Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?

Part 3 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, have a long conversation on how intermarriage affects the Jewish identity of both parents and children. They also discuss recent statistics on Intermarriage from the Pew and Barna Research groups.

Some helpful resources:

• ⁠⁠Chabad's article on Matrilineal descent⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠The MJRC's article on conversion⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠My Jewish Learnings article on Patrilineal descent⁠⁠
• ⁠⁠Beth Yeshua Sacramento's Halacha on Jewish Identity (at the bottom of the web page under "Who Does Beth Yeshua Consider Jewish?")⁠⁠

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For more information on our community visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bethyeshua.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠