Quote: (03-27-2013 05:27 PM)Blackhawk Wrote:
Quote: (03-27-2013 03:03 PM)guerrilla Wrote:
if the mother is jewish by decree of the torah the child must also be jewish.
That's not actually in the Torah, that's in the Mishna, so there's a whole lot of argument about its validity, with some Jewish denominations (Orthodox and Conservative) accepting it, and others (Reform and Liberal) rejecting it. But most all agree in a marriage between Jews, the family's new joint denomination is determined by the father's line, not the mother's line. So if he's Reform and she's Orthodox, the family is now Reform.
The other issue is so many Jews in America have lapsed and fallen in their faith that most are Jews in name only. Most can't read the Torah (come on! It's only 5 books! Way easier than Christians have), don't attend synagogue, and are not part of any faith community. Losing your religion and then having a baby is probably not going to lead to a strong faith formation. Generally the women will get as far as the Bris and then return to their sloven ways. And if the baby's a girl, not even that far.
It's hard enough to find a modern woman who knows how to cook. Finding one that will keep a kosher kitchen, with two separate sets of plates, pans, and stoves to keep diary and meat separate, and only shop at kosher grocery stores that have kosher meat (Which has a ton of fucking salt. You literally have to soak the salt out if you don't want a headache afterwards) and is willing do to the cleaning for seder, build the canopy in the back yard for Sukkot... yeah right, ain't happening.
But sluts always do love Purim. You're literally commanded to get so drunk you can't tell the good guy from the bad guy in the play done during the dinner. It's like Saint Patrick's Day for Jews.
I have a question actually
Why do you think that so many (secular) Jewish women are so promiscuous? Because their fathers spoil them? Lack of patriarchy?