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OP-ED
Welcoming intermarried couples
lowers the gravity of intermarriage

By Rabbi Avi Shafran

Published: 07/29/2007

There is simply no way -- not in the real world -- to warmly welcome intermarrieds without welcoming intermarriage, Rabbi Avi Shafran writes.

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