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...literal translation implies, Dor Yeshorim's goal is to ensure that the children born of Orthodox parents are safe from certain genetic diseases whose occurrence is disproportionately higher within that close-knit community. Launched ten years ago by Rabbi Josef Ekstein to test for Tay-Sachs Disease, Dor Yeshorim has expanded its scope to include three other genetic diseases. More than 8,000 people entered the program last year alone...
...Yeshorim is not the Frankenstein its critics fear. Diseases like Tay-Sachs are a serious problem within the Orthodox community; four of Rabbi Ekstein's 10 children died from it. That medical technology can prevent this should be seen as a blessing. Dor Yeshorim sidesteps the question of abortion by preventing the conception of babies doomed to suffer...
...couple -- he a white Jew, she a black Baptist -- were arrested simply for walking the streets of Baltimore arm in arm. When they wed in 1957, Maryland law barred interracial marriages, so the ceremony was held in New York City. Although Jean had converted by then, the only rabbi who would agree to officiate denied them a huppah and the traditional breaking of glass. As law students at Yale in the 1960s, the couple lived in a basement because no landlord would rent them a flat...
...generational wheel has turned. In 1990 young Reuben married Marna, a white Lutheran from rural Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. Although both a rabbi and a minister officiated, none of Marna's relatives, except her mother, attended the wedding. Her father fumed, "I can't believe you expect me to accept a black person, and a Jewish one at that!" But with the birth last year of towheaded Aaron, Marna's family softened considerably...
What Happens After I Die: Jewish Views on Life After Death. Rabbi Rifat Sonsino, Temple Beth Shalom, Needham. Riesman Center, 74 Mt. Auburn...