{"id":2368,"date":"2010-09-03T16:05:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T16:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/09\/mormons-and-jews-reach-agreeme.php"},"modified":"2010-09-03T16:05:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-03T16:05:51","slug":"mormons-and-jews-reach-agreeme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2010\/09\/mormons-and-jews-reach-agreeme","title":{"rendered":"Mormons and Jews Reach Agreement on Baptism Dispute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(RNS) Jewish and Mormon church leaders announced Wednesday (Sept. 1) that church policies preventing the posthumous baptizing of Holocaust victims have reduced tensions between them.<br \/>\nLeaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said they now require church members to have a family relationship with the people they baptize by proxy.<br \/>\nMormons must also agree not to include Holocaust victims unless they are directly related to them, preventing the mass submissions of such names that had occurred.<br \/>\nThe announcement by the church and the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants said the policies, which have been in the works for more than two years, will enhance future cooperation between Jews and Mormons.<br \/>\nThe church teaches that Mormons can be baptized on behalf of their dead ancestors, who then choose whether to accept the baptism in the afterlife.<br \/>\n&#8220;Respect for the Jewish identity of Holocaust victims is naturally a highly sensitive matter, and we are glad to see new movement in resolving the problems of the past,&#8221; said B&#8217;nai B&#8217;rith International President Dennis W. Glick.<br \/>\nBut some Jewish leaders, including Jewish genealogist Gary Mokotoff, continue to question whether the church will be able to prevent Holocaust victims from being included in proxy baptisms. &#8220;It&#8217;s on the books, but no one enforces it,&#8221; he told The Salt Lake Tribune.<br \/>\nChurch spokesman Michael Otterson said there could still be glitches, but the church and Jewish groups are ready to move on.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;ve resolved the issues to our mutual satisfaction,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We all know that no system is ever going to be foolproof.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8212; Adelle M. Banks<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2010 Religion News Service. All rights reserved. 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