Context: Orthodox Judaism maintains the historical understanding of Jewish identity. A Jew is someone who was born to a Jewish mother, or who converts to Judaism in accordance with Jewish law and tradition. Orthodoxy thus rejects patrilineal descent as a means of establishing Jewish identity. Similarly, Orthodoxy strongly condemns intermarriage. Intermarriage is seen as a deliberate rejection of Judaism, and an intermarried person is effectively cut off from most of the Orthodox community. However, some Orthodox Jewish organizations do reach out to intermarried Jews.

Question: What maintains a historical understanding of jewish Identity?
Answer: Orthodox Judaism

Question: What does orthodoxy reject as a means of establishing Jewish identiy?
Answer: patrilineal descent

Question: What does Orthodoxy strongly condemn?
Answer: intermarriage

Question: What is intermarriage typically seen as?
Answer: rejection of Judaism

Question: What happens to most intermarried people in the orthodox community?
Answer: cut off

Question: Who maintains the modern understanding of Jewish identity?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is a person who is born to a Jewish father considered?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What descent by the father does Orthodoxy accept?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What form of marriage is an acceptance of Judaism?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What does the Orthodox Community avoid doing to intermarried couples?
Answer: Unanswerable