| | In the beginning, as seen in the Scripture faith in the revealed will of G-d and His movement in History originally, started from Abraham, however, the formation as a people, nation began in Exodus, in 6:7 it says, "I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God", it was finalized on Mount Sinai, where Jewish law was passed on, written and oral. | | In the beginning, as seen in the Scripture faith in the revealed will of G-d and His movement in History originally, started from Abraham, however, the formation as a people, nation began in Exodus, in 6:7 it says, "I will take you as my own people, and I will be your God", it was finalized on Mount Sinai, where Jewish law was passed on, written and oral. |
| − | The modern state of Israel, in the question of Jewish identity, Orthodoxy is the accepted form of Judaism as a basis (but not entirely), and consequently, a non Jew having converted to Judaism under Reformed Jewish rite or Conservative Jewish rite are not considered Jewish for purposes of becoming citizens of Israel under Israel's Right of Return law. Messianic Jews are eligible for citizenship under the Law of Return, only if they can also claim Jewish descent. This is in violation of halakhic definition if the mother is not Jewish but is in accord with common Israeli sentiment. The multi color democracy includes immigrants from Ethiopia (Falasha origin), Iraq (6th cent. exile from Jerusalem), Turkey and Greece (1492 expulsion from Spain origin), Argentinia, China, India (both the long known B'nei Israel and the recently emerged B'nei Menasha of the Northern Kingdom dispersion), the former Soviet Union, the United States, Yemen (Himyaritic Kingdom conversion origin), etc. | + | The modern state of Israel, in the question of Jewish identity, Orthodoxy is the accepted form of Judaism as a basis (but not entirely), and consequently, a non Jew having converted to Judaism under Reformed Jewish rite or Conservative Jewish rite are not considered Jewish for purposes of becoming citizens of Israel under Israel's Right of Return law. <small>(Messianic Jews are eligible for citizenship under the Law of Return, only if they can also claim Jewish descent. This is in violation of halakhic definition if the mother is not Jewish but is in accord with common Israeli sentiment).</small> |
| | + | The multi color democracy includes immigrants from Ethiopia (Falasha origin), Iraq (6th cent. exile from Jerusalem), Turkey and Greece (1492 expulsion from Spain origin), Argentina, China, India (both the long known B'nei Israel and the recently emerged B'nei Menasha of the Northern Kingdom dispersion), the former Soviet Union, the United States, Yemen, etc. |