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 Dear Mr.Slrubenstein. Your point about NOR and verifiable sources is well taken. Accordingly I am providing an official Government of India biography of Ram Mohan Roy from the Press & Information Ministry of India which claims that Roy studied Judaism (in addition to other religions). The URL is http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr2002/fmay2002/f020520021.html . I do not know if you will recognise this because this same government for many years did not recognise the State (country) of Israel. Of course this only states that Roy ""studied"" Judaism and is not conclusive proof that Brahmoism was influenced by Judaism. However, we find significant similarities between the Brahmo Dharma beej of 1850 and some tenets of Judaism such as Maimonides. You will appreciate that these issues are unproveable and matters of faith and I do not doubt yours. Likewise, I leave it up to you to do the right thing. Brahmos are highly unlikely to claim that they are Jews (of any kind) or distort / vandalise your religion/faith. My Brahmo religion specifically prohibits reviling or disparaging other faiths whilst emphasising strengthening the bonds between *men* of different faiths. I personally have not known many Jews (Judaists) as there are so few in India, I was lucky to have a learned tutor - his name was Ezra - he had a PhD and attended synagogue and I learnt many things from him besides Mathematics. I respect your wishes to scrutinise all the other faiths which claim to have been influenced by Judaism. Sincerely.   "