[Matt]

First, I would be interested where in the Talmud it says that a gentile should be treated as a tool (and lower than an animal). Even if it says that, it is hardly to be taken seriously. All religious writings are from a different time. There is a passage in the Koran that reads ‘kill infidels wherever you find them,’ and Christian passages that condem all non-Christians to eternal damnation. Still, 99.9 percent of Muslims don’t interpret the Koran to mean that they really should kill infidels, and almost all Christians believe that a good man (like Ghandi, fr example) will be taken care of by God no matter what his religion is. The same goes here. In practice, all Jews are taught to treat everyone equally, no matter their religion, race, gender or what have you. We are taught to ‘love and respect our neighbor’ without mention as to whether the neighbor is a gentile or not. I am a practicing Jew and can give you my word that I have never met a Rabbi or any other Jewish community leader who has preached anything less than complete respect, friendship and a helping hand for anyone anywhere who offers us the same. I offer you mine.

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[Matt]

Answer: No. Jews don’t hate blacks at all. There is no reason historically, religiously, or culturally for it. Plain and simple, no matter what Louis Farakaan wants the world to believe, jews have nothing but friendship to offer blacks. I, for one, am a jew who rooms with a black, has a close group of black friends, and has dated an black woman. The black/jew friction is a farce.

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Pretty much the answer is ‘because the Old Testament says not to’. Not eating shellfish, however, is certaintly not uniformly followed. The majority of Jews, at least here in the US (and particularly in Lobster soaked Boston where I live), disregard it. I do.

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With the exception of the Orthodox branch, most Jewish temples will accept converts with open arms AS LONG AS the convert show serious self-motivation and interest in Judiasm. It is against Jewish beliefs to actively seek out or try to convert people. They have to choose Judiasm for themselves. But once they do, it is generally supported. Try a ‘reform’ branch, if that interests you.

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