Possibility
To convert from any religion to another, simply go to a recognized religious leader in the faith you wish to join, and seek his help in converting. You can convert from Judaism to another religion as readily as you can convert from Christianity, Islam or any other religion.
Permissibility
According to Jewish Law, a person cannot convert out of Judaism as it is endemic to his being (although in the practice of another faith he would be committing blasphemies). On the flip side, Jews have never controlled a government in the modern period that has restricted the abilities or permissions of a Jew to commit apostasy (as opposed to some Christian and Islamic governments that have explicitly done so for their religious populations).
The lord smites thee downAnswer:Until and unless he returns to normative Judaism, he has, for practical purposes, ceased to be Jewish. We view messianic Jews as fully Christian.
Bob Dylan never considered himself a messianic. For a period he became a Born Again Christian but then went on to return to Judaism.
A new Jew.
Reform Jews are very different from "messianic Jews". A Reform Jew is one who has adopted a humanistic philosophical version of Judaism. They also tend to take less traditional interpretation of traditional writings, Talmud, Commentators and Jewish Law. For example, Reform Judaism allows for female public Torah-scroll chanting, female rabbis, and supports gay marriage. It also permits eating non-kosher, desecrating the Sabbath, etc. "Messianic Jew" is a term used specifically for Christians who claim to follow both Judaism and Christianity at the same time. The Messianic movement is the creation of various Christian sects with the goal of converting Jews to Christianity by telling them that it's possible to believe in Jesus while remaining a Jew. Most Messianic Jews are not actually Jewish by birth or conversion. They are Christians who adopt some Jewish practices but apply Christian meanings to them. In any case, all messianic Jews are considered as Christians in both Christianity and Judaism.
A Jew is a person. Judaism is a religion. A Jew is a person of the religion of Judaism (the Jewish religion).See also the Related Link.What is Judaism
His father is Jewish and his mother is a convert to Reform Judaism.
He is not.
It can be either. According to the laws of Judaism, a person born to a Jewish woman is a Jew. Alternatively, a person can become a Jew through valid conversion. However, a person who is a Jew, can convert to another religion and is seen as being cut off from the Jewish Nation. This person would technically be a Jew, however, they would not be Jewish.
Some Christians use the term to refer to apostate Jews who have abandoned Judaism for Christianity. The branch of Christianity most likely to use this term calls itself Messianic Judaism. Jews generally reject so-called Messianic Jews because Judaism traditionally considers the belief in an incarnate deity to be idolatrous, regardless of whether the deity is incarnated in a stone idol or a living person.
There is no evidence that Benjamin Netanyahu is anything other than a plain ordinary Jew.
Yes! My maternal grandparents did that. My grandmother was raised Orthodox and she married a Reform man. Thankfully, her family approved, because he was a good man. When her parents visited, there was a separate cabinet in their kitchen with kosher foods they could eat.
If you consider yourself Jewish but do not follow Judaism, holding to no religion at all, then you are a "secular Jew". A significant proportion of Jews are secular Jews. Some Jews have adopted a form of Christianity and consider themselves Christian Jews or Messianic Jews.