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Yes, according to all sects of Jews you are Jewish if your mother was Jewish. However, if only your father was Jewish than then the more conservative sects do not consider you to be a Jew unless you undergo a conversion ceremony.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoYes. 450 years ago it changes. Before that if a boy was Jewish & married a non-Jew the children were Jewish!
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You are Jewish if your mother is Jewish, but not if your mother is non-Jewish. This is ancient tradition, unlike what the above answer mistakenly thinks. This Jewish law is recorded in the Talmud (Kiddushin 68b) in a statement made 1800 years ago, and is repeated in all codifications of Jewish law since then (Rambam, Shulchan Arukh, etc.). It should be noted that the Talmudic sage himself (Shim'on bar Yochai) did not create this law; it goes all the way back and is alluded to in the Torah (see Rashi commentary on Deuteronomy 7:4).
Traditional Jewish communities have always adhered to this law. The one historical exception was the Jews of Kaifeng, who used the patrilinial system - and eventually assimilated leaving no trace.
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∙ 6y agoAnyone can be a Catholic no matter who their parents are. The word Catholic means universal - all-inclusive - for everybody. To be Catholic is not about your parents, it is about you and God. To be Catholic means you love God above all else through His son Our Lord Jesus Christ, you seek Him in all things, and you accept the truths of the Catholic faith. It is very important to receive the sacraments of the Church such as Baptism and Holy Eucharist, but if a person who is under age wishes to receive the sacraments, but is prevented from doing so because of their parents' wishes, that person may still consider themselves a Catholic.
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From the Jewish perspective, you would not be Jewish, because Jewish heritage passes from the mother to the children, not from the father. Of course, Judaism is a religious faith too which is eventually a decision of the soul. To be a Jew you would need conversion.
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From the Catholic Perspective: You are only Catholic if you are baptized a Catholic. If you are not, well I don't know much about the Jewish religion, but I don't think that you are any specific religion. You can choose what religion to be throughout your life, or not to be any religion at all. the choice is up to you.
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Roman Catholic Answer: Many Jews consider their Jewishness something that is culturally inherited. In other words, they consider themselves Jews, not really from a religious viewpoint but from a social or national kind of thing. In other words, you could easily be an English Catholic, an American Catholic, or an Italian Catholic; and many Jews would look on it from that same sense that I just used "English", "American", or "Italian". So it would depend on how you define "Jewish" to decide if you want to use that title. Orthodox Jews would classify anyone, as stated above, a Jew if their mother was a Jew; thus we have many Jews for Christ, or Jewish Christians, they are Jews who have accepted Our Blessed Lord as their Messiah. However, most of them are protestant. On the other side, you are a Catholic if you have been baptized in the Catholic Church regardless of previous religion or nationality and you believe and practice the Catholic Faith.
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∙ 13y agoIn Orthodox and Conservative Jewish communities, inheritance of the status of being Jewish passes through the mother only. The child of a Jewish mother and a non-Jewish father would be Jewish but the child of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother would not be Jewish.
However, in more liberal communities, where either parent is Jewish the children are accepted as Jewish.
In addition, it is possible to convert to Judaism. Anyone undergoing a comprehensive education and a proper conversion ceremony is thereafter fully Jewish.
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∙ 12y agoIn the Orthodox and Conservative sects you can only be Jewish if your mother is Jewish. Reform Jews accept a child to be Jewish if his/her father is Jewish but many Reform Rabbi's will still convert the child into Judaism in this case. There is no "how Jewish am i?" You are either Jewish or you are not.
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∙ 6y agoYes. Jewish tradition states that a Jew is any person whose mother was Jewish (Talmud, Kidushin 68b), or any person who has gone through a proper conversion to Judaism (Talmud, Yevamot 47a).
The word "Jew" (in Hebrew, "Yehudi") is derived from the name of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and one of the Twelve Tribes of the Israelites.The Jewish people are descendants of Abraham the Hebrew through his grandson Jacob, and whose Semitic ancestors lived in the Fertile Crescent and who lived most of his life in the Middle Eastern country of Israel (Canaan) 3800 years ago.
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∙ 6y agoJewish tradition states that a Jew is any person whose mother was Jewish (Talmud, Kidushin 68b), or any person who has gone through a proper conversion to Judaism (Talmud, Yevamot 47a).
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∙ 11y agono, you can only be Jewish if your mother is:)
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∙ 11y agoYes, if she did the conversion before the birth of her child.
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∙ 11y agoNot according to Orthodox Judaism.
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Are you Jewish if your mother's mother was Jewish?
Yes. According to all sects of Judaism, a child is Jewish if the child's mother is Jewish.
How do you know if you are unknowingly Jewish heritage?
In Jewish law you are Jewish if your mother is Jewish. So long as you know that your mother and her mother (and her mother, etc.) isn't Jewish then you are not Jewish. There is no magical (or medical or any scientific way) to know if you're Jewish.
Your mother's mother was a Jew are you?
You may be. Technically, if your mother is Jewish you're Jewish. So, if your mother's mother was Jewish your mother was Jewish and you're Jewish. However, if your mother wasn't raised Jewish and/or converted to another religion and you weren't raised Jewish, you might have to undergo conversion to Judaism if you wish to live as a Jew. This is something you would need to discuss with a rabbi.
Was adoplh hitlers mother Jewish?
No his mother was a German. NOT JEWISH.
How does someone get called to the Torah when the mother is Jewish and the father is not?
In Judaism, if the mother is Jewish, the child is Jewish.
When was Secrets of a Jewish Mother created?
Secrets of a Jewish Mother was created in 2010.
Is Alyson hannigan Jewish?
Her mother is Jewish, her father is not Jewish.
Are you Jewish if your grandmother was?
If your maternal grandmother is Jewish, her children are Jewish, including your mother, your mother's siblings, and all of your mother's children. If your paternal grandmother is Jewish and your maternal grandmother isn't, then you're not Jewish according to Torah-law.
Is it my mother or father that makes me Jewish?
According to Orthodox and Conservative law, you are only Jewish if your mother is Jewish. Reform Judaism recognizes you as Jewish if either parent is Jewish AND you were raised Jewish or have a Jewish identity.
Was Hitler's mother German Jewish?
No, she was not Jewish.
Was Amy Winehouse Jewish?
Her Mother is Jewish, and because Jewish heritage is traced through the mother, yes.Yes.
Is Barbara Hershey Jewish?
Her father was Jewish and her mother was a Presbyterian of Irish lineage. In Judaism, one is Jewish ONLY if one's birth mother is Jewish. The only other way to be Jewish is to convert. Since Barbara's mother was not Jewish and she never converted, that means Barbara Hershey is not Jewish. There is no such thing as "half-Jewish."
