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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jews always help Jews first. My experience in business is that being Jewish has given me the ability to cut in line, just due to my last name.[/quote]

Do Jews discriminate among themselves, i.e. do you treat converted Jews differently than born from Jewish mothers?  Or prefer Israeli Jews to Jews from Eastern Europe?

Just curious.  [/quote]

No, I don't treat converts differently.

And I am not likely to ever see an israeli jew where I pray (I like gender equality and most of the israelis I know want the shul that they don't go to to be orthodox. But other than that I can't imagine what preference you are thinking I should have.[/quote]

Actually, converts are very highly revered in Judaism.[/quote]

Really?  We thought about Judaism and a Jewish friend told us to not even think about it.  He said we would never be treated equally.[/quote]

Maybe your friend does not have personal knowledge and is making assumptions.  Converts really are highly revered in Judaism.  Talk to a rabbi rather than a friend who may not have a proper Jewish education.  In my congregation, we do not differentiate between converts and people born Jewish.  I'm not sure I would even be able to tell you who in my congregation converted.  [/quote]
"Highly revered in Judaism" and "highly revered by the Jews" ain't the same thing. Since a convert spends his or her days around actual human Jews, it's forgivable to contemplate "what is", and not "what should be."[/quote]

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