JJ2020 Oh come on, don’t try to put off someone who sticks to Halacha and is not willing to compromise on it as out of touch with reality. I don’t know about Joseph but I personally know plenty of Jews who are intermarried and their stories. From what I have seen, it is simply a matter of priorities. Falling in love is a chemical reaction in the brain. Anyone who wants to marry a Jew can do so, it just depends how much effort he/she wants to put into it. I know plenty of freie Yidden who have made it very clear to their children that they should marry a Jew, so not being frum is not an excuse to intermarry. Geirus is not a way to clean up people’s mistakes, but a way for people who, without ulterior motives, want to become Shomrei Torah u’Mitzvos. Growing up in a community with many converts for the sake of marriage, I can tell you it totally changes the nature of a community and its way of thinking. Most guys will put marrying Jewish off their top priority list as they think they will be able to ‘convert’ any girl they will get into a serious relationship with. Intermarriage is the biggest threat to Klal Yisroel and those who are not willing to call it out as a problem or try to solve it through some loophole that bedieved a geirus for marriage might be kosher are themselves part of the problem.
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