Is it unfair that Jews forbid male haemophiliacs from converting to Judaism?

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Haemophilia is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or coagulation, which is used to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is broken.

If a male suffers from haemophilia; circumcision, a requirement of conversion could kill him.
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Rabbi Menachem Posner says:

'The consensus is that unfortunately such an individual cannot convert.'

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/476233/jewish/Is-a-hemophiliac-convert-required-to-have-a-circumcision.htm
 
You didn't read this part, you silly wabbit!:

In fact, even if he would wish to convert at his own risk, the Jewish court would not allow him to risk his life in order to become Jewish. Becoming Jewish is great but staying alive is more important...

I would like to remind you that according to Jewish belief, a non-Jew need not convert to Judaism in order to achieve spiritual fulfillment (See The Discovery of Planet Earth).

Yours truly,

Rabbi Menachem Posner

P.S. Needless to say, the above only applies to a non-Jew who wishes to convert. A Jewish child, however, who cannot be circumcised due to medical reasons does not lose his Jewish status or identity.
 
Waaaaaa?



I'm jewish and im not even cirsumsized and my parents are jewish too.

Orthodox Judaism is just as bad as Fundamentalist Christianity.

not all jewish people think that.
 
If that is true, it's a bunch of bull. Talk about re-evaluating requirements...such a belief needs it!

Is this guy a relative of Charlie Sheen? Love of God certainly does not require the condition of the tip of a penis!
 
No. In Judaism, there is a difference between a Jew and a Non-Jew. In this world, only the Jews are required to keep Torah. However, in the end, all but a handful of Non-Jews will receive eternal damnation for their utter stubbornness and unwillingness to convert. But it is not meant for them in this life. Hope this helps :)
 
What makes Anybody, think that God is interested in collecting foreskins?
 
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