The positive decision of the supreme court will encourage mixed-faith couples who wish to send their children to a Jewish school (Jewish school racially discriminated against boy,judges rule, 17 December). There are rabbis who accept a child as Jewish providing it has one Jewish parent, and not necessarily the mother. In Judaism questions approximately a person's devout status are usually limited to marriages,funerals and joining a community. It has not been a question that has applied to getting into a school. Educationists should concentrate on developing a child's knowledge and abilities, and not be involved in any process of deciding who is a Jew, or who is a member of any other religion,and creating ghettos within ghettos.
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Source: theguardian.com