I would like some expert on the issue to explain to what extent Judaism is a religion, and to what extent Jewish identity is inherited (i.e. ethnic) According to Israel's law of return, more weight is given to ethnic Jewish identity than to actual religious beliefs.
I am not sure but I think that you are correct at least
about the mother. My daughter married a French Jew and their
daughter would not qualify because my daughter is not Jewish.
This is an old question with me. I believe that you have on
one hand the ethnic Jew and on the other religious Jew which
in most cases are combined.
This is an old question with me. I believe that you have on
one hand the ethnic Jew and on the other religious Jew which
in most cases are combined.
Cleo, there is no distinction. there is no such thing as a half Jew, an ethnic Jew, or whatever. Either you are Jewish, or you are not. The distinction between converts and born Jews at that at the Holy Temple, the converts could not go into the inner court. They were not chosen by G-d, but they were precious to G-d. Many Jews are atheists, but they are still Jews. I guarantee that whether they were atheists or not, they were still slaughtered in the Holocaust because of their birthright.