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...Israel. Reputedly in India for 2,000 years, the Bene Israelis were long cut off from communication with the mainstream of Judaism, and purists maintain that they developed rules of marriage and divorce that were not in accordance with religious law-hence many of them must be technically momzerim (bastards), and it is forbidden for an Orthodox Jew to marry anyone who is illegitimate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Who's a Jew? | 7/28/1961 | See Source »

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