Pinchas
In this week’s parsha (Torah portion), Pinchas, we learn that if a Jewish man sleeps with a gentile woman, they both deserve to be put to death with a spear through their genitals.
It is pretty hard to find middle ground on intermarriage with the Orthodox when this is their starting position.
Whenever I heard this parsha as a young adult, I couldn’t help but wonder, “Who are these Midianite women, and why don’t they attend my high school?”
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We thought they did.
There already is a middle ground. The children of half the intermarried couples are accepted as Jews.
FM, they may be accepted as Jews but not as appropriate matches for the offspring of those Orthodox families that care about their reputation among the community.
Mrs Kelsey, what bribes do you accept in return for David-anecdotes?
Sarah/froylien,
I enjoy your comments! You are so scholarly and funny.
Bribes?? ‘Fraid not, although we do have some wonderful David-anecdotes, as you can imagine. He’ll have to tell you himself.
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