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[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]

In terms of acceptance at temples. I assure you all places calling themselves temples would accept them because that would be reform. Orthodox synogauges might not recognize them as Jews without a conversion.

However the state of israel would absolutely recognize them as Jewish israel allows anyone to immigrate under the law of return if they have one Jewish grandparent. This is because anyone in that category would have been deemed Jewish by Germany in WWII.[/quote]
Exactly. You have jewish blood line, you can immigrate, but upon arrival your identity card says you are not jewish and will face discrimination. Land lords and employers are allowed to discriminate based on that religion stamp on your id.
To become a recognized jew you have to convert to orthodoxy. This is nationalism mixed with religion. You cannot really separate the 2[/quote]

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