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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, a person is not “Jewish” just because a maternal great-grandmother was Jewish, at least not in the eyes of most people who consider Judaism a religion, not an indelible magic stamp that persists for all time through the maternal bloodline. Yes, I know orthodox rabbis take this view. But... one of my great-grandmothers was Irish. The others were not. This does not make me “Irish,” and does not give me a deep mystical connection to Ireland, it just makes me someone who is about 1/8 Irish in terms of genealogical ancestry. It does not somehow drown out the other seven non-Irish contributors to my genetics.

Being Jewish is a choice he can make. Or not. The fact that a bunch of orthodox rabbis might want him to convert versus say he does not need to convert should not be what defines his choices.[/quote]

Jewish law is what it is. When we say, "he's Jewish," we mean that so long as his maternal grandmother was Jewish, that's sufficient to establish his full-fledged Judaism under traditional Jewish law. This is different from making claims about deep mystical connections, genes, ancestry, or even identity -- and it's not a trump card.

That said, according Jewish law and tradition, there is no such thing as 1/8 Jewish any more than there is such a thing as 1/8 pregnant. Either you are or you aren't.

None of which is necessarily germane to the question of how OP and her husband choose to proceed under the circumstances. [/quote]

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