Are Jewish women only allowed to marry Jewish men........?

Question

....or should I go for it with the busty Jewish lady in the office?

No Andy I'm not in the USA u vitriolic little poopy pants!Change ur nappy if you r getting grumpy.

Can everyone stop assuming that I am American please.Your co-operation is appreciated on this one.Thank you.

Answer 1

Dumb question. Marriage in the USA -- where I assume you are -- is a civil affair, even when there is religious solemnization or ceremony.

An Orthodox rabbi will almost never perform a marriage ceremony between a couple unless both are halachically Jewish. Many or most other rabbis will.

But what makes you think any Jewish woman -- or any woman of any religion, for that matter -- would want you?

Answer 2

By whom? The state? So far Hebrews can marry ANY other hetrosexual - and some states don't even care about that. By their parents/families? That is the big question. Alot of strict Jewish families do not want their children to marry outside of their ethnic heritage because it leads those who do away from their religious practices and often their beliefs. There are also some other reasons that are along the same vein but they are too complicated to go into a lengthy explanation of. Or do you mean according to the Jewish beliefs? That is sort of a mixed bag because some Rabbis marry couples of mixed faith and some will not. Not all of the philosophy so-called in the faith is from the same school of rabbinic thought. The fact is, that there are many Jewish women who simply marry in a Protestant or Catholic church. I think Catholicism however either requires them to convert to those beliefs or at least to get instruction in them and raise the children according to them. As far as the busty lady goes-go for her if you like her and if she likes you it should not matter since most of America looks beyond everything else in favor of love.

Answer 3

The only reason for religious law only allowing a Jewish woman to marry a Jewish man is to ensure that the children will grow up Jewish and uncorrupted by other religions (the same goes for mohommedans). That's probably the main reason for the continued existence of the Jews.
Anyway, if she's orthodox, she won't be interested in you and you certainly wouldn't want to live under the requirements of jewish law. There's a set of laws called (roughly) "Family Purity" which only allows the man to access his wife for 14 days out of 28. (Work it out dumbo!). For the other 14, he's not even allowed to touch her - at all.
Still keen? If so, see a Rabbi and convert.

Answer 4

If you want. Just be careful of the nutcases.

http://ohr.edu/yhiy/article.php/2525
> As was my case, many secular Jews who struggle with intermarriage
> are walking on thin ice. Their motives for marrying Jewish are
> tenuous, such as family expectations, which often are overridden
> once “love” is found. Or, it could be a clannish mindset bordering
> on racism: “We must not marry Gentiles because they, their culture
> or religion are different or inferior.” Among often-heard arguments
> are, “It would kill my parents,” “Because of the Holocaust,”
> “Because of anti-Semitism.” These reasons are tainted with guilt
> and prompt the question, Why be Jewish? What is so important about
> our heritage that we must sacrifice our happiness — refrain from
> marrying the person we love — for its sake?

The guy quoted is reasonable, but I've read fruitcakes who equate jew-gentile marriages to "ethnic cleansing" and a "new holocaust".

But if you marry for mammaries, you're in idiot. There's no viagra for sagging breasts.

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Answer 5

Jewish women may marry non-Jewish men. But their religion does not allow it.
For that matter every religion tries to protect itself by imposing such kinds of bans. However like if you are a Catholic they allow you to marry a non-catholic person if the two of you promise to the priest that the one that is non catholic will convert after marriage.

Answer 6

No my cousin, who's Puerto Rican and Catholic married a girl who is Jewish with out many problems, besides that she is very pretty. So my friend, GO FOR IT.

Answer 7

It would depend on which Jewish religion they belong to. Judaism is as fragmented as Christianity and Islam.

Answer 8

Go for it. If it leads to a real serious relationship, you may have some major decisions to make but it doesn't sound like that's what you're looking for.

Answer 9

Sexist! The answer's no, but traditionally children of mixed religion are brought up in the religion of the mother.

Answer 10

people do what they want, but dose the religion allow it? that's the real qustion. in my understanding of jewdesim a Jewish woman can not marry a non-Jewish man, i think it is the same with muslims.