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What does Judaism say about racism?

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Racism is a terrible scourge because it relegates people to a certain status based on their physical genetics.

Judaism says, by contrast, that the true value of a person is his/her spiritual level.

That is why any non-Jew can become a Jew by converting. Whether a black, an oriental, a pygmy, eskimo, etc. Once he converts, he then becomes a Jew in every regard and his relationship with God is the same level as that of every other Jew.

So you see, Judaism is the opposite of racism.

With blessings from Jerusalem,

Rabbi Shraga Simmons
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