TheBlackRabbitofInlé
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...accept atheists as Jewish? "An atheist, anti-religious, Jew who was born of a Jewish mother would still be considered halakhically Jewish, and therefore accepted as such by his fellow Jews."
Page 11: The Jews: Their Religious Beliefs & Practices (1999 Edition)
Chapter: Some Basic Categories and Complexities
http://books.google.com/books?id=y3--5jTheDUC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false
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David Ben Gurion, Israel's founding primeminister - atheist
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5810
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Page 11: The Jews: Their Religious Beliefs & Practices (1999 Edition)
Chapter: Some Basic Categories and Complexities
http://books.google.com/books?id=y3--5jTheDUC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128#v=onepage&q&f=false
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David Ben Gurion, Israel's founding primeminister - atheist
http://www.vision.org/visionmedia/article.aspx?id=5810
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