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Originally Posted by epchick
But just an aside to mulattogyrl: I was just wondering....I learned in my W. Religions class that "back in the day" if a mother was Jewish then the children would be jewish....so how does that work? Do people still follow that? I know that you said you were raised Muslim, but do you also identify as Jewish as well? Just curious---trying to open my eyes and widen my horizons (lmfao that sounds kinda corny, but I am! lol)
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In Orthodox and Conservative Judaism, that's still the case. You are considered Jewish if either (a) your mother is Jewish or (b) you converted. In Reform Judaism, you are considered Jewish if either parent is Jewish and you were raised in the Jewish faith... or, of course, if you converted.
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