re israel an apartheid state in article smllm m cville srv wam umd edu aap wam umd edu alberto adolfo pinkas writes in article may pasteur berkeley edu adams bellini berkeley edu adam l schwartz writes in article smbma mr cville srv wam umd edu aap wam umd edu alberto adolfo pinkas writes i m not sure about this but i hope the answer is that you can t apply under the law of return by conversion you ve elected not to be a part of the jewish nation which was my point by converting to another religion i do not loose my cultural identity i just loose my religious identification i disagree by converting to another religion you certainly do change your cultural identity and lose that part of you which was jewish at the moment you converted you officially anounced to the world that you do not consider yourself to be part of the jewish nation so why should the jewish nation consider you to be a member to be a part or not of the jeish nation is defined by my culture and not by my religion actually if i am an atheist which is in fact like converting into a non jewish in terms of religion i am still considered as part of the jewish nation no there is a serious cultural and religios difference between renouncing the jewish god and accepting a new one thou shall have no other gods before me conversion is a violation of this atheism you might be able to wiggle around with adam adam shostack adam das harvard edu if we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors we sure wouldn t waste them on members of congress john perry barlow
