1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/scj-parenting September 2004
1 177 50_[SCJ-PARENTING:7338] Re: SCJ-PARENTING digest 18635_kgold20_kgold@watson.ibm.com29_Sat, 11 Sep 2004 12:18:37 EDT485_- <br><br>Robin Shapiro <rmshapirowv@yahoo.com> writes: > > I am not a rabbi, but I have been involved with > conversion and Jewish identity issues. Are you > Reform? By Reform standards, your son is Jewish > because his father is Jewish.<br><br>I'm not a Rabbi either, but this isn't my understanding of R. The way I read it, having a Jewish parent is necessary but not sufficient. There have to be age appropriate acts of identification with the Jewish community. From the FAQ: [...]