2007-08-31 14:04:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Israel
Well, it is not the child"s religion that is determined by their mother. It's the child's ethnicity. If the child's mother is Jewish, then the child is a Jewish Israeli. If the mom is not jewish ,then the child is not Jewish
2007-08-31 14:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by Sapphire-by-the-sea 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not an Israeli thing, it's a religious thiing.
but according to traditioin, judaism is passed down from mother to child, as is Christianity.
Islam is passed from father to child.
this is true throughout the world
in israel for the right to return (any jew can become a citizen) the law for being a jew is that one grandparent had to be jewish and you must not have converted. This is the same thing Hitler used, and when Israel was established they wanted to make sure anyone who was persecuted for being a jew could live in israel.
2007-09-01 03:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by reeca 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
well, there are lots of people in Israel other than Jews. Jews are the only peoples (that I know of) who determine religion and/or Jewishness by the mother.
Can I ask a question of you, Kosher Cupcake??? I've only been coming to this site for a short time and have noticed that you ask fairly common questions about Judaism every day. Is it to raise awareness? Just wondering why, since I'm sure you know all these answers!
2007-08-31 15:37:45 · answer #3 · answered by nanny411 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
From wikipedia -
What makes a person Jewish?
Main article: Who is a Jew?
According to traditional Jewish Law, a Jew is anyone born of a Jewish mother or converted in accord with Jewish Law. American Reform Judaism and British Liberal Judaism accept the child of one Jewish parent (father or mother) as Jewish if the parents raise the child as a Jew by Progressive standards. All mainstream forms of Judaism today are open to sincere converts. The conversion process is evaluated by an authority, and the convert is examined on his sincerity and knowledge.
Judaism maintains that a Jew, whether by birth or conversion, is a Jew forever. Thus a Jew who claims to be an atheist or converts to another religion is still technically Jewish. Thus, one's Jewishness is a technical measure, made in accordance with a standard definition.
The question of what determines Jewish identity was given new impetus when, in the 1950s, David Ben-Gurion requested opinions on mihu Yehudi ("who is a Jew") from Jewish religious authorities and intellectuals worldwide in order to settle citizenship questions. The question is far from settled, and occasionally resurfaces in Israeli politics.
2007-08-31 14:15:32 · answer #4 · answered by Jareth's Trousers 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Not in Israel but in Judaism.Because there are other religons.Like Islam which is though the father and christianity which is thought either from what i know.
2007-09-07 15:15:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
religion is a choice not an inherited trait.
2007-09-01 02:33:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋