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Posted 03/25/2009

1. I just found this out...exDH's mother's father was Jewish. Does that mean that there is Jewish lineage there? Are my children Jewish?

2. Is it customary for Jewish teens to travel to Israel as a rite of passage?

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Posted 03/25/2009

1. No. Orthodox and Conservative Jews hold that only a Jewish mother (or conversion) can make you Jewish, and Reform Jews (as far as I know) allow you to be considered Jewish if your father is Jewish AND you were raised Jewish. Just having a Jewish father is not enough to be considered Jewish by any branch.

2. Sometimes! :)

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Posted 03/26/2009

But your ex DH could make aliyah to Israel, although your children could not.

Posted 03/27/2009

No.  My mothers father was also Jewish.  I have to convert.  Silly men, always spoil things, lol!!

Check your lineage.  If you have a direct maternal lineage with a Jewess you and your kids would be Jewish.  But that could open a can of worms, as raising them Catholic if you know they are Jewish is....not good, lol!

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