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...modern Jews most sympathetic to Jewish missions to the Gentiles are generally the liberals in the reform group. Yet these, says Rabbi Petuchowski, have precisely the least to offer. "The orthodox Jew could conceivably enter the arena with the Creed of Maimonides in one hand and the Shulchan Aruch [a codification of Jewish law] in the other. He could say to the prospective convert: 'Here is a new way of living. Take it!' And then the convert would really have taken something; he would not merely be moving from one 'branch' of universal religion to another...
...markets "a blot upon the good name of the Jew." The Kashruth Association could no longer, it announced, stand responsible for the ritual cleanliness of the delicatessen stores. A treasured necessity of Judaism was in danger. Kosher, Trefah, Parve. The Bible outlines, the Talmud interprets, and Qaro's Shulchan Arnch (Table Prepared) codi- fies, or as Jews say "puts a fence around," the Jewish dietary laws. These inflexible laws have been a major factor in keeping Jews socially cohesive during the centuries. The laws, however, have their sensible loopholes. In a case of life-or-death...