Timeline for Jewish Identity
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jun 3, 2022 at 22:27 | comment | added | Deuteronomy | People can develop feelings for all sorts of reasons, including but not exclusively study. Again, it is irrelevant what the person believes of their ancestors. If we as a community have sufficient grounds to believe there was either a break in continuity of halakhic identity, or where perhaps there never was any halakhic identity to begin with, then giyur is insisted upon if the person wants to respected as a member of the nation (i.e. can marry into it). The rigor with which a proper Beth-Din vets such a candidate for conversion is no different than any other candidate. | |
| Jun 3, 2022 at 14:59 | comment | added | Mars Sojourner | How can a person or group of people feel a strong kinship to Judaism, if they didn't study/read about it a lot? Labelling groups of people as the '10 Lost tribes' because their great grand mother lit candles on friday is problematic. That is what I am trying to get to here. | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 22:55 | comment | added | Deuteronomy | If a person or group of people feel a strong kinship to Judaism, and for whatever reason (true or not) believe they have Jewish ancestry, and are willing to convert in order to be a part of the nation, what reason would there be to not permit them to do so? | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 18:26 | comment | added | Mars Sojourner | I agree that genealogy is irrelevant after a conversion. I was looking for a source for how we know random groups of people are Jewish. In other words, should we be converting any and all new groups that are discovered? | |
| Jun 1, 2022 at 17:04 | history | answered | Deuteronomy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |