[Avodah] Rav Sternbuch's psak regarding kiruv of non-Jews

[Daniel Eidensohn]

I received the following comment which indicates that the situation is 
more polarized than I had realized

Anonymous said...

   Hi. The shitah that children of non-Jewish fathers should be
   encouraged to convert has backing in the sefardic and religious
   Zionist worlds, but not so much in the chariedi litvish world that
   you seem most comfortable in.

   See especially Piskei Uziel be-she'elos hazman (R. Ben Zion Chai
   Uziel). This was also the opinion of R. Azriel Hildesheimer and much
   later Rav Goren. It is today accepted by most of the dati-leumi
   rabbinic world, most especially championed today by R. Zephania
   Drori (Kiryat Shemonah) and R. Chaim Druckman (Rosh yeshivos Bnei
   Akiva). R. Shear Yashuv Cohen, the rav of Haifa, recently asserted
   this view quite forcefully as well.

   If you are not comfortable with this view, then the kiruv
   organization was right not to send you more candidates for Shabbos.
   You are entitled to your view and they to theirs, and there is no
   reason for you to step on each others' toes.



Anonymous said...

   >> Do these Sefardic and Religious Zionist rabbis include these
  non-Jews in their schools or kiruv programs

  For dati-leumi programs, the answer is an overwhelming yes. This has
  become the norm over the past decade.

 

Anonymous said...

  PS In addition to my previous comment, note that the Shuvu schools
  for russian immigrants sponsored by the litvish community also
  employ this policy, similar to the dati-leumi programs.



Daniel Eidensohn