Last weekend's New York Times Magazine had a lengthy piece on rabbinical courts and the difficulty for American immigrants to Israel in proving they are actually Jewish in order to get married.
This piece addresses the interpretations of religion across cultures. In Russia, Jewish was considered a heritage, which allowed emigrants to have official documents that stated they were Jews.
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Religion and State in Israel
Dear Amanda,
Thank you for including the link to the NYTimes article. Gershom Gorenberg is one of best writers out there on the issue of religion and state in Israel.
Just a small correction - you noted that "...In Russia, Jewish was considered a heritage, which allowed emigrants to have official documents that stated they were Jews."
A more accurate description is that the birth certificates of Jews within the Soviet Union were marked with the "nationality" of "Jew".
The struggle for exit visas for Soviet Jewry was a long and difficult one.
For a copy of such a birth certificate, please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Russian_Birth_Certificiate_of_Michael_Lucas.JPG
For the only weekly review of media coverage on issues of religion and state in Israel, please see:
http://religionandstateinisrael.blogspot.com/
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Thank you,
Joel Katz
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