them that their con- version was invalid. The an- swer: others can and will press their view that' many Gen- tiles who sincerely desired to become Jews, were conde- scendingly misled by many cler- gymen, who assured them that the conversion ' process is some- thing less than a rigorous, chal- lenging_ ritual, characterized by the utmost sanctity which thousands of years of tradition have imbued it with. They will express their sym- pathy with these well-meaning people, who, desirous of belong- ing to the Jewish nation, have been defrauded into thinking that a religious conversion is something akin to a civic- cultural transferral of associa- tion, when in fact it'is a decision of religious conscience of the greatest gravity. "these people honestly believe that they are' JeWish. How do we come along years later and say to them that they're not?" It is not easy, but it- is possi- ble. It requires honesty, per- sonal fortitude and courage. One should approach the would-be convert and say in an under- standing tone of voice: "I'm sorry; you have been 'deceived. Whoever converted you cyni- cally underestimated your sin- cerity, and feared that if he told you what a proper conversion entailed, that you would become discouraged. Perhaps you would have reconsidered your mar- riage to a Jewish spouse, or .perhaps you would have pro- ceeded with the marriage, but