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To: NYer

I see this, not to such an extent, in the Orthodox Jewish Community too.


4 posted on 06/11/2005 2:04:31 PM PDT by Coleus ("Woe unto him that call evil good and good evil"-- Isiah 5:20-21)
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To: Coleus; Conservatrix
It depends.

Tay-Sachs is prevalent among certain communities that are descended from Eastern European (Ashkenazim) Jews.

Though the Orthodox are complex in certain ways.

The Satmar a very insular, but the Lubavitcher are very progressive in some ways.

I suppose both have problems with intermarriage, though to a much lesser degree.

After all, I don't think that you can convert into being a Mennonite or Amish, while Reformed and Conservative Jews can-theoretically-convert to Orthodoxy if they so desire.

33 posted on 06/11/2005 6:24:24 PM PDT by Do not dub me shapka broham ("What in the world happened to Gerard's tag-line?")
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To: Coleus; NYer

Don't forget the most inbred bunch of goons in history: the royal families of Europe.


70 posted on 06/12/2005 6:19:12 PM PDT by John Locke
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