Conversion
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Maternal Judaism
My father’s side of the family is jewish. My mother was Christian. Why is the mother’s faith the predominant predictor of naturalized religion? In other words, why can’t I consider myself a jew? Is there strict doctrine that says your…
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About Conversion
I am fourteen years old and i don’t have a religous identity. I am adopted and my adoptive father is Catholic while my adoptive mother is a Presbydarian. I do not know what my mother’s religon was but I think…
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When a Jew Converts to Christianity
Do you cast away Jews who have confessed their receiving and worshipping Jesus as their newly found Lord and Master? What do Jews feel about Jews for Jesus and Messianic Jews? It should first be noted that Jewish law acknowledges…
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Jewish Identity
My maternal grandfather was very insistent that the only way for Jews to survive was to assimilate completely. My mother married a Christian. Even though I feel very much a Jew, and always have, I wonder if I need to…
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Leadership by Converts
Can a convert to Judaism be an official in a Jewish organization? The Talmud (Yevamos 45b, Kiddushin 76b), commenting on Deut. 17:15, says that any position of authority can be held only by a person of Jewish descent. But a…
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Renouncing Judaism
Can a Jew renounce Judaism? Nothing can change a Jew’s status – not even conversion to another religion. A Jew remains a Jew no matter what he does to repudiate Judaism. If a gentile becomes a sincere convert to Judaism,…
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Conversion
How is a person converted to Judaism? Conversions are performed by a Rabbinical court. The prospective convert must be immersed, and if he is a man, he must be circumcised. He (or she) must accept Judaism out of sincere conviction,…
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Baptism
Do the Jews practice baptism? Immersion in water is a traditional Jewish purification process; the Christian practice of baptism is probably based on this Jewish practice.
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The Conversion of a Child
How is a minor child converted? When there’s a good reason to convert a child (adoption, or conversion of a parent), the conversion is done by a Rabbinical court, but when the child’s parents didn’t also convert, the child’s conversion…