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From: samet@sfmag.UUCP (A.I.Samet)
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Subject: Re: Hypocrisy--or, who is a mamzer?
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Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 23:15:45 EST
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> Questions  of  tohorat  hamishpahah  notwithstanding, there is a serious
> double standard in  checking  into  the  background  of  Ethiopians  and
> Indians  when Reform has already existed among Ashkenazim for ..........

I am an eyewitness to the fact that the Israeli  rabbinate  does,
in fact, check into Ashkenazi backgrounds, even of orthodox Jews.
Also, anyone familiar with rabbinic  responsa  knows  that  these
type of shaylas occur constantly in the Ashkenazi literature, and
the problem is a major concern. Finally, the Sepahardi poskim are
in  agreement with  the Ashkenazi ones on these issues.

The double standard is imagined.

                                Yitzchok Samet