Show tradition bars jews union with gentiles the american hebrew says that the tradition against intermarriage among jews Is traced back to abraham who ordered tits ills estate manager Kl ul lezer to obtain a wife for isaac from among tits his abrahams own people in alamea it should be added that this 11 li only a tradition it became a practice among jews at the time they returned from tile the babylonian exile in the fifth century before the common era intermarriage homeier ho weier has place among jews at all times the reason why jews have clung to the tradition of abraham and tile enactment of ezra azra ties lies in the psychology ot of group consciousness especially as this la is welded by the religious ideal the belief of tho jews that they ore are a people chosen by god to disseminate knowledge of 0 him and auls moral and ethical will urt jg the peoples of the world Ls is also a grout great factor motivated by the alie desina to hold to its mission in ID the world arid and probably also by the fear lest intermarriage should weaken the force for carrying out its mission |