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> The mother determines the religion in Judaism. Not since 1983 in reform Judaism.
by Alex3917 6y ago
> The mother determines the religion in Judaism.
Not since 1983 in reform Judaism.
- fortran77 6y agoReform Judaism asserts that for patrilineal descent, a person needs to affirm his Judaism, before he reaches maturity, by becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, a Brit Milah, and they have their own concept of "confirmation.
- throwbackThurs 6y agoIn the United States, Reform Judaism rejects the concept that any rules or rituals should be considered necessary for conversion to Judaism. In the late 19th century, the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the official body of American Reform rabbis, formally resolved to permit the admission of converts "without any initiatory rite, ceremony, or observance whatsoever". (CCAR Yearbook 3 (1893), 73–95; American Reform Responsa (ARR), no. 68, at 236–237.)