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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It isn't actually about hearing what you want to hear and affirming whatever makes you feel good, though.  There are plenty of Jewish people who do believe this kind of thing, but these are ideas that don't come from Jewish thought and in many cases run really contrary to it. [/quote]

Jewish thought is a loaded concept. The Torah indicates patrilineal descent, rather than matrilineal. Ethiopian Jews practice patrilineal, Indian Jews, Karite, etc., until crack-down by ultra-orthodox authorities in state of Israel. Modern orthodox or non-haredi orthodoxy traditionally practiced giyur katan very liberally until be threatened with loss of credentials by Israeli rabbinate. The reality is that many Jews worldwide are living fully Jewish lives in Israel and globally without converting. Conversion in the Torah and even in the Talmud was not difficult. With the haredization of Judaism post-Shoah, this had lead to a lot of prejudice, abuse/exploitation of converts/conversion process, which itself is a perversion of “Jewish thought” and practice. Conversion only matters for purposes of marriage and burial with certain streams of Judaism. If you don’t care, the vast majority of Jews don’t care. Are there sincere believers and/or bigots like PP who cast aspersions on your Judaism? Sure, but you don’t need their good opinion to be a good Jew. Moreover, you are free to cast aspersions on their Judaism and Jewish practice. [/quote]
Indian Jews became a problem for Israel. There simply is a very large number of them, and as such Israel doesn't want to recognize them because they could qualify for the right of return as immigrants [/quote]

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