Who is a Jew?

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title: Who is a Jew?
text: "Who is a Jew?" is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification. The question pertains to ideas about Jewish personhood, which have cultural, ethnic, religious, political, genealogical, and personal dimensions. Orthodox Judaism and Conservative Judaism follow Jewish law (halakha), deeming people to be Jewish if their mothers are Jewish or if they underwent a halakhic conversion. Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism accept both matrilineal and pa
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description: Question about Jewish identity
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date created: 2004-10-04T21:43:33Z
date modified: 2024-08-31T22:39:08Z
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