Anne Meara: a practicing Jew for 55 years, and still she gets thrown into the Second-class Citizen / "Jew-by-Choice" box after her death.

The Mishnah in Chapter Four of Bava Metzia (4:10, 58b in the Babylonian Talmud) announces a clear principle Ì¢‰â‰ÛÏ that reminding converts of their non-Jewish past is forbidden as onaÌ¢‰â‰ã¢at dÌ¢‰â‰ã¢varim, oppressive speech.

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