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Static not alone: ​​Thousands go through a nightmare on the way to the canopy Israel today

2020-09-08T07:24:14.384Z


| Jewish NewsThe singer said that he had undergone a Judaism inquiry and that "my Judaism was in doubt" • and he is not really alone • How many of us are able to prove that Grandma's grandmother was Jewish? • Opinion Static on the next planet Photo:  Oren Ben Hakon Most of us were surprised to read the experience that Static described on his Instagram account. It is difficult for us to imagine an appeal t


The singer said that he had undergone a Judaism inquiry and that "my Judaism was in doubt" • and he is not really alone • How many of us are able to prove that Grandma's grandmother was Jewish?

• Opinion

  • Static on the next planet

    Photo: 

    Oren Ben Hakon

Most of us were surprised to read the experience that Static described on his Instagram account.

It is difficult for us to imagine an appeal to our Judaism.

It is our religion and nationality, identity and belonging, on its values ​​we grew up and were educated.

The feeling of most of us is that no one can take it from us.

But in truth, appealing to the Judaism of citizens is something that happens all the time.

On an almost daily basis, the State of Israel employs an array of Jewish scholars on the mission of the rabbinical courts, who carefully examine the Judaism of those who come to the gates of the religious establishment.

For those whose parents were married in the rabbinate, this is usually a simple procedure.

But every year, thousands of citizens who or their parents immigrated to Israel find themselves facing a difficult and humiliating investigation.

Suddenly, along with flower arrangements, choosing a hall and a photographer, wedding preparations include digging through documents, photographing family graves, perusing photos from the past and even DNA tests.

"Suddenly this Judaism of mine, my identity, was in doubt," Static wrote what many of the respondents about their Judaism feel, "You do not understand how humiliating and painful it is to know that maybe everything you grew up with is not true."

In the end, thank God, Static's Jewish identity was also "officially" recognized.

In contrast, others remain in a state of "doubt."

On the one hand, they grew up as Jews and have no other religion, and on the other hand, the religious establishment refuses to confirm this.

This approach was not accepted throughout the Jewish tradition, whose basic principle was trust.

In Shulchan Aruch, the book that underlies Halacha, Rabbi Yosef Caro wrote that "all families are kosher" and that anyone who tries to disqualify families is disqualified himself.

In this spirit, the late Rabbi Ovadia Yosef ruled in the case of immigrants from the Soviet Union that "we do not scrutinize any family." All the people whose kosherness was questioned to come into the marriage covenant.This pool has been nurtured over the last decade, as the policy of the rabbinate has hardened.

The feeling that there is no end to bureaucracy and litigation and that there is no way to be "Jewish enough" for Jewish scholars, accompanies many of those seeking marriage.

If in the past solutions were sought for couples, today the suspicious attitude turns what should be a period full of excitement into an ongoing nightmare.

This has happened to Static, it happens to thousands more citizens every year, and if the trend continues - investigations may reach even those who are sure they are kosher enough.

How many of us can bring evidence that Grandma's grandmother was Jewish?

Who among us keeps family documents a few generations back?

In order to maintain the cohesion of the Jewish people, another way is needed, that of the sages of Israel, who sought to sanctify trust between one another and opposed the impeachment of families.

This way will reduce the hardships on the way to the wedding, dissolve the justified fear of the religious establishment and protect the Jewish identity of many citizens.

Adv. Elad Kaplan is the director of the Atim organization, which helps people who encounter difficulties with the religious establishment in marriage, conversion and clarification of Judaism.

Source: israelhayom

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