Letters to the Editor
Reform Judaism
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New York, NY 10021

To the Editor:

While I don't agree with the religious message of "Messianic Jews", I am reminded of the fact that if this were 1933 Nazi Germany, all of us would have been placed in the same cattle cars bound for Auchswitz because the outside world considered both groups, even those who "converted", to be "Jews."

As Gertrude Stein once said, "A Rose is a Rose is a Rose."

Perhaps, we ought to think the same way and start saying "A Jew is a Jew is a Jew." Regardless of how we believe or misbelieve. Considering that many of the Orthodox don't consider Reform Rabbis to be real rabbis, we're hardly in the position to start dictating racial, cultural, or religious purity to someone whose beliefs we don't agree with.

Who knows, with a little tolerance on our side, maybe the kids will return to an authentic Judaism (aren't we sounding "Orthodox?" Tsk, tsk) in the future. I know I did.


Sincerely yours,




Keith Gormezano

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