An interesting and informative post. as usual. I am happy that Israel can protect refugees, but wonder at the "proving" you are Jewish part. How does a Jewish woman prove she's Jewish? Anyway, history does repeat itself, and it is so sad that it does.
Susan, Good to hear from you. The difficulty of proving Jewishness by Jewish law is exactly the problem, and why I used the word "harass." A birth certificate could establish who one's mother is, but how does one prove that the mother is Jewish? Get her birth certificate as well? And so back to Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, and Leah? At some point common sense should be introduced, but the Rabbinate doesn't always excel at that.
Hi Alan,
An interesting and informative post. as usual. I am happy that Israel can protect refugees, but wonder at the "proving" you are Jewish part. How does a Jewish woman prove she's Jewish? Anyway, history does repeat itself, and it is so sad that it does.
Susan, Good to hear from you. The difficulty of proving Jewishness by Jewish law is exactly the problem, and why I used the word "harass." A birth certificate could establish who one's mother is, but how does one prove that the mother is Jewish? Get her birth certificate as well? And so back to Sarah, Rivka, Rachel, and Leah? At some point common sense should be introduced, but the Rabbinate doesn't always excel at that.