[SJackson]

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Her religion doesn't appear to have been a factor at all, nor do I think it's appropriate to cite this tragedy to change Israel's laws.

[hecht]

There is only one universally accepted definition. Born of a Jewish mother or halachically converted.

[Buggman]

Her religion doesn't appear to have been a factor at all, nor do I think it's appropriate to cite this tragedy to change Israel's laws.

I agree. Using any tragedy to change established law is usually a bad idea--especially when the change in question would pretty much guarantee that the world's only Jewish state would cease to be Jewish in a generation or two.

Shalom.