{"id":59214,"date":"2014-10-21T07:19:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-21T15:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=59214"},"modified":"2014-10-21T08:21:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T16:21:02","slug":"are-barry-freundels-orthodox-conversions-still-valid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=59214","title":{"rendered":"Are R. Barry Freundel’s Orthodox Conversions Still Valid?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ask historian Marc B. Shapiro: “What do you think of the RCA coming out with a quick statement that all of R. Freundel’s conversions<\/a> are valid? I suspect haredim now have even more reason to dismiss all MO conversions<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Marc responds: “Why shouldn’t they be valid. He was not a public violator of Jewish law, so as far as halakhah is concerned, what is done remains valid.”<\/p>\n

Selwyn: “We should encourage converts – and welcome them in. Judaism is global (all peoples prayed at the Temple in Jerusalem), pro-peace (we pray for it constantly – in every service), the original environmentalists (Tu Bishvat ) and we have much to offer adherents and society. We also believe sincerely that any path to a legitimate peace-loving God is to be embraced.”<\/p>\n

Chaim Amalek: Instead of calling this a “conversion,” I think we ought to follow modern idioms and call it a “neshama reassignment.” We would then call “converts” “TransYidden”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ask historian Marc B. Shapiro: “What do you think of the RCA coming out with a quick statement that all of R. Freundel’s conversions are valid? I suspect haredim now have even more reason to dismiss all MO conversions.” … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,29655],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conversion","category-r-barry-freundel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t