Linked Questions
61 questions linked to/from "Am I Jewish?"
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What is the process involved in a Beth Din recognition of Jewish status? [duplicate]
I was curious if someone could give me a breakdown regarding what the process would be for a person to receive recognition of their status through the Beth Din.
I'm not speaking to conversion but of ...
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Am I Jewish? How to go about proving this is my Grandmother is deceased? [duplicate]
I am sure there are many other questions that have similarities to mine. I apologize ahead of time if this irritates anyone.
Growing up I always felt a strange kinship with the jewish children in our ...
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European Jewish DNA 0%? [duplicate]
I'm really confused and I'm hoping someone here might have the answer, or at least be able to point me in the right direction.
Let me begin with how my DNA test results have come as a shock. When I ...
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Are you Jewish if adopted immediately after birth by a Jewish mother raised and having lived Catholic? [duplicate]
This is a hypothetical with a fact pattern that has not been answered by any previous questions.
Generally, a non-Jew adoptee in a Jewish family will be Jewish by halachic upbringing.
If a child of a ...
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Retroactive annulment of conversion? [duplicate]
If a woman converts to Judaism, has a baby, and then converts to Christianity, is the baby still considered a born Jew? That is, can the woman's conversion be retroactively annulled in a way that ...
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Halacha to be jew (from parents) [duplicate]
I have a friend that her grandfather (from her mother) was jew, he married a woman that wasn't jew.
What is the halachic position of this friend of mine??? Is she considered to be jew? If not, what ...
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Is a convert considered a real Jew if not keeping kosher? [duplicate]
If a person converts to Judaism is he/she considered a real Jew if he/she doesn’t keep kosher?
I’m concerned because my mother converted properly and in accordance with Jewish law, but she never ...
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Is a converted Jew with no Jewish ancestral background or lineage considered a Jew? [duplicate]
I wonder if a gentile converts to Judaism and has no Jewish family background at all then is that person considered a Jew? Are there any sects in Judaism that have this restriction?
Any citations or ...
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Am I Jewish By All Accounts? [duplicate]
I have been a religious college student for the past two years. I was raised Jewish, underwent a Brit Milah at my birth, was a Bar Mitzvah, and my father's side of the family is Jewish, ethnically and ...
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Does the lineage cross from mother to son [duplicate]
My Great Great Grand Mother was Jewish. She had three children. Two deceased not long after birth; one survived. The surviving child was a male. Would he be Jewish because of his mother? Would ...
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My maternal 4th-great grandmother, born in 1787, had a Jewish maiden name, Zagel, and lived in Eastern Europe. Am I, therefore, Jewish? [duplicate]
My maternal 4th-great grandmother, born in 1787, had a Jewish maiden name, Zagel, and lived in Eastern Europe. Am I, therefore, Jewish?
I was raised in the Roman Catholic religion, yet, since I was 8 ...
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Al pi halacha, are descendents from Marranos considered Jewish? [duplicate]
What level of proof would be needed for a person whose ancestors lived in Mexico and who claims to be a descendant of the Marranos to be considered Jewish for the sake of marriage? Or are all such ...
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Does a Jewish great grandmother (mother's side) qualify me to make Aliyah? [duplicate]
My great grandmother was Gertrude Wirtschafter. She married a non-jew but her mother was jewish and married a jew. My great-great grandmother was Rose Wirtschafter and her husband was Abram Katz. I ...
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How far back must one go to know they are Jewish? [duplicate]
There are certainly people who are unsure about their Jewish lineage. However, even if they know their mother is jewish, and therefore they are as well, how far back must one go? If they prove their ...
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Am I considered Jewish if? [duplicate]
my great-grandmother's grandparents were Russian Jews who left Russia during the programs in the early 1900s. When they came over to the United States, they had my great-great grandmother, who then ...
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