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…oints of view >> Send letters to: letters®thejewishnews.com Should conversion to Judaism culturally - not religiously - be allowed? Point Counterpoint Another Path To Join The Jewish People 'Cultural' Alternative To Conversion Is A Bad Idea JTA JTA Judaism as an exclusive religion so as not to ight now, there is just one way offend their parents or other family mem- for someone who is not Jewish to bers, or because conversion requires...…
…Point from page 36 Editorial ❑ Steven M. Cohen is research professor of Jewish social policy at Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion. Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky is executive director of Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute. Survivors Help Akiva Frame The Holocaust y eshivat Akiva teenager Jordan Well writes: "My grandfather faced the doors of death and with courageousness, beat back death on its home turf. I am proud that ...…
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