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08/02/10 05:08 PM

How ridiculous! He marries as a “jew”, the last one on his side, but his children will not be jewish!

08/02/10 09:21 PM

This is very sad.  But it is not surprising, since there are many Jews who are not that concerned about their Jewishness to avoid interdating and intermarriage.

Please don’t give me the excuse “You can’t help who you fall in love with.” If marrying Jewish is important enough to you, you will date accordingly.  Also, don’t say that opposition to intermarriage is “bigoted” or “racist”; I am sure every other religion prefers that their own marry within as well.

This is what assimilation has wrought.  You can spin it any way you want, but it is likely that the children will go the way of the non-Jewish spouse.  In order to be Jewish this day and age, you must put in effort.

08/02/10 11:13 PM

Why are there no photos or mentions of the groom’s family ? Where they even there or were they not invited ? Is it because of their criminal history , but is that a reason to exclude them from their son’s simha ??? Not in MHO !!!