On 05/09/2011 08:51, 1506 wrote:
On Sep 4, 11:06 pm, Charles wrote:
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:07:01 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Sep 4, 4:27 am, wrote:
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(1506) wrote:
The accepted definitionn of a Jewish person is that he, or she, is the
child of a Jewess, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Maybe not by your definition but plenty of Jews do not have Jewish
mothers.

NOT my definition, the rabbinical position since the Crusades.

A comparatively new idea then...

--
Graeme Wall
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In article ,
(Graeme Wall) wrote:

On 05/09/2011 08:51, 1506 wrote:
On Sep 4, 11:06 pm, Charles wrote:
On Sun, 4 Sep 2011 12:07:01 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Sep 4, 4:27 am, wrote:
In article
,

(1506) wrote:
The accepted definitionn of a Jewish person is that he, or she, is
the child of a Jewess, no ifs, ands, or buts.

Maybe not by your definition but plenty of Jews do not have Jewish
mothers.

NOT my definition, the rabbinical position since the Crusades.

A comparatively new idea then...

And one not universally accepted as I pointed out. My daughters have a
Jewish surname and the (fortunately small amount of) anti-semitism that goes
with it.

--
Colin Rosenstiel