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Fortinbras Armstrong

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8. I was born in England in April 1948, six weeks before Israel became a state

Tue Aug 19, 2014, 04:13 AM

Aug 2014

Soon after that, my English father left the British navy, and my parents had decided to emigrate from the U.K. My mother is a Jew, and they were seriously considering going to Israel. They decided not to, for two basic reasons. They did not want to go to a war zone; and since my father was a gentile, they were not sure how their marriage would be received in Israel.

They went to Canada, and when I was six, they came to the U.S.

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Arrests at protests against Israeli interfaith wedding [View all] rug Aug 2014 OP

Over a wedding they do this! hrmjustin Aug 2014 #1

Gotta keep those religions separate. rug Aug 2014 #2

Just plain bigotry. hrmjustin Aug 2014 #3

But if she converted, okasha Aug 2014 #4

That's why an interfaith perspective is important. rug Aug 2014 #5

True enough. okasha Aug 2014 #6

This is really tragic (the protests, not the arrests). cbayer Aug 2014 #7

I was born in England in April 1948, six weeks before Israel became a state Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #8

I'm not sure there are a lot of issues with Jewish/gentile marriages. cbayer Aug 2014 #9

You're right. It was just that they were uncertain about how their marriage would be received. Fortinbras Armstrong Aug 2014 #10

I've not been to Israel, but people I know who have been loved it. cbayer Aug 2014 #11