Maria Shua is an Argentine writer focusing on ... what else, sex. She developes Simon Merrill's scifi "Sexplosion", where the NOSEX chemical weapon kills humanity's sex drive. Only the disciplined Japanese continue, on Government orders, to make sex and survive. Merrill was wrong: Japanese will not have sex even under orders. Argentines, on the other hand...
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Japanese will not have sex even under orders. Argentines, on the other hand.
We are the future!
Japanese will not have sex even under orders. Argentines, on the other hand.
We are the future!
Using this hand and the other hand will not propel you into the future.
My father is Jewish and my mother is not. Under Israeli law would I be able to immigrate there and would I have full rights and privileges (i.e., be equal in every way to a man of full Jewish blood). I've heard people tell me different things, maybe you know.
Thanks for asking. First of all, I would be happy having you here paying taxes and fighting in the army. Unfortunately, the Ministry of Interior is in the hands of Shas Party - Religious Oriental Jews's Party - and they interpret the halacha (the way, that is the correct Judaism) so that Jewishness is transmitted by the maternal side and not through the father. For them, you are not Jewish at all. You could convert but they will disbelieve your sincerity and the sincerity of the rabbi who converted you. You could marry a girl whose mother is Jewish and the come to Israel - as non-Jewish family member. You could also marry a Sudanese refugee woman and ask for permanent residency here.
I know it is crazy, but that's is.
I just learned that a Japanese who lives here 8 years in Israeldoing his PhD (in Judaism) is being expelled because he is suspected of planning to marry a local girl and stay. I can only say that the Japanese in Japan are even more crazy and intolerant.
J--
Thank you for the answer. This is strange. I was reading about Israeli Law of Return and it says that anyone who is at least 1/4 Jewish (has at least one Jewish grandparent) is allowed to immigrate to Israel and is given citizenship (modeled after Nuremberg laws). Wikipedia says this is so. I'm assuming that's correct? Would I really not be given citizenship, or would I be given citizenship but not have full privileges, etc., as a halachic Jew?
I like your blog. I'm from Eastern Europe but I've lived three years in Argentina and Brazil. I live in the US now. A lot of my father's side of the family is Israeli, if you're really saying I can't become a citizen I believe you, but what a strange situation.
Anon:
J has confused you.
You would of course be given citizenship, but you would not be recognized as a Jew. Which means you couldn't marry a Jewish girl in Israel.
May be I am wrong. Could be. Better ask the Israeli Embassy.
May be I am wrong. Could be. Better ask the Israeli Embassy.
He could marry a Jewish or non-Jewish woman outside of Israel. I've read that many Israelis who want to marry non-Jews or whose documented ancestry does not meet the standards of the crazy rabbinate marry in Cyprus.
He could also marry in Israel in a civil ceremony. It is fully legal.
But this immigration and marriage area is not my forte. It has been a long time I immigrated and I was privileged to have "protekzia" from my relatives in the IDF. It has been also a long time I married, and also had "protekzia" of my relatives of the Hungarian-religious tribe in Jerusalem.
There are no civil ceremonies that have any legal significance. It would just be a party.
One, it is legal to have parties in Israel.
Second, it has legal significance. If and when things come to the end (one partner dies or they separate), the property is divided up. In Israel, a "yadua be-tzibur" aka publicly known partner has the same rights as a wife or husband. I know of a woman called Ilana who was the lover of a very rich man, and she systematically established facts like visiting cards with the same address, invitations signed by both, photos and parties, etc. She even managed to put her name in a building (Search for the plaque The Ilana and Benno Building in TAU campus). I dont know how much she got after his death but she deserved anything.
Everything, I meant.
Everything, I meant.
Well, sure, but you said "marry".
In the case of Ilana and Benno, they were married (not to each other).
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