Comments on: Can Conversion Save the Jewish People? http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/ A Journal of Jewish Thought and Opinion Wed, 15 Oct 2008 23:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Cross-Currents » So Intermarriage is a Bad Thing, After All http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-80404 Cross-Currents » So Intermarriage is a Bad Thing, After All Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:18:41 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-80404 [...] I have said in the past that reaching out to non-Jews is an ineffective way to ensure a Jewish future—comparable to “treating a patient with a spurting arterial wound by giving him a transfusion.” [...] [...] I have said in the past that reaching out to non-Jews is an ineffective way to ensure a Jewish future—comparable to “treating a patient with a spurting arterial wound by giving him a transfusion.” [...]

]]> By: Cross-Currents http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-52779 Cross-Currents Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:23:50 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-52779 <strong>Rabbis easing rules on conversions?...</strong> According to the Miami Herald, “Now even Orthodox rabbis, the staunchest opponents of interfaith marriage, are exploring ways to encourage conversions.” Of course, as the article goes on to stress, the rabbis at the conference they were ... Rabbis easing rules on conversions?…

According to the Miami Herald, “Now even Orthodox rabbis, the staunchest opponents of interfaith marriage, are exploring ways to encourage conversions.”

Of course, as the article goes on to stress, the rabbis at the conference they were …

]]> By: mb http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-49336 mb Mon, 26 Dec 2005 05:14:28 +0000 http://www.cross-currents.com/archives/2005/12/25/can-conversion-save-the-jewish-people/#comment-49336 Don't know if this has anything to do with the subject at hand, but our numbers dropped precipitously, between the mid Roman period until the time of Rashi, from 7 million to somewhat less than a million. Don’t know if this has anything to do with the subject at hand, but our numbers dropped precipitously, between the mid Roman period until the time of Rashi,
from 7 million to somewhat less than a million.

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