Half Jewish  

true, and only Orthodox conversion counts.

Only some sects are closed.

Only extreme sects care

It depends on the sect because the original reason for this was the inability to prove who the father was which is an issue that is now easily fixed with a paternity test. Also, within the Torah itself it states that besides being born Jewish or converting you are also Jewish if you were raised Jewish. However, some sects are very very strict and only allow people born of a jewish mother and those who convert others are more lax and take into account these alternative methods

@@kozodoev yeah and people in Vatican city are way more strict about Catholic rules and policy.

You're not Jewish bro

@@pistisbalu2021he is

It's never too late, like people from other cultures and religions convert all the time. Why not reconnect with a part of your family history?

@@ahhh4117 It's complicated and more about sence of belonging. Plus there's no way i'll become religious at this point. Look at it as a food taste. It forms in childhood, heavily dependent on your location and how rich your family were. You can grow to like other food, but it wouldn't have the same weight to you as if you grow up with this. Plus there's a lot of fear about of antisemitism. I was told from childhood that "if someone ask if you jewish or german, say german". So I can appreciate this culture, but there's no way I will ever feel like I belong to it.

@@ahhh4117 To say it short, there's no way i believe in god at this point. Especially with everything in Russia this year. It feels like i'm in 1939 and it's Germany

I know that feeling. I was born in Kyrgyzstan, my parents and grandparents were born in Kyrgyzstan. Our ancestors are from Ukraine. How ever I don't know how speak in Kyrgyzstan or Ukraine, only Russian. But I wasn't born in Russia nor ever lived there. I have how ever lived in USA my whole life, so like wtf am I, who the hells knows 🤷‍♀️

Das kinda sad, ngl

Ah antisemtism the thing that makes everybody uncomfortable 😐

Leaving a cyber hug here, take it or leave it it's cool

Samee, hope ure okk

Yet, they don't accept you if you're not from a certain bloodline.....

Yesssss 💕

I enjoy that too. It's a very tribal religion, not a MLM scheme like others *cough cough* I've met a lot of atheist jewish people that participate in Judaism just for the culture and community

This, 100%! My parents are also atheists, my grandparents on my dads side were Hindu and Muslims (not very religious though), grandma on moms side was Christian and non of them tried to force it on me, but as a teenager I always met some christian on the subway that would try to convert me of straight up start an argument if my friends and I said we were atheist. It’s really normal to be atheist here, so I don’t get why they were so mad. In the start I always tried to be nice, now I start screaming in my head for them to stop talking while I just try to ignore it

What he is talking about is because Jews are matrilineal since he got his Jewish ancestry from his Father it doesn’t count unless he converts

@@dancesmokesmile344 ugh sorry you have that experience

Like dr.Seuss wrote “those who care don’t matter, and those who matter don’t care”.

@@yucol5661 *those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind Important correction

It's not that you aren't wanted, it's just that according to jewish law you aren't required to keep the torah. Nothing to get offended about, just go about your life living like everyone else.

They would accept you as Jewish if you converted, right?

Have you actually bothered to look into the historical context?

Thank you, good citizen, for not leaving a ‘First’ comment. You have done your planet a great service

Please accept this medal of honor 🏅

I must say I haven't done that much research on the topic and some of this is surmised. Hasidic jews are basically a very Conservative and closed group, only really talking to other hasidic jews. To try to grow their ranks, they go out on the street in these so called Mitzvah Campaigns where they would go on the streets, ask if you were jewish, and if you said yes they would try to encourage you to adopt their way of living. I myself personally see parallels with this and Jehovas Witnesses "service" (door knocking), I guess highly gated groups who want to bolster numbers operate the same i guess.

Judaism doesn’t require non Jews to keep most commandments, and the ones that do apply are pretty broad covered by most other religions/cultures so there is no need to encourage non Jews to follow Jewish laws. So they might stop a Jewish person and encourage them to be more observent, but wouldn’t want to do so if the person wasn’t Jewish. The time of year is probably referring to autumn, when the big Jewish holidays, which largely focus on repenting take place.

The holiday of Sukkot is coming up- which is, like Rosh Hashannah, a fall harvest holiday- and one of the traditions is to shake something called a lulav which is essentially some branches tied together with different types of leaves whose shapes are supposed to represent different body parts (eyes, lips, etc) and an etrog, which is a large bumpy lemon-like fruit that is supposed to represent the heart. You hold them together and shake it in different directions while saying a prayer. It is essentially supposed to remind you that Hashem (G-d) is all around you. It is considered a mitzvah to do so, but it is super annoying when some random guys stop you on the street to take time out of your day to do this one thing. Chasidic Jews, not all but many, are always trying to get other Jews to practice Judaism like they do and it isn't cool. Jewish people should be allowed to practice in the way they choose.

@@whimsyrosie no one is forcing anyone to practice their version of anything. If you would like to participate in this practice, here's the opportunity. If you don't want to , say no.

@@lizahope1233 I have said no in the past and they guilted me and harassed me until I agreed to do it, causing me to be late for work. They blocked my way from entering my building and wouldn't let me walk passed them. How the conversation should have gone: "Are you Jewish?" "Yes" "Would you like to shake the lulav and etrog?" "No thank you" "Okay, have a nice day" And then let me go on my way. They never go that way, so I just say I'm not Jewish.

Could always convert😂

I don't think you should go that way about religion, cuz in any case you'd think that an omnipotent God would have other reasons that are beyond human comprehension in some way

My mom was joking about it, "you can be unsure who the father is, but mother's position is stable"

@@verakrot that's actually the reason.

@@TBDF12 probably, but sounds much better as a joke

@@G.F.SF55 it's a joke

It's also become their tradition. If someone wants to they can always convert

Laws about child support or other things also have old “traditions” that could be changed with genetic testing but can’t because it take time and will to change laws

@@folded_pizza I'm simply saying that the reason that was had for you only being considered jewish if your mother is is no longer around and so children of a jewish parent shouldn't have to convert anymore. It's still a tradition in some sects yes but it's a harmful tradition for patrilineal jews

@CrazyCavalier It's important and encouraged within Judaism to debate the true meanings of what god says and that's what I'm doing. If you truly believe that people have no right to debate about what's said in the Torah then you really aren't that bright. We only considered only matrilineal jews to be truly jewish because we could prove that they were born to a jewish parent. With modern technology we can now prove 100% that a patrilineal jew has a jewish parent and therefore should be considered jewish. The only matrilineal jews thing was simply to ensure that no one who didn't have a jewish parent would be raised jewish.

Just wait until he speaks Spanish lmao

I also loooed it up and I’m not sure either.

There is a certain sect of Hasidic Jews known as the Lubavitch/Chabad who believe that if they get other Jews to become more religious then the messiah will come. (They believe that their deceased Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson is the Messiah.). For this reason, they stop other people who could be jewish (usually white people) on the street and ask to try to get them to do Mitzvot, or Jewish righteous acts.

They're trying to find Jewish people who aren't associated with the community and religion to reconnect them to it starting with some smaller aspects. Sorry if I didn't explain well, hope this helps.

may I introduce myself

No.

Well according to him if you’re ancestors were ever Jewish you are a Jew, so according to Hitler I am a Jew even though I have a non-Jewish mother

wow that's so funny...

They don't

He's matrilineal too if his dad's mother is Jewish. People confuse matrilineal with mother. Can’t think of any reason to be proud of any sect or religion that practices exclusion.

You are a very difficult person.

@@BoopSnootAndTroubleshoot I'm sorry, truly

it’s a lovely occasion when you find a whole youtube account to report edit 11 hours later: for reference, seeing as OP has apparently changed their username in the last few hours, it was previously _ihaten****rs_ (censorship mine). This comment, though, remains a masterclass in obvious subtextual antisemitism.

@@caenieve 💀💀💀

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