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From: amigo2@ihuxq.UUCP (John Hobson)
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Subject: Re: Mixed marriages
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Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 11:32:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 27 11:32:48 1984
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Andy Tannenbaum seems to be saying that only the Orthodox form of
Judaism is authentic, no others need apply.  If you want to live by
your own interpretation of Torah, and it is not to be found in the
Talmud, then what you are doing is all right, but it is not being
Jewish.

I know that he apologized for casting aspersions on the Reform
movement, but that seems to be exactly what he is doing (and, yes, I
don't think that playing a French horn along with a shofar is
appropriate on Rosh Hoshana either).  So tell me, Andy, what about
those people who think that the "fence around the Torah" is too high
and too enclosing?  Are they being authentic Jews?

				John Hobson
				AT&T Bell Labs--Naperville, IL
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