Three categories of Rumanian Jews are described in the current issue of Cronica Judiciara, law journal published here, which raises the question whether the Jews of that country are an ethnical minority.
“There are the Jews who are a religious minority,” writes one contributor, “who have become assimilated with the Rumanian people, and these Jews are Rumanians. They enjoy full equal rights as citizens insofar as they are conscious of a common fate with the Rumanian people and are working to build a common future.
“There are also Jews who are a national minority, not having assimilated with the Rumanian people. These constitute a State within a State.
“Thirdly, there are the immigrant Jews who are aliens, and therefore like all other aliens subject to alien legislation.”
The article concludes that there is no answer to the question regarding the status of the Jews in the country.
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