Shahar Ilan, Haaretz Correspondent: Knesset plenum votes to revive Religious Affairs Ministry, 51-27
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Title:Knesset plenum vote to revive Rel Affairs
Name:Joe Schon
City: Forest Hills NYState: New York
Dear Rabbi Kariv,
Maimonides does not accept you as a Jew by belief, as Reform does not accept the thirteen principles that would qualify you as a Jew. You should not be mixing into Jewish Affairs when by belief you cannot be considered Jewish. You may be Jewish by birth, but not by belief. Whatever you believe in, it is a far cry from Judaism. You are entitled to your beliefs just as I am to mine. Reform Judaism is a new religion started in Germany towards the end of the eighteenth century, I guess that you are afraid that a Religious Affairs Minister would cause harm to your cause.