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Preventing an Intermarriage on Sunday Night

By Gldmeier @gldmeier
An organization that works to prevent intermarriage in Israel, להב"ה - למניעת התבוללות בארץ הקודש, has publicized that there is an intermarriage between a Jewish woman and an Arab man scheduled for this coming Sunday evening in Rishon Letzion.
Lehava posted the wedding invitation online, on their Facebook page, and announced that they are making efforts to stop the wedding from happening, and will go to the wedding with signs and protest.
preventing an intermarriage on Sunday night
They have also since posted that efforts to talk to the Jewish woman and her family have not helped.
One of the issues Lehava mentions is that this wedding is not taking place in an Arab village, as it has in the past, but is in the heart of an Israeli city... this is a step up for intermarriage.
According to reports, the women has converted to Islam. She has said she wont be stopped and will even post security at the wedding to ensure nobody makes any trouble.
Many people are calling Lehava out for racism. Typically they use accusations such as sinat chinam, besides for saying they are racist and the like. I am not sure sinat chinam has anything to do with trying to prevent an intermarriage.
While the wedding invitation makes it look like the parents are a part of thsi wedding, the father has supposedly said he opposes it and wants her to marry jewish. He said he will not attend the wedding on Sunday night.
sources: Kikar, Haredim10, Kooker, INN
if you've got nothing to do on Sunday night, you might want to head out to Rishon Letzion.....
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