<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>FWIW, I heard in the name of R' Dovid Feinstein that in the case of someone with a Jewish father one should not recruit them, but not discourage them as one would normally do with a potential convert. I cannot say what his source is, and I make no suggestion as to how he holds on the controversy under discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>I have also observed that this seems to be the approach of at least one widely respected American BD.<br><br>--<div>Daniel M. Israel<div><a href="mailto:dmi1@cornell.edu">dmi1@cornell.edu</a></div></div></div><div><br>On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Hankman <<a href="mailto:salman@videotron.ca">salman@videotron.ca</a>> wrote:<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0023A3"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></font></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span> I know, some in kiruv find a special imperative to be</span><br><span>"mekarev" such "zera Yisrael" to geirus. But I know of no such halachic</span><br><span>notion for consideration in geirus. I would appreciate any broadening of</span><br><span>my horizons in this regard that anyone can offer from sifrei rishonim,</span><br><span>achronim or tshuvot. </span></div></blockquote></body></html>