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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A Jew who converts out to another religion is an apostate. They are no longer counted in a minyan or eligible for an Aliyah or full participation in Jewish rituals. In short, OP worshipping at synagogue as a Jew (which was her question) would not be welcome.[/quote]

This. There are social consequences for conversion, too. A Jew who converts to any form of Christianity has left the Jewish community in every sense.

OP can find people with Jewish ancestry who have grown up without knowledge of or interest in traditional Judaism who don't feel this way, but those people's opinions will not be the normative ones. [/quote]

This idiocy is exactly why the world is the way it. [b]People can worship what they like, where they like and in any way or ways they like[/b].

I’m Jewish and Catholic. By birth not conversion. So what’s your point?[/quote]
No they can't. There are rules in any religion. A Jew can't go take communion in a church. A non-Jew can't have an aliyah. Is anyone going to physically stop OP from entering a synagogue? No, probably not. But if it's known that she converted to Catholicism, she shouldn't expect to still be treated (at least religiously/ritually) like a Jew in that setting. Nobody has said OP shouldn't have converted to Catholicism. She can "worship what she likes" and if Catholicism is what she likes, that's fine. But it's bonkers to suggest that religions can't set boundaries about what is theologically acceptable and who gets to participate in certain rituals. Every religion does that.[/quote]

Exactly. I (the mom) am not Jewish but raising my son Jewish (his dad is Jewish). I realize that some Jewish congregations don’t accept that he is Jewish so we chose one that does accept him. If I were dead-set on him being considered Jewish by all, or joining a Conservative congregation, I would follow their rules and convert. I have zero problems with this. [/quote]
The whole point of Reform Judaism's patrilineal descent ruling is supposed to be that a child could be considered Jewish with a Jewish dad and non-Jewish mom as long as the child is raised exclusively Jewish. I (a Conservative Jew) am fully supportive of this definition of a Jew, even though my movement isn't there yet. Patrilineal Jews are hardly the only ones whose status isn't universally accepted across movements. Converts from the Reform/Conservative/Reconstructionist movements aren't accepted as halachically Jewish in Orthodox communities. I think your attitude of being comfortable within the rules of your chosen Jewish community (and not worrying what the other movements think until it might be relevant to you) is the right way to go. Thank you for being part of Jewish life and our Jewish community![/quote]

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