rattler
19.02.05, 17:56
Na fotce widac , ze z wygladu ma dziewczyna wszystko co trzeba jak na
zydoweczke :))) Jaki w koncu duzy musi miec ten nos , zeby byc godna Cohena ?
Zarty zartami , ale ja na miejscu narzeczonego wydrukowal ten verdict na
rolkach papieru toaletowego i wieszal za darmo w publicznych sraczach w
miescie gdzie rezyduje ten sad .
narazie
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February 18, 2005
Not Jewish enough to marry a Cohen
By Amiram Barkat
Irina Plotnikov cannot marry the man she loves, Shmuel Cohen, even though she
is Jewish according to halakha (Jewish religious law). A rabbinic court in
Jerusalem ruled recently that even though Plotnikov is Jewish, she is not
eligible to marry a Cohen since her father is not Jewish. According to Jewish
tradition, people with the surname Cohen are descendants of the priests that
served in the Temple in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
The couple were shocked by the court's verdict. "None of the rabbis had told
us there might be a problem," Plotnikov says.
Plotnikov immigrated to Israel from the former Soviet Union (FSU) in 1992.
Last summer she met Cohen, a retired career army man, and they fell in love.
A short while after meeting, they decided to wed. "I was prepared to get
married without going through the rabbinate, but it's very important to my
boyfriend, because he is from a traditional family," Plotnikov says.
When the couple registered at the rabbinate, the marriage registrar referred
Plotnikov to a rabbinic court for a process for ascertaining Jewishness. This
is a procedure which all immigrants from the FSU are required to undergo if
they want to marry.
After presenting documents and hearing testimony from witnesses on
Plotnikov's behalf, the rabbinic court confirmed that Plotnikov is Jewish and
single and ruled that "she can be married in accordance with Jewish
tradition, except to a Cohen."
Since civil marriage and non-Orthodox religious marriage in Israel are not
legally recognized, the sole option remaining to the couple is to wed
overseas. Cohen says that he's afraid to tell his religious family about the
rabbinic court's ruling. "I've never gone abroad, but to marry Irina I will
be delighted to go. I respect the religious world, but there's a limit to how
far I am willing for our privacy to be invaded."
Alex Tantzer, who heads a campaign to promote civil marriage, says that
Plotnikov's case is an extreme example of the treatment that tens of
thousands of immigrants from the FSU receive at the hands of the rabbinic
establishment.
"I suggest that those same rabbis who ruled there are Jews who are not Jewish
enough to marry Cohens be examined themselves. Perhaps they too have, heaven
forbid, a non-Jewish father in their past."
Rabbi Shaul Farber, of the Itim institute for advice on the Jewish circle of
life, says the ban on Plotnikov and Cohen marrying is enshrined in a halakhic
rule that is similar to the rule barring the marriage of a Cohen and a
divorcee. However, he believes that if the couple marries in a civil ceremony
or if Plotnikov becomes pregnant, the rabbinate may agree to recognize the
marriage retroactively.
Rabbi Farber says that girls from religious families in Israel who were born
as a result of in vitro fertilization can expect to face a similar problem.
The reason for this is that such families made sure to use sperm from non-
Jewish donors, to avoid accidental forbidden marriage.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/541829.html