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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If Judaism is a religion not an ethnicity, then how come my nieces and nephews who were born to a Jewish father and Christian mother and all had bar and bat mitzvahs, are not considered Jewish by many temples or by the state of Israel? Why were they rejected by several temples when they were young because their mother is not Jewish? Why can't they "convert" to Judaism?[/quote] And why are such people rejected when many Jewish people simultaneously complain about being a minority? Why not accept kids like the ones above into the fold and therefore grow a larger commuity rather than rejecting them?[/quote] Answer? ("Quirky" rules, explain nothing.)[/quote] Many Jews DO accept/welcome these kids. But the ones in charge in Israel are Ultra-Orthodox. To them, the rules were handed down from God and there are no exceptions. Jewish mother or convert. End of story. Having the ultra-Orthodox in charge of things in Israel causes many issues; this is only one of them. But the kids you are talking about are welcomed in most American Jewish communities - that is exactly how they were able to celebrate their bar/bat mitzvahs in a synagogue - having a Jewish parent and being raised as a Jew is good enough for most non-Orthodox Jews.[/quote]
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