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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Moreover, I am talking about how I think some converts might feel, not what I think. I said very clearly that they are Jewish. Not ethnically, but religiously. Stop twisting my words.[/quote]
I'm not twisting your words. You said "Of course, converts are just as Jewish as anyone else is, from a religious standpoint, and they should be accepted in synagogues. But they are not part of the Jewish people, from an ethnic standpoint, and never can be. That’s quite significant, given how much of the Jewish year is taken up with holidays and observances that celebrate or commemorate events in the history of the Jewish people. I’ve often wondered whether a convert would feel as though they can connect with those traditions, when it isn’t their history."

You don't get points for conceding that converts are religiously Jewish if you add a huge caveat (which, again, goes against Jewish law) that converts "are not part of the Jewish people, from an ethnic standpoint, and never can be" and then question whether converts "can connect with those traditions, when it isn't their history." Converts are Jews. Despite their physical DNA not changing in the mikveh, Jewish law acknowledges that converts become part of the Jewish people and that our traditions and history are shared, regardless of how we became Jewish.[/quote]

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