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Silent Holocaust - Usage by Orthodox rabbis

Many Orthodox Judaism rabbis refer to assimilation as a type of "Holocaust". Orthodox Rabbis also refer to abortion as the "Silent Holocaust" [9], and to conversion to Christianity as the "Silent Holocaust" [10]. Intermarriage, assimilation, apostasy (e.g. converting to Messianic Judaism or Buddhism), and abortions of Jewish babies are all described in terms of a "silent holocaust".

"The Conservative Jewish approach actively promotes endogamy, the marriage of Jews with Jews, through youth and young adult programs, outreach to the non-Jewish partner, and concerted efforts to integrate the newly converted into the mainstream of synagogue life. The RA prohibits its members from any participation in an interreligious wedding ceremony. Conservative Judaism sees only the marriage of two Jews as kiddushin (a sacred event)." See Summary of the semi-annual meeting of the U.S. Catholic-Jewish Consultation Committee held at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 3, 2004, found at http://www.jcrelations.net/en/?id=2414, on December 28, 2005.

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