2006-10-05 02:22:50 · 18 answers · asked by mouthbreather77 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes.
judaism is passed down by the mother. if the mother is jewish, so is the child, if the mother is NOT jewish (even if the father is), the child is not jewish either. the child can be raised another religion, but he or she is still a jew.
2006-10-05 02:24:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Jewish tradition and laws, the child is considered Jewish because that has historically passed on through the maternal lines -- after all, you always know who the mother was. :-)
If the child's father, but not mother, was Jewish, then Orthodox and Conservative Jews say that the child isn't Jewish and must officially 'convert' to be recognized as a Jew. The Reform and Reconstructionist denominations say that the child is Jewish if s/he is being raised as a Jew, regardless of which parent is Jewish.
Orthodox and (I think) Conservative Jewish practice is to require the spouse to convert. Reform and Reconstructionist have no such requirement. But once a spouse has converted, then no distinction will be made, and the children born *after* the conversion will be considered Jewish.
Of course, the Catholic church will require the woman to sign a paper agreeing that any and all children will be raised in the Catholic church. If she refuses, then the Church won't recognise the marriage.
2006-10-05 09:48:14 · answer #2 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The child takes on the Jewish mother's religion
2006-10-05 09:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by Taylor29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends on who is doing the considering.
Factually and technically, the child is an atheist with Catholic and Jewish parents.
No one is born a Jew, that is just another bible inspired lie people like to tell.
2006-10-05 09:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by Left the building 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Jewish tradition is that the child is raised in the faith of the mother.
2006-10-05 09:27:21 · answer #5 · answered by sister steph 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Jewish law, yes.
2006-10-05 09:58:09 · answer #6 · answered by ysk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the Jewish line carries on through the mother
2006-10-05 09:29:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes
This one from a Catholic Boy
2006-10-05 09:25:40 · answer #8 · answered by e_guanajuato 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ask the child and NOt the parents who will start fighting.
In any case , when the child is 18+ he/she is going to decide for himself herself what group ( if any) to choose. till then why not the parents wait? If they cannot they can schedule alternate weekends to expose the kid to both the faiths.
2006-10-05 09:42:51 · answer #9 · answered by YD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically one of the spouses should convert to the other spouse's religion. Both religions expect a good catholic/jew to marry someone of the same faith.
2006-10-05 09:26:13 · answer #10 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋