Rabbi’s Chelsea Clinton Jewish Status Quip Stressing Tear with Reform

«Rabbi Stav spoke after the visiting head of the Reform movement, Reform Rabbi (nebech) Rick Jacobs, had told the Knesset forum that Reform and Conservative Jews outnumber and outweigh the Orthodox.

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In a public debate at the Knesset Israel-U.S. lobby on Tuesday, chaired by Labor MK Nachman Shai, Rabbi Stav had this to say about the Reform movement's demand that their conversions be recognized by the Jewish State: "The problem of assimilation among American Jews is not only an American problem, it's our problem, too. There's an ocean of ceremonies and an ocean of people eager to conduct ceremonies. Chelsea Clinton married a Jewish guy. I'm not arguing the legitimacy of it, you're free to think what you want. But do you want me to recognize Chelsea Clinton's child as a Jew? You want me to recognize the rabbi who officiated at her wedding as a rabbi? Are you trying to push intermarriage through my back door?"»

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rabbis-chelsea-clinton-jewish-status-quip-stressing-tear-with-reform/2013/11/13/


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