Who is a Jew? And Who Gets to Decide?
Part 2 of 6 - Congregational Leader, Joshua Rubinstein, and his mother, Shari Rubinstein, begin a deep dive into Jewish identity beginning with the standards of Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism - and along the way discuss some of their own journey of identity.
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?")To see our faces check out the podcast on our Spotify or YouTube.
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