RE: conversion to judaism
After conversion you are jewish. And your children will be Jewish too. King David's grandmother was a converted jew RUTH. And the Jewish Messiah being King David's offspring... comes from the same converted jewess.
RE: conversion to judaism
I am going back a few generations now, but my great grandfather on my fathers side was Jewish and originally from Holland, he married an Irish woman in England and he only brought up the eldest son as Jewish the rest of the children were brought up protestants which seems very strange indeed....It seems he also took the Irish surname although I have no knowledge of why unless it was to do with the war. A useless bit of information. 😀
Divine Love
RE: conversion to judaism
In Orthodox Judaism, a child is only considered Jewish if it's mother is Jewish, regardless of the father's religion. If the maternal line of Judaism is broken at any point, a child is not considered Jewish.
Lesley
RE: conversion to judaism
this is true, but a converted jew is a jew [as any other jew].
RE: conversion to judaism
Dear Lesley
Yes that was how it was presented to me by my boyfriend at the time, his family in Israel were orthodox, there was no question about conversion in fact this never ever came into the conversation for consideration at any point. I do remember though because we were bringing our relationship to a close after a beautiful year together, my mother then had an issue with sexuality and threw me out of the house. I was 23 and her view was that if we had been on holiday together then we must have slept together. I then went to stay with Benjamin until I could find somewhere to live and my God all hell broke loose. The phone never stopped ringing from his family from all around the globe. They made our lives absolutely impossible; so what was planned to end on a high note by us was destroyed by both families. Losing parents, partner and home all at the same time was very hard indeed......for this very sensitive soul. Thank God I had a good job and good friends to help me through this very difficult time.
I guess at the end of the day like all things it depends on the treasured beliefs of the people involved.
Divine Love