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.,t mean we would accept just any
peace solution, we don't think it's an
issue for rabbis to deal with ... You can
be for or against peace, but the
moment you say that the Torah forbids
it you stop any democratic debate."
So where does Meimad, an
Orthodox party, stand on Reform and
Conservative Judaism?
"We do not believe that the goal of
the state of Israel should be fighting
diaspora Judaism, much of which is
Reform and Conservative," said
Melchior. "We don't think it's right to
create this split, which the Conversion
Bill created between Israel and the
diaspora. We have a deep disagree-
ment on religious questions, but this
is a discussion for the bet Knesset (syn-
-, agogue), not for the Knesset." "
And while Israel should be a Jewish
'
state, that can be expressed in different
ways. "We don't want to separate reli-
gion and state totally but we believe
that the politicization of religion is
bad — for religion, for Orthodoxy —
and it turns people away from God,"
Melchior said.
Nor does he feel the state should
define who is a Jew. "If the state wants
to define somebody who has a non-
Orthodox conversion as a citizen, that's
fine," said Melchior. "But it does not
have the right or the duty to define
who is a Jew. For me, conversion is a
halachic concept that should be decid-
ed by the rabbinate, but it's not an
issue for the Knesset to decide."
That's nor to say that Meimad waves
the flag of religious pluralism. But it
does favor opening debate on the issue.
Indeed, Meimad favors allowing Israelis
to have civil marriage or one according
to Jewish law — the latter being the
only option right now. On that last
matter, he added, "we would limit it to
couples — including hundreds of thou-
„ands of Russian immigrants — who
can't get married in Israel.”
And there is a line. "We are not for
Conservative and Reform Judaism," he
said. "If what we're asked is to give full
religious legitimization to those move-
ments, then we're not the right
address. If we're asked to make Israel
open and including, if we're asked to
make it possible to work with those we
disagree with, then we are partners."

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Clarification

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misspelled in a story about
American relief for Kosovar
refugees last week.

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